I have suggested earlier that MAYBE Brian has had issues as it relates to managing the offense. Certainly, putting too much on the QBs (particularly, Spencer) was questionable given the foreseeable issues we had with pass-pro. More emphasis arguably should have been placed on simplification UNTIL the protection improved. So, in that regard, I concede that you may have a point there.I'm not here bashing anyone Homer. I'm simply giving you my perspective on who I believe is primarily accountable for the success or failure of any organization. Managers decide who comes into their organization, what role they fill, and what they need to be successful. You will seldom if ever find me being critical of a player for anything. 99% of them are giving their all whether their all is good enough or not. If it's not, than that's a direct reflection on the person who was primarily responsible for putting them in that position in the first place. In the case of the Iowa offense that's the Iowa OC.
However, how has Brian NOT been held accountable here? While every other assistant got big bumps ... Brian did not. What's more, another liable actor here (O'Keefe) saw his role changed.
Obviously, things were noted in the offseason ... and that prompted them to add Budmayr to the staff as an analyst (aka, a window into the mind of a QB - for the benefit of Brian). This strikes me as a step toward accountability for Brian. They must have thought that MAYBE something was being lost in translation in the O ... when going from Brian to Ken ... and then from Ken to the QBs. Thus, now the QBs are getting their message straight from the horses ass ... ummm ... I mean, mouth. Perhaps this will clear up some issues. Furthermore, in response to issues with the O ... changes have been made with the routes being run AND how the information is getting processed by the QB. Again, these strike me as tangible steps taken to help change (and improve) things.
What would you propose should happen?
Also, when blame has been thrown out by Brian (or Kirk) ... you don't hear them throwing individuals under the bus. However, you will hear them call a spade a spade if it relates to the quality of blocking that they're observing (they simply don't call out individuals). To the public, you can be sure that the coaches will not throw their guys under the bus. However, behind closed doors - those guys are expected to break down the cut-ups of their errors during the off-season. They need to own their errors ... recognize them and own them, so that they won't REPEAT them!
For instance, I won't hesitate to be critical of DeJong ... because certainly he was a turnstile at times last season. However, if you also read my posts ... you'll also hear that I'm an ardent defender of DeJong as well. This falls philosophically in line with the FACT that these guys are the OWNERS of their own errors. They MUST be ... or they won't improve. Similarly, I'd expect that you'd hear the staff being very critical of themselves (at least behind closed doors) ... because they want to improve every bit as much as they want their guys to improve. You better believe that the staff is trying to do everything within their power to review and improve the processes they are implementing ... in order to further push forward the development of position-groups that struggled. In fact, aren't these the very reasons we've seen the changes that I've already been mentioning?