Based solely off his stats I would agree, but he is only taking up a scholarship for one year (considering they have open scholarships for 2020). Iowa will be really young at DE in 2021, so not a bad idea to get some more experienced depth.
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Based solely off his stats I would agree, but he is only taking up a scholarship for one year (considering they have open scholarships for 2020). Iowa will be really young at DE in 2021, so not a bad idea to get some more experienced depth.
KF does deserve blame for having the issues with Doyle and some others happen under his nose without being aware. I think he acknowledges that. It's a really, really good thing that players and former players finally were able to be heard so that the program can undergo the necessary change. An overwhelming majority of African-American players and former players have nothing but respect and great things to say about KF, much as that pains you to hear. This is going to create a better culture for everyone and strengthen the program, much as that, too, pains you to hear.
The only ones whose opinions and feelings matter in all of this are the players and former players who've been affected. If they're happy with how the program is doing and how things are moving ahead, that's all I care about.
They are currently investigating to figure everything out. Until then here's a great story that you and your other Iowa friend can use to help map everything out so I don't have to keep answering questions that can be found with a quick google search.
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/...hawkeyes-football-allegations-tweets-20200611
If you scroll to the bottom you can find Brian's allegations against him.
The culture and the team will most definitely be strengthened for the future. That does not pain me to hear at all. Accountability is still needed though. If the investigation finds Kirk was approached by his players about these issues and Kirk turned them away, he should resign.
The coaches were being racist.. Is that better for ya? Keep defending and deflecting though.
Agree. I think if there was a systemic problem where players were going to KF and complaining and he was turning them away with nothing being done, we'd probably have heard that from the ones who have spoken up. But time will tell.
So we have (1) ski mask comment, (2) telling a player his tattoo is dumb, and (3) saying he hoped a player would get injured.
Aside from the ski mask comment, there is nothing there to suggest any racially motivated conduct from Brian. Despite that, you are calling him a racist, while acknowledging that the investigation is pending! Don’t you think it would be prudent to actually wait for evidence to surface, or for the investigation to be completed, before labeling someone a racist when there is no evidence to suggest that is true?
Lol what a take:
"Besides the racist comment Brian made that I found disgusting and thought he should be put on administrative leave for saying he really hasn't done anything else that bad"
Brian made the ski mask comment two times actually. And I'm just going off the statements that Iowa Hawkeye Football players made about what needs to change. Jaleel Johnson specifically noted Chris Doyle and Brian Ferentz as the problems.
There is not evidence that proves Brian is a full blown racist, but there is evidence that he's used racially insensitive comments towards African American players and former players have called him one of the two biggest problems within the program.
The rules were racially biased towards African Americans. So was the drug testing (per a former player's accusation). The reason Kirk is not being blamed as much is because there's little to no evidence Kirk was demeaning to his players or making racial comments like his inferiors were.
I am not defending Kirk and I'm also not calling him a racist like you are. I've read everything previous players have said about Kirk and none of them are calling him racist...but you have. If they were accusing him of being racist I would be the first one to say he should be fired. The head man is always accountable for what happens within his program but the players seem to really like Kirk and aren't pointing fingers at him. They think he is a good person and a good coach and that the change they would like to see happen, can happen with Kirk in charge. That's enough for me as an alum and as a fan to support Kirk in hopes that things will get better.
I'm not upset that you're calling me out lol I'm upset that you're not taking into account the words of players from your favorite program specifically stating Brian is part of the problem at Iowa. What is that problem do you ask? Well let's just look at what Iowa's being investigated for.. A systematically racist culture. So pardon me for thinking this guy might be a little bit racist. I'll pile that onto thinking he's a little bit homophobic too.
What's up with recruiting after this major issue with the Iowa program?
No Iowa decomits so far. A recent Crystal Ball for Oladokun back to Iowa. And they got the commit from QB Labas, who in my super-non-expert eyes looks pretty good in his hudl tape, and apparently is getting a big bump from 247.
Who are the Iowa commits ISU is trying to flip? There should be some. Doyle is gone now. That's a major selling point of the Iowa program that just went away.
No Iowa decomits so far. A recent Crystal Ball for Oladokun back to Iowa. And they got the commit from QB Labas, who in my super-non-expert eyes looks pretty good in his hudl tape, and apparently is getting a big bump from 247.
Who are the Iowa commits ISU is trying to flip? There should be some. Doyle is gone now. That's a major selling point of the Iowa program that just went away.
