Holy balls of patheticism!!!
KF / BF presser
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Once again, a giant middle finger to the fans from Kirk. Bringing up the 12 game win streak which is ancient history. Unbelievable.
What do you do with the worst (or second worst) QB in college football for a team DEAD LAST in offense (by a wide margin)? If you are Kirk Ferentz, you keep playing him of course.
I know what he’s doing. He figures since Nevada is so bad on defense Petras is bound to put up decent numbers. Then Kirk can say “I told you so” and not have to admit he was wrong.
Well Kirk, that will only work until Petras stinks it up in Big 10 games. You will eventually be forced to bench him…..but by then it will be too late to save the season.
What do you do with the worst (or second worst) QB in college football for a team DEAD LAST in offense (by a wide margin)? If you are Kirk Ferentz, you keep playing him of course.
I know what he’s doing. He figures since Nevada is so bad on defense Petras is bound to put up decent numbers. Then Kirk can say “I told you so” and not have to admit he was wrong.
Well Kirk, that will only work until Petras stinks it up in Big 10 games. You will eventually be forced to bench him…..but by then it will be too late to save the season.
I just watched KF's interview. Freaking amazing! I do believe that starting SP is all of his doing. He is screwing Padilla 10 ways to Sunday, by not giving him this start prior to Big Ten play. I am just amazed what came out of his mouth. KF is gone.
KF presser was embarrassing. How dumb does he think we are
I almost admire the gall at this point. I mean I don’t, but almost. Clearly I don’t agree with the decision, but at least he is clearly stating it’s his call as coach. Maybe that’s to partly give air cover for Brian. But also bc I do think KF is a man of conviction and we’re seeing it here…as wrong as we may feel it to be.
Even the best leaders have a sounding board - someone he/she can trust. Who is KFs right now??
Even the best leaders have a sounding board - someone he/she can trust. Who is KFs right now??
I honestly don’t think he cares what fans think.
To some extent coaches shouldn’t be making decisions based on what’s popular with the fan base.
But he’s in a very small group of people who thinks Spencer is still the best option.
why would Labas and May stick around for this?
Why would any high school QB sign a LOI for this?
I am hoping Mary holds out until KF makes a QB change
that's our only hope right now
he doesn't
obviously, Petras must be REALLY good in practice but how KF can overlook the game results is unbelievable
Padilla can't be any worse; and if he is, f&ck it and go with your future, which is Joe Labas
He was with the comment about being HC, going with Spencer and not caring what the fans think. The man is nuts. Needs to be done. Put out to pasture.
It’s not about what you’ve done last season or the season before that, it’s about what are you doing in the present and what you will do in the future.
Hate to say it but think she is his sounding board. I can hear it now….”Kirk, that Spencer is such a nice young man!”
This team is going to quit on him before the season ends, and we'll have more N fans in the stands on Black Friday.
I know we joke about it, but seriously, I think KF is senile and may need to visit a neurologist.
I know we joke about it, but seriously, I think KF is senile and may need to visit a neurologist.
Yeah, this whole "us against the world" thing can only go so far. We literally have the worst ranked offense in FBS.
my god, we are wasting our defense & Tory Taylor
this could get really, really bleeping ugly
and a QB with Steve Sax Syndrome (All Star 2nd baseman who couldn't throw the ball from 2nd base to 1st)
but Steve threw the ball into the dirt and WAY OVER the 1st baseman's head, sometimes into the stands
It does not matter what Brian thinks. The final decision is Kirk's.
If the fans don't Iike it, they should go tailgate, have a great time and then not attend the game. If you want to send a message, that is what needs to happen.
ALL 3 scholarship QBs should turn in their gear and leave a transfer notification letter on Kirks desk and go home. I would , why waste eligibility sitting behind Petras.
On Nevada?! LOL
Nevada is a pathetic excuse for a football team. Anything Iowa does against them will be due to the poor level of opposition and absolutely nothing else. It's a horrible team to play, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Iowa struggles like heck on offense, even against this group of nobodies.
Maybe Iowa's defense should take out their frustrations by refusing to play until KF puts a new QB and an actual offense on the field. That would be an effective way to take out their frustrations.
Serious question.
What if Petras plays how he has this weekend...Iowa wins like 12-3. No change is made. Then Padilla/Labas enter the portal Sunday.
That would have to be the wildest story in college football right?
What if Petras plays how he has this weekend...Iowa wins like 12-3. No change is made. Then Padilla/Labas enter the portal Sunday.
That would have to be the wildest story in college football right?
There are guys playing IM football that can fill Spencer’s shoes. If all we’re asking a starting Big Ten quarterback to do is hand off twice then overthrow the tight end, there are probably a couple hundred guys on campus that can do that.
I guess we’re simply left to speculate. Seeing this all unfold and listening to the language and tone, I actually think BF probably wants switch. He may even want to call a very different offensive scheme for all we know. But can’t! It could also mean that Padilla and Labas are flat out bad and our true future is in the hands of May or Lainez.
Of course it could mean other things too - but the above almost seems best case scenario and that sure doesn’t feel good!
Of course it could mean other things too - but the above almost seems best case scenario and that sure doesn’t feel good!
I’ve always thought Ferentz’s “execution” excuse is a back-handed way of blaming the players. It reeks of “Well we had a great game plan and would have won if only the players did their jobs”.
When “execution” (or lack thereof) is a recurring theme week after week the coaching staff either (a) isn’t doing a good job of working with the players on correcting mistakes, or (b) continuing to play guys who aren’t cutting the mustard.
I’m not even sure Spencer thinks he’s the best option. He looked defeated on the field and after the game in the presser.
thinking the same thing, offense is set up to succeed if the players would just execute.
It is just a bad situation, Ferentz is choosing Petras, the worst QB in college football to be stubborn about. Likely going to be a large slide downward at the end of Ferentz's great coaching career at Iowa
So you think an OC, even a coach’s son, is going to allow his own reputation and career to be destroyed by being closed into a box and prevented from doing what he wants to do while their offense finishes in the bottom of the country last year? You think he is going to continue to coach in a program where he is micromanaged and they are the bottom this year? No OC or DC is going to do that. People who think this are completely off base. KF has a say in the offense, just like Saban or any HC has a say in the offense or defense. Ultimately, you let your coaches coach. That is why you hire them.
What will need to change regarding the offense is that the offense can’t rely on near-perfect execution to succeed. I can understand the offense struggling with all the injuries and attrition. What we’ve seen is an inability for even basic execution.
