Iowa self- violation reporting
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KidSilverhair
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IMO this is a non-story as much as I hate the hox. Of course they kept in touch with the kid as they were hoping to bring him back. This happens all the time and I wouldn’t be shocked if our coaches did the same now and then. Can guarantee our players are getting contacted by other programs as well
Guarantee you there was a lot more going on than they are reporting.
It seems pretty rich, that the Iowa Football Recruiting Director would just send a kind-hearted "hope you are doing well" text in the middle of a tough season. I'm sure there were no ulterior movies whatsoever.
Just a random text. I’m sure this was the first and only contact between them. I’m sure this recruiting coordinator had the phone numbers of all sorts of D1 players on other teams.
Honestly, if our staff isn't doing similar stuff I'd be a bit disappointed (and shocked). In the era of the transfer portal you need to keep a relationship with kids you recruited well after they've committed elsewhere.
The only part of this that might be a story is Proctor having a dumb enough moment to mention it while being interviewed.
The only part of this that might be a story is Proctor having a dumb enough moment to mention it while being interviewed.
It's the classic 'We were only hugging" line every cheater gives
This is probably happening all over college sports these days. These coaches sometimes spend years developing relationships with these kids they are trying to recruit and it's no surprise that they might still keep in touch even if they go to another school as they got to know them on a personal level leading up to that. Proctor is the one that kind of slipped up when he mentioned this earlier so Iowa is just being reactive by reporting it now since it's now out there and probably would be looked into regardless. Honestly don't see it as a big deal. Unless there is more too it where they were already talking about transferring during the season the intent would be hard to prove over just "hope you are doing well."
That's what I was thinking. Didn't Proctor himself say in an interview that Iowa reached out after the Saban news broke? That doesn't match up with this self-reported text from September (which I agree is a nothing burger on it's own)...
This is a big nothing but Tyler Barnes can't help but keep doing stupid ****.
That's kind of where I'm at. I'm sure it's not some huge deal, but also a tremendously stupid thing for someone who should know the tampering rules as well as anyone out there to do.
Someone must be snooping around and pressing the issue or I don't know why they would even admit they did it.
Proctor mentioned in an interview that Iowa had reached out to him when he wasn't playing great and it meant a lot to him. It caught a fair amount of national attention, so I assume Goetz felt the need to get out in front of any NCAA investigation(s).
Or in the Hawks case, "That sheep's head was stuck in the fence and I was just trying to pull her out!"