Ouch!

It was probably Ferentz’s fault, or Ken O’Keefe’s. Their coaching style is too predictable right? Isn’t that who everybody will blame?

Stupid move that may cost him millions of dollars in the NFL. I hope he has to sit in jail a few days to think about it….he could learn a lot about himself.

With charges like these I highly doubt that he will spend a few days in jail…it might be some serious jail time. He may have screwed his shot at an NFL career

I am not surprised. I heard from someone close to the team that he was seen doing cocaine at a house party this fall.

So much for not talking to the media – now he has no choice, through his attorney to the police. Reads like KF knew he had a potential fire cracker on his hands for several seasons and for several reasons and for good measure kept him out of the spotlight…

Maybe this explains the black-white fight in the locker room after the Ohio State Game. Did anyone notice how the black-white “issue” carried over into the Minn. game with no blacks congratulating whites after a good play and no whites congratulating blacks after a good play —I realize there were not too many good plays but it was still obvious……….

Maybe this explains the fight in the locker room after the Ohio State Game. Did anyone notice how this “issue” carried over into the Minn. game with no blacks congratulating whites after a good play and no whites congratulating blacks after a good play —I realize there were not too many good plays but it was still obvious……….

Forget it!! the Gazette will not let me say what really is happening and what is really going on —I guess that’s why we had to find out about the fight in the locker room after the Ohio State game from a twitter in Madison and not one of the crack (no pun intended) reporters working the Iowa beat in Iowa!!!

Well..obviously the Iowa football coaching staff and athletic admin has an issue that needs dealt with NOW.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this issue likely doesn’t just cover DJK.

As such, don’t be surprised if the coaching staff hauls the ENTIRE team in to be tested for drugs TOMORROW.

Unfortunately, if DJK is involved in this type of activity, what are the odds that OTHER players on the team possibly are doing it as well.

The coaching staff needs to deal with this head on, no bs, let the chips fall where they may in terms of the team. If that means that multiple players are out for the bowl game, so be it.

I think JK would have been gone a long time ago if Coach Ferentz had known about it!

Oh say it ain’t so, DJ.

Ouch. I am sure everyone is going to let it rain with this one. Too bad. Looks like KF has a good eye on people he puts in the “dog house.” It’s hard to believe with his spotlight he thought he wouldn’t get busted mentioning he was distributing. KF will clean it up.

Stay positive Hawks. You don’t want this type of person in the program.

If KF had wind of the charges forthcoming at the time he benched DJ shouldn’t he have suspended him immediately? Or is it the proper procedure to wait until charges are actually filed? I’m guessing he couldn’t get a straight answer from DJ about the situation. Do you have any info on this to give clarity Marc?

Trying to keep control of 100 college football players isn’t easy, BUT schools have about 10 coaches plus ancillary personnel to do the job. Iowa created a special position designed to help avoid just this sort of thing. Apparently it still isn’t enough. But since DJK has been persona non grata virtually his entire Hawkeye career, from here it seems a bit odd that the staff wouldn’t have kept a closer eye on him, including checking out his roommate (a convicted drug dealer, as I understand it), and perhaps making unannounced visits to his apartment.

Most kids are OK, but the ones who clearly show signs of trouble would seem to warrant closer scrutiny.

In any event, it’s not the first such incident in college sports or Hawkeye history, and it’s not likely to be the last.

Still, it’s a huge embarrassment to the entire state of Iowa and Hawkeye fans around the world. And once more it’s a reminder that NO athlete — not Cam Newton, not Mr. Masoli, not DJK, is worth risking the reputation of a team, a school or a state.

So some might wonder why the coaching staff, instead of taking the risk, didn’t drop DJK sooner.

Cliff,

The police wouldn’t have notified KF of any investigation..he learned about it just as we all did. The benching in the Minn game had to do with his performance on the practice field that week.

If KF had any clue about DJK and possible drug use during the season, he would have suspended him right there as it was. The question that needs to be asked by the media is how often are Iowa athletes drug tested and did DJK test positive on any previous occassion during his playing days at Iowa. DJK has played since he was a freshman but has been in KF’s “doghouse” for years now…is this the reason why?

Gosh… I just had a flashback to 2007. No wonder Iowa slide down the drain in the last part of the year.

In a phrase – Buh-Bye… This should help their chances in upcoming bowl game against Missou… Ouch!

Does Sam Brownlee still have eligibility? We can insert him at slot receiver.

WTG DKJ. You let everyone down; your team, your coach, your fans, those who looked up to you, your family and yourself.
I hope they throw the book at him. As the old saying goes “If you can’t be a good example-be a great warning.”

