Have any good advice for the new OC?

[shrinkhawk]

There are some very smart &/or funny people that frequent this board.

Let's get 2 obvious ones out of the way:
"Don't listen to message board advice."
"Do not play Deacon Hill under any circumstances, if possible."

What is your most impactful hypothetical advice to Tim Lester?

 

[HawkBall23]

"Don't suck as bad at your job as BF did."

 

[HawkBall23]

"Despite all recent evidence to the contrary, attaining first downs and touchdowns is not something you should avoid doing at all costs."

 

[Tunadog]

Punt

 

[hawkdave007]

Pizza place power rankings:
#1 Pagliai's
#2 Wig & Pen
#3 Sam's
#4 Airliner
#5 Falbo Bros.

Also, play the QB that gives us the best chance to win games, not the one who looks best in practice or shows up extra extra early to the team meetings. Forget the brownie points and focus on the game-day points.

 

[ICWestfan]

"It ain't about the X's and O's, it's about the Jimmy's and Joe's."

 

[Max_Rebo]

One word: Plastics.

 

[Hendy hawk]

Yeah, like he's going to listen to anyone on his board.

 

[83Hawk]

Score.

 

[desihawk]

25ppg. use all 3 Qbs. don't eff up the iowa defense. that's it.

 

[desihawk]

Yeah, like he's going to listen to anyone on his board.

honestly i think this is the best place for him to take advice in the world

 

[pistachio1999]

Noise cancelling headphones.

 

[texas twister]

Burn BF's playbook.

 

[West Dundee Hawkeye]

Pizza place power rankings:
#1 Pagliai's
#2 Wig & Pen
#3 Sam's
#4 Airliner
#5 Falbo Bros.

Also, play the QB that gives us the best chance to win games, not the one who looks best in practice or shows up extra extra early to the team meetings. Forget the brownie points and focus on the game-day points.

What about Wedge Pizza?

 

[West Dundee Hawkeye]

There are some very smart &/or funny people that frequent this board.

Let's get 2 obvious ones out of the way:
"Don't listen to message board advice."
"Do not play Deacon Hill under any circumstances, if possible."

What is your most impactful hypothetical advice to Tim Lester?

Run 50% and pass 50% on First Down.

All First Down passes should be Play Action.

 

[dbookie2004]

One word…strategery.

 

[Max_Rebo]

Fake punt on every play.

(It worked when I used to play Bill Walsh College Football back in college)

 

[Buffalo43]

Execute the forward pass

 

[bumper52]

Spend a lot of time teaching the fair catch signal.

 

[Drinkin Buddy]

There are some very smart &/or funny people that frequent this board.

Let's get 2 obvious ones out of the way:
"Don't listen to message board advice."
"Do not play Deacon Hill under any circumstances, if possible."

What is your most impactful hypothetical advice to Tim Lester?

My advice would be to work with humility and don't spend an ounce of energy trying to be the smartest guy in the room.

Basically, be the opposite of the previous OC.

Tim is a grinder, and he'll do just fine.

 

[Underscore2]

Hoard donuts in case BB becomes the coach in the next few years.

 

[pistachio1999]

One huge piece of advice here. Score at least 26 points per game this coming season.

 

[IAHUNTER]

Play your game, KF won't fire you. KF don't fire anyone

 

[MikeT2425]

Play your QB1 more consistently than we have. We substituted an untried QB in our bowl game when we were down by only 35.

 

[TampaHawkfan]

Play your game, KF won't fire you. KF don't fire anyone

Exactly what I was thinking. If Lester does his own thing and has success, and KF fires him for that.. Especially after putting up with his own son's incompetence, that will only make KF look like a jackass.

 

[briggshawk]

Quit now while you're ahead? One side of the fan base will always hate you

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

What is your most impactful hypothetical advice to Tim Lester?

Your job is to support the defense.

Get out while you can.

 

[BrewHawk]

Exactly. Run away!

 

[eyesofhawk]

Run the ball

 

[eyesofhawk]

Spend a lot of time teaching the fair catch signal.

F..k you

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Run 50% and pass 50% on First Down.

All First Down passes should be Play Action.

And don't run 80% of the time on 2nd down.

 

[denmar81]

quit. Iowa under KF isn’t a place for OC’s who have aspirations to further their careers.

 

[Birky]

Don’t ignore the balls.

 

[TnT_Hawks]

Exactly what I was thinking. If Lester does his own thing and has success, and KF fires him for that.. Especially after putting up with his own son's incompetence, that will only make KF look like a jackass

Well, Kirk’s looked like a bit of a jackass for the better part of the last two years and it doesn’t seem to have slowed him down too much.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

You’re getting paid really good money to coach a game, enjoy it and have some fun with it too.

 

[Drinkin Buddy]

Exactly what I was thinking. If Lester does his own thing and has success, and KF fires him for that.. Especially after putting up with his own son's incompetence, that will only make KF look like a jackass.

If Lester does a good job turning the Iowa offense around he won't have to worry about being fired. His worry will be turning down offers to move on. Or staying at Iowa to vie for the HC job.

 

[saberfan]

Pizza place power rankings:
#1 Pagliai's
#2 Wig & Pen
#3 Sam's
#4 Airliner
#5 Falbo Bros.

Also, play the QB that gives us the best chance to win games, not the one who looks best in practice or shows up extra extra early to the team meetings. Forget the brownie points and focus on the game-day points.

Need to extend this out to West Branch to include Herb and Lou's

 

[kwik44]

Yeah....watch out ya don't get killed.

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

Get out of Bedford Falls. This town is no place for any man unless he's willing to crawl to Potter.

 

[TailgateTom]

Take your library card and go to the IC Public Libeary. Check out a couple of offensive strategy books from the 1960s. Pick out 4 plays, all run and get comfortable with them.