There is no damn way he is still OC after this season. I mean, no way!!!
Face reality. Brian Ferentz will not be asked to leave the family business. But, he might...
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Goetz could make the move to "remove" Brian right now and just let him roam the sidelines like he's doing now. After all, we're running Kirk's high school offense. Let him call the plays for the offense he's OK with.
That's way too big and important a unit to give to Brian. Punter coach is more like it.
Seriously, nobody is going to hire him for anything more than a position coach, and not QB either. TE or OL…
Wit the racism stuff Brian's name is Mudd in the coaching would at the Pro and Div. 1 level. No one is going to hire him at all due to the flack they'll take over the hire. It's like what happened with Doyle. No one wants that for just a mediocre failure of a coach.
No coach, not one offensive coach is doing a good job?? Really, I think our running backs are really good and can really run when they get holes to go thru. We are Tight End U and Lachey was doing great last year and he started off great this year.
Now, Briam not cutting it, Barnett the OLine coach either not cutting it or he really doesnt have very good players. But the word on the OLine is the Center and two guards with Feth in there have been doing pretty well. I dont know for sure how our OTackles grade out and if they are really blowing people off the LOS.
Wide REceiver's coach, is that Copeland, was he the one with the last word last year that was going to limit Charley Jone's playing time, or was that Kirk and Brian. Whoever missed the boat on CJones really made a mistake. The hawks do not have any 4 or 5 star receivers but at the same time they are not performing very well. So if that is a coaching failure then maybe that coach needs replaced or told to improve their coaching.
Wonder what would have happened if Doyle was Kirk’s son instead of Brian? I believe BF would have been the scapegoat and we’d still have our strength coach.
I will be trying to find and resurrect your post come spring practice!!! But I hope not
New guy will call the plays as long as they fit into Kirk’s conservative profile.
Brian’s track record might be not be enough to be head coach at Cedar Falls High, let alone UNI.
Isn't There is a limit on the number of assistant coaches a program can have, Someone on the staff would have to go if a new OC is brought in. The smarter play would be BF to OL coach, new OC is QB coach/OC.
If BF continues to be paid by the university, my understanding is the anti-nepotism rules require BF report to the AD, not KF. So AD will have to sign off on any reassignment.
or KF could hire BF to be his own personal assistant on his own dime
or KF could find BF a job in NFL by calling in favors
or BF could become a stock broker/finance advisor.
What part of 11 yards on 22 rush attempts vs Minnesota gives you confidence in leaving the current offensive coordinator in charge of the run game?
I mean, I didn’t think he would be back this year, but also thought that the line would be much better and things would be different. I’m sure that was what was being sold. For the first time in KF’s tenure, our line consisting of many of the same guys has not made “good” progress over 2 years now. They all will be back next year, also, except Feth. One would think that would be a great thing. It’s not. Our OL, something we have been known for, has been weakest link now for 3 years.
If Brian has a shred of self respect or dignity, he'll resign. It has become more than obvious that he's in way over his head.
What nfl team wants the worlds worst OC with a background of racial issues on their staff in any capacity?
Dad controls him, just like he does everybody in the program. Control, control, control.
Hire and fire personnel on the offensive side all we want, as long as Kirk is still on the sidelines it isn't going to look much different.
If Brian isn't the OC next year, Budmayr will be. I 100% guarantee it.
The offense will still be awful.
To be honest, I think the offensive line has may be a bigger problem than Brian. They either aren't getting good recruits or not helping them improve. I tend to think recruiting has stayed the same as the past 15 years, so that points to coaching. If you're going to recruit pocket passers, then you better have good offensive linemen to protect. They haven't been able to control the ball on the ground for the past few years or protect the passer. That has had a negative effect on the play calling, QB play, and passing game. If you're not going to get rid of Brian, let's get a good offensive line coach, use the portal to get some better linemen, and get a QB that can move.
Lol. Both actually apply. Had an ugly win AND an ugly loss with each team in the last two meetings.
He has done literally nothing to elevate the program. He can't spot QB talent and isn't helping develop anyone.
We need to go full Mean Machine offense next week. Let the rushers right through and tell Deacon to hit them square in the groin with the hardest throw he can muster. Hopefully his accuracy is better...we may not score but at least the offense would be entertaining.👍
I think the only way Brian is not the o coordinator is if Kirk leaves, and I’ve been predicting his retirement at the end of the year for months.
If Kirk is back, Brian will be back under a modified contract and they will go heavy into the portal for o linemen.
If Kirk is back, Brian will be back under a modified contract and they will go heavy into the portal for o linemen.
You stole my every word. It's been said Barnett is likable & cheerful...but he's paid to COACH, not cheer lead.
Since Fry's 1st year, Hawkeye lines have been tough...until the past 3 years. But now, Purdue, Penn State and nearly every defense has chewed the Iowa line alive...and spit them out! Get a line coach. Then even Brian would get the job done.
He wouldn't be in charge of anything other than coaching the online. Run game coordinator would just be a saving face fake title.
High school offense? Iowa is firmly in the 5 year old Pop Warner zone for offensive design. This is for sure an insult to 5 year old Pop Warner football.
And season tickets will plummet. People have had enough. Including me.
That was a crystallizing moment. It wasn’t that they didn’t get those 20 yards. It’s that we all knew they weren’t going to get those 20 yards.
Kirk kept calling it the final play too. Like he knew it was over when they called that punt return back.
The bolded is a myth and a fundamental part of the problem. KF, mentally, has not made a run for the B10 championship for years. His goal has been to win 8 games, get his bonus, and head to the bank. That's why he has shown no urgency in solving the problems.
Ya, that makes as much sense as sending a plumber to journalism school for a month so he can be the newspaper editor.
