KF: Love/hate relationship

[HawkMachine]

I was watching the game on Saturday and a thought crossed my mind and instantly got pissed at Kirk.

What pissed me off?

If it was up to Kirk, Brian would still be leading this team's offense. THINK ABOUT THAT! The thought of that is maddening.

Hate him for that.

But then we win, he gets emotional and you are so proud of him as the head coach of these young men.

You can tell the players have so much respect for him as a coach/human being.

I listened to the post-game interview with Washington's head coach and he congratulated Kirk on his 200th victory. Found the quote:

“First, I want to say congratulations to coach Ferentz on his 200 wins,” Fisch said. “And he’s everything that is right about college football. He’s a fantastic person and a great football coach.”

It's such an accurate statement. He’s everything that is right about college football.

Love him for that.


So yeah, I know CSB. I just can't imagine having Brian again this year. Just think if we had Lester last year. UGH.

 

[markfromj]

It’s possible Kirk would have pulled the trigger on Brian by himself eventually.

 

[nu2u]

It’s possible Kirk would have pulled the trigger on Brian by himself eventually.

 

[HawkMachine]

It’s possible Kirk would have pulled the trigger on Brian by himself eventually.

 

[LIV4GOD]

It’s possible Kirk would have pulled the trigger on Brian by himself eventually.

 

[icwesthawk]

He’s a fantastic person and a great football coach.”

He's half right

 

[Dr. Phil Seuss]

It’s possible Kirk would have pulled the trigger on Brian by himself eventually.

If Kirk didn’t see it during 2022, he wasn’t going to see it ever. Everybody in the country saw it. It was readily visible that he had lost his sense of judgement and was giving Brian a pass because of who he was. The results delivered in the many years he had the OC role would have seen any man fired by any major program long before the 2023 season began

 

[yrunvs]

He's half right

Okay maybe not a fantastic person but a pretty pretty pretty good one.

 

[icwesthawk]

Okay maybe not a fantastic person but a pretty pretty pretty good one.

I was thinking the other half

 

[yrunvs]

I was thinking the other half

Huh......That isn't possible.

 

[jonesy5960]

It’s possible Kirk would have pulled the trigger on Brian by himself eventually.

We'll never know for sure, but the likelihood of Kirk ever firing his son was always a huge longshot. I'm sure he seriously considered resigning after Beth fired Brian, but after coming to the conclusion that it served no purpose, and would only sully his legacy by quitting over it, he decided to stay and do what he loves doing. In any case, Lester appears to be a huge upgrade, albeit with personnel limitations, and we should all be grateful that Beth stepped in when she did.

 

[stanzithemanzi12]

It’s possible Kirk would have pulled the trigger on Brian by himself eventually.

I think he would have fired Brian at the end of the season after the Tennessee game. And for all we know, maybe he made the decision to fire Brian when Brian was actually fired, and he was able to play it off as if it wasn't his call.

 

[jonesy5960]

He's half right

Which half? 🤔

 

[SoonerBeAHawk]

To me whether KF would have fired BF is irrelevant. BF shouldn't have been here in the first place obviously.

For the nepotism alone Kirk falls well below his predecessor, the great Hayden Fry.

 

[WestIAHawk]

Brian would have taken over after Kirk retired.

Dodged one there.

 

[icwesthawk]

Which half? 🤔

KF is a great leader of men, great evaluator of underappreciated talent, great representative of the University of Iowa, great for college football. He is not a great coach, good, not great, IMHO.

 

[WhiteDog125]

I was thinking the other half

He is a great football coach. End of story

 

[QChawks]

No one would ever attempt to slander KF, he's a damn good man. His players would take a bullet for the man. I bet he could name nearly player he's had at Iowa. He gives a lot of his time & money.

At the same time, I can still be very critical about his coaching and decision making. BUT I will never say that's he's not a terrific guy.

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

I think he would have fired Brian at the end of the season after the Tennessee game. And for all we know, maybe he made the decision to fire Brian when Brian was actually fired, and he was able to play it off as if it wasn't his call.