There is absolutely no speculation about him being replaced - except among fans that are completely out of touch. The football program is on solid ground, with very strong fan support, and Ferentz will set his own timeline for retirement.
I hope that PJ Fleck would be the last, when the world has ended.
I don’t think anyone is implying that they’re going to fire him. But I laugh at everyone who thinks this guy deserves to call the shots here when it is clear he has no life outside of Iowa football and might see himself dying in the office.
So you're scared of change? Kirk isn't going to coach forever and very few want him too. I'm ready for a Dan Campbell type.
And yet what do we have to show for it that you can truly hang your hat on? A few decent to good bowl wins. Three failures in the conference championship.
Drop the junk stats on overall win %. I love Iowa FB and KF is a great man who has done solid solid work there. But Iowa has enjoyed hilariously soft schedules for that time, playing in what was arguably the weakest division in CFB history.
All I want from Ferentz is to look at replacing qb if playing poorly. He does that with every other position.
Not so sure. I do know Kirk gets loyalty from his players even when maybe they could have made more money elsewhere. Kirk has also had a lot of exposure to the NFL model for the pay to play and managing roster spots and obviously NFL coaching experience. We are gonna LOSE A LOT when he is gone.
Never won a conference title. Probably had fewest major bowls of any division over the BT E/W era. There was certainly no easier power conference road over that time. Just never had any powerhouses who reload every year; hell, the big ten west rarely had teams in contention for major bowls. The big twelve north is the only comparison, but they had Nebraska in their prime competing for national titles during that run of the big 12 north era.
Why do you think it would take just "a couple", which means 2, coaches? Evy retired in 1960. Left the preseason #1 to Jerry Burns. Jerry took this team to a 5-4 record in 61, bottom of the B!G. I was 2 years old. Five coaches and 20 years later Iowa had another winning record. I was completing graduate school.
The last two coaches at Iowa were both very successful, even though they came in under far worse circumstances than where Iowa sits today.
KF is at an age where he and his wife have already had the conversation about hanging up the clipboard. Although, you might be right and KF cannot see life after football. Cold gets colder every year after 60. I totally agree that KF hates the new world order and some freezing cold game at the end of the season could very well be the straw.
I want a B1G championship every 4 to 6 years and in the playoffs most often than not. That should be our goal.
This is unrealistic. Unless Iowa makes a genius hire things will collapse after Kirk Ferentz retires. Every change in the culture of collegiate athletics works against schools like Iowa.
Agree with your first sentence. Can't agree with your 2nd. I can't go back to the 60's-70's Iowa FB again.
The law of probability more than anything else. Most coaching hires fail. Iowa isn't unique. We are among the group of small teams from small states that aren't blue bloods but aren't bad either. Iowa faces serious hurtles to success so it's improbable that anyone can replicate Hayden Fry or Kirk Ferentz. Now
So set up your payroll deduction now to go to Swarm as it is going to take money in this transition time until we get to employees, contracts, unions, waivers, etc.
I've yet to support Swarm except thru products. I'm kinda against the fans paying for it all. Eventually it would all rolls downhill but I pay enough in donations and tickets imo.
Narrative building. Go ahead and start a poll. You won't though. And everyone knows why.
Having literally grown up with that running debacle I am far too old to revisit those times, although I think they are coming back to Kinnick in the next 4 or 5 years.
I wouldn't say completely but its very difficult. If you don't have high goals you'll never go to high places. If your goal is the Outback Bowl that's all you'll ever achieve. Quit making excuses for little ol Iowa.
It does? More like a top 5 every 4 to 6 years and Top 12 every 2 to 3. Most years we should be sniffing the top 12. If this isn't every non bluebloods goal then they should hang it up.
They are not excuses, they are reasons for Iowa's ceiling. They are the structural. Small state population, access to mega donors, small school, media attention, media value, access to .
A top 5 would require a massive improvement in recruiting, most like driven by a very large payroll increase.
You, of all people, calling anyone else a moron is audacious and hypocritical. Why, well, because you are one. You're a reactionary moron. It's true. You're just too narcissistic to see that fact. It is a fact unfortunately.
Thank goodness JHF kept a few assistants when he was hired. Unfortunately reading some of the standards people have for coaches in this thread he probably wasn’t very good either.
That's a lot of words to say you don't understand my post and you have no clue what you're talking about.
