Rivals.com—Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz decided not to go through with an in-home visit set up for yesterday with the nation’s top prospect Seantrel Henderson, this according to his father, Sean.

If you’re a subscriber to Rivals, you can find out why the family says the visit was canceled.

According to a comment in Hawkeye Nation’s forums, Seantrel’s dad is quoted as having said, “Tell (the Iowa fans) that he pulled out because we wouldn’t give them our final official visit.”

The only folks who will be buying that load of crap are those who don’t know much about Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa program.

You know, I wasn’t going to say anything but Sean Henderson has kind of been an overly-controlling [insert your own word of choice here] throughout this entire process. I think we’ve probably heard more out of Sean Henderson’s mouth than his son’s. That’s a bit unfortunate, considering this is mostly Seantrel’s decision.

I’m sure Ferentz had a more than sufficient reason for pulling out of the visit. I’m positive it wasn’t because Henderson didn’t chose (or his father didn’t chose) Iowa as his last official visit.

I can think of one good reason why the Hawkeyes may have decided they don’t need Henderson: the extra luggage that would be his father. Sometimes, it’s OK to let the kids make their own decisions.

One Hawkeye Nation commenter suggested that Iowa didn’t want the attention of having the nation’s No. 1 recruit. While this might be true, I don’t think Ferentz would have said no if Seantrel had decided to attend Iowa. I don’t think it would have gotten to the point of a in-home visit being scheduled had that been the case.

Oh, well…it’ll soon be old news.

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