If he doesn't surpass Hill, he should transfer. Hate to say that, but what's his upside at Iowa?
Any sportswriters or others getting first hand reports from spring practice?
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That is it right there. This line is experienced, been under the same coach for several years. There is no reason they should not be really good. If it was scheme, well that is changing. Just plain running out of excuses aren't we???? (no way you are going to tell me it is a talent issue when not one single OL player is standing out. If anything that would make it much easier for someone to really stand out)
If scheme isn’t the biggest part of the problem then that means we’ve also been facing a severe development issue as well as scouting high school recruits.
As I recall he did sneak a couple of time against Michigan, and then later when forced with a 4th and short, across from him was like 11 defenders in the box, and he or the coaches never thought to change a play or call a TO and he got stuffed.
Ineptitude on so many levels.
My biggest fear is KF doesn't want a DRASTIC jump in offensive production this year because it just makes Jr look even worse.
Respectfully, it’s takes like this that infuriate me.
You think Kirk was happy with the offense the last couple years?
If he wasn't happy, he would have canned Barnett and put BF in charge of something he could handle.
Of course he was happy...he's got Phil covering his ass.
Everything we’ve ever seen from Kirk says he doesn’t like to make drastic changes; he’s only ever done so when he’s faced pressure to do so.
The idea that he was happy with his son doing badly is simply ludicrous to me.
Brian's gone because of BG, not KF.
As I said, they won 10 games in spite of the offense and because of PP.
KF was happy or he would have done something on his own.
Ludicrous to me everyone doesn't see that.
This is the first I've heard that PP was actually the head coach last season
So ultimately since Kirk is the top dawg, we won 10 because of him and could have been better if not for him.
IMO (from being on this site the entire time it was run by TK), Tom Kakert provides a homogenized version of the company line. If Hill is still there second string QB after Spring practice (behind injury-prone Cade McNamara), it will be necessary to look at the portal. Every MAC conference QB is way better than Hill-- go get one of them.
The "defend everything KF" brigade out in full force today.
BirdistheWord
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I am not sure how much of a role the scheme plays, certainly some. I am going to say 30-40%, while the “horses” makes up the other 60-70%. We were extremely thin at WR and TE. Our O line was slightly better but still historically bad. Throw in the worst backup in D1 and I am not sure what scheme would have saved us. I would have built packages for Lainez at a minimum but we were a shitshow.
There’s a wide gap between defending everything Kirk has done and saying he was happy to see the offense so utterly broken just to protect his son.
Personally I think he just boxed himself in with his belief in execution over scheme, and couldn’t recognize that the scheme was a bigger part of the problem, his son included.
It is kinda concerning that nobody has credibly reported that Deacon has lost even an ounce of the 25 or more pounds he really needs to lose if he wants to have a remote chance of being a serviceable backup ...especially after Deacon-apologist KF said a few months ago tht it was a program priority to get him into better shape in the off-season to improve his mobility etc.
He needs someone yelling at him knees to chest dam it, knees to chest Or just run up and down the steps at Kinnick a few times this summer.
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If he thought his son was doing badly he wouldn't have been happy about it. He didn't think Brian was doing badly.
I thought players meet with strength and conditioning staff regularly with their results being shared with coaches, but I could be wrong.
Totally agree. Kirk is all about winning. He isn't going to keep the offense down to prove a point. Idiotic someone would think that.
I just think that ultimately he was unable to just accept that the scheme needed to evolve, that the solution was simply better execution.
At last--2 posts that are not what many on here post and think are humorous sarcasm.. They ain't.
He was at the least content with it as he, personally, made no changes. Any other D1 coach would have cleaned house, or at the least fired the OC and OL coaches.
If the schematics and OL play haven't changed, it really won't matter who is at QB.
How can you say the OL was better when, as an overall offense, we did statistically worse according to the data?
For better or worse, we know that Kirk doesn’t fire coaches. I really do think he trapped himself with his constant emphasis on execution and couldnt see that scheme was also a part of the problem. You could argue I suppose he was content overall as they were winning games. But posters saying he was HAPPY with the offense’s performance are being ridiculous.
While in hindsight it’s obvious that hiring BF as OC was a mistake, it’s also really difficult to fire one’s own son.
Personally, I think there’s a part of Kirk that was relieved that Goetz took that decision out of his hands.
BirdistheWord
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I did say slightly better but am open to any specific data. The rushing for example went up from 2.9 per attempt to 3.3. I think we can agree that the O line was still far below average.
I'll say.
Wirfs, Jackson, Hockenson, Fant, Smith-Marsette....
If he can't pass Hill, he needs to look at Div II or III. There are a huge number of FCS and Division II programs Hill would not start at.
