No shit. It’s all conjecture from the outside looking in.
I don’t know what obsession you’re talking about, but I’m sure it makes sense in your head. I’ll go with it.
Let’s shift gears to talking about our favorite subject: Brian Ferentz
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I don’t know what obsession you’re talking about, but I’m sure it makes sense in your head. I’ll go with it.
There’s no arguement.
Just can’t believe it appears Brian will be retained at Iowa. It’s a goddamn joke.
With All, McNamara, and the pieces we are still going to pick up i think bf has 2 years and then.. we'll see. It's definitely time to earn his position or be gone. If he wasn't bf he'd have been gone already. We all know that but with Cade etc i think he's going to perform or leave.
Was there ever a doubt? Did you really think Kirk would ask his son to step down?
It sucks, but I had zero expectation of Kirk parting ways with Brian.
So it’s “8 years and then we’ll evaluate” for Brian?
8 f**king years? How pathetic.
#Iowanice huh?
It does suck. 2 years of much better offense or I'm just going to dvr the games and watch after i check stats first.
Can you remind me again of the other "pieces"...I think you said 7 total...we are still waiting to get from the portal? A couple WRs and a couple O Linemen?
Thank you.
Yes, you are right and kf had a goal set before portal season started. I'm not in the loop as my mom had open heart surgery last week and just came home yesterday. Im on sabbatical helping take care of my parents right now. In very ne iowa. If i heard anything I'd post it. Only know teslaa seems like a longer shot than before since he's blown up but still see seth Anderson coming. And heard on here Rouse might be a lineman we are in on.
BF wasn't even one of the coaches at the latest "terrible " in home visit to KP. Why on earth is the OC not at every visit for the #1 recruit!?
If we get 2 wrs and 2 o lineman that puts us at 6. Then its up in the aur if we take a rb or another wr. I'm not even sure where we sit on scholarships right now with 1 or 2 year signers.
I’d be surprised if we got more than one offensive lineman and one wide receiver in the portal before spring semester starts. Hope I’m wrong.
Me too. I mean i hope you're wrong cause i think we really need 2 of each. Im afraid the coaches are expecting a bigger jump by the ol than the fans do.
The Ferentz experience should really show everyone at Iowa that providing security in contracts for coaches is an incredibly bad idea. It's detracting from our performance in football. Last year Kirk should have been shaking things up and recruiting his ass off to get the offense back on track from being in the 120's. To have another shit-show that is even worse, and is by all measures historically bad? That gets most coaches at this level fired. We've gotten that plus a heaping side of nepotism and another heaping side of my way or the highway with this offensive system.
For all of Kirk's strengths, you just can't have the offense do this. You can't be this big of a pariah when it comes to wide receivers. You can't be this stuck in the mud on offense. Now it becomes incredibly difficult to turn around. Its on the athletic director to understand these dynamics and make sure that we don't reach this point. Standing pat with the offensive staff is malpractice and should be a request that is ignored. At a minimum the AD needs to fire underperforming offensive staff and the OC for this and a good AD should conduct the coaching search. Kirk pushed his chips all in last season. He shouldn't get to call these shots. Gary doesn't have this kind of vision - there needs to be pressure to remove him ASAP.
For all of Kirk's strengths, you just can't have the offense do this. You can't be this big of a pariah when it comes to wide receivers. You can't be this stuck in the mud on offense. Now it becomes incredibly difficult to turn around. Its on the athletic director to understand these dynamics and make sure that we don't reach this point. Standing pat with the offensive staff is malpractice and should be a request that is ignored. At a minimum the AD needs to fire underperforming offensive staff and the OC for this and a good AD should conduct the coaching search. Kirk pushed his chips all in last season. He shouldn't get to call these shots. Gary doesn't have this kind of vision - there needs to be pressure to remove him ASAP.
I can't disagree with anything you've posted. Solid.
A used one. That only sells station wagons that have a top speed of 15 mph.
The offense is fine. The passing game is fine. Complimentary football. Punting is winning.
There are things we know about KF, and these things have not changed. He believes in what he is doing, he values trust over all other things and he believes in consistency and continuity.
