Drew Tate wants to be a coach at Iowa....
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We went up to Calgary last summer and went to one of Drew's games. Had a good time. May go back this summer for another one. He offered me free tickets(he gets some as part of his contract) but I declined them due to the location and bought my own(they were like 38/person). The beer was good thats for sure.
It wasn't anything unkind about the fans. It was the standard "fish-bowl" no-pro teams thing. It wasn't unkind and it is absolutely true. It's a great thing when the team is doing well and it can possibly be shitty for players/coaches when the team is struggling. It's been true for our FB program ever since Hayden gave us a taste. The downs happened with him and they've happened with KF. It's not easy to win.
This works in Madden really well. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady make an excellent head coach and offensive coordinator duo. I would switch the roles every couple years and I think Peyton had a better record
I listened to a podcast last year that Drew Tate appeared on. He told the story about his first collegiate TD pass, freshman year I believe. I guess it was a 13 yard pass that was caught for a TD. When he got to the sideline, KOK came over to Drew and told him so and so receiver was open underneath.
Basically, Tate and KOK's relationship was cemented that day. I liked KOK and Drew. But those two were like oil and water around each other. I don't believe Drew dislikes KOK as a person. He just didn't like him as a coach. Drew was very much a party boy at Iowa and really loved the attention he got as Iowa's QB. KOK was just the exact opposite.
I think Drew would mesh well with the Greg Davis system, but I really don't know. I feel like GD's style is a little bit more aggressive than KOK's style.
Sign him up to play? Sure!
And I think you're missing a couple guys on your best list.
At the risk of turning this thread too far off topic:
1-Banks
2-Stanzi (I'm a Stanzi guy, but I just can't deny Banks' dynamism)
3-Tate
4-Beathard, with room to move, pending this season
5-Chandler (underrated overrall)
1. Banks
2. Beathard
3. Tate
4. Stanzi
5. Chandler
I admit to being biased towards mobile quarterbacks. Banks was a Heisman runner up, though, to bolster my case.
It's tough to divide the top 3 I think. The 4 quarterbacks other than CJ all had much more talent around them though, other than Tate's year with no running backs.
For those keeping score...Long was the OC at Oklahoma when they won the NC and he had a Heisman winner. Now, he parlayed that success into miserable failure at SDSU and more failure at Kansas. I'm in the camp that he should stay in broadcasting as he's proven mediocre there, which is obviously a step up from his previous two stints.
What's all of this baggage you speak of? Also what would make him coach at Colorado, you trying to say he's a pothead or something?
I guess you don't know what he's doing now. Head of the Iowa Sports Foundation that runs the Iowa games. Based in Ames. 2nd year, I think.
