Peter Jok to Iowa
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My wife usually judges teams by their looks. I assume nwia's husband is more like us.
Hope this a joke. The only reason Fran gets the Iowa kids is because Freddy is out getting better players from different states. Iowa isn't really a big basketball state. Only a few great players come around Iowa every 10 years.
This couldn't be more wrong. Fred was recruiting Woodbury until he realized he had no chance with him. In the past couple years, Iowa has had Barnes, Paige, Woodbury, and Gessel (technically Nebraska, but plays AAU in Iowa) as 4* or 5* players. A team with those four guys (plus McDermott, Oglesby, and others I'm forgetting) would compete in any conference in the country and likely be a top 4-5 seed.
Woodbury is overrated and looked like garbage in the state title game. Got pushed around like a rag doll. Also Oglesby, Paige and Gessel have not proven themselves yet. So I don't consider them great "college" players yet.
Don't waste your time. 21 has ear muffs installed in his helmet. He can't hear you.
I like that we decided who is overrated before they even play a single college game.
No different than thinking they will do well before they even play a single college game.
Congratulations on making his point while trying to prove it wrong. So...Iowa has produced 6 four or five star players (one of which isn't even from Iowa as you freely admitted) in the 'last few years'. Ummm....that's not very many compared to states that fill several teams' worth of those each year.
Can someone check, are the Hawkeye Nation boards still down?
*edit: I should have figured it would take a Hawkeye fan for me to agree with clones21...
If he makes it to Iowa, I say congratulations to Jok. Fred did not want him anyway, and with the injuries he has overcome can't we all be happy for an Iowa kid to make it to a D1 program. I have seen him play in the gym(here in ames, using our facilities) and he is silky smooth. If he stays healthy and gains 25 pounds of muscle, he has some real potential. I hope he has success and has a great career, just not against ISU.
It's pretty simple. If they commit to Iowa, they suck, are overrated, won't amount to much. If they commit to ISU, the talent is obvious and the upside is through the roof.
Now, I just can't let this one go. Isn't this the exact line that ISU fans get Iowa fans so much grief over? If Jok turns out to be the player he had the potential of being pre-injury, I can guarantee you that Fred would have wanted him. Fred just apparently didn't see the need to take the risk, while Fran only had one scholly, so if he's a bust it wouldn't have made much of a difference anyways.
