If I had a nickel for every time I saw this joke made the past 3 months, I’d have more money than Kirk.Kirk? Is that you?
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If I had a nickel for every time I saw this joke made the past 3 months, I’d have more money than Kirk.Kirk? Is that you?
No you wouldn't.If I had a nickel for every time I saw this joke made the past 3 months, I’d have more money than Kirk.
Between this board, the basketball board and HROT, you’d be astounded by how many posters think they’re making that joke for the first time.No you wouldn't.
this is the funniest shit I've read in a long time. lmao.the apology was not written by Kirk. I know a Kirk apology when I see one:
"I wanted to take a moment to apologize for my comment the other day. It kind of reminded me of a similar incident that happened in ’83, We had a veteran offensive line, and Ronnie Harmon could really run the football, he got us out of some bad situations. I remember a particular run vs. Michigan State, 3rd and 17 I think it was, some of you might remember.... and he just outran three defenders to get the first down.
And so you try to learn from that and that’s the challenge we’re facing this week".
Anybody who thinks that the media has not been circling the Iowa Football program like a pack of merciless bloodthirsty sharks is just checking in, they have not been watching and listening closely at all.If anything, this whole situation just shows us that Kirk would have been completely overwhelmed being a HC in an NFL media market. Those guys go for blood.
Not surprising at all. Fan's are highly invested in the well-being of their teams, they get great satisfaction and joy in cheering them on and experience deep sadness and frustration when their teams perform badly. Sports are an entertaining diversion from all the fears and threats of war and global annihilation that exist in the real world.Wow. It's amazing the empathy some people claim to have for a multimillion-dollar football coach. Maybe you should save some of that for people who actually deserve it, like election officials and their families who have been threatened with torture and death because they simply did their jobs and prevented a treasonous "president" from pulling off a coup. And there are hundreds of others in line well ahead of poor Kirk Ferentz. Iowa football is just plain bullshit, and Kirk Ferentz needs to resign or be fired yesterday.
BTW: Gary Barta and KF did, as you suggested, create this situation, so it's completely incredible that some people feel sorry for Ferentz. Just incredible. Recruit a mobile QB. Get some wide receivers and throw them the ball. Hire an actual OC and QB coach. Find some O-linemen in the portal and find a coach who knows what to do with them. And throw out the entire offense and join the 21st century. KF could have done all of those things before this season began. Instead, he didn't do a SINGLE one. Pathetic. And yet you and others make excuses for him and feel sorry for him . . .
Testify!He said something stupid, and he apologized. Nothing more to said about it.
If you want to be pissed at KF, be pissed about the offensive performance this season.
i missed original comment, anyone have a link?I had hoped to join the zoom call this morning, but practice lasted longer than anticipated. I wanted to take a moment to apologize for my comments during the news conference yesterday. I should not have been dismissive of one of your colleagues – his questions were fair. I have a high respect for the work that you do, and I am appreciative of how you cover our team. You ask tough and pointed questions but do so with a high degree of professionalism. I tell our players to take the high road and yesterday, I did not do the same thing.
I look forward to seeing you on Saturday.
Hell, watch a nick saban presser. Makes this comment look tame by comp.Anybody who thinks that the media has not been circling the Iowa Football program like a pack of merciless bloodthirsty sharks is just checking in, they have not been watching and listening closely at all.
But having said that, I wonder how the media would react to Kirk taking a complete Bill Belichick approach to answering media questions, Would they like that better? Is that more professional and respectful of the media?
Not surprising at all. Fan's are highly invested in the well-being of their teams, they get great satisfaction and joy in cheering them on and experience deep sadness and frustration when their teams perform badly. Sports are an entertaining diversion from all the fears and threats of war and global annihilation that exist in the real world.
Your point is well taken when considering that Football is still just a game, an entertaining pastime for its watchers, and all honesty is not front-page newsworthy, considering all the more critical happenings in the world. Yet, this swirl of criticism and out-and-out hatred focused on Biran and Kirk Ferentz is way out of proportion compared to the corrupt world of American Politics, which should be a much more impactful and much more serious and concerning state of affairs for all American's.
Without question Tom. "Michael" aka Irvin88 is one of those posters whose sole purpose is to start fires and throw dirt on anything to do with Iowa athletics. He's NEVER posted a single positive thing on this site, and has made his true colors blatantly obvious.....Easy to say those things hiding behind a fake name.
Oh God, be careful there. He's liable to actually come back and say" because he's an Iowa fan", which we know clearly is a lie......I just cannot relate to this. Why would you follow a team that has had a leader you feel this way about? I’m really annoyed by all this crap this season, but I could never stick around for 15 years. I mean - pretty soon your anger towards Kirk will be able to drive
I pretty much walked away from the basketball team after a couple years of Lickliter. Why haven’t you done the same here?
There's too much blood in the water, and the sharks have been waiting for a good meal for too long. None of this is going away.....The ability to feel empathy for someone shouldn’t be dependent on their circumstances.
Kirk screwed up, he apologized. Feel like the story should be over now.
This x 1000.....Keep the freaking politics on HORT
Lol Belichick has earned a little more leverage on how he deals with the media.Anybody who thinks that the media has not been circling the Iowa Football program like a pack of merciless bloodthirsty sharks is just checking in, they have not been watching and listening closely at all.
But having said that, I wonder how the media would react to Kirk taking a complete Bill Belichick approach to answering media questions, Would they like that better? Is that more professional and respectful of the media?
