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Brennan Marion

But you went didn’t you? Just like going to watch the Hawks grind out 86 yards of total offense….lol
did you say grind?

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When you're one of, apparently, few options, you're bargaining power increases dramatically.
We're all getting the vibe that no one wants to work for KF.
Really. i haven't got that vibe. Where did you get it? Or did you just say this because you don't like him and thought you would try to be cute.


 
Depends.

The $$$ will be enticing, but working for a nearly 70 year old HC means you're looking for another job in a few years.

A younger coach probably won't want to uproot his family in 2-3 years.

Hopefully this crap is settled soon.
Your kidding arent you. The new OC would make $1.5 million a year in a city that is not a real expensive place to live. So if they have the gig for 3 years they will make $4.5 million which puts them in the upper 5% or higher with enough money invested wisely to never have to work again.

These guys know the drill about having to move every few years and so do their families. Plus if he really succeeds and has the head coach qualities he could be the next head coach.

Hell if I was just barely qualified I would take this job even if Kirk was picking all the plays.
 
Jesus, dude. You don't like KF. WE. GET. IT.

You don't have to keep posting the same dumb, pointless shit in every thread:

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Hey, thanks for letting me know what you’re not ok with regarding my posts.
Here I thought that like everyone else here I could come and post what I wanted as long as I wasn’t being too much of an an @sshole to other people on the site. Obviously I was wrong.

Some people might have just ignored my stuff and moved on, so kudos to you for taking the time to gather all these up and set me straight.

👍🏻 Keep up the good work.
 
He’s working his way up the ranks. Iowa has enough buying power to keep other teams from outbidding their current staff. Any OC that does a good job at iowa will either stay or looking for head coaching job. And I am certain that would be a good thing.
Would it suck for the head coach to have to go through it again all the time, yes.
Saban had many coaches leave for HC jobs and I feel like many had some success. Thats never a bad thing for a program unless they are the one you want to be the next HC

This is the way I read Marion's CV. Yes, he takes a new job every year, but it's been either to a higher level of responsibility (WR coach to OC) or to a higher competitive level (FCS to G5 to P5). I assume these moves are by his choice because why, for example, would Texas hire him as a co-OC + WR role if Pittsburgh felt he wasn't doing a good job. This is what career advancement looks like for many good coaches. The next logical step is OC (plus WR coach?) at a P5 program. If successful, then the next step after that would be head coach (or NFL).

We're not used to seeing this at Iowa because of the mutual loyalty between Kirk and most of his coaches, but a lot of coaches around the country are career strivers and there's nothing inherently wrong with that.
 
Hey, thanks for letting me know what you’re not ok with regarding my posts.
Here I thought that like everyone else here I could come and post what I wanted as long as I wasn’t being too much of an an @sshole to other people on the site. Obviously I was wrong.

Some people might have just ignored my stuff and moved on, so kudos to you for taking the time to gather all these up and set me straight.

👍🏻 Keep up the good work.
Lol right, I took the thirty seconds to screen shot and post here.

You’re suggesting I ignore you and I’m suggesting you just stop posting the same dumb opinion over and over and over. For everyone’s sake.
 
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Lol right, I took the thirty seconds to screen shot and post here.

You’re suggesting I ignore you and I’m suggesting you just stop posting the same dumb opinion over and over and over. For everyone’s sake.
Sorry, I didn’t know you were speaking for everybody about this. That definitely changes things.
Again, just ignoring what I post would be pretty easy, but I guess nothing worth doing in life is easy.

I wasn’t implying that you spent a bunch of time on your post. A screenshot is simple enough.
Showing up with receipts was smart. Kudos again. 👍🏻

Just so I know, is it the repetitive nature of my posts that makes my opinion dumb, or the opinion itself.
Also, if you could let me know what the proper opinions to have are so I can post accordingly in the future it would be appreciated.
 
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Sorry, I didn’t know you were speaking for everybody about this. That definitely changes things.
Again, just ignoring what I post would be pretty easy, but I guess nothing worth doing in life is easy.

I wasn’t implying that you spent a bunch of time on your post. A screenshot is simple enough.
Showing up with receipts was smart. Kudos again. 👍🏻

Just so I know, is it the repetitive nature of my posts that makes my opinion dumb, or the opinion itself.
Also, if you could let me know what the proper opinions to have are so I can post accordingly in the future it would be appreciated.
Well that's easy, you have to have the same opinions as he does.
 
Well that's easy, you have to have the same opinions as he does.
And what opinions are those?

The opinion that comments like “I'm beginning to believe that Kirk thinks if he drags this out long enough he can somehow have Brian reinstated as OC and ” and “Kirk is still resting and recovering from his intense game planning from the bowl game” are idiotic and don’t need to be posted in every single thread?

