That is with 3 successful explosive passing plays down the field. Take those plays away and yikes! Petras was very good on his deep throws today, which is encouraging. BF might be more of an issue than people think.
Convince Me that Brian Ferentz isn’t the Problem…
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Take the big plays away? You can't bitch about the OC while ignoring the success. C'mon
This team's offensive problems are not the coach, the running backs, the tight ends or the receivers. The team's problem is the offensive line. Where is the pocket, collapsing or blitzed? Running holes much less running lanes?
We ran a great offensive game plan today. Showed a lot of versatility given the complete inability to maintain a running game.
I have some concern that the inexperienced freshmen are developing slower than expected.
We ran a great offensive game plan today. Showed a lot of versatility given the complete inability to maintain a running game.
I have some concern that the inexperienced freshmen are developing slower than expected.
Today showed that we have one great lineman in the center and 4 below average lineman in the other positions. The guards are especially disappointing to me, I knew the tackles would struggle but the guards have enough experience under their belt that they should be better than this.
Petras being a statue with a bad line is a recipe for the struggle. Furthermore Petras STILL hasn't developed out of his bad habit in the pre-snap deciding who he would pass the ball to.
I am not sure that Brian Ferentz has been a horrible coordinator, lets face it not very many coordinators can be great with Stanley and Petras as their QB's.
Petras being a statue with a bad line is a recipe for the struggle. Furthermore Petras STILL hasn't developed out of his bad habit in the pre-snap deciding who he would pass the ball to.
I am not sure that Brian Ferentz has been a horrible coordinator, lets face it not very many coordinators can be great with Stanley and Petras as their QB's.
Brian likes to call plays that are unnecessary, at the worst times.
Richman, DeJong, and Colby all need at least another year of S/C to be consistently effective. Ideally, they wouldn't need to be starting yet. It is what it is. Plumb has probably reached his ceiling and Richman/DeJong seem to have passed him. The line will have everyone but Linderbaum back next year (big loss). They are going to have to gameplan around the reality of what they have on the line.
There is plenty of blame to go around for Iowa’s offensive woes. I do think Brian gets into predictable patterns of play calling, but it’s also hard to dial up plays when you can’t run the football and your offensive line doesn’t give your quarterback a lot of time to throw.
I know the elite thinkers and true Hawk fans will disagree with me, but Iowa needs a real offensive coordinator. The offense should not be this bad.
I know the elite thinkers and true Hawk fans will disagree with me, but Iowa needs a real offensive coordinator. The offense should not be this bad.
I haven’t read much of this thread, so SIAP, but I just had to post somewhere that Iowa’s jailbreak screen from the 14-yard-line had to be the worst combination of play-calling and QB decision-making I have seen in my half-century of existence. That play alone should drop Iowa 7-8 spots in the polls.
I blame KF’s risk aversion. Brian called a pretty good second half today once it was obvious Iowa couldn’t move the ball with basic big boy plays.
Averaged over 30 ppg last season. This line is THE problem. The calls would look much better if the offensive line could simply execute their blocks on short side stretches-designed to cut back. But you can't cut back if someone misses that specific block. Etc...
Think we'll see more Arland and Keagan. Like Tyrone and Nico but you can see the freshmen's athletic superiority. Those kids are going to be fantastic; and, sooner than most expected. They can get open faster and, to some extent, offset the shitty pass blocking.
The optimist would say Iowa's O Line typically improves over the season. It needs to happen or this season will be disappointing.
Think we'll see more Arland and Keagan. Like Tyrone and Nico but you can see the freshmen's athletic superiority. Those kids are going to be fantastic; and, sooner than most expected. They can get open faster and, to some extent, offset the shitty pass blocking.
The optimist would say Iowa's O Line typically improves over the season. It needs to happen or this season will be disappointing.
Petras completed 70% of his passes because he’s the reincarnation of Captain Check Down. Now… it did get better today and give credit where it’s due.
