Quote from: Walston Hoover on November 02, 2007, 08:41:42 PM
OK, last time. Since people seem to want to make this out to be an "its convenient to suspend him for Cornell week" issue.
There was something else that came about with the issue this week that brought about the suspension. How long is it? No one knows at this point. This new "development" came about earlier this week and is why Yordi is sitting. Had it happened in an isolated incident, there would be no suspension, but in light of what happened several weeks back, the suspension was handed down. There have been no further problems with the law and nothing illegal has been done.

SteelerFan-
As much as I love the IIAC, I totally agree with #1, except you've got your numbers off. In 2002 we beat Lake Forest in the first round and I think Coe won in the first round that year as well. The IIAC is actually 3-9 since 2001. 2 wins by Wartburg and 1 by Coe. What's your problem with Koehler? It sounds like this isn't the only time you've disagreed with him.

DutchHawk- I'm not sure I understand your #3???

I'll be honest with you guys-With what Yordi did to get arrested, as a coach I'd tell him to meet me after practice, we'd get some running in and I'd tell him not to do it again.
Its one thing to drink and drive, its one thing to hit someone, its one thing to deface property.
That stuff everyone knows is illegal.
Before the last couple weeks, I had no idea one could get arrested for namecalling, and I'd be surprised if anyone else here did either.

Thanks for agreeing with me WH - I missed the year when Coe and Wart won.  3-8 in the Post-season since 2000; and no wins in the last 3 years.

2 Thoughts:
First - Playoffs: IIAC only gets 1 team.  If Central loses, no style points in victories.  A Wartburg loss would give them 2 on the season (and 1 pretty bad one - from where Augs was at the time).  The conference doesn't (and shouldn't) get the same respect outside Iowa anymore.  I know I'm killing people here, but when's the last time a team has won 2 games in the play-offs? Since 2001, the conference is 1-9 in the play-offs and the one win was the 2003 Wartburg team that was by far the best team this decade.

Second - Yordi: I'm looking at this, not from an institutional standpoint, but from a coaching standpoint.  The kid went to jail.  Harassment, Public Intox, DUI, Assault - doesn't matter.  Student-athletes are not just students and are held to a higher standard of behavior.  It is a priviledge to play collegeiate sports.  Koehler should have sat him against Loras for the first quarter (which it wouldn't have mattered anyway) for being a dumb-ass.  Then further punishment should come down once the facts are sorted out.  It's a safe bet that the police in Waverly do not have a hard-on for arresting Knights - probably quite the opposite from the stories I've heard about the KnightHawk - so Koehler could've come looking like a strict disciplinarian instead of a coach that just wants to get the W at any and all costs.

My apologies - I didn't go back far enough.  No offense meant for Ram fans out there, but it will be interesting to see if any "punishment" will be handed out this week.

OK, I'm new and have been following the news stories in the Cedar Falls area the past few weeks and haven't seen any blog talk on it - but what's with Wartburg's QB?  Got arrested before the Loras game and (from what it looks like in the stats) didn't sit a single snap of that game or any game since.  Don't you have to sit a guy at least a quarter or even a series?  Someone mentioned Willis/Koehler philosophies before, I think this a case where they are completely different (or maybe not).  I don't know what the kid did and don't care, as a parent, what life lessons would my kid be getting by playing for Wartburg?