ISU need a kick returner?
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We'll probably never know that answer. He had surgery this summer. Stayed at Klieman's house during recovery.
But earlier in the year he went back to Florida while most of the team was working in Manhattan. He was pretty outspoken about BLM as well.
He contributed zero this season. And Klieman made a point about 'team' rather than 'individual' in his postgame comments. IDK if that was about Youngblood and perhaps Knowles as well?
It may have been about academics, not taking care of off-field business. As I said, we'll most likely never know the whole story.
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No, Klieman's been onboard with the BLM message. That's not it. But granted, there's been some serious blowback from fans about it.
With Josh though, I think it's probably more about coach and player expectations not being met more than anything else.
Plus, he from Florida where I'm sure he's getting a lot of feedback.
No matter what the team, it seems to me that if players want to leave, let them leave. They either want to be part of a team or they don't.
Then there are issues of feeling entitled. Still, a change of scenery may be of best personal benefit.
Then there are issues of feeling entitled. Still, a change of scenery may be of best personal benefit.
Was he heavily involved in the threatened boycott by the football team over some racist tweets about Big Floyd?
If so, he may not have been happy with the school's response and didn't want to live in such an openly racist community from his perspective.
I heard he's transferring to Iowa.
Considering our current kick returner is top ten in the country I think this is a poor take.
As I wrote earlier, I don't think that was an issue because the program was very supportive of the BLM message. But yes, Youngblood was amongst the most outspoken.
Our best punt returner is 38th in the nation in average yards per return.What about punt returns?
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If I'm remembering correctly, the issue wasn't with the coaching staff but with the university administration and the rhetoric in the community. What was the final resolution? From the sounds of everything else about him I would lean towards him not being happy with the response or was still getting harassed by the idiots trying to turn this into a freedom of speech Supreme Court case. Not trying to get this sent to the cave. So, will leave it at that and agree that the general public will never know. He will have to answer the questions with any of the new programs he is looking at.
Hope he finds a place he can be happy.
