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tigerclone924

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Royce White couldn't stay out of trouble long enough to play at Minnesota. Korie Lucious and Chris Allen were potheads (not an uncommon thing for college kids), Tom Izzo told them to take a hike. Deandre Kane was such a "cancer" to the team at Marshall that he and the program parted ways.

They were not welcome elsewhere. They could not be "reigned in". They were looking for a place to make things right and make an impact, Fred gave them that chance. Each of them were major contributors on teams that took the next step towards returning ISU to the glory of yesteryear.

As fans we should not have to defend our program for giving guys a second (or third) chance. Transfer U should not be a derogatory term associated with "troubled kids" or "misfits" or (my favorite) "thugs". Transfer U should be a label worn as a badge of honor. It should speak to the success on the court and it should speak to the character and leadership ability of our coach. Others gave up, Fred buckled up and provided a place to shine. And all of them did!

Our friends in the eastern part of the state, and others, should be asking Fred for the blueprint. They should be wishing their coach had the sack and the ability to take a kid from the scrap heap, to The Dance. From the role of "cancer", to the role of leader.

BDJ's most recent hiccup included, it is all part of the journey of allowing kids to grow. So when others contort their faces into a nose in the air inquiry of Transfer? I will reply U Bet Your A**.
 
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Sorry guys, I actually enjoy writing and wanted to share something I had written with my fellow Cyclones. Sorry it doesn't meet the approval of 3 people who combined to muster up 7 words as replies. Thanks for reading though.
 
The only people in the nation that have a problem with it is hawkeye fans and a small segment of ISU fans that get made fun of by those same hawkeye fans and think it's a bad thing. If hawk fans don't like, that should basically immediately tell you that it's working and to keep doing it.
 
tigerclone924 said:
Royce White couldn't stay out of trouble long enough to play at Minnesota. Korie Lucious and Chris Allen were potheads (not an uncommon thing for college kids), Tom Izzo told them to take a hike. Deandre Kane was such a "cancer" to the team at Marshall that he and the program parted ways.

They were not welcome elsewhere. They could not be "reigned in". They were looking for a place to make things right and make an impact, Fred gave them that chance. Each of them were major contributors on teams that took the next step towards returning ISU to the glory of yesteryear.

As fans we should not have to defend our program for giving guys a second (or third) chance. Transfer U should not be a derogatory term associated with "troubled kids" or "misfits" or (my favorite) "thugs". Transfer U should be a label worn as a badge of honor. It should speak to the success on the court and it should speak to the character and leadership ability of our coach. Others gave up, Fred buckled up and provided a place to shine. And all of them did!

Our friends in the eastern part of the state, and others, should be asking Fred for the blueprint. They should be wishing their coach had the sack and the ability to take a kid from the scrap heap, to The Dance. From the role of "cancer", to the role of leader.

BDJ's most recent hiccup included, it is all part of the journey of allowing kids to grow. So when others contort their faces into a nose in the air inquiry of Transfer? I will reply U Bet You A**.
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As I have said before,"Character development and on court athletic performance are interconnected goals of co-equal importance and no one in the country is better at crafting the systematic rubric required for simultaneous success in both disciplines than our own CFH!" Go Cyclones

 
I can't believe people are posting with such nasty responses. This is well-written and spot on. I'm proud of the fact that Fred and Ames have welcomed guys with a clean slate and a fresh start. And for the most part, they've all shined. Nader's DUI was incredibly stupid, but then a high school recruit (Thomas) did the exact same thing. BDJ's troubles were upsetting too, but he got it figured out.

Iowa State has become a place where the troubled get a second chance, and so far, all have taken advantage of it with great results.
 
Seedman said:
As I have said before,"Character development and on court athletic performance are interconnected goals of co-equal importance and no one in the country is better at crafting the systematic rubric required for simultaneous success in both disciplines than our own CFH!" Go Cyclones
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Couldn't have said it better myself, well said!
 
ISUBrew said:
I can't believe people are posting with such nasty responses. This is well-written and spot on. I'm proud of the fact that Fred and Ames have welcomed guys with a clean slate and a fresh start. And for the most part, they've all shined. Nader's DUI was incredibly stupid, but then a high school recruit (Thomas) did the exact same thing. BDJ's troubles were upsetting too, but he got it figured out.

Iowa State has become a place where the troubled get a second chance, and so far, all have taken advantage of it with great results.
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Thank you! I am also proud of Fred's success so far and I look forward to him taking the program to heights yet achieved. GO CLONES!
 
Any mention of Iowa should only come down to recruiting battles of kids from Iowa, and that's about it.

Those sorts of battles tend to work themselves out with things like moving past the Iowa-ISU game in December, and onto things that are nationally relevant, like conference standings after two months of conference play.

The 'Transfer U' thing is kinda cute and all, but that was really only 2 years, and I'm liking how a lot of ISU's current high-impact players are 4 year guys (or 3 if it's decided that one or two leave early), which is something that more people should read more about, which would negate 'Transfer U' business altogether.

It also appears that the OP's description of former transfers feels fairly dramatized, which actually makes ISU look worse than what it's actually done.

Referring to players as potheads would lead to the idea that they were the only D-1 basketball player who smoked marijuana...and that's kind of a cute thought too.
 
madguy30 said:
Any mention of Iowa should only come down to recruiting battles of kids from Iowa, and that's about it.

Those sorts of battles tend to work themselves out with things like moving past the Iowa-ISU game in December, and onto things that are nationally relevant, like conference standings after two months of conference play.

The 'Transfer U' thing is kinda cute and all, but that was really only 2 years, and I'm liking how a lot of ISU's current high-impact players are 4 year guys (or 3 if it's decided that one or two leave early), which is something that more people should read more about, which would negate 'Transfer U' business altogether.

It also appears that the OP's description of former transfers feels fairly dramatized, which actually makes ISU look worse than what it's actually done.

Referring to players as potheads would lead to the idea that they were the only D-1 basketball player who smoked marijuana...and that's kind of a cute thought too.
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Despite what seems like an attempt to oppose me I actually like a lot of what you said. You're right, I should probably not let my irrational Hawk fan friends get me worked up and on the defensive. I have never been naive enough to imply or even entertain the idea that athletes all over the country aren't smoking pot on a regular basis. If I somehow implied that, I apologize.

Georges, Naz and Monte are all HS guys and them being such big parts of this team is awesome! As you said, if others would educate themselves the Transfer U thing would go away. This a very valid point that I neglected to mention in my post, but not to the idiots that want to discredit our success due to their black and gold envy.
 
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