Tyrese Hunter PG '21 - Committed!
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Agree Xavier looks as good as advertised. He has brought energy and results when he has been on the court. Lack of a full preseason and his injury have really impacted a guy like him. You can see he occasionally is unsure out there as far as his assignment goes, (like who is supposed to inbound the ball) which he admitted in one of the pressers and is to be expected when learning a new scheme.
How about we start finding guys who want to win at the college level instead of using it as a stepping stone to the next level? The current recruiting pitch sure has done us wonders by bringing in toxic egos into the locker room, and is a big reason why we aren't winning.
I hope you aren't saying Tyrese Haliburton had a toxic ego? He is exactly the personality we should be targeting.
No, Tyrese was a rare sense of sanity out of the guys Steve has recruited. Guy genuinely loved his time at Iowa State. I honestly don't think anyone currently on the team, aside from the walk-ons, even know the fight song.
Think it’s more of the toxic egos that aren’t here that have put us in this situation.... Horton-Tucker, Lard and Wigginton.
There been a reason why players were fighting each other two seasons ago, and had two key players almost walk away from the program at semester last season. Lot of "me first" kind of attitudes on the team, and one of those guys is still on the roster this season.
I never heard Horton-Tucker having a toxic ego while he was here
Okay I wouldn't go as far as saying toxic, as on the same level as Lard, but it was there, and it didn't help the team.
Tyrese had an ego, but it was more of a trash talk style ego. Great leader in the locker room.
It's a different sport but I think the point still remains.
One season during 2 a days Coach Mac brought in a speaker. The speaker started out by having us on the team raise our hands if we wanted to play in the NFL. Out of 105 guys only like 15 raised their hands. The speaker turned to Coach Mac and said "Well the reason your results suck is because you have a bunch of guys who don't aspire to be the best and further their FB career". That has always stuck with me and I believe it to be true. If you have a bunch of guys who don't want to get to the next level they aren't going to work as hard as they need to in order to be great.
This team is missing someone with an ego, who don't take **** from anyone and will push his teammates.
No. I was a lowly RSFr walkon who thought it would be cool to be in the NFL but didn't think it was realistic because I was mocked by people back home for even walking on at ISU. But that was kind of an eye opener and opened up a new way of thinking about things.
I definitely agree where you're coming from, and that is a very good point. Issue is, I have just seen a lot of "me first" attitudes come through the program in the last couple years, and I know that's contributing to the team not winning.
And yes, this team is missing guys with the egos of Niang and Haliburton, where they know they're good so they use that to help better the team, but instead we have guys who assume they're good and treat games like it's an AAU game with scouts in the stands.
pretty much any high level team is gonna have a level of fighting to some degree within it. and again, you didn’t answer my question. what toxic egos are on this team?
only one that was toxic was Lard. the only way THT and Wigginton have put us in this situation is by not staying longer.