Yes, agreed. Just pointing out that Gilman's statement at its heart was "smack talk" and the saying I grew up with from coaches applies "Walk the the talk...or better yet, talk is cheap, keep your mouth shut and just let your walk do the talking"....
When your "smack talk" conflicts diametrically with reality, you look like a complete clown when reality is simply demonstrated again in the actual competition. Many Iowa fans though Cael was "smack talking" back in 2009 relative to the public comments he made after taking the PSU job...and attempted to ridicule those comments. As Iowa found out, Cael wasn't talking smack out of his @ss, he was simply stating what he was going to do.... In any event, Iowa talking smack about other team's low-scoring "gamed" styles, especially in Duals, is beyond ironic and absurd if you ask me. By all means, if Gilman wants to continue to make an @ss of himself on the topic, which he's certainly entitled to do, he should just keep flapping his gums....but imho, the only parties he is making look like an @ss is himself and Iowa in general as he clearly made reference to "we" and that he was speaking for the program and Iowa's staff never bothered to correct the record (i.e., saying that they don't necessarily share those feelings and that Gilman was only speaking for himself and expressing his own personal views....).
