It’s Lester. And it’s time for Beth to prepare for KFs exit
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Brian Ferentz continues to sink this offense after he’s gone! His performance will continue to dog this team. Glad we can still talk about him though!
beyond disappointed right now....
After 3 seasons of futility where everyone knows something had to change...KFz basically dug his heels in and doubled down on not changing. He hired the guy he could control over one that was much more likely to infuse some life into the offense.
I'd love nothing better than to have Lester be really good and the offense look like a real college football team. But all signs are that KFz may have just set the table for an ugly ending to his tenure.
Yes, except now Monday will be twice the hangover.
I cannot believe BG approved this hire knowing the issues with KF's offense. That is disappointing and a bad look on her control of the Athletic Department. This hire brings no excitement nor enthusiasm for the football program or the fan base. Just don't understand. We fans sure hoped for much better.
Last sentence could say it all. I really don't think Kirk would sabotage his career in this way
I think he may have run out of candidates.
Who cares….fvck, this board was underwhelmed by John’s too….you were in the threads. It’s straight comedy to me….
But I do know this, Andy Reid was fired from Philly….
Had plateaued, the best he was ever going to be, we “knew what he was”….
Have you ever heard anything like that over here about our coaches and players…just asking.
Fortunately, the smart people in the industry that knows such things, realized Andy Reid was going to be great, no matter where he went… How many of those smart people do you think are on this message board?
Now, full disclosure, I don’t know shit about Tim, Lester, I’ve heard his name before. I think he’s a well received coach in the industry, the Green Bay Packers have a hell of an organization, so quite frankly, he wouldn’t be an analyst up there if he didn’t garner some respect… With that said, no, I don’t think Tim Lester is Andy Reid but I am really grossly worn out by this group of fans we have…
And I’m going to make fun of them until I leave for awhile…🤓
He had Johns. He had him. No idea how somebody could say no one else wanted the job.
The day the AD tells the HC who he can/cannot hire as his OC is the day the HC leaves. Especially given the cluster**** surrounding the Brian situation.
BCF Toys - 2017 FEI Ratings
www.bcftoys.com
Offensive efficiency rankings WMU
2022 118
2021 76
2020 31
2019 78
2018 99
2017 83
So the only time he cracked the 55th percentile was the COVID year. Incredible. Well I hope Kirk outsmarts us all
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So your saying, the 20%-ers hero, big Ball Beth, let KF do his own thing….
Explain that if you will. She was no longer going to “let” KF do what he wanted…..😂😂😂😂
That didn’t last long then….
Completely uninspiring hire. All I got. A complete loss of words.
BCF Toys - 2017 FEI Ratings
Offensive efficiency rankings WMU
2022 118
2021 76
2020 31
2019 78
2018 99
2017 83
So the only time he cracked the 55th percentile was the COVID year. Incredible. Well I hope Kirk outsmarts all
Wait a minute…I was told that’s all we needed, to win more games?
Then Beth and I are in good company, she thinks you are a buffoon and so do I 😂
I don't put a lot on the new AD for this. It would be very interventionist for her to nix this barring some significant background issues.
While it's the opposite of an inspiring hire, it's asking a lot for her to stop it on that.
Honestly these guys are to stupid to live outside their moms basement….
I may start another thread on this, but there are two things at play here;
either big ball, Beth, who came to slay the dragon Kirk Ferentz suddenly, doesn’t have as much power as they thought, or she signed off on the hire one, or the other, most likely the latter….
Let them have this though….id hate to see them turn on her so fast…. although again, I’m not sure how they rationalize it in their head.
You do realize Reid was in Philly for 14 years (an eternity in the nfl) was very successful with multiple playoff appearances and trip to the Super Bowl. His son tragically passed before his last year in Philly. Part of reason he and eagles owner decided to mutually part ways and not renew his contract that expired that year.
Flip side Lester has little experience as OC. Luke warm success as a HC and had to settle for an analyst spot for a year and ultimately Troy OC before Iowa swooped in. Basically what I’m saying your analogy and comparison was garbage and not even in the same ball park of Iowa hiring Lester.
I have not seen where Kirk really had Johns or not reading through all the threads.
If he did maybe Johns changed his mind and said no.
Huh…..KF has never, ever let some coach go midseason and he has replaced many coaches and she comes in and lets Brian go halfway through and she was afraid to step in on this. That’s complete bullshit….
Your damn ****ing right, if she didn’t like the hire, she would’ve stepped in… You guys are so desperate to have some ****ing hero outside of the KF regime that you make shit up in your heads.
No chance she didn’t ok this….
They Ill confess, I enjoy you guys scrambling around to pretend like she didn’t have anything to do with it…
I hope the defense is twice as good next year and the offense finds a way to be twice as bad. FU Kirk
Yet you are behaving like such a little man on here. I'm sure your blood is proud of you. As you were..
When BF was canned, she said it’s not her practice to get involved in assistant coach personnel bel decisions. The only reason why was doing it was because she was BF’s supervisor. She gave KF full reign to make this hire and wasn’t going to step in unless the candidate didn’t meet the qualifications in the announcement.
Actually, I’ve read quite a little bit about Andy Reid & his sons… Kind of a tragic scenario and an example of not letting your job become more important than your family and there have been plenty of us that struggled with that… With that said, just so we’re clear you’re saying the Eagles fans hadn’t got tired of Andy Reid and his inability to get back to the Super Bowl. I’m not going any further until we clarify that….
And if you answer it, honestly, we won’t have to go any further anyway…
Lester doesn’t even satisfy the requirements that were listed for the job!!!! He has ONE season calling plays at Syracuse. ONE!!!! For the fist time in KF’s tenure I am going to say FU!
Can someone post the requirements for consideration?
Can someone post the requirements for consideration?
Well Philly fans are the worst. They want to fire every coach and ran a good coach doug Peterson out of town shortly after winning a Super Bowl.
I think that experience requirement blew up in the coaches' faces. They brought in guys who had been OCs for several years but then realized that, gasp, those guys wanted good contracts and, the horror, control over their area of expertise!
This thread is unreadable because of one poster and the responses to said poster. Even if I ignore, I still see all of the responses. Could we all just agree to ignore this poster so that I can pretend they don't exist?
**** you dickhead
Honestly it could've been a lot worse. The hire doesn't look that great on paper but it doesn't necessarily look bad either. Who knows how it'll turn out. At least he isn't some 70+ year old like GDGD was. I'm willing to see how it goes and if I see small and incremental progress year to year, I'll be satisfied with that.
agreed - outside of some criminal past, no way can Beth can stop KF from hiring any (non-family) coach that interviews.....
Yes…..I…..am….guilty as charged. I’m not necessarily proud, but some if these guys, definitely have it coming
