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Labas
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You're going back to a Labas post after the shit show you watched yesterday? wow
So you were only interested in Joey in week 1 and wanted to forget to follow him and see if he was truly a QB the deserved to start a Big 10 game?
He did win a bowl game 21-0 against an SEC team we had lost to the previous year.
Don't get caught up in the personality drama. It's never been about Hill or Labas. It's about a coach who rides a lame horse to a loss that didn't have to happen.
Everyone makes mistakes, including your parents.
So I'll take it you've realized there was probably a reason that goes beyond who the better player on paper was, as to why Hill played over Labas.
High probability that you made a mistake. But at least you came around eventually
This game is wild. FIU had just over 300 yds of offense, was 3/11 on third down, punted 6 times, and scored 52. CMU also appears to have gone for it on 4th&1 (a pass which was intercepted) from their own 28 with like 5 min left in the 3rd while only down 20. CMU had 10 penalties. Oh and they lost a fumble (on a punt return) in addition to those 5 INTs.
Joey tossed 5 interceptions against Florida International sounds like he is a dead horse. Would you start him next week?
Joey in action....
1 pick 6 and another returned to the 5
And Iowa's defense won the bowl game.
Some of you can't face the reality of your mistake projecting Labas as better than this performance.
1 pick 6 and another returned to the 5
And Iowa's defense won the bowl game.
Some of you can't face the reality of your mistake projecting Labas as better than this performance.
I didn't start the Labas thread. But I do recognize that it's just one more example of offensive misses by KFz. Saturday's ineptitude was another.
Here is a quote from you. "But he's just one more on the list of offensive players that KFz somehow couldn't figure out how to develop and get the best out of....that went on to play well at other schools."
So Joey plays one game against a Drake level opponent and that proves a point but you did not want to discuss how he did against an average group of 5 opponent when he was a disaster. Is he playing well at the group of 5 level? Would you start him next week? Do you think Central Michigan should have pulled him before he threw 5 interceptions?
He is not playing for a power 5 team so any discussion of his results should be tempered by that.
Nobody wants to hype Joey now??????????????????????????????????????????????????? He beat SW NW NE SE Junior College State last week and put up huge numbers!
Would you replace Vanderbearkiller or let him take every snap in a 4-8 season?
It's not Labas (or anyone else) vs Cade.
It's coaching stubbornness vs coaching creativity.
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So you had to go back to 2012 to find this? Any time a team struggles you need to replace the QB? Who was the back-up? Was he ready? How did he look in practice?
Not having Marcus Coker who had 1500+ yards from scrimmage and having Weisman as our running back sure hurt the offense.
Not having Marcus Coker who had 1500+ yards from scrimmage and having Weisman as our running back sure hurt the offense.
According to ESPN we currently have 5 QBs on the roster.
If it's true one is a capable P5 QB and 4 of them are not (which is what is being implied) ... I guess that's a sign of great coaching??
Some on here don't think Cade is very good. That would make 5 out of 5 QBs not equipped to lead Iowa to a good season.
I guess this whole debate is about standards and expectations. If we'd all learn to get rid of those two things we'd all be a lot happier.
Current/former Iowa QB breakdown from Week 2:
Cade McNamara (Iowa) 13-29-2-99, 0 TDs in 21-20 loss to Iowa State
Spencer Petras (Utah State) DNP, injury in 48-0 loss to USC
Deacon Hill (Utah Tech) 14-28-1-188, 2 TDs in 72-14 loss to UNLV
Joe Labas (C. Michigan) 20-39-5 (INTS) 151, 2 TDs in 52-16 loss to FIU
Deuce Hogan (N. Mexico State) DNP in 30-24 loss to Liberty
Carson May (Abilene Christian) DNP in 38-24 win vs. West Georgia
This tells me either:
A.) Our coaches can’t identify QB talent
B.) Our coaches can’t develop QBs
Just a bad day. I'm sticking with Joey, win or lose and never give another QB a chance to make me look bad!!!!
Depends. Am I coaching at iowa and did he start game 1? Then the obvious answer is yes. Can’t put in any other qb and see if they might actually be able to do something good. Wouldnt want that drama.
I would agree and also a bit of bad luck as several of these QBs were rated fairly high in HS.
I had to double-check the Labas stat on the game box score. Yes - FIVE INTERCEPTIONS
Does Lester have any balls?
He got hired on as OC and yet seems to not be making the calls offensively. He should confront Captain Kirk and say "you hired me to fix this offensive. Now let me fix it or I'll move on to another team".
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Kirk wouldn't recognize a good QB if they lived in his house.
Make that speech to all the blue bloods winning NCs...you'll be laughed out of the training room.
EyesofHawk will explain that passing off your back foot is the new innovative technique taught by all quarterback gurus.
When fanatics have a crush, they tend to believe whatever rumor supports their narrative.
Has anyone noticed that those smearing Labas can't explain why his current coaches don't have a problem with his drug addiction?
Not that it matters but Cade has a QBR of 35.7. Labas: 41.4
I don't think winning is worth sacrificing what's right. Our ex players come away from our program successful members of society. That is no accident . This is because they are taught lessons by our coaching staff that matter.
I don't always agree with our coaching decisions but I would not be willing to sacrifice making men out of boys for wins. If Labas couldn't follow the rules you dont make exceptions just to get a win. And you don't undermine your honor as a coach for certain players. They may do that at some programs, these blue bloods you talk about, but I'm not for that here. Ever.
I did possibly explain it. Perhaps he's made a course change from the lessons he learned here. I hope he has.
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