Well that’s interesting. Rivals has a big recruiting network so definitely a different toolbox to work with.
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I tend to think #2 is what happened, but I agree with you that this is an interesting move.
So Stanz gets the Tyrese Hunter treatment right?
No big deal. As a writer you have to build your credentials. If Sean Keeler can do it, Jared can do it better.
I would not read into it that much. This will allow him to make connections outside of Iowa and probably get him closer to a basketball focused position in the future which always seemed to be his passion.
I’m not in that line of work, but with college sports being such a big part of my life I can’t even imagine making this change. Rivals is a good step for Jared though. Will not be reading any besides the farmageddon content.
He started a Substack and said he was going to continue to cover Iowa State. So whatever he had planned when he left CF, if there was a plan, this is not it.
He gets to expand his network while still being fairly familiar with what he's covering. Kind of makes sense. Who knows what his long term goals are. I'm guessing he wants to stay in the area so your options are limited.
To me it was obvious something was off with the split. CW didn't mention him leaving for over a week and then did a 3 second good luck to him saying he was off to bigger and better things. The whole thing just seemed weird and off to me
He mentioned it on at least a podcast or two and seemed pretty gracious about it.
What I always found bizarre is that whenever Rob Gray left (maybe a couple years ago?) I read or heard zero mention of it anywhere on CF's side. Perhaps it was from Rob's Twitter feed that I learned about it, I don't remember. But I don't recall any sendoff or thanks of any kind. And lately CW has been almost over the top effusive in welcoming him back. Which is fine - Rob's a great writer and seems like a great guy - but seems a bit weird given his lack of sendoff before. (It's also totally possible I just missed something when Rob departed.)
I had the same reaction. For as long as they worked together you kind of would have expected something less abrupt. I don't know if there was more on other social media outlets, but Chris's post in #23 sure wasn't very flowery. It was really to the point.
Between that and popping as writing for the KSU Rivals it's hard to think something wasn't amiss. But who knows.
Jared had been working at CF for basically 10 years. He was an intern for awhile and went full time when he graduated in 2016.
In my opinion, he's just a soon-to-be 30 year-old man that decided to look for something different.
He didn't have some grand scheme to turn away from Iowa State and go to an in-conference rival.
From his farewell post -
In my opinion, he's just a soon-to-be 30 year-old man that decided to look for something different.
He didn't have some grand scheme to turn away from Iowa State and go to an in-conference rival.
From his farewell post -
But that’s boring. I want to see some drama because I don’t have much else going on in my life. This is America after all
I agree,
He will always likely love Iowa State but like all professionals sometimes it simply is time to move on. He may have been limited on what he could do with CF.
How many of us have switched to the "enemy"? For example, my daughter is about the same age as Jared and is working for her third insurance company.
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