He got hired on as OC and yet seems to not be making the calls offensively. He should confront Captain Kirk and say "you hired me to fix this offensive. Now let me fix it or I'll move on to another team".
Does Lester have any balls?
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If this really is the case, he should resign mid-season. I'm sure Kirk has James or Steve waiting in the wings for a promotion in the family business.
Two things I don’t think people realize:
A. We are a frnge top 20-25 team in the NCAA which means we will lose games to other fringe top 25 teams… and worse. Because every dang team is trying to win.
B. Play calling always seems bad when it doesn’t work. I saw several opportunities that we missed on. Cade isn’t the guy, someday maybe we hit on a QB but for now the OC can call a good game and players just not execute.., and that’s pretty common. Just really sucks when it’s a rival that you may very well be more overall talented than (except QB and likey receivers)
A. We are a frnge top 20-25 team in the NCAA which means we will lose games to other fringe top 25 teams… and worse. Because every dang team is trying to win.
B. Play calling always seems bad when it doesn’t work. I saw several opportunities that we missed on. Cade isn’t the guy, someday maybe we hit on a QB but for now the OC can call a good game and players just not execute.., and that’s pretty common. Just really sucks when it’s a rival that you may very well be more overall talented than (except QB and likey receivers)
I just dont think Lester is yet fully in charge of the offense. After he was hired I watched a lot a lot of video of his West Mich teams. They threw the ball to all areas of field. I dont think Lester is in total charge of play calling yet.
Just my opinion and I dont have any inside info.
But I still dont think the hawks have the big time receivers that we need, Cade has been very inconsistent from quarter to quarter. I think the offensive line is doing better run blocking and compared to a couple of years ago when Petras was getting sacked in a second or two I think the OLine is pass protecting better.
Holy crap! Have you actually watched Iowa's games?
Probably be Budmayr. Another promotion for doing nothing. Seems to be a KF favorite.
Lester won most of the fan base over in the second half of the ISU game. He lost most of the fan base beginning with end of the second quarter of the next ISU game.
Sullivan hits 65% of his passes and can scramble. That merits playing time over the dud show Saturday.
You never heard of Sullivan? Cade was about effective as Deacon was last year. Lester didn't pull him out.
I wish but as we clearly saw..Kirk's must of the problem.
The real fan base doesn't develop serious opinions regarding staff or roster after two games...
Anyone who thought the offense was going to be turned out quickly is simply not being honest.
And frankly, the run game already looks dramatically better. The passing game, you can see the changes in the route concepts, but it’s hard to gauge progress because of Cade struggling.
And frankly, the run game already looks dramatically better. The passing game, you can see the changes in the route concepts, but it’s hard to gauge progress because of Cade struggling.
What are the approved parameters for "real fans". I'd love to know
Agree with everything here except don't think Cade is struggling.
Yes, the forced INT was really bad. But there just wasn't much open vs the Clowns
It gets revealed on this board every day
That hurts my ears 👂 but pretty much spot on
I’m sorry, but his mechanics look terrible right now. Lots of throws off the back foot, not set and stepping into a pass, etc.
Can’t find the tweet, but one of the Iowa writers for a different site said 9/18 incomplete passes last week were catchable. Combine that with how he started vs Illinois state and I don’t get how you can say he’s not struggling.
Like you said, kudos to Iowa state and Heacock, but that wasn’t the ‘85 bears. Throws were there.
Was Lester really that sought after by other programs? Seems like Iowa got leftovers when it came to available OCs. Having said that, I think he is leaps and bounds better than BF already, and fans need to let things this play out this season. So far the Offense has obviously had 4 crappy quarters and 4 good ones, so let’s hope that ratio changes for the remaining games…😎
This post implies the OC actually had other options that will pay him $1.5M. The guy was a failed coach who was fired as an OC/HC. and His only option last year was to work as an "analyst" like boy wonder Brian Ferentz.
He's thanking his lucky stars Kirk didn't want to hire an innovative young OC who could possibly out shine him. The Hawks could have landed dozens of talented OCs for that price but Kirk went with a "yes" man who feels obligated to play Cade McNamara cause Kirk told him so.
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Cade threw ONE ball off his back foot vs the Clowns. It was the underthrow to Brown, and he didn't have a lot of time/space to step into it.
