Let's be honest, any program with any sort of self respect would've ran him out of town after the 2010 season. A team LOADED with NFL talent on both sides of the ball goes 8-5 (needed a miracle to win the bowl), he should've been shown the door for that disgrace...
Kirk & co should've been gone after 2010
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Not after 2010, but definitely after 2014.
2015 was the worst thing that could have happened to Iowa football. It was an obvious abhorration, and because of it we are handcuffed to Kirk for the next 10 years (thanks, Gary).
2015 was the worst thing that could have happened to Iowa football. It was an obvious abhorration, and because of it we are handcuffed to Kirk for the next 10 years (thanks, Gary).
Ferentz is finally proving to be no better than Fry. A lot of hype here and there over the years but not much to show for it. Neither side of the line is good. Supposed to be iowa's calling card.
When was the last time a Coach Ferentz's assistant went on to be a Head Coach somewhere? If you look at Coach Fry's coaching tree it makes Coach Ferentz's coaching tree look like a weed.
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This board is really sad. Kirk is a great coach. Iowa is a tough job. Last year he was "the greatest coach in the country"...now u want him out. A shame
Coach B is a branch off of Hayden's tree an assistant from 1993-2001.
What difference a year makes, you can't just do good one year and get us all ready for some good consistent football on both side of the ball.. Then come back the next year, get a Sabanesc deal and SUCK!
Continuity is not always a great thing. We need some new blood in the program.
He was the only assistant coach I could think of who has gone on to head coach, though. I don't think there are any others.
Ha! Fair enough. Okay, so Ferentz has zero head coaching disciples. Not good.
Who thought he was a great coach last year??? He has never been a great coach! His offenenses are rarely good and Norm always had a good defense to bail the offense out. Phil is not Norm and the margin for error is so slim with his style of play.
True.. As I watched michigan they to ran a pro style o but as Wisconsin shut certain things down, michigan started doing other things to keep Wisky honest.. How come Kirk won't adjust., nothing wrong with the pro style, he just needs to STYLE it better! His pro style is out of style and that's one of the reasons when things go bad fans want him gone!
Please elaborate, oh wise one. I'm taking up a lot of space in that little head.
I'm sure keeping Rich Rod or Hoke around for several more years would have Michigan looking a lot better than they are right now LOL
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Washington is a better job than Iowa, plus Peterson's roots and contacts are in the West.
I sure wish people would aspire to greater things.
With attitudes like yours, it's a wonder American exceptionalism exists.
But 7-5 is nifty compared to the Commings era, so clearly this is the best Iowa football can ever do. The athletic facilities upgrade and 4.5 million dollar coaching salary is just to maintain these inspirational 7 win seasons--without them, we might have to hire a coach that can barely handle Iowa State and who might even allow directional schools to come into Kinnick and curb stomp our beloved Hawks.
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No kidding. I keep reading over and over by how tough of a job Iowa is. That's a load of crap.
1. Money. Iowa is one of the wealthiest athletic departments in the NCAA and with BIG money that's not changing.
2. Facilities. Kinnick and football facility.
3. Proximity to Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Louis. Yeah, Iowa may not have the deepest talent pool and the Clones do siphon off some talent but IC is still not the middle of nowhere.
4. Tradition. Iowa has won conference titles, bowl games, and has won on the big stage before.
5. We are obviously willing to pay an insane amount of money for a head coach.
I just don't see how people can think that we're just little old Iowa. Hell, it's not like we're that school over in Ames.
If this was a Blondie comic strip, then you, sir, would have a giant exclamation mark hovering directly above your head.
Really??????? Did you read the post I responded too?????? Did you not see the sarcasm....not to mention the posters remark about being beat by a DIRECTIONAL school???? You sir, need to color your hair blonde or actually read the post!
Lol--yes, really.
1--I not only read the post you were replying to, I wrote it.
2--Think about it: a coach who struggles with ISU and directional schools. Sound familiar?
3--Anger over bad losses apparently breaks sarcasm detectors. You may want to get that fixed.
Come on. So we beat a slightly above Mizzou team in a bowl they could give a crap about. We underachieved . Not an argument