Do you honestly agree with this bullshit? I didn't call him out for it until he posted it in five different threads today. Don't post dumb shit if you don't want to be ridiculed for it.
 
I keep hearing this from podcasts by media, etc.

I’m starting to think this is like an easy talking point.

It sounds introspective somehow, but really has no firm basis in reality - that they know of for sure. It’s easy to say that the OC will be limited, because this is Kirks offense.

But the reality is the people saying this have absolutely no ****ing clue whatsoever of any of the details that go in to practices, planning, etc. It’s just something to say that has a very high level appeal because it’s safe.

I would ask such ppl:

OK give me a specific example or two of how this has manifested on the field. Be very specific. Date / time / details / who said what when on the field or in a meeting. If you don’t really have information that proves any of this, then please stop ****ing saying this over and over again we are ****ing sick of it.
what exactly are you looking for? Ken O'Keefe ran a Mouse Davis inspired offense when he was at Allegheny and Fordham. I know this because he wrote articles about running the offense for the AFCA before he was ever hired at Iowa.

Greg Davis offense at Iowa was very different than what he ran at Texas.

The head guy almost always dictates the schemes. Norm Parker coordinated a heavy blitzing 3-4 man coverage unit at Vanderbilt. Why? Because that is what Woody Widenhofer wanted.

I don't think it's any secret KF is not a fan of wide open offenses. Hell he poked fun of it before the bowl game this year. He even took shots at other coaches.
 
He’s allegedly one of the best coaches in America to work for.
Maybe he is. I am not saying one way or another. It does seem as though he is struggling to hire a coach! We likely will never know the reason Paul Chryst turned it down. 🙂
 
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And what opinions are those?

The opinion that comments like “I'm beginning to believe that Kirk thinks if he drags this out long enough he can somehow have Brian reinstated as OC and ” and “Kirk is still resting and recovering from his intense game planning from the bowl game” are idiotic and don’t need to be posted in every single thread?

Do you honestly agree with this bullshit? I didn't call him out for it until he posted it in five different threads today. Don't post dumb shit if you don't want to be ridiculed for it.
Seriously?
So you felt strongly enough to throw a tizzy fit about my posts, then instead of responding to me directly you complain to somebody else about it?

I‘m beginning to think you may not be a great role model for me when it comes to proper posting etiquette and subject matter on this forum.
 
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And what opinions are those?

The opinion that comments like “I'm beginning to believe that Kirk thinks if he drags this out long enough he can somehow have Brian reinstated as OC and ” and “Kirk is still resting and recovering from his intense game planning from the bowl game” are idiotic and don’t need to be posted in every single thread?

Do you honestly agree with this bullshit? I didn't call him out for it until he posted it in five different threads today. Don't post dumb shit if you don't want to be ridiculed for it.

Hey Glen. Guess what? Nobody gives a **** if you agree with them and the rest of the board doesn't need saving from shit you don't agree with, no matter how much it irritates you. So stop acting like an insufferable prick and put people you don't agree with on ignore because this isn't your board and your shit is way more detrimental to discourse than anything this guy posted. Feel free to start with me.
 
Hey Glen. Guess what? Nobody gives a **** if you agree with them and the rest of the board doesn't need saving from shit you don't agree with, no matter how much it irritates you. So stop acting like an insufferable prick and put people you don't agree with on ignore because this isn't your board and your shit is way more detrimental to discourse than anything this guy posted. Feel free to start with me.
Amen brother.
 
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Hey Glen. Guess what? Nobody gives a **** if you agree with them and the rest of the board doesn't need saving from shit you don't agree with, no matter how much it irritates you. So stop acting like an insufferable prick and put people you don't agree with on ignore because this isn't your board and your shit is way more detrimental to discourse than anything this guy posted. Feel free to start with me.
Nah, I think I’ll just keep calling out the bullshit.

I’m tired of the pricks on this board shitting on KF and our program any chance they get. That is what’s actually insufferable. Take your own advice and ignore me if you don’t like hearing the truth.
 
I think the fact that Philbin and Chryst have passed on this, reportedly, isnt a bad thing. Both of those guys are long in the tooth. Hopefully this forces KF to look at some younger or less well known names that are looking to make a name for themselves and we get sone new fresh ideas in the program.

If you were a college athlete would you be more excited by Chryst or Marion?
 
Lol back at you.

Now you better get back to shitting on the football program you’re such a big fan of.
Being an objective observer with opinions that differ from yours isn't the same as shitting on the program. You're a thin skinned self anointed protector of the realm who takes even the smallest slight to KF or the program as an affront to your manhood. Go find another hobby that isn't so upsetting. Or better yet, start your own forum. You can limit it to people who only express positive opinions that you agree with. It'll be F'ing Nirvana.
 
