What I remember from Arob is that he was a pretty decent back when we didn't have any other options. Was he flashy, did he make your jaw drop???? NO, but he did get the job done pretty well for a few years.
Was he there when his team mates needed him? NO! Too bad for him. Too bad for...
I'm not sure Hayden would've put up with the 'Internet Age'. I think he might have decided to stay "Stuff It" and walked away. It didn't seem like he had a lot of patience for that kind of krap. Or, he may have moved on somewhere else. I know there was a time when USC was trying to woo him...
Not sure of the exacts but the story I've always heard is about the same. Quite a shame in deed. I've always heard Gayle was a Iowa's to lose but it didn't work out and he went to KS. Go figure. Imagine what could've been.
There's a lot of strong points in here about improvement. Just adding depth alone is going to make Iowa a tougher out next year. As mentioned above, losing to SD State and teams of that ilk are probably over. With the added depth and player development (Basabe, Cartright, Marble) and Gatens...
I think if feels there is ANY shot at landing Olasani and Katenda he might. Pure speculation so who really knows. Things will start to unfold in the next few days I presume. It sounds like Washpun wants to decide something next week so it's not out of the question we could see 1 or even 2...