Most of the balls that weren't catchable were essentially throw-aways as no one was open
not true--they ran the Penn St throw back and it was wide open--Cade chose to eat the fball and take a sack rather than take the hit and throw it--missed Brown deep over middle for 6 as well--throwing off back foot it was 8 yds short--how it was not picked.....once instead of running in the flat he tries to force it to the closest of the route tree which was covered then but was open earlier.
Cades mechanics have to be some of the worst I have seen from a big time QB prospect.
yes a lot of time the receivers were not open--bigger issue is the o line continues to make the same mistakes they have been making for the past 2-3 yrs.
Those were his calls except for the 2 point try Yes or No go and the delay of game thing. The Cade twirl and jump no look pass to Lachey was his. That killed the momentum and sent us sliding the rest of the way.
Should have been 21 - 0 at the half. Just maddening.
I thought I read that Cade said in a post game interview that they wanted to to go long on that play and had nothing open. He just made a bad decision to throw there. Huge mistake and momentum swing any way you slice it.
For that type of money, it does make sense for Lester to kowtow to KIrk. Lester can do his 2 years, and then drop down to mid major and rehabilitate his career. The key is Lester needs to avoid staying for the money too long. Kirk pretty much destroyed the reputation of his son with the offenses they put out the last few years. BF had the family connections to fall back on. Lester doesn't have the royal blood.
Budamyr ought to have been let go for him bringing in Deacon. There should be consequences for mistakes in a professional sport like what college football has become.
Not sure what is supposed to be gathered from these highlights. Certainly nothing mechanical that kept those balls from being complete.
Cade is using the footwork necessary to deliver the ball on time. On the routes where the compatible timing is to plant the back foot and drive forward, Cade did just that.
The ones that might look like he is fading off the back foot, he is actually using a throw "on the run" technique. With defensive speed having increased over the years, it is a technique that is now widely taught to quicken up the release, while being able to put some snap on the ball through clearing the front hip. Think Aaron Rodgers. When he came into the league his mechanics were widely viewed as sloppy. And now he is the prototype for many coaches teaching the "throw on the run" mechanics
I don't know what y'all are talking about. Being an OC with no playcalling responsibilities for $1.5M is up there with backup QB as the ideal career.
I agree and I think by the end of the year the ISU defense will be rated in the top 30 if not better. Their passing defense likely rated very high and running defense much lower. In 2021 and 2022 their scoring defense was top 20 both years and their total defense was top 10 both years. Lower last year #42 and #50 with a young team.
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I've never understood how Phil Parker, Woods, Betts, and other coaches have been able to stand by and watch KF run this program into the ground by making decisions so stupid they remind me of those coming from a demented 78-year-old orange chap.
Sometimes I imagine a new version of that scene from Rudy where the starters turn in their jerseys and tell the head coach they won't play if he doesn't put Rudy in. I dream of Iowa's coaching staff doing that, telling KF that if he won't start Sullivan, they'll walk. In other versions, every Iowa QB not named Cade McNamara turns in his jsersey and says, "If you only want one QB, you don't need us." And they all walk, leaving only KF and Cade.
Many of us on this board have played at some fairly high levels, even major college, and some have been involved in pro sports in one fashion or another. I personally have been associated with teams whose players would mutiny over what's been going on with the Iowa offense and the QB position in particular. Coaches as well. So what's going on in Iowa City that KF continues to get away with leading the Hawkeyes off a cliff?
Beth may well be working behind the scenes, and I hope she is, because the end of the KF era needs to happen no later than the end of this season. I think she knows that. I hope she's making sure KF knows it.
Well Ostrenga and Ortwerth each had 1 catch so that is two targets. I remember Lachey being targeted at least twice because one was intercepted and the other was batted down.
So that is 4 targets. Hayden Large had a catch and he is like a tight end in an H-back/fullback position.
So really at least 5 targets and possibly more. You are off here a bit
True and it is sad. I think Gill is very good, Reece can be, Lachey looked a little slow running a couple of routes so did he lose a step or maybe gain a little too much muscle. Seth A. and Kaleb B. are no making catches yet.
And how come we are not using Wetjen more if he is so fast?
6th year veteran QB should know not to throw back across your body and the field.