Being an objective observer with opinions that differ from yours isn't the same as shitting on the program. You're a thin skinned self anointed protector of the realm who takes even the smallest slight to KF or the program as an affront to your manhood. Go find another hobby that isn't so upsetting. Or better yet, start your own forum. You can limit it to people who only express positive opinions that you agree with. It'll be F'ing Nirvana.
Lol this isn’t true at all - I’ve been critical of KF, BF and the offense plenty of times on here. Take a look at a game thread. However, some people don’t want to read the same tired, negative bullshit every day. Suggesting that KF is waiting this out to rehire BF is beyond stupid, and you know it.

Again, if you don’t want to get called out for saying something stupid, don’t post it. And definitely don’t post it over and over.
 
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I may be mistaken (I'm definitely currently drunk), but isn't this the guy that has had like 10 jobs in the last 11 years?
I used post #28 to make a prediction that this potential hire wouldn't be in I C very long if hired.
 
Lol this isn’t true at all - I’ve been critical of KF, BF and the offense plenty of times on here. Take a look at a game thread. However, some people don’t want to read the same tired, negative bullshit every day. Suggesting that KF is waiting this out to rehire BF is beyond stupid, and you know it.

Again, if you don’t want to get called out for saying something stupid, don’t post it. And definitely don’t post it over and over.
It's absolutely true and of course it's stupid and I'd be surprised if it wasn't tongue-in-cheek. I see comments I think are stupid or that I disagree with every day, but I don't feel compelled to lash out. I rarely even go on game threads in football or basketball because so many of the people that do are ridiculous drama queens.

It's called an open forum where people are free to post whatever they like on the subject. As much as you'd like to believe otherwise, your opinion on here doesn't carry any more weight than anyone else's. People like you aren't improving the discourse by lashing out and calling people names. It derails threads (like this one) and it's juvenile. Learn to disagree without feeling like you have to call people stupid or telling them to stop posting, Save that for Facebook.
 
It's absolutely true and of course it's stupid and I'd be surprised if it wasn't tongue-in-cheek. I see comments I think are stupid or that I disagree with every day, but I don't feel compelled to lash out. I rarely even go on game threads in football or basketball because so many of the people that do are ridiculous drama queens.

It's called an open forum where people are free to post whatever they like on the subject. As much as you'd like to believe otherwise, your opinion on here doesn't carry any more weight than anyone else's. People like you aren't improving the discourse by lashing out and calling people names. It derails threads (like this one) and it's juvenile. Learn to disagree without feeling like you have to call people stupid or telling them to stop posting, Save that for Facebook.
Lol stop acting like I ‘lashed out’ after one post, dude.

I shared his last 7-8 posts all bitching or talking down about KF in some way and said “we get it” you can stop now.

I never told him to stop posting. I told him to stop posting the same stupid ‘tongue-in-cheek’ bullshit in every single thread.

Finally, I’ve called nobody here ‘stupid’ but you - and that was after you called me an asshole. You’re the one who started using names, so you can come down off that high horse.
 
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I think the fact that Philbin and Chryst have passed on this, reportedly, isnt a bad thing. Both of those guys are long in the tooth. Hopefully this forces KF to look at some younger or less well known names that are looking to make a name for themselves and we get sone new fresh ideas in the program.

If you were a college athlete would you be more excited by Chryst or Marion?
We don’t know forsure philbin is out. And now Rob Howe thinks he might be back in the running with the changes at OSU, so maybe reconsidering. Total speculation at this point but I wouldn’t completely shut the philbin door yet.
If it’s not done by Monday I’d say it’s an NFL guy.
Hoping for Marion tho as it would bring a little flash to the offense and a young and clearly motivated coach
 
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It's absolutely true and of course it's stupid and I'd be surprised if it wasn't tongue-in-cheek. I see comments I think are stupid or that I disagree with every day, but I don't feel compelled to lash out. I rarely even go on game threads in football or basketball because so many of the people that do are ridiculous drama queens.

It's called an open forum where people are free to post whatever they like on the subject. As much as you'd like to believe otherwise, your opinion on here doesn't carry any more weight than anyone else's. People like you aren't improving the discourse by lashing out and calling people names. It derails threads (like this one) and it's juvenile. Learn to disagree without feeling like you have to call people stupid or telling them to stop posting, Save that for Facebook.
You know, I just thought that everybody would get that my “theory” about KF waiting so he could rehire BF was supposed to be a joke. I guess that will teach me.
 
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You know, I just thought that everybody would get that my “theory” about KF waiting so he could rehire BF was supposed to be a joke. I guess that will teach me.
Any ideas on new OC candidate popping up recently? Or just the same options everyone has been talking about for the past week?
 
Seems to be a lot of speculation going on, and nothing to report, I’m shocked!
Don’t worry, there will be a new hire soon, then everyone can continue complaining about the OC. Just another day in Hawkeye land. It’s good to be a Hawk, we have the best “fans!”
 
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