Line play
- Thread starter BigDogHawkFan
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Yeah, it was commentary on how you think Doyle was responsible for the O-line play, and then you went onto discuss more stupid shit. I'm telling you it was Reese Morgan, followed by saying that Iowa lacks the ability to recruit and develop OTs. Back on block ya go, have fun responding to a wall.
You only mentioned tackles recruited since Alaric/Wirfs in your post I responded to. Nothing about Barnett.
Davidkov may not have panned out. But he was an Iowa comitt.
Fenske was an example of a true tackle. Maybe not "legit" enough for you, idk. A lot of 3* have turned out pretty good. He played at Colorado. And the point is, he would have been a better option in '22 than the kids who weren't ready to play yet.
Proctor committed twice. Idk, I suppose you could look at it as a recruiting miss. Most people look at it that Iowa did their job and got screwed.
And I again, remind you of Miller, who I believe left because Doyle was no longer there, if I recall correctly.
And the loaded box never kept Iowa from having serviceable offense before they were playing a bunch of kids on the O-line that weren't strong enough to be playing yet.
You don't think they loaded the box this year? Same O-lineman, only now big and strong enough to get the job done and lead the league in rushing. Yes, Lester helped accentuate that. But Lester wouldn't have done crap with that line in '22 either
How much of the line improvement has to due with Lester’s run scheme. I have a hard time believing it has anything to do with Barnett finding a lucky nut. The offensive line has been a disaster over the last 3 or 4 years under his care. In the last 40 years I haven’t seen an Iowa offense line not knowing who to block like they have under Barnett.
Van Ness is an example of ONE undersized D-lineman.
But getting undersized guys was never part of the formula for the D-line.
And Van Ness was never forced into action before he was strong enough to be on the field
Yep.
Some people reveled in the fact that Iowa had all these upperclassmen starting on the OLine.
In most cases, unless your lineup is filled with transfers...it means those upperclassmen weren't good enough to make it to the NFL earlier.
And before the defenders talk about some recognition for a couple guys, that sounds like some participation ribbon for being a multi year starter.
Iowa's lineup is a collection of OGs, not athletic enough to be high level OTs.
I want to make sure I understand. Not having Reese Morgan, who last coached the offensive line in 2011 was the reason the offensive line regressed in 2022?
Where does Alt not coming because Doyle was gone fit in?
It's pretty simple, who replaced Morgan as the OL coach in 2012? Just the same as when O'keefe came back to "help" the offense after retiring.
And produced Reiff, Scherff, Donnal, Wirfs, Jackson, Blythe, Daniels and Linderbaum? So they sucked since 2011?
FFS. If Kirk's success hinged so greatly on him, he doesn't deserve to be a HOF coach or the title of "line guru".
You want to blame the woes of Iowa on someone, it falls on Kirk. Starting with hiring and feilding some if the worst offenses in D1. We have the garbage GDGD years that started the decimation of Qb and WR recruiting followed the absolute worst O caller and personality of BF. When the offense is trash good luck with recruiting. Even diamonds in the rough weren't taking a chance. The only position on offense that excelled was TE.
We had a couple of years of o-line busts and attrition coupled with anemic offenses that decimated recruiting potential. Winning usually fixes such problems and we haven't really notch many quality wins of late. Buzzer beating field goals against mediocre teams doesn't really turn heads.
We had a couple of years of o-line busts and attrition coupled with anemic offenses that decimated recruiting potential. Winning usually fixes such problems and we haven't really notch many quality wins of late. Buzzer beating field goals against mediocre teams doesn't really turn heads.
What woes of Iowa?
One of five teams nationally to have won 8+ in 9 straight non-Covid seasons
Reese was still with Iowa up until 2019, and the line play began to drop off following that departure. Lindy was the glue that kept the line together his final season.
