VakAttack

In case anyone is wondering what he's specifically referencing. The trade war is the opening lines, the highlighting was an accident (though also not good).

I just don't understand why it's either "they're perfect as coaches, no notes" or "they suck and the entire sport has passed them by." They're good coaches, but have definitive flaws, one of them they're working on fixing (trying to bring in more of the top end high school talent as opposed to just one or two big fish and "coaching up" somewhat lower ranked guys) and are bridging the gap in that strategy with transfers) and the other is one that I desperately want them to fix (more diversity of thought/experience on the coaching staff). They're still awesome coaches, and they get very good results.

Then why do they consistently beat everybody else?

No, it isn't, but that's not the same thing as can't coach. They are literally the last team/staff to beat Penn State, but spoiler alert, it's not that easy to do, and ain't nobody else close either. In fact, they have beaten Penn State more than anybody else in the country during Cael's run. No thanks. Also, he's convinced I hate him. Name one team other than Penn State that is consistently better than them.

Yes. And that's fine for them. But my response was to the idea that they suck and can't coach.

Remind me which is the school to most recently win a title other than Penn State? Iowa coaching staff does have problems, and I would like to see some new assistants, but the biggest problem any coach at Iowa isn going to have is that they're the only program in the country that is held to the standard of "be better than Penn State." There is no program that is consistently above them. To make it more difficult, their also held to the standard of their own history. So they have to be better than two legends, Sanderson and Gable. One is impossible since he's retired, and the other is on as historic a run as Gable went on. Nobody else is held to this standard. Nobody. That said, I would move on from Telford and shift M* into a recruiting coordinator position, and bring in new coaches in those roles, preferably outside of the Iowa family to get some new blood. Terry, specifically, is one of the very best coaches in the country; people swear by him. The Brands brothers are one of the draws of the program whether you want to admit it or not. Ask Spencer Lee why he came to Iowa.

Sunday 3 PM EST, 2 PM CST?

It literally just stopped working today for several hours.

Hopefully somebody reminds all the coaches about the existence of Keegan O'Toole.

You're all good.

It's your spot still if you want it, but you have to pay by bracket release.

Got it.

Twitter down again off and on during a huge time for Sports Twitter, the beginning of NFL Free Agency. Going great.

Ok, so if I don't have payment by the time brackets come out...I'll give one of the waitlisters a chance to steal your spot! So far we have payment from (thus they are LOCKED IN): Me @flyingcement @Idaho @MizzouFan01 @lu_alum @JVStateChamp @RockLobster @Perry @steamboat_charlie @Gage We are locked in. Still waiting for payment from @nhs67 (but he and I have spoken, and he's trying to fix his situation, so he's not in danger @MPhillips @Antitroll2828 @Truzzcat (this one's not his fault, I just sent it to him because I missed him in the initial DM. Haven't heard from @jajensen09 at all. Our wait list stands at @BruceyB @okokzach @scorenomore @killdozer @MM2018 @charmon55 @Sparro @Cornell Kevin

Hmmm.... you seem to have changed your position.

Looks like BTN just assumed a Penn State win at 197 and didn't change the graphic, lol.

I thought you were talking about on the current roster, in which case I would have argued for Ayala.

Lets see if Mad Max can make hay with the Star Child.

Gotcha. Yeah, that's fair.

Terrible match up for his style.

This year?

These are horsecrap. Caliendo was in there and fighting, taking attacks. Mesenbrink is just a monster.

Hey, i enjoyed that! He held up, was still attacking, just not quite there.