The things that stood out to me:
Hey, if they voted with their heart, they should be honored this is now shared with more people.
Shocked that TarpHawk voted yes. He’s a wrestling alum with a good head on his shoulders.
Well, I voted in favor to keep the train wreck going. I suspect most of the PSU supporters feel the same way.
He explained his stance a little while ago. Says that it is Tom's job to do everything he can to make the Hawks competitive and this is an example of him doing so. If it doesn't work out, he can just flush.
Yeah, in chasing Angelo and inviting the circus into town, they've already lost one elite recruit in Chittum publicly (and who knows how many more who lowered Iowa on their list).
It’s easy to say from a Penn St perspective as Cael brings in top recruits every year. It’s not like Brands can be as picky. Now if Angelo is truly a package deal then I say move on. But if we can bring him in solo, then he deserves a chance. It’s sad but true.
Good news for you, AJ is working on personally destroying any leverage they have for a package deal. I agree with you, BTW. At this point, I think it is in the best interest of both Iowa and Angelo to separate from the rest of the circus and stay there.
Wait a minute. @MSU158 says:If you think him never making the team or Downey for that matter hurt(s) Iowa in any way, you aren’t bright, are a PSU troll and have zero vested interest in Iowa to even begin to care
Their argument is that Chittum only verbaled and didn't sign, so he really wasn't coming anyway despite the fact that he had been training at HWC for a whole year, and his leaving is not actually due to TnT bringing in the two brothers that pulled a knife on him in high school and then got kicked out of the school. The size of the mountain of cope with that one is so big that no amount of mental gymnastics will ever get you to the top.
Agreed on Blaze.
Iowa would be competitive for more top recruits if Brands would call them at all, or at least not delegate initial contact to Telford.
It's not clear if it would be a positive for the first contact with Iowa for an elite recruit to be with those lunatics. LOL.
You could see the steam pouring out of Anthony Knox's ears, that he wasn't important enough for the head coach to make first contact.
First, he has to know who they are.
Like when he wrestled, TB has a streetfighter’s mentality. The Ferrari Project (sounds like a Ludlum novel) is an “anything goes” move that a brawler badly losing a fight would try. Thing is, it kinda/sorta/maybe was a reasonable risk if AJ had matured and Anthony was a viable starter. With neither happening, Tom is all in on salvaging Angelo, which seems likely with no one returning daddy’s 3-or-none calls. No, certainly not worth the collateral and long-term damage to Iowa program recruiting, but a brawler looks no further than the next punch, hoping it’s a knockout.
I've never been recruited but when I watched that I thought the same thing. Why is Bobby Telford calling and not Tom Brands? I'd want the top guy reaching out to me.
I’m sorry but @jmadden1998 is steamrolling you jabronis in the GIF game. I’m looking at you in particular @82bordeaux!!!
If Angelo leaves because of AJ leaving, then Iowa is better off without him, imo. It indicates he’s not sold in on Iowa, instead it means he just wants a starring role in The Ferrari Clown Show.
Reading this thread is beginning to seem like watching a tag team match.
Yup, was just getting a good laugh by the number us who took the time to vote yes, funny stuff.
I voted no simply because I don’t like that it takes attention from the story lines of good non-jacka$$es in the sport.
I bleed blue and white, but I'd be happy if that circus left the sport forever. I coach a club team with a lot of really young wrestlers. Their exposure to the sport outside of their own practice/competition is primarily through social media. As long as that d*ckbag is still in the sport, he dominates social media, all for the wrong reasons. There's way too many impressionable kids out there that might think ol' AJ is cool. I regularly have to tell kids he is a douchebag and to look up to guys like AB, Carr, etc. The sooner he is out of the sport, the better!
That's something I hadn't considered. I probably won't change my vote but you did get me thinking about it.
I agree with this. The sooner these douchebags are out of the sport, the better.
