Holy shit I may or may not be still drunk from last night. I have an argument with another poster about Petras not you. My bad.
Convince Me that Brian Ferentz isn’t the Problem…
- Thread starter BlackNGoldBleeder
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We all know he’s the problem… sad part is we could have a really good team if not for his trash offense. He had no business getting hired as an OC.
Brian is worse. As hard as that is to believe, he is.
BF sux but it starts with KF.
Dude. Step back from the ledge. No. Not even close. Tell us GD’s best bowl result. Now do GD’s. Same for points scored in bowls.
I get tired of the excuse that we don’t have wr’s that separate. That is a scheme issue as the combine numbers show us have several wr’s that have run 4.4’s. You can watch tons of games on Saturdays that show wr’s from low tier teams getting separation on DB’s from higher tier conferences. I don’t know how our passing game in terms of routes and such compare with other programs, but how many years is it that announcers say our guys wr’s don’t get separation? That is an issue of scheme, not talent.
Brian won 12 games in a row with Spencer Petras as QB. That ain't frickin' easy.
you can put an asterisk in the covid season.
Whoever's idea it was to recruit Petras and then to make him the starter and keep him as the starter---that is the guy I have a beef with. I think KF is big player in this because he was same guy that stuck with Vandenburg and Christensen.
We probably have the worst offense of all the Power 5 teams. Might be better than Kansas, but it’s bad. Like Black and Gold said, our defense had won 12 games in a row. Our offense was along for the ride. It’s time for Brian to take the kid gloves off of Spencer and see what he can do. Yes, our pass blocking is poor. Stop putting your QB in shotgun 25 times a game because he can’t move. Move the pocket, do something but what we are doing is clearly not working but we don’t change anything. Johnson makes a big play on the opening drive and then hardly plays. How many touches for Bruce? How many passes in space to Goodson? It’s terrible.
Good God man, your note is the OVERREACTION! And your facts are incorrect about Petras' turnovers.
Iowa is never going to have a huge offense under Kirk's philosophy. Even with the mobility of Brad Banks and Drew Tate at QB they didn't. I like how Kirk sees the offensive side of the game. Slow things down. Hang on the the ball. Establish the run. If points aren't scored, gain enough first downs to pin your opponent deep in their territory. I like how Kirk does offense because when it works, which is has a lot lately, it gives the defense a long field and time to rest between drives. That formula has won Kirk a shitload of games over the years.
That would be fine if we could establish the run. We can’t and we don’t. We don’t stick with anything. We are terrible at running the football. Even with good linemen we were mediocre at it. What are we good at on offense? At some point you have to find an identity.
These are my thoughts as well. Establishing a run game would go a long way. Look what happened against Purdue when Goodson was busting off at least 5 yards a carry on the only TD drive. The offense looked great that series and felt like Iowa controlled the clock and did everything it wanted
Dude congratulations! I'm so glad that you woke up from that coma that you've been in for the past 2 weeks!
What would that record be without all those turnovers on defense putting the Iowa offense in short fields?
We won most of those in spite of BF, not because of him. Good god open your eyes.
In the Brad Banks year Iowa ranked #7 in scoring offense, #13 in total offense at 424 ypg, and #17 in rushing offense.
Brian's offenses have stats under his reign worse than Greg Davis'. That also ain't frickin easy to do.
This x 1000 Our routes and route trees are pitiful. And that's just part of our scheme deficiency.
I am taking a hypothetical sh*t all over this paragraph you’ve just created.
I am not going to look up the stats for you but that 2002 Iowa team was amazing offensively. If you are doubting then clearly you weren't even following the program back then which I'm guessing is the case. They had an amazing OL, future Pro Bowl TE, runner-up Heisman guy at QB, damn good RB in Fred Russell, and WRs like Hinkle, CJ Jones, and Mo Brown. Hard not to rack up huge numbers with guys like these.
Here's a link to the 2002 season stats. Just click on the categories under 'Team Reports'.
That we are 6-1, had a horrible offense that would bite us in the ass at some point (which it did), and that now instead of waltzing to the West title in a year the West is just bad, we now have no better shot than does Wisconsin or Minnesota.
I don’t mind this either but this season has a trend that we’re too content just feeling the game out before doing anything. Weren’t able to get it rolling Saturday and it bit us. Not everything has to be set up for 2.5 quarters to be successful.
Guessing this guy wasn't even born in 2002 or wasn't even following football.
It's almost like the issue is the difficulty in recruiting skilled positions on offense to a place like Iowa. Hmm...I wonder why that is. Oh right, we have none in state and no history of offensive fire power.
You will never get the skilled players to be an offensive juggernaut at Iowa. Can they be better than this on offense? Absolutely! But it isn't the schemes or play calling.
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