I guess my point is that some of these players are legitimate D1 prospects and that ISU would have taken them if they wanted to be Cyclones. They just so happened to be Hawk fans or Hawk commits for the most part. I don't blame ISU for not wasting anytime on recruits you have no chance of getting. ISU has proven to be a better basketball program in the last 20 years.
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Steve Prohm has more NCAA tourney wins in 2 years at ISU than Fran has in 7 years at Iowa.
I think even the most avid Hawk fans would have to agree that he was a vastly overrated recruit. He did play decent defense, aside from his Larry, Mo and Curly moments, and he may have come in handy in that respect but he was a total non fit on the offensive end of the court. Whether he didn't want us or we didn't want him, he ended up where he needed to be and it was best for all involved.
Plus, he hated a loud home crowd.
The problem for Iowa is most of your players ISU wouldn't want. I wouldn't want a single player on your current roster besides Cook.
Sticking with a majority of Iowa players is pure laziness. It's what happens when you have no fear of being fired and know that you can start up your own family business (aka Ferentz Football, LLC). But boy, are the Regents happy that you are bringing in Iowa kids...
As it stands right now, I would say that is the case. But in the past ISU would have taken the already mentioned players out of high school that became future Hawks.
I've only seen them play once and it was Virginia Tech and he didn't wow me. The thing is who would you give up to get him and Cook from our current roster?
That's funny. In case someone doesn't get Brasky's joke here are T-Rex's block numbers from Freshman through Senior seasons:
29, 19, 13, 10.
To put this in perspective here were PG Jamaal Tinsley's block numbers his junior and senior years:
37, 19.
What was Nunge rated? A 6’10” stretch 4 guy rated in the 200’s tells me something about a recruit. The desire or the talent isnt where it should be or could be.
You keep saying this...
Gatens - Yes
Jok - Absolutely
Uthoff - No doubt
Woodbury and Gessell?
You keep saying this...
Gatens - Yes
Jok - Absolutely
Uthoff - No doubt
Woodbury and Gessell?
Again, this is hindsight. Gessel and Woodbury were big recruits that just about any D1 program would have taken.
But you’re not looking at the roster construction at the time. Roster construction problems run deep in hokland.