(05-24-2020 09:00 PM)NIU007 Wrote: (05-24-2020 05:15 PM)leguptopee Wrote: (05-23-2020 11:28 AM)NIU007 Wrote: (05-23-2020 10:51 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote: (05-23-2020 10:34 AM)leguptopee Wrote: Wait now...... I am sure everyone on this message board is not in the same
entry level position they hired into.
I am sure some have even moved on or taken a promotion
somewhere else that offered more.
It was the head coach who decided to tear this team down.
Not the players. Some of his "teammates" as you say were even demoted.
So the incoming coaching staff has not shown the loyalty that you speak of.
So don't blame a player for taking an opportunity to take a step up and play
big time college football at Iowa. Any competitor worth his salt would jump at the opportunity.
He was a walk on that earned everything he got at NIU and he also earned
this opportunity. Wish him all the best.
+1000
Sorry, thought this was college football there for a second.
You're right. It is college football. It is also his life and his choice.
You are the one who questioned his loyalty.
Thought I would use an analogy you might understand.
Sorry.
Just because he had a choice doesn't mean he has loyalty.
And just because he made a choice doesn't mean he lacks loyalty either.
Again, your the one who questioned his loyalty, not me.
First and foremost his loyalty is to himself and his family. All that other stuff is B.S.
Schools chew up athletes and spit them out all the time with no so called Loyalty.
Coaches chew up athletes and spit them out all the time too with no so called Loyalty.
I've said before NIU's new coach's have decided to tear apart the team.
They didn't show any loyalty to some of the existing players. They are the new coaches
and can do whatever the want.
This player can do whatever he thinks is in his best interests too. And it has nothing to do with loyalty.
He is an athlete, who like most athletes want to compete at the highest level.
He is taking a chance, but at least he will not look back and wonder "what if".
He at least is taking his shot at competing against some of the best
in the country week in and week out. It's a step up in class.
This is an opportunity of his lifetime and whether he succeeds or fails,
I commend him for having the balls to take his shot. God Bless Him.
Taking a chance to play in the big ten certainly is a great risk but the
rewards certainly are equally as great. Let a guy chase his dream without
questioning his character. Geez.