Done with KF moment.
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Maybe it's Iowa's mediocre play but I wasn't very excited for the season before the season started. I just think that the chaos surrounding NIL and rosters has really killed it for me. So, my issue isn't with Ferentz nearly as much as college football as a whole. I'll still watch, don't get me wrong, but unless Iowa has a team go on a run I just don't feel like I can get too invested in it again. Or maybe it's just because I'm getting older and don't have that kind of energy anymore.
99% of the frustration surrounding Kirk has revolved around 2 things. His overall management of the QB position which has vascillated between completely ineffective and outright ludicrous, and his unwillingness to make wholesale changes in a staff that was responsible for delivering the worst offenses in all of college football over the past several years.
While Iowa has certainly been able to eke out wins more often than not over this same period with excellent defense and special teams, Kirk's maddening unwillingness to make any changes to the worst offense in America unless it is forced upon him has cost him dearly in the eyes of many fans. For me and for most fans, it isn't a single moment, but a thousand moments, all too familiar, and a recognition that whatever this is, it isn't ever changing, and if you find it more frustrating than not, you're more than ready for a change.
While Iowa has certainly been able to eke out wins more often than not over this same period with excellent defense and special teams, Kirk's maddening unwillingness to make any changes to the worst offense in America unless it is forced upon him has cost him dearly in the eyes of many fans. For me and for most fans, it isn't a single moment, but a thousand moments, all too familiar, and a recognition that whatever this is, it isn't ever changing, and if you find it more frustrating than not, you're more than ready for a change.
Thank you. The lack of resolve to fix the offense was clearly demonstrated, when he hired an offensive coordinator to fix the offense, and simultaneously tied his hands. Hire your coordinator, let them build their O, get out of the way, and evaluate the results.
TL;DR: KF, please just be a CEO.
It makes KOK's abilities as an OC look better and better each year with the constraints he had imposed by KF.
I might be the only guy on here that liked Brian more than KOK...lol! I HATED KOK's "tells" in games. I'm just some schmo in the stands calling stuff out, so if I could do it I guarantee coaches who spent a week scouting could. It was maddening. Granted, it probably was Kirk who told him to do all that stupid shit.
I don't know about that. There is little doubt that he and Davis were head and shoulders above Brian who, combined with Kirk delivered truly terrible, if not predictable results. None of Kirk's 3 OC's have gone on to do anything of substance. KOK was given an assistant position under Philbin for a few years before being let go. Davis went back into retirement and Brian reached the apex of his career at Iowa. I think this is a reflection of the role at Iowa. Kirk doesn't want an OC with the autonomy to completely take things over. He wants a like-minded employee where he still maintains control over personnel decisions, particularly at QB. Since Kirk is terrible at developing a modern offense, this is why it is so consistently bad.
He's the worst offensive college coach I can recall in my lifetime, and we have been the ones who have had to endure it. Again, his offense is EXACTLY the type of offense his DC wants to coach against and Kirk is to stubborn or dumb to comprehend that.
You are correct. I was never a KOK fan, it was just that Boy Wonder presented a whole new meaning to "incompetent".
I’ve always felt KF believes the QB needs to be the leader of team. Distinct difference between being the most important role and the leader. I think he fails to comprehend lateral leadership.
The QB is the most important role, but does not have to be the preeminent leader. He simply plays the QB he sees as the best leader, without regard to being the best QB. CM is definitely a team leader, but IMHO not the best QB.
You've been very bothered for 20+ years. That said, that was bad. Might have cost him a national championship.
KF's legacy will be missed opportunities. This program is stale and has been for quite some time.
It's not the part where Iowa seemed to know nothing about McAffery.
Given the choices he makes and the justifications he gives for making them, this is likely correct. Leadership is more important than talent or making plays.
And more important than leadership is not making mistakes. Of course, that only applies to every single position with the exception of QB, who is allowed to turn the ball over every game with impunity.
It was that bowl game for me... CJ could barely walk and Iowa was very much still in the game at half... yet he still trotted him out there. All the sacrifices for one player when there were 99 other guys that had busted their asses. Such a slap in the face to the other players.
Here's the thing about the idiot in charge. He doesn't want any championships - EVER. He does everything he can to fall short of championships. Cuz he doesn't want to work harder to keep up high expectations. When has he ever promoted lofty goals for the team?
NEVER
2007 Western Michigan game. We paid him all of that money and we had 3 mid seasons in a row and couldn’t even beat WMU to make a bowl. I’ve been over him as our coach since then.
A close second for me was the Wisconsin fake punt which is when I concluded definitively that KF is a complete idiot.
How the f did we land McNutt and DJK (I know I'll get shit fir mentioning him, but he was great)?
