Originally posted by BuddyRydell:
Originally posted by ddelzell:
Originally posted by EvilMonkeyInTheCloset:
Originally posted by dawgs_04:
Originally posted by EvilMo...Closet:
I've said before, anything less than 6 wins and Kirk is gone. 6 wins and it basically turns into a long discussion about whether or not Ferentz will be back or if he should get one more year. 7 or more and he stays. Those are the facts.
With a losing record, people/donors will openly pay to buy him out at this point.
With that said.....the only 100% guaranteed infallible truth about going into the 2016 season..................is that Bret Bielema will not be the head coach. Deeeeeaaaaaal with it, Iowa fans. It's not happening......Ever.
Are we talking 2015? 6 wins against that schedule is a joke.
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I know....But you have to put yourself in the shoes of this administration and what they'll most likely do.
6 wins gets us to a bowl game. But it'd still be viewed as a disappointing season, and only slightly less so if we win said bowl game. That's where the long discussion about Ferentz's future comes in.
Oh and yes....................................6 wins or less with that schedule is VERY possible. And not just because you people don't think highly of Ferentz or the talent Iowa has on the team, either.
I agree with the Evil Monkey on this one. A losing record is a very real possibility this season. I don't see any way that Iowa's linebackers will be any better than last season and there are going to be
a lot of new starters on both offense and defense without much experience. I'll add in a little insult to injury. Iowa's punting game is horrible.
I have no expectations that the 2015 season is going to be any better than the product I watched in 2014. In fact, I expect something along the lines of a 5 and 7 type of season and a extreme amount of angst about whether, or not, KF will be the coach the following season.
Buckle up fellas! It's going to be one helluva ride.
Did you read my post on LB's? Obviously not. You should, then you could see how they will get better and what their ceiling is. The same negative things were said about Morris, Hitchens and Kirksey their soph yr. In fact everyone rambled on and on how talentless Morris was after his freshman year and we'd better find someone else because he is not going to get any better and KF was a horrible recruiter because some of the only options he had to flank Morris with was a 2 star converted RB and a converted safety. And that is a fact. You folks are simply stunning. You are not entitled to your opinion, you are entitled to an INFORMED opinion, which most do not have.
I'll prove it:
Who are these 'lot of new starters without much experience'? Once again a totally uniformed opinion. On offense the only new starters without much experience are the tackles. All the other 9 have started. That's a lot? Everyone else besides CJ have 2-3 years experience. And when is the last time Iowa had bad offensive tackles?
On defense the only new starter that may not have much experience will depend on who starts at SS and they may move an experienced db like fleming there, who knows and if it's Taylor, he got some playing time last year. 4 of the LB's have extensive experience and have all started at least once and Johnson, Bazata, and Ekakitie all played extensively last year with no apparent drop off in production in comparison to the starters. So that's 1 of 11 that won't have much experience. Wow, that's a lot!
So, in conclusion that would be, at most, 3 new starters without much experience, thus your highlighted statement is totally false, unless you're going to go Bill Clinton on us and try to redefine the word 'lot'.
If Iowa wins 7 or more games next year (I'm predicting 9-10), will you finally admit to yourself that you have no clue what you're talking about (we already know) and ban yourself from ever speaking on here again?
And young adult, college students are not a 'product'.
This post was edited on 3/28 10:52 AM by BuddyRydell