My god just think about all the bitching when they do lose a ball game or two! We all know it will happen but in my opinion the main problem is the offensive line and it ain't going to get any better! If the line were better the play calling would improve, the passing percentage would go up and the running attack would really look good but we can only play the guys that on on the field. All this bitching from couch potatoes who don't know s--- until after the plays are over. 4-0 guys...
Game 4 and we are still shuffling the OL up. No continuity. Need to figure out our main 5-6 guys and roll with them. It’s like the old adage if you got 2 qbs you are playing means you really have none. Can argue same thing with playing 8-9 OL. Conference play is upon us we need to stop rotating OL continuously through out the game.
It’s amazing Brian read “Play Calling for Dummies” and magically figured out how to run an offense.
Much more likely than our QB struggling or OL being as green as baby shit so those types of things…
Much more likely than our QB struggling or OL being as green as baby shit so those types of things…
Lots of great nuggets from this last game ... tons of great calls.
I know that Brian can definitely be a bit of a dick ... but he's a damn smart coach. What we saw against Maryland was pretty impressive ...
We've seen lesser Iowa offenses fail to benefit from all those turnovers ... Brian and the O made sure that we cashed in! Quite impressively done!
I know that Brian can definitely be a bit of a dick ... but he's a damn smart coach. What we saw against Maryland was pretty impressive ...
We've seen lesser Iowa offenses fail to benefit from all those turnovers ... Brian and the O made sure that we cashed in! Quite impressively done!
Lol. Always.
Brian called a good game tonight. He came out throwing, which obviously took Maryland by surprise, and that opened up the running game.
As I’ve always said, Petras is a much more effective quarterback when you don’t put him behind the chains. Yes, a Captain Obvious statement, but that point is for all who had been piling on Petras as a shit quarterback. Get him in a manageable down and distance and he’s pretty good.
Very pleased Brian decided to help his quarterback out tonight. 😝
They set it up all week by saying they wanted to get the run game going. Also, the true freshmen receivers are playing more, shooter back etc. Probably not as vanilla either.
I will say there’s been a game like this about every season since Brian took over in which the offense exploded. There’s still a lot of football left to be played and we’ll see if tonight was an anomaly or the beginning of continued improvement. I honestly think Iowa has enough playmakers on the field to be respectable on offense, but we’ll really find out about the offense next week.
And for the record, the whole reason I started this damn thread was to get people thinking beyond just blaming Petras for Iowa’s early season offensive woes.
Penn State is another level of Defense Iowa has not seen this year. Hopefully Iowa gets the offense rolling and Petras has a career day. But I think the 6-4 game from the history books is much more likely. And I would also like to note that this Iowa defense is something else. It is comparable to some of the great Wisconsin D's when Leonard first got there.
Brian certainly convinced Spencer Tillman he's not the problem. Tillman was gushing with praise.
So, I think everyone would be best served if Tillman and @BlackNGoldBleeder met up in the octagon until every one of BNGB's orifices dripped of black and gold. Pfft, probably not gold - just yellow
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So, I think everyone would be best served if Tillman and @BlackNGoldBleeder met up in the octagon until every one of BNGB's orifices dripped of black and gold. Pfft, probably not gold - just yellow
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Congratulations on the dumbest post on this site. That’s not easy to do!
BF does this more than you have noticed obviously (maybe you were drunk 😀). One game which was a masterpiece was the MN game in 2019. BF has been pretty good for a while but it is hard to see at times when bad execution gets in the way …. He has had some bad games too obviously (everyone does, but the critics seem to forget that fact).
6 turn overs from the defense probably helped a bit by keeping Maryland's defense on the field, but hey what do I know. It was a well called game by Brian, and getting Spencer in the groove early is important. Getting those game changers in the game at WR is huge moving forward, not to mention Goodson in the passing game.
Most people that don’t like Brian don’t like him because his last name. And because they think he’s racist because a salty former hawk didn’t like him.
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