Jon signed a $95k/6 month contract in August of 2022 as an offensive analyst. Prior to the contract ending, on December 2, 2023 he was handed the current $380k/14 month "Special Assistant....." contract which he inked on December 5, 2023, 4 days after McNamara committed. The contract ends tomorrow, January 31, 2024.
Jon Budmayr Expected to be Named WR Coach
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ok thanks I knew he got that raise and different title but for some reason I was thinking feb
Well that’s not at all surprising. Watching replays of Iowa linemen repeatedly block air while the QB gets sacked or RB gets blown up is beyond maddening. Barnett is essentially a half-assed Interpretive Dance professor who’s been granted tenure by Kirk.
Holy sh*t! WTF did he do to deserve that raise, and for a made-up job in which he did absolutely nothing to help the team? In fact, he probably made the team worse by bringing in DH. JFC!
I'd have to think that this is Barnett's make or break year. The OL has woefully underperformed since he has taken over. Now he has KP and a very experienced OL room that he has been coaching since they became regulars. He's also been recruiting for 4 years, so they have to all be considered "his guys." If they don't improve by leaps and bounds in '24, I don't see how KF (and TL) could justify keeping him on. It was hard enough to justify THIS year.
Unless there isn't another opening. It isn't the first time Iowa has hired a first-time WR coach at Iowa.
But they didn't fail to develop the players at the position they are supposed to be experts at first. Our QB play has not improved under his watch and I don't think any Wisconsin fans are clamoring for him back.
Kirk didn't fire Brian and Kirk won't be forced to fire anyone not named Ferentz.
I would have much rather sought out Matt Drinkall as a wr coach than simply offering Jon Budmayr. Frustrating!
I'm starting to come around on TL but I can't get behind this. I wouldn't say recruiting QBs is an issue but its the development that needs to be better.
The WR position needs both and I dont see how Budmayr improves that.
The WR position needs both and I dont see how Budmayr improves that.
Hopefully Bud's been catching up on his 'what does a wide receiver do' vhs tapes since the promotion.
Somebody is going to have to clue me as to why everyone hates this guy so much. I don't get it.
Bud is a really bad hire but he's way more qualified for the job than McNutt is.
I really do not understand why so many Iowa fans think anyone who had ever played for Iowa can just walk into a big ten coaching job with basically no experience. Being a good player does not make you a good coach, most great coaches were average players at absolute best. If you want them to hire a former player at least go with Shumpert or something.
My point was not to offer a ringing endorsement of McNutt.
If this rumor is indeed true, this hire is beyond ridiculous.
He joined the staff before the 2022 season. Since then, Iowa’s offense, and particularly its QB play (which he is paid extra to coach) has been historically bad, not just for Iowa but for any FBS program. He also is responsible for bringing in Hill. Aside from that, he has never played nor coached WRs.
Its things like this, that KF does, that makes this feel like a nightmare that no matter what you do you can't wake up to get away from it.
How can an "OL guru" know so very little about offense?! Its mind boggling.
How can an "OL guru" know so very little about offense?! Its mind boggling.
His guruness is from the 80s and 90s. He won't adjust and it shows
His guruness may be outdated, but his stubbornness will live forever.
I was thinking similar to you when McNutts name came up. But I have been thinking about it more lately… all qualification levels aside, McNutt wants this job badly and he has more passion for Iowa football than anyone they could bring in and that matters. when you have to rebuild a position group as badly as iowa needs to, having a guy like Marvin would help with recruits. Budmayr could stay an analyst and help with Xs and Os… shoot give him a raise and still pay McNutt far less than many WR coaches and I’m sure we would still take it,
Or else get someone truly qualified, I think Budmayr would be a terrible hire.
Heck promote Jason Manson before budmayr…
Manson would be great. McNutt could take Manson’s current position.
Manson does have experience coaching WRs, and playing the position. If you want to stay in-house, that’s the guy to go to.
I'm aware of all that. He is also an experienced QB coach and former offensive coordinator. It just seems that everybody woke up one day and decided that he was the worst thing ever. I get the sinking feeling that no one knows if that is actually true.
