Anyone who truly believes (and most of the HR posters do) that LL called an “old friend Willits” (who by the way, I was told by Oregon State coaches- they aren’t close friends at all) and called O’Connor’s family to “talk about his acl” is so naive. HR wants to frame it up as some vendetta and rumor I made up against Iowa. The kids and families told their coaches what was said… If they were such good friends why would they do that? It’s because it was shady. And it got out.
Why would a normal phone call be discussed and become what it is now? It’s because it wasn’t a normal call- he was trying to gauge interest and set up meetings and direct them to the portal. These are the facts… They can play the “old friend” and “check on ACL” card all they want. If it was a normal convo then life would have carried on normally- but it didn’t and the coaches were told about it and reported Iowa to NCAA. That’s why this story is out there. How and why would I know about some random friendly phone call? Sometimes people from Iowa lack common sense, maybe it’s the education system there.
He tried to be slick and made a “friendly call” to gauge their interest and fill the holes in lineup- it backfired because even if he knows those families, they still have loyalty to their programs and coaches and respect them enough to tell them about what happened. And that’s why it’s out there…
I mean, his reaction alone was the most insane thing I’ve ever seen. It’s because he knows what was said and knows it’s shady. You call a guy 27 times, demand who leaked that info (even tho it’s apparently not true?), then claimed he was gonna report those coaches of those programs because he said they must have told me… For what? Not wanting their wrestlers to be tampered with? He called Coleman Scott 4 times after ringing me 20+, and accused him of telling me, but I thought I made it up? Lol all actions of a guilty man who wants the team title for his son’s final year.
Period.
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