REPORT: Anthony Nelson flips commitment to Iowa

[SpokaneCY]

If Rhoads goes 3-9 next year, he will still have a better win % than McCarney.

Oddly that gives me no comfort.

 

[Luth4Cy]

None of it. He needs to add a lot of weight if he wants to play at the college level imo.

Just in case you didn't notice, it's not uncommon for football players to add a lot of weight when they go to college.

 

[TigerCyJM]

Lol you're throwing Bibbs in there? Illinois has major major football. Iowa does not.

Where did we get Osemele, Richardson, George, Reeves, Johnson, Cotton-Moya, Tribune, Bundrage, West, Johnson, Nealy, White, Rump, ect.

If you are trying to win a contest with the volume of players you are going to lose.

Don't turn down Iowa guys and guys from lower leagues if you find them, but you can't rely on those leagues to build the core of your team and if they get overlooked for leagues that play more often and have actual year round development, that's a small price to pay.

NDSU and UNI get almost solely midwest kids and have no trouble coming into JTS and kicking our ***. For the most part, I agree, in terms of skill guys, go south. But for OL, LB, some DL, Safety, TE, QB, and an occasional RB or WR, we would be a lot better served finding kids from around here who have enthusiasm and dont just pick us because its either us or Sam Houston State.

 

[TigerCyJM]

To be fair I think out of state kids care just as much about winning and going to bowl games as Iowa kids do. Maybe they don't care as much about beating Iowa but who cares.

The point I was trying to make was that this program inherently means more to a kid who has grown up around it and actually cares about ISU, and not because we were their only major scholarship offer.

 

[CycloneBax]

Shows .387 for Rhoads here: http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/paul-rhoads-1.html

He has some work to do to catch McCarney.

Yea. I missed this last year in my spreadsheet. Not sure if I'm still trying to forget it or not.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

I'd be more upset if this was Nerness

 

[atlantacyclone]

Since my father played at Iowa State I would have had a rough time playing anywhere else if I had the chance to go to Ames... (but ... I was an All-American!!!!!) I guess that they just didn't want me Don't blame the kid at all.

 

[cyhiphopp]

This is like a basketball team in 10 years saying that "we are going to do the transfer thing, even though people have done it before and the market is saturated." At this point in college football, ISU will not be innovative by focusing only on JuCos. This hurts. There is talent in Iowa that we should be recruiting, but aren't because of the idea that kids from Florida and Texas are inherently better than ones from Iowa. Taking the kids from states where the local schools don't want them, and running the same schemes as other teams with inferior talent.

So recruiting and getting a commitment from an Iowa kid means we aren't recruiting the state of Iowa enough?

Pretty sure CPR goes after everyone in the state that he thinks could make a difference. He just also chooses to go after kids from states that have 10 times more D1 prospects than Iowa. It's a numbers game. If CPR concentrated enough effort to get all of the instate D1 recruits he'd end up with a lot less talent than he has now.

As it is they spend as much or more effort on the state of Iowa than any school except maybe Iowa. A disproportionate amount compared to the number of D1 recruits this state puts out.

 

[cyhiphopp]

NDSU and UNI get almost solely midwest kids and have no trouble coming into JTS and kicking our ***. For the most part, I agree, in terms of skill guys, go south. But for OL, LB, some DL, Safety, TE, QB, and an occasional RB or WR, we would be a lot better served finding kids from around here who have enthusiasm and dont just pick us because its either us or Sam Houston State.

So because FCS schools beat our team the solution is to recruit mor FCS level talent?

You probably think NDSU or UNI would compete in the Big 12 don't you? ISU just wasn't a good team the past few years and definitely didn't play their best football against their FCS opponents. That doesn't mean I'd be happy if we stole a bunch of recruits from NDSU and UNI.

 

[jcisuclones]

I'll wish him luck. He was a huge Hawkeye fan growing up, so I knew if he got an offer from Kurt Furents, he'd take it. He's a good kid from my impressions from talking to him, just wish he was a Cyclone.

 

[jcisuclones]

Nelson at 210 is too small to play in the big 12, he should fit great in the big 10.

You truly are an idiot.

 

[bigdaddykane]

You truly are an idiot.

How so? Calm down, I just simple said he needs to add more weight, never said he was a bad player.

 

[Luth4Cy]

How so? 2 people liked my post. You're just a Wakuee homer, so calm down. I just simple said he needs to add more weight, never said he was a bad player.

Your post is based on the premise that he won't add a lot of weight. My guess is they expect him to be about 240 before he sees the field.

 

[AntiSnob]

Your post is based on the premise that he won't add a lot of weight. My guess is they expect him to be about 240 before he sees the field.

or they could move him to tight end (depending on how much speed he has).

 

[Knownothing]

Picking between two teams on the downhill slide with two coaches that are on a major hot seat. This kid must be awesome. Let me know when a basketball recruit switches from ISU to Iowa.

 

[isuforlife]

writing on the wall

 

[Stormin]

I thought Nelson was a decent prospect. His Dad played for the Hawkeyes. Not real surprised that he flipped. Nelson needs to go where he wants. We are trying to flip a couple of recruits that have committed elsewhere. That is all a part of the recruiting process.

These are big decisions these young people are making. Sounds like Nelson is continuing to say good things about ISU. He just wants to follow in his father's footsteps and I will not fault him for that. I wish him luck. And hope we beat the Hawkeyes repeatedly during his career there.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

NDSU and UNI get almost solely midwest kids and have no trouble coming into JTS and kicking our ***. For the most part, I agree, in terms of skill guys, go south. But for OL, LB, some DL, Safety, TE, QB, and an occasional RB or WR, we would be a lot better served finding kids from around here who have enthusiasm and dont just pick us because its either us or Sam Houston State.

There are bigger issues in those losses that good beyond recruiting. That's an execution issue and a development issue.


Obviously ndsu is somehow amazing at developing players. But if you drop them into the big 12 it would get a little ugly over the course of the year

 

[Gunnerclone]

This is like a basketball team in 10 years saying that "we are going to do the transfer thing, even though people have done it before and the market is saturated." At this point in college football, ISU will not be innovative by focusing only on JuCos. This hurts. There is talent in Iowa that we should be recruiting, but aren't because of the idea that kids from Florida and Texas are inherently better than ones from Iowa. Taking the kids from states where the local schools don't want them, and running the same schemes as other teams with inferior talent.

When the boat is sinking what are you going to do? Try to plug the hole right away with whatever you can get so you can make it back to port? Or start making a list of materials you'll need to properly fix the hole while you're standing up to your waist in water?

 

[Tre4ISU]

How so? Calm down, I just simple said he needs to add more weight, never said he was a bad player.

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