It was a petty statement. It was directed at a reporter out of the Iowa circle. He was agitated about it because he knows once the question was formally asked, it will open more questions. Possibly from the circle. Now that he apologized he may think that the Iowa media will move on. He doesn't care about national media. He does care about controlling the narrative in his territory though.
Why can it not be possible that he can still be pissed about the questions and subsequent article, frustration got to him and he snapped? Then apologizing for the comments while still being ticked off at the article. An apology doesn’t have to mean he isn’t allowed to be angry at something he doesn’t like. It just means he knows he shouldn’t have snapped at reporters like that.
I desperately hope he retires at the end of the season. I don't know how he could take any more abuse.
Lol Belichick has earned a little more leverage on how he deals with the media.
Lol, he was an ASS from the beginning......And his leverage left with some guy named Tom. Whats his record look like without that guy???Lol Belichick has earned a little more leverage on how he deals with the media.
I've never seen a Saban presser where he degrades a guy for what he does for a living.Hell, watch a nick saban presser. Makes this comment look tame by comp.
I've never seen a Saban presser where he degrades a guy for what he does for a living.
Either way, Belichick has been tight lipped for a long time. Hayden Fry could get ornery with the media. Bob Knight would make reporters look ridiculous when they asked what he "thought" was a stupid question... this is uncharted territory for Kirk, I think that is why people are surprised and it is a talking point. This whole season seems something is wrong. I don't think Kirk was wrong for his response. I also think the reporter reported in facts.Lol, he was an ASS from the beginning......And his leverage left with some guy named Tom. Whats his record look like without that guy???
Lol, KF makes $7 mill a year and is whining about having to answer uncomfortable questions.If that’s the worst thing a coach ever says to him, he’ll have had a pretty good career.
I rewatched the KF presser. It was a bad comment by Kirk but I feel like it’s taken on a life of its own at this point far beyond the comment itself.
I can understand why what (and how) the reporter asked Kirk got under his skin, especially given how the season has gone. And then the article he wrote…easy to see how that would have made Kirk mad. So he lashed out.
Kirk has apologized. The season has enough going on that I don’t feel like dwelling on this anymore.
And please, there have been plenty of times saban has lashed out, or pretty much any other coach at some point during their careers. Coaches and reporters have an adversarial relationship at times. This is far from the worst thing a coach has ever said about a reporter.
Lol, KF makes $7 mill a year and is whining about having to answer uncomfortable questions.
FIFYA nice apology, good for Kirk. I respect that his personal PR firm did this.
To be fair, the Vikings were a better franchise than the Patriots when I became a Vikings fan....................too bad @EvilMonkeyInTheCloset is a Vikings fan and not a Pats fan. He'd have won a CHAMPIONSHIP by now!
Whatever Kirk.Between this board, the basketball board and HROT, you’d be astounded by how many posters think they’re making that joke for the first time.
ThisI honestly don't think he retires until (1) he figures this mess out & rights the ship and (2) his and Brian's names are completely cleared from the lawsuit
Damn dude. Quit apologizing for Kirk. His apology became crap when he went on the coaches show and doubled down on that reporter for being the problem. He once again went after a professional for asking hard questions and then writing a factual article. Because of "tone." He's angry cause it's getting near impossible to hide the fact that Brian got the job, and has retained that job, purely because of nepotism. He should be angry at himself instead of lashing out at a truth teller. But he's too busy constructing some obfuscation and distraction from the real subject. Iowa football is NOT the Ferentz family's domain to do as they wish without consequences. Poor Kirk is realizing he's kinda ****ed.If that’s the worst thing a coach ever says to him, he’ll have had a pretty good career.
I rewatched the KF presser. It was a bad comment by Kirk but I feel like it’s taken on a life of its own at this point far beyond the comment itself.
I can understand why what (and how) the reporter asked Kirk got under his skin, especially given how the season has gone. And then the article he wrote…easy to see how that would have made Kirk mad. So he lashed out.
Kirk has apologized. The season has enough going on that I don’t feel like dwelling on this anymore.
And please, there have been plenty of times saban has lashed out, or pretty much any other coach at some point during their careers. Coaches and reporters have an adversarial relationship at times. This is far from the worst thing a coach has ever said about a reporter.
Damn dude. Quit apologizing for Kirk. His apology became crap when he went on the coaches show and doubled down on that reporter for being the problem. He once again went after a professional for asking hard questions and then writing a factual article. Because of "tone." He's angry cause it's getting near impossible to hide the fact that Brian got the job, and has retained that job, purely because of nepotism. He should be angry at himself instead of lashing out at a truth teller. But he's too busy constructing some obfuscation and distraction from the real subject. Iowa football is NOT the Ferentz family's domain to do as they wish without consequences. Poor Kirk is realizing he's kinda ****ed.
I would be pissed off at a reporter covering OSU who has no idea what it's like to coach at Iowayou'll notice he has NOT apologized to the actual reporter.
the written statement was addressed to the Iowa media corp and how grateful he is to have them covering the team (draw your own conclusions on what that implies).
the apology in the broadcast interview was directed towards his team for 'deviating' from the high road when asked difficult questions. he has yet to apologize to the guy he insulted.
reminds me of this: rum raisin
You obviously don't know him. At all.Haha....so NOW the PR Department steps in. Those were 100% NOT his own words....he is simply not capable of apologizing without somehow subliminally issuing a subtle shot. Hook him up to a lie detector, and you'll find out that he 100% believes everything he said yesterday.