What's the upside if you never use him?Saved his redshirt though.
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What's the upside if you never use him?Saved his redshirt though.
That’s the point; improve the fatass’ ability to run a sneak! Iowas blocking was so bad the sneak should have been our most frequently run play all year!He actually wasn't very good at sneaks.
No Nate Stanley. Or Petras
Nah, at 250 lbs Hill and an RB shoving him should get 2-3 yards per try just because of momentum and gravity!Maybe Kirk knows if his team commits to a qb sneak, the defense would overwhelm a poor offensive line? Lots of success with sneaks came from running behind an all American center...Linderbaum isn't available now.
He would probably fumble 50% of the time though. So, no.As it pertains to this year, I would call it
complete incompetence.
Kirk has mute ears to anything that is risky so RPO, Spread is not likely going to happen. As much as we all would like to see the offense evolve he will stick to what he thinks is going to win games which is he will cite as his success over 25 years. He will say it's not what you do it's how you do it. He will take that to the Hereafter!If nothing else, I hope our new OC, whomever he may be, considers adding some packages for Lainez as a zone-read or RPO option. He may not be a crisp passer (yet) but his legs are an absolute threat, especially if there’s a simple route tree for him to have the option to pass too. Don’t overcomplicate it - I’m talking one, maybe two receivers in the route max.
Iowa doesn't need the spread. We need:Kirk has mute ears to anything that is risky so RPO, Spread is not likely going to happen. As much as we all would like to see the offense evolve he will stick to what he thinks is going to win games which is he will cite as his success over 25 years. He will say it's not what you do it's how you do it. He will take that to the Hereafter!
Ok. I'll bite. What makes RPO or Spread so risky as opposed to dropping straight back and getting stripped and throwing interceptions?Kirk has mute ears to anything that is risky so RPO, Spread is not likely going to happen. As much as we all would like to see the offense evolve he will stick to what he thinks is going to win games which is he will cite as his success over 25 years. He will say it's not what you do it's how you do it. He will take that to the Hereafter!
Come on. Why would you want to adjust what you're doing to the personnel's strengths? The only way to make the offense better is to do more of the same. Square pegs fit in round holes if you hammer them hard enough.If nothing else, I hope our new OC, whomever he may be, considers adding some packages for Lainez as a zone-read or RPO option. He may not be a crisp passer (yet) but his legs are an absolute threat, especially if there’s a simple route tree for him to have the option to pass too. Don’t overcomplicate it - I’m talking one, maybe two receivers in the route max.
He didn't forget. He just didn't want to use him or anything like him again. Why? I don't think anyone could see the field better than Banks could.Unfortunately one of the things he forgot is how much success we had with Brad Banks. I really hope he stays as far away from the offense as possible. Every time KF walks over in practice to work with the offense I hope he sticks to working with the OL. Use his vast knowledge to make the OL better...he has gotten away from his roots and it has led to his recent lack of effectiveness on O.
The clock. Kirk prizes clock management (except at the end of games).Ok. I'll bite. What makes RPO or Spread so risky as opposed to dropping straight back and getting stripped and throwing interceptions?
KF doesn't lack common sense. He's stubborn. You have to admit that prior to BF downtrend, when opponents are Ferentzed, it's a think of beauty. My guess he actually thought Bri Bri was going to take Iowa to nirvana. Hi tide was against OSU, but the tsunami of bri bri took all the water away from the beach the next week....66 yards.KF has forgotten more football than many of us will know, but he lacks any common sense when it comes to coping with offensive inadequacies and making adjustments. There is just zero reason we shouldn’t have either had Lainez coming into games and running read option or considering we have several good backs, using one of them in that role. Makes absolutely no sense.
You know what they say....2 Quarterbacks = 2 sexy. But apparently it's ok for a JV team like Michigan to try a little backyard football and try a wrinkle (even though their starting QB is a stud and doing just fine).
I mean if Kirk just quit acting like a rocket scientist and just had some damn fun he could have thrown our running QB in for a few series this season when absolutely nothing else was working.
What does either one of these (RPO or spread) have to do with pace?The clock. Kirk prizes clock management (except at the end of games).
Our defense would not be the defense it is if we had a longer game or a game with more plays. That’s the risk.
Well, you keep clock management really simple if you run 3 times and punt for most of your series. That would be the ultimate KF clock management and predictable pace offense. Snap the ball with 2-5 seconds on the play clock each time and, barring fumbles, you could have your TOP projection per offensive series down to a few seconds.What does either one of these (RPO or spread) have to do with pace?
Nothing unless you complete 65-70% of passes. Thats not easy all season let alone late in the season. We don’t have the dudes at specialty positions. Could we get there, maybe in 3-5 years.What does either one of these (RPO or spread) have to do with pace?
2 Things:Nothing unless you complete 65-70% of passes. Thats not easy all season let alone late in the season. We don’t have the dudes at specialty positions. Could we get there, maybe in 3-5 years.
That was an awful long time ago. How often did Banks play and what was his purpose in 2001 ? Did it work?Like 2001 team 🤔 I heard a member of that staff may be coming back in 2024.
On Iowa 🖤💛
I hear what you are saying but Iowas games are typically some of the lowest # of plays out there. More throws equals more plays.2 Things:
1) You can run just as often out of either one of these.
2) There is nothing time consuming or complementary about having 40% of your drives go 3 and out.y
Going to need the etymology of the word.
Manilla described the paper made with origins in the Philippines. A yellow brown paper: having color hence not plain. Vanilla generally means white, lacking color, or plain.
Not sure where you see or Manilla =plain vs vanilla.
Maybe Kirk knows if his team commits to a qb sneak, the defense would overwhelm a poor offensive line? Lots of success with sneaks came from running behind an all American center...Linderbaum isn't available now.
Because we’ve gone stone cold stupid.We haven't had confidence in the inside 3 to block the sneak since Linderbaum left. Even his last year was suspect with the guards.
Unfortunately one of the things he forgot is how much success we had with Brad Banks.
And stubborn?You’re not wrong.
With Lainez’ obvious ability to run, he 100% should have been in the mix on occasion.
Kirk is just so darn vanilla.
I think most everyone understands the coaching staff didn't prefer a QB like Brad. The difficult part to understand is how can they be so stubborn and not realize success with mobile quarterbacks is not a fad. It seems eerily similar to the people who held out for so long saying the internet was a fad. The difference is most thinking that way eventually came around when they opened their eyes and realized the internet could make certain things easier.Brad Banks was an accident, not sure why people don't understand that,.. The Iowa coaching staff didn't create him, didn't like the way he played the game, and was happy to return to normalcy when he left...
Interestingly enough, we actually didn't have a lot of other options besides Banks in 2002. The other QBs on the roster included Nathan Chandler, who was in his first year after coming in from a Juco, as well as true freshmen Jason Manson, Cy Phillips, and Clinton Solomon, and redshirt freshman Matt Bohnet. We also had David Raih, a junior, but he was injured.I think most everyone understands the coaching staff didn't prefer a QB like Brad. The difficult part to understand is how can they be so stubborn and not realize success with mobile quarterbacks is not a fad. It seems eerily similar to the people who held out for so long saying the internet was a fad. The difference is most thinking that way eventually came around when they opened their eyes and realized the internet could make certain things easier.