Future HC Seth Wallace

[F5n5]

I think Seth Wallace is the best of the best...
when KF retires, its going to be likely the only available will be failed coaches.. and very young unproven coaches.
Seth Wallace has proven himself here at the University of Iowa... there's a very good reason he's been elevated to Assistant Head Coach and the players absolutely love the guy.

and besides... he proved himself on Saturday.. he's the guy.

 

[Hawksbyamillion]

Remember who our new AD is. She may very well want to put her big stamp on the biggest hire she will every have at Iowa. Replacing a legend who replaced a legend. DEI could come into play here, but she damn well better get this one right or she won't be AD at Iowa for long.

She did just replace Bluder, who’s now also a legend, with Jensen. (Though I do understand the sentiment that the most important coach an AD hires is the head fb coach from a monetary standpoint). Time will tell but imo Iowa could not have done better with this hire. Jensen could have left years ago to be a head coach elsewhere if she wanted but she loved Iowa and the people she was working with. Family likely played a role as well. Point being there’s value in really knowing the candidate and having someone you know is truly vested in the program and loves the University of Iowa, as opposed to a coach who may be chasing the money elsewhere after a little success.

 

[CerroGordoHawk]

I think Seth Wallace is the best of the best...
when KF retires, its going to be likely the only available will be failed coaches.. and very young unproven coaches.
Seth Wallace has proven himself here at the University of Iowa... there's a very good reason he's been elevated to Assistant Head Coach and the players absolutely love the guy.

and besides... he proved himself on Saturday.. he's the guy.

I'm sorry but he "proved" himself by using someone else's game plan to beat an FCS school? I get liking the guy but that deserves a Randy Moss "c'mon, man".

 

[TailgateTom]

I'm sorry but he "proved" himself by using someone else's game plan to beat an FCS school? I get liking the guy but that deserves a Randy Moss "c'mon, man".

I don’t necessarily disagree with the sentiment but to say he wasn’t involved in the game planning/scouting/preparation it’s naive.

 

[JLDHAWK]

Polished press conference. Likeable dude. Him and Levar running the show in how many years? KF and Phil can stay as long as they want but hopefully we pay pay pay to keep them both til the change. 3?

No. No experience. Sorry.

 

[SI_NYC]

I think Seth Wallace is the best of the best...
when KF retires, its going to be likely the only available will be failed coaches.. and very young unproven coaches.
Seth Wallace has proven himself here at the University of Iowa... there's a very good reason he's been elevated to Assistant Head Coach and the players absolutely love the guy.

and besides... he proved himself on Saturday.. he's the guy.

He's really only coached one position at this level. I don't think he's remotely close to qualified to be Iowa's HC.

 

[TheOven]

I think Seth Wallace is the best of the best...
when KF retires, its going to be likely the only available will be failed coaches.. and very young unproven coaches.
Seth Wallace has proven himself here at the University of Iowa... there's a very good reason he's been elevated to Assistant Head Coach and the players absolutely love the guy.

and besides... he proved himself on Saturday.. he's the guy.

Then you don't think much of the Iowa program and what talent it can attract as a coach. Definitely top 20 job. We can do much better.

 

[CerroGordoHawk]

He's really only coached one position at this level. I don't think he's remotely close to qualified to be Iowa's HC.

Exactly. Woods is actually more qualified as he's coached linebackers, tight ends, and special teams.

 

[CerroGordoHawk]

I don’t necessarily disagree with the sentiment but to say he wasn’t involved in the game planning/scouting/preparation it’s naive.

Touché, but there's still a huge difference between filling in for one game and being the actual head coach.

 

[intrepodor]

Could you imagine going from working under KF to PJ Fleck? 🤮

Unless it was a HC opportunity at MN, I'd tell them to shove it.

He did

 

[SI_NYC]

Exactly. Woods is actually more qualified as he's coached linebackers, tight ends, and special teams.

He also started all the media/bts associated with promoting the team.

 

[the24fan]

there wouldn’t be a shortage of good candidates for the job that’s for sure .
Wallace should get an interview for sure but if your Beth you hire the best guy for the job, even if it’s not within the program. You owe that to the entire program not to Wallace or Lavar.

 

[F5n5]

I'm sorry but he "proved" himself by using someone else's game plan to beat an FCS school? I get liking the guy but that deserves a Randy Moss "c'mon, man".

yea.. he was actually the Head Coach for that game and he did a great job..
I don't see any reason to poo poo that

 

[Ripcord280]

He did

that's right,he did tell Minnesota to shove it

my question is (and probably some of the other posters here are wonderng too) is, did PJ take that comment literally and actually 'shove it'?

 

[obfuscating]

Remember who our new AD is. She may very well want to put her big stamp on the biggest hire she will every have at Iowa. Replacing a legend who replaced a legend. DEI could come into play here, but she damn well better get this one right or she won't be AD at Iowa for long.

Yep, she will hire a they/them from outside the program to transition the program.

 

[herkhatescy]

No. No experience. Sorry.

Yep, she will hire a they/them from outside the program to transition the program.

Jan Jensen wasn't from outside the program.

 

[obfuscating]

Jan Jensen wasn't from outside the program.

We aren't talking womens' bball, we are talking fball.

 

[LukaDuka]

Yep, she will hire a they/them from outside the program to transition the program.

I see you

 

[pistachio1999]

Fun to watch prior to National Anthem on sideline. Levar was pumping up Wallace.

 

[hawkdave007]

This is the only way I see it going to Wallace:

Kirk has to know that they'll want to do a national search if he retires at a season's end. I think Kirk has earned enough goodwill he can safely "pull a Stoops" and retire during a Spring off-season, and it won't damage his legacy. A Spring retirement would give Beth the cover she needs to promote from within, and she'd give Wallace a full season as interim head coach. Then it will be up to Wallace whether he can pull off, say 7 wins (or more) out of the first 10 and earn his way into removal of the interim tag.

 

[ButtersHawk]

My preference: Get the best available future HC and keep the best assistants possible, Parker, Woods, Wallace etc....

Hard on for Iowa preference: Phil retires with Kirk, make LeVar HC and promote Seth to DC.

We could do way worse than those two options.

 

[ANYCHawk]

The rumor is that the Minny DC job was Seth's, if he wanted it at the end of last season. Careerwise you gotta wonder if it was the right move to stay at Iowa for the same money, or if he would have been better off at Minnesota this year as the sole D coordinator.

in what world would it be a better career move to coordinate a D on a bad team for a year and get fired?

 

[obfuscating]

in what world would it be a better career move to coordinate a D on a bad team for a year and get fired?

Seth doesn't want to be on the same boat as PJ. He'd rather stay on the cruise ship SS KF and run his chances with Iowa becoming either the DC or HC.