In light of this, Ferentz seems quite wise in how he handled DJK. I am disappointed in many ways, but not surprised.
It is unlikely that if DJK was mainly using marijuana that it would’ve been caught in a drug test. It doesn’t linger in one’s system for very long. Many of the other drugs in his possession have legitimate uses. I don’t know what the protocol is for drug testing of NCAA athletes and what specific drugs generate a positive test.
Trying to tie this to issues and rumors generated during the season is also difficult. DJK had become something of a sympathetic figure in the press and their was great anticipation as to what he’d have to say when the season was over. I’ve heard stories about the fight after the Ohio State game, but I doubt that even if this occurred, that DJK’s drug use had much to do with this. Race has little to with how drug use is perceived or reacted to.

I agree that this is disappointing for the team, the university, and us fans, but I think we should give this situation some thought. Given what we know about DJK’s past it’s not hard to imagine that he had some drastically different experiences as a child as compared to the vast majority of us. With that said, we have no idea the impact these experiences have had and currently have on his life. He is going to need support to get through this, and it far easier to criticize than it is to support.

Ultimately, winning the Insight Bowl will be an element of how well the team plays as a unit.
This will be something that is mentioned when the game begins, but it will only affect the outcome if the team allows it to be an issue for them. To defeat Missouri, the defense will have to step up and be able to stop drives, the offense will have to get the running game going and be able to put points on the board against a defense that is only allowing about 15 a game.
This is an unfortunate distraction, but it isn’t something that the Hawkeyes can’t work past.

Maybe DJK’s arrest is a glimpse of the “cancer” many folks thought kept this team from achieving its best.

The Hawks have other receivers, and a bowl game to prepare for. Put this behind us, and let’s get to work and show Mizzou what Iowa football is REALLY about.

This is disappointing but no more than that. It in no real way reflects on the team and/or coaching staff or UofI. DJK is his own person and will pay for his own errors. It is, however, possible his actions/attitudes contributed to this teams implosion. If that were the case, big if there, then the staff and his peers could have and should have had a handle on the situation.

Pretty tough herding 100 or so young men from diverse backgrounds into a cohesive unit. But then the pay is good!

Paul – I will agree that the statement I made isn’t correct. Cannabis has a period of about two-three days that it shows up in blood for most people. A lot depends on whether the test is looking for THC or THC metabolites. Testing for the latter provides a longer time period. The other element, though and the one I omitted in writing my post, is the purpose of the drug test and what is being tested for. In the case of athletes, most tests are set up to look for irregularities either caused by steroids or some sort of attempt at blood doping. Marijuana certainly is detectable longer than ecstasy, meth, amphetamines, or benzodiazepines, but shorter than phenobarbitols.

Any knowledge on why the police report sites “Derrel Anthony Johnson-Koulianos (AKA: DJK)?” Is that how his name appears on his drivers license. Why is it necessary to include “AKA:DJK?” Just curious.

Anytime someone is getting arrested that a has a well known “other name they go by, or an alias” it will be listed in the report. And everybody knows the kid as DJK….the record setting drug dealer.

But seriously, I hope he can get his act together. I would hate to see him end up like Dominique Douglas. Which by the way, was from that same class DJK came in on in 2006 that included Arvell Nelson, Dom Douglas, James Cleveland, Anthony Bowman…

He’s looking at 7 misdemeanors, most are simple possession charges. I’d be surprised if he does any significant jail time. He didn’t hurt any of you, outside of his absence in a thoroughly meaningless football game. He probably cost himself a shot at being drafted with this, but other than that, move on.

He made a bad decision (several of them), nothing new here.

Actually, doesn’t this make him perfect for the NFL?

It’s hardly appropriate to say that he “threw his life away”. This is a young man of 23…barely an adult, who had a rough childhood, and has spent his college years under enormous pressure and not all that much open support from a football program that puts itself on far too high a pedestal, and used him while making a point of singling him out for “silence” attention. In fact, getting busted may well be the thing that SAVES his life…perhaps now it will all be out there, and he will get help, & and find a new path that makes him happy and helps him find true friends. Maybe the NFL would have been the WORST place for him. In any case, his life is far from “thrown away” or “ruined. His life is still in it’s youth, and his life has value. Lets get our priorities in order Iowa. People are humans first, athletes somewhere down the order, and not golden idols at all.

I’m not trying to pile on DJK but I think it’s a reach, given all the players available with positive intangibles and just as good tangibles, DJK has many Free Agent opportunities ahead of him. Obviously, you only need one. Josh Cribbs of the Browns had a similar situation at Kent State prior to his senior season. The timing of this, though, which is essentially during the NFL job interview, illustrates how disconnected DJK is in his actions and attitudes. It’s safe to assume the scouting report on DJK will always include ‘Struggles to give full effort.’