Iowa Beat Writers

That’s stupid…. and usually I don’t mind Hlas…. but that’s a really dumb take.

Can he really not see the difference in the “culture” at ISU vs Iowa? He should ask Deyo and his Mom about the difference. Or maybe Keller?

Not even to mention that Iowa has been running a racist “culture “ in IC for a while now…. ISU hasn’t…. big difference Mike Hlas!

HerkyHlas knows Kirk can't sell anything related to culture, so it's time to downplay it's importance. His hok homerism is really on display here.

I wonder if Hlas has ever written/promoted anything on "The Iowa Way"?
 
I wonder if Hlas approves?

Greg Gaines: "Coach Campbell has built a five-star culture there. And really, that's the people there.

"Football is football and schooling is schooling, but when times get hard, there's always good people that you can talk to and people that want to help you. Everyone there is working hard and wants to get better. That's the five-star culture."
 
I wonder if Hlas approves?

Greg Gaines: "Coach Campbell has built a five-star culture there. And really, that's the people there.

"Football is football and schooling is schooling, but when times get hard, there's always good people that you can talk to and people that want to help you. Everyone there is working hard and wants to get better. That's the five-star culture."
I'm sure he doesn't. You have to use his preferred words or you are ****.
 
Sears on WHO had a spot about Jorbo coming back for a 6th. Gotta keep those special areas of the Iowa AD staff sanitized for those credentials!

Jorbo said last year, “It just didn’t feel right.” Wonder if that was before or after the Oregon game. What an idiot!!
 
OK here is what I've gathered over the last year on Iowa's main beat writers:

Chad - Lol where to begin with this guy. He worships Kirk and really likes Fran. Long time Iowa season ticket holder before he got in the industry. He has also spent some holidays with the Bohannon family and Jordan and him consider each other close friends

Eickholt - The worst offender by far. He has no credibility among coaches or the players. He'll try to write great things about the players so they'll allow him to go party with them

***The biggest thing with him is he pocketed his 247 per diem and shared a room with Frank Garza in Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament***

Kakert - More of an Iowa basketball fan than football. He was legitimately distraught about the Bohannon news

Harty - Nobody takes him serious obviously

Doc - Zero credibility nationally because of his bias towards Iowa. He gets mocked a lot in the industry

Sanderson/Bock/Eickholt - All at the mercy of Iowa's football coaches, specifically Tyler Barnes. Barnes tells them what kind of content and how much content to put out on recruits or he'll make sure the recruits don't do interviews. They all willingly do it as they feel they are supporting the program they love by doing it

All of them are terrified of getting their credentials pulled and write and report with that in mind. There isn't a single person on the Iowa beat that isn't a huge Hawkeye fan actually.

Anyone or anything else I'm missing you guys have heard stuff on?

Leah Vann was hired to take over Morehouse's beat at the Gazette, and she's been really good. She's also spent a lot of her first few months covering Iowa women's sports (both active teams like field hockey and soccer during their postseason runs, as well as underrepresented history). She's a huge Texas fan (from Texas and a UT-Austin alum), but also had a stop at the Mason City paper before going to grad school at Northwestern.
 
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You know who else could shoot and tore it up in college? Adam Morrison?Jimmer Fredette? Vastly more versatile than Garza on offense to the point they were high draft picks. What positive traits does Garza have that sets him apart from them? He's taller? I doubt that translates to any real value at all considering there's hundreds of hours of awkward tape bumbling around and chained to the ground. Maybe he can get his "jumpshot" off a little easier because he's taller but he's also way less crafty from a distance than either of those guys.
 
Just read Leastacows latest Hawkeye fellatio piece in the register on Iowa football and ISU not getting into the BIG. Another butt hurt column.:p
 
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You know who else could shoot and tore it up in college? Adam Morrison?Jimmer Fredette? Vastly more versatile than Garza on offense to the point they were high draft picks. What positive traits does Garza have that sets him apart from them? He's taller? I doubt that translates to any real value at all considering there's hundreds of hours of awkward tape bumbling around and chained to the ground. Maybe he can get his "jumpshot" off a little easier because he's taller but he's also way less crafty from a distance than either of those guys.
Oh yeah, Morrisson and Jimmer could actually handle the ball a bit and create for themselves and others. I don't have Luka's stat sheet pulled out, but I'd be surprised if he averaged much more than 2 assists per game for his career, and I know he only ever put the ball on the deck if he was dropping a shoulder or chicken wing-hook into an opposing big. I was really baffled that the Pistons took him, and kind of upset because they've always been one of my favorite teams and I feel like instead of getting better last night, they simply wasted a pick on him. I guess you can kind of do that with 2nd round picks though.
 
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I’m am so sick of Sears on WHO. Every time he is on he has to report something on Iowa. Today it was about Detroit introducing their NBA picks and have to listen to Garza talk and then next it was about Cook being cut and that he should have no problem finding another NBA team. The chinless Sears kissing arse as usual.
 

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