I don't recall KF ever firing a coach during the season, and the season isn't over. Bowl game prep and the game itself are important to him.
At no time did I believe that there would be a coaching shake-up in December if the Hawks made it to a bowl.
But, I still absolutely believe there will be changes after the bowl game. I also believe that those changes have already been determined and they are waiting to complete the season before they are announced.
I guess there is nothing any of us can do except wait and see,
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I don't recall KF ever firing a coach during the season, and the season isn't over. Bowl game prep and the game itself are important to him.
At no time did I believe that there would be a coaching shake-up in December if the Hawks made it to a bowl.
But, I still absolutely believe there will be changes after the bowl game. I also believe that those changes have already been determined and they are waiting to complete the season before they are announced.
I guess there is nothing any of us can do except wait and see,
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Tommy Boy took the reins in 2017:
Make all the injuries/youth/bad luck excuses you’d like, but every other other program in this country would have fired the person/persons responsible for these results by now.
Make all the injuries/youth/bad luck excuses you’d like, but every other other program in this country would have fired the person/persons responsible for these results by now.
And Gary Barta is still hiding under his desk. Spineless!
Tommy Boy took the reins in 2017:
Make all the injuries/youth/bad luck excuses you’d like, but every other other program in this country would have fired the person/persons responsible for these results by now.
Looks like were about ready for another up swing...
Two things you can do with a turd,.. Polish it or flush it, and I'm not ready to flush this particular turd just yet.
That means Iowa's average offensive ranking under Brian is 107.Tommy Boy took the reins in 2017:
Make all the injuries/youth/bad luck excuses you’d like, but every other other program in this country would have fired the person/persons responsible for these results by now.
Pathetic.
Kirk has a number of admirable traits and is a great ambassador for the University of Iowa. Bad contract move by Barta is an understatement. I have no problem with Kirk finishing out his contract but only if he truly becomes the CEO of Iowa FB and pursues an OC who can bring an innovative and productive offense to Iowa. And, Kirk needs to stay the hell out of his way.
Has anyone ever thought that maybe this is a Mary Ferentz problem? Kirk can’t send Brian packing because he has to go home to Mary every night. Would any of you be able to fire your son and go home every day to the mother of that same son who probably made Kirk hire him in the first place?
I’m sure Kirk knows his kid is a terrible offensive coordinator but it’s easier for him to do nothing about it and we all know that barta is going to do nothing about it as well.
I’m sure Kirk knows his kid is a terrible offensive coordinator but it’s easier for him to do nothing about it and we all know that barta is going to do nothing about it as well.
In reality, Brian is not as bad as people say he is (I still don't think he should be the OC and think the nepotism stuff is just a bad look). Could they have someone do better? Yes. But there are things that are outside of playcalling that have been the main issues. One scheme. Most of what they do is too easy to defend and that is on KF for putting parameters on what he wants and the #2 thing is players. They have done tremendous on the defensive side of the ball recruiting at a very high rate where guys graduate and someone steps right in. on offense they have issues with WR recruiting and retention, OL recruiting and retention and QB recruiting. I don't care who the OC is, if you have major issues with OL, QB and WR, you aren't going to be successful.
I don't know why people thought the OL was going to be good this year. I said before the season that they were too young and inexperienced to be good yet and they needed at least another year. And QB was obviously going to be bad.
Brian's first few years they were above average in offensive efficiency. Even with poor QB play in 20 they could mask it because of a good line and running game but once those went away you are left with just an empty shell of an offense.
I don't know why people thought the OL was going to be good this year. I said before the season that they were too young and inexperienced to be good yet and they needed at least another year. And QB was obviously going to be bad.
Brian's first few years they were above average in offensive efficiency. Even with poor QB play in 20 they could mask it because of a good line and running game but once those went away you are left with just an empty shell of an offense.
Man, our offense is a giant bag of dogshit.Tommy Boy took the reins in 2017:
Make all the injuries/youth/bad luck excuses you’d like, but every other other program in this country would have fired the person/persons responsible for these results by now.
How many years until you’re ready to flush the big turd…ten? Twelve?