JFC. An experienced QB coach at Wisconsin? OC one year at CSU and goes 3-9 and is canned? Yeah he’s our guy. 😂
He got hired to be the wide receivers coach at Iowa, for god sake. It's like being an arborist for the Sahara.
Anyone associated with planning the offense the past few years should be fired.
I think it was about a year ago, when a lot of folks thought BF would be leaving, that Chad Leistikow did a podcast, looking at 3 or 4 possible new OCs. One of the guys he profiled as a feasible choice was Jon Budmayr. There was no backlash to that suggestion, at that time, that I am aware of.
But over the past year, Bud has been painted with the failures of our offense, our OC, and especially our QB, whom he specifically brought in. Much of that is fair.
I will say that I don't think Deacon Hill was ever supposed to see the field at Iowa. Certainly not in 2023. A year ago, heading into spring practice, we had one healthy QB, Joe Labas. We needed another body, just to be able to run a practice. That was the only role Hill was supposed to play. I think the plan was for McNamara to be the starter, Labas to be the backup, and for Hill to be available only for an emergency. But then Labas got hurt before the season started. And then McNamara got knocked out for the year. And with Lainez not yet ready, the only option was Hill. And then, if you want to listen to rumors, even as Labas got healthy, he failed to meet coaches' expectations, and didn't get a chance on the field.
To be clear, I am absolutely NOT advocating for Budmayr to be our WR coach. As I've said previously, I think hiring him for that role would be a huge missed opportunity. I'm just saying that it's only been in the last year that Budmayr has become a villain.
Absolutely do not agree that this hire would have gone over well last year, though they dragged it out so long trying to get Brian a NFL job that it very well could have been the only option. I think people were too focused on trying to get Brian out the door to really dig into the OC search part at the time but once people starting thinking about his resume more the reaction would have been bad.
Good post, but is the highlighted really fair? As far as I can see is that his greatest sin is bringing a guy in from the portal who was meant to serve as a backup. Did people think that a backup portal QB would be any good?
Beyond that, does an analyst really bear more responsibility than our position coaches? The criticism that is levelled in his direction is outsized and weird. He was a minor cog in the BF wheel that fell completely apart.
I think it's reasonable to think he's a bad hire for this job without even getting into his time at Iowa at all but it certainly doesn't help that he was on staff for two years and they were two of the worst offenses in school history
It's a fair question. I think it's worth noting that in the two years Bud has been on staff, we have seen horrific QB play, which I always thought was the area in which he was focused.
But for another take, consider this: It's been said that it takes a LONG time for QBs to learn Iowa's offense. I believe it was Alex Padilla, specifically, who said it took at least 2 years. But here we had Deacon Hill last fall (and would have had Cade McNamara, if not for injury), who seemed to grasp Iowa's offense reasonably well. Granted, Deacon was putrid in his performance. But most of the criticism seems to be in the way he played -- his skillset, etc. -- not in any apparent misunderstanding of the offense. So, is it possible that Jon Budmayr is really good at teaching an offense to QBs? Just something to think about.
See, I don't see that. Big ten QB coach and former D1 offensive coordinator is sufficient to lead our least-utilized position group.
He was not a very good Big Ten QB coach or OC and he has no experience coaching WRs.
Iowa WRs have been bad and underutilized but that is, like, a bad thing. It shouldn't be the goal (and it's not like we have literally never had good WRs). Brian being a dumbass who couldn't scheme receivers open doesn't mean they should just throw up their hands and proceed as though the position doesn't matter and can be coached by anyone.
This is a big IF but IF Kirk lets Tim run his offense the WRs will get utilized more. Now it will most likely take 2/3 years of good offense and evidence that WRs get the ball before our WR recruiting gets better. A good/energetic/qualified hire at the WR position may jumpstart that progress a little faster.
I don't blame Bud for Brian's failures or Deacon Hill. There is evidence that since Greg Davis left that Iowa effectively hasn't had a QB coach so I'm even iffy on blaming Bud for QB play. I'm fine with Bud in his current position I just fail to see the upside of him as WR coach.
