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Message: [QUOTE="JellyBean, post: 4728557, member: 1997"] Exactly! The creator of this video cherry picked a lot of information to fit their narrative. Had Iowa pulled off a miracle and won the National Championship, the narrative would have been "Caitlin Clark leads Iowa to the Title". Lisa Bluder has a done a wonderful job at Iowa. Entering her 23rd year at Iowa, Lisa has managed to get Iowa into the post season 17 times. That is pretty impressive considering Iowa is not a hot bed for recruiting. Coach Bluder (and her coaching staff) does a great job of turning those 3 & 4 Star talented players into a well rounded & competitive unit. The transfer & recruiting angle is always comical to me. The transfer side of things, players transfer for a host of reasons. In the case of Lauren Jensen, she saw that Iowa had a host of guards and her minutes were going to be limited and in that game of Iowa/Creighton, Creighton was just in that zone that day and tournament. Recruiting side, I just know here in Minnesota, like any state, 1). You are going to miss out on a lot of home-grown talent. There are only so many slots for a player for the home team and players understand that and move on. 2). Not every player wants to stay in their hometown to play. Some do and some don't. It happens. Programs have a culture, style of play, players in mind that fit that style of play, and a overall philosophy of coaching that when recruiting, that is what they are going for. Not many programs are on the radar of these players. Heck, I think KK was on Iowa's radar but Iowa was not on KK's radar. It happens and you recruit players that seem to like your program. These programs know which players are interested. When a coach from "Skittles University" shows up and kids are giving that coach a stank face look, that coach ain't trying to draw that player. Now if that player shows interest and is excited to talk with that coach from "Skittles University" and what it has to offer, now that coach as an angle to work with. Coach Bluder is a solid coach. Her players love her. The fans (most reasonable fans) appreciate her and all that she has done at Iowa. [/QUOTE]

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