I agree.
The powers that be and big money boosters are tired of the narrative of Iowa being a national laughing stock is why the change was made now. And no one is to blame for it more than Kirk Ferentz with his refusal to fix it himself. Again, KF wasn’t fired, his son was.
You realize most of the country laughs at the state of Iowa and Iowans in general anyway right? We are all farmers out hoeing crops and slopping hogs or growing them taters.
LOL at Kirk getting upset about it not being handled at the end of the season. He pulled that last year and then handled nothing at the end of the season.
Yeah, if they're 10 years old or uneducated nimrods.
And I'm sure we've got a littiny of top offensive talent coming in to help restore our offense and even bring about an ascension.
You forgot to include the record over the last 10 years in this post. Now I don't know what you're talking about.
And just because Kirk did it this way doesn't mean it's the only way too handle it. There's almost no way any program wouldn't have been forced to do the same when you have offensive output as bad as ours
The number of wins and winning percentage over the last 10 years says otherwise.
"Let's just say" is the crux of your hypothesis? Despite what some think, KF is an adult. He is 68 years old and has led the Iowa Football program for 25 years with very good results. He is not a child that is going to take his ball and go home when things don't go his way.
I don't disagree. And I also think NIL has changed some things, i.e., the guy getting PAID is the one being PLAYED.
And he forgot to mention that Beth's wife hates living in Iowa.
What???? Have you seen our records the last few years despite our inept offense? This is complete nonsense.
In the previous 10 seasons Iowa is 5-24 vs teams that finished the season ranked in the AP Poll. (I did a quick check so may be a win or loss off)
Alabama, Clemson, Auburn, Florida, Miami (FL), Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, USC, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Arkansas, UCLA, West Virginia, Georgia, Washington, Virginia Tech are all programs that have fired a coordinator in mid-season within the last several years
Oh yeah, the records. How many conference titles in the last decade? How many NY6 bowl appearances? NY6 bowl wins?
amen. and i love how these people are already setting it up to where if iowa struggles next year with a new staff that means they were right. if kirk and current staff stays, iowa is likely looking at 6-6 next year at best. and the older the coach gets, its not like recruiting will improve. we are currently at the beginning of a hayden ending timeline. these people want our coaches to stay 30 years just to avoid a possible bad hire or two. pathetic. fran also needs to go. he somehow wasted the murray brothers by playing his own sons more minutes.
bruceman44: amen. and i love how these people are already setting it up to where if iowa struggles next year with a new staff that means they were right. if kirk and current staff stays, iowa is likely looking at 6-6 next year at best.
Your look backward is accurate I believe, but it is not accurate to project those same level of results forward if a change wasn't made. Transitions from coaches are difficult, as evidenced by the lull in performance between Fry & Ferentz. That one seemed "unmanaged." On the other hand the "managed" change from Dr. Tom may have been over-managed.
They’re already setting the table for a, “If that durn Beth Goetz hadn’t run Brian and Kirk off, we’d be winning these games!!1!” bullshit argument when the roster Kirk left behind struggles next year to win games in the midst of a possible coaching transition. They’re going to crow every time Iowa struggles, and they’ll think it’s clever.
You must be a Ferentz relative or part of the football program. The way you're throwing a fit.
You're suggesting there has to be a transition? If she fired his ass tomorrow she might win a Nobel Piece Prize from Iowa fans.
