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<div dir="ltr">Jeff,</div>
<div dir="ltr">That was wonderfully stated. <span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr">I think we are satisfied<span> with having a winning season and no post-season accolades. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span>Anytime we ask for a change to change for the better, Lickliter is brought up. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span>Our recruiting is catered to above strategy od .500+ season and not winning championships. </span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span>One thing that you missed discussing is the WBB. I am disappointed that no serious effort was made to<span> recruit the shortcoming in the team, height. With the season we had last year, we should have gotten a good center from the transfer
portal. I am afraid we will<span> not be able to go past the Final-4 because we did not fix what led to us losing the finals last year. Hope the girls catch fire and drain the 3s. Last few games, teams have started to figure out how to control CC a little
bit. Hope the girls prove me wrong. </span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span><span><span>Eternally hopeful but bitten by HUS. </span></span></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span><span><span>Go Hawkeyes</span></span></span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 25, 2024 8:06:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> herky@lists.herky.net <herky@lists.herky.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Herky] Status of Men's sports</font>
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After watching the NCAA wrestling tournament this week and then the Iowa basketball game, I had some general thoughts that align with your comment. </div>
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The three main Iowa men's sports are not in a bad place but are all in need of some major changes to stay where they are or improve.</div>
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All three coaches have been at Iowa for a long time. All three are extremely loyal to their assistant coaches. Very few have been fired. The changes that we see are mostly due to them moving on to better things. And finally, all three tend to be old school
and somewhat stubborn in their ways.</div>
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All three have what is to me a major issue that needs to be addressed. In football it was the offense. Not sure if Kirk would have made a move or not, if he was not forced to. But a major change was needed on offense for Iowa to continue to do well in the
new BT. Hopefully Lester is what is needed.</div>
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In basketball it is defense. Not sure what needs to happen whether it is just an emphasis or they need to bring in someone who can teach defense but I can't see where Iowa is going to be any better than .500 in the BT and bubble NCAA team that exits early
if they cannot play defense.</div>
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In wrestling I think there are two things and they may be tied together. Wrestling has changed and the good wrestlers/teams are the ones that scramble well. In my limited understanding I would say that Iowa's scrambling is like the Football offense or the
basketball defense. I don't know how many times I watched Iowa get in on a shot and not be able to finish and often get taken down because of this weakness. The problem right now is that Iowa does not have anyone on their staff who is good at scrambling.
I think this is or will hurt recruiting which is the second area of concern. It seems like we need a pretty big change to get someone who can help with the clear weaknesses of the Iowa Style and hopefully that someone is a younger guy who might have more
appeal than a Morningside or a Telford to potential recruits.</div>
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I don't think we need new head coaches but it does seem that all are at a crossroads and need some significant changes.</div>
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<b>From:</b> Herky <herky-bounces@lists.herky.net> on behalf of larry edwards <larryed6124@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 24, 2024 9:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> herky@lists.herky.net <herky@lists.herky.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Herky] Half Utah 48 Iowa 36</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">No defense by Iowa</div>
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