Thread: IOWA HAWKEYE FANS ATTN: Offseason Rebuild

Hey other Hawk fans now that we have lost some seriously good players to graduation and the draft (S.Greene) ,but we still have some good recruits coming in like Keenan Davis out of Cedar Rapids, and Tyler Sash returning from a stellar season.

So where do we go from here? Will Jewel Hampton have a successful year like he showed glimpses of last year backing up All-American S.Greene, he seems like he will be pretty good for the next couple years, and what about Ricky Stanzi? Will he provide us with a good arm and smart thinking game in and game out?

We have a pretty tough conference schedule next year with games against Ohio St. and Michigan, and other consistent contenders like Wisconsin.

The defense was rather young in the linebacking core and secondary aswell with losing Fletcher to graduation, this year might be scary to watch. Tyler Sash should be a great player to watch with game-changing picks and consistent playmaking abilities like last year.

So where do we end up? Kirk Ferentz might leave with all the rumors going around with job offers for him on the next level. Will we contend for a conference championship or a BCS berth?

pretenders as usual. ferentz is a good coach who has a nice thing goin, but he has also had some highly ranked recruiting classes and done nothing with em. They will be average/barely above average and put a couple of players in the NFL...but no more.

Originally Posted by SmilinAssasSin27

pretenders as usual. ferentz is a good coach who has a nice thing goin, but he has also had some highly ranked recruiting classes and done nothing with em. They will be average/barely above average and put a couple of players in the NFL...but no more.

Just curious, what was the last 'good' class we had? Shonn Greene was what, a 2-star prospect? None of our other players are really highly recruited.

How are they pretenders when they aren't considered a contender? Just confused.

Either way, we lost some key players in Greene, Olsen, Fletcher, and Kroul & Unusual Punishment, but we also have lots of returning juniors and seniors, and Stanzi should only get better. I am not too worried, and expect 9 wins or so.

I'm excited to have all of the LBs returning, both DEs, 3/4 of the secondary and Jewel Hampton, DJK, and Stanzi should help provide a decent offense.

Originally Posted by studbucket

Just curious, what was the last 'good' class we had? Shonn Greene was what, a 2-star prospect? None of our other players are really highly recruited.

How are they pretenders when they aren't considered a contender? Just confused.

Either way, we lost some key players in Greene, Olsen, Fletcher, and Kroul & Unusual Punishment, but we also have lots of returning juniors and seniors, and Stanzi should only get better. I am not too worried, and expect 9 wins or so.

It was 3 and 4 years ago or 4 and 5 years ago, he brought in some top notch recruits. Recruiting class was ranked pretty high, top 10, I think. I just remember thinking they should be set to be big players, but it never happened.

Originally Posted by SmilinAssasSin27

It was 3 and 4 years ago or 4 and 5 years ago, he brought in some top notch recruits. Recruiting class was ranked pretty high, top 10, I think. I just remember thinking they should be set to be big players, but it never happened.

Ah, they probably all got arrested or hurt, seriously.

Was this after the 3 season stretch where they finished at #8 all three years? After Gallery, Sanders, Clark, and others went pro?

2005

5 star
Dan Doering

4 star
Anthony Moeaki
Dace Richardson
Kalvin Bailey
Jake Christiansen
Rafeal Eubanks
Ryan Bain
Alex Kanellis

3 star
11 of em including Greene and Yanda

2006

4 star
Adrian Clayborn
Jeremiha Hunter

3 star
10 of em including Janzi

2007

4 stars
Jordan Bernstine
Bryan Bulaga
Christian Ballard
Cedric Everson
Diauntae Morrow

3 stars
11 of em

Ranking wise, thoseare pretty good classes. Maybe not Ohio State good, but comparable to PSU, etc. You would know better than I what happenedto these dudes, but I just was expecting more from em. That' all. Not hating on em...just expected more.

Wow, it's the '05 class that is killing us. Some of those guys I have never, ever heard of and the others were underperformers (Christiansen) or were hurt 24/7 (Moeaki).

The '06 and '07 classes make up almost all of our team now.

Moeaki was supposed to be a beast at TE. got hurt you said?

Is Dace Richardson still there or did he transfer?

Originally Posted by SmilinAssasSin27

Moeaki was supposed to be a beast at TE. got hurt you said?

Like 4 times a season, no joke. Think of him as Iowa's Nate Jackson. Great hands, no durability. He was a monster when he's healthy though.

Originally Posted by SmilinAssasSin27

Is Dace Richardson still there or did he transfer?

I have no clue at all, had to google....

Looks like injury too, missed the entire season with a knee.

You know, looking at those lists, Iowa's best players are almost all 2 or 3 star. I think Ferentz either just sucks at finding good 4 stars, or he is amazing at getting the most out of 2-3 star guys. Maybe both?

I doubt Gallery and Clark were rated that highly, Sanders, Greenway, and Hodge might have been.

I remember Sanders in HS. He's from Erie. So was that white WR you guys had, Ed Hinkle if I remember correctly.. Sanders was a beast and pretty highly rated.

Dd Shonn Greene go toprep school? He's listed as a 2 star in 2004, but then a 3 star in 2005.

Originally Posted by SmilinAssasSin27

I remember Sanders in HS. He's from Erie. So was that white WR you guys had, Ed Hinkle if I remember correctly.. Sanders was a beast and pretty highly rated.

Yeah, Hinkel was from there. I wonder who the next quick, white WR with good hands will be? It's like Iowa's staple to have one.

Dwight -> Kasper -> Hinkel -> Brodell -> ?