Phil Parker
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LOL, absolutely not. Actually, I am banned from their Rivals site. I'm an Iowa fan that has watched a consistently boring and completely ineffective/predictable defense (and offense) so far this year. The real question here is are you a Phil Parker/Greg Davis/KF apologist? Seriously?
Show me another team that goes base defense 95% of the time and you'll most likely be showing me a poor defense.
Not a fan of PP AT ALL!
Not a fan of PP AT ALL!
Throw in the fact that there was no need to sub the LBs all day. Starting 3 played every damn down on D. I thought we had some good battles and depth there. Just stupid. Our guys had to feel like they were being challenged to a 100 meter dash after running a marathon. Parker has been bad more than he has been good. We got to test drive him in 2010, and the results were horrific. The guy is a great DB coach but is in over his head as DC.
Tell me what team subs their starting LBs? lineman get subbed all the time but unless there is an ongoing battle at LB they usually don't sub in and out.
The D allowed 16 points despite being at a 10 minute disadvantage in TOP.
PP is doing just fine.
His game plan against a one man Stanford team was genius. McCaffrey looked like Tecmo Bo Jackson.
Wow, not sure what games you are watching......we couldn't get a stop when we needed it against an FCS team and lost the game. We couldn't stop them from running all over us in the 4th qtr......and lost the game........We gave up 158 yards to Miami in game 1........PP is not having a great season. I am not one who is screaming for a d coord change.......however, hopefully, PP has a better season moving forward........
We had 10 drives on offense during the game. Iowa went 3 and out 6 times and had a 5 play drive end in a pick six. So 3 of our 10 drives were worth a sh!t but Phil Parker is the problem? They had the ball for 12 minutes more than we did. That is almost an entire quarter. I don't blame them for being tired, especially since they were lights out for most of the game.
Phil Parker is probably the biggest asset we have on our staff. He ain't the problem.
You got it....let's lose being vanilla, wouldn't want to take any chances on losing!
Spot on. Was absolutely dominated at the line of scrimmage from mid of 3rd quarter on. They had the ball for 12 plus more minutes than us because our D couldn't get off the field.
Your right, our defense was on the field way to long!! How does a FCS school with less scholarships manage to do hockey line changes on both sides of the ball and we only have 6 DL that can play??? Since our defense is winded, PP should of blitzed and tried to apply pressure or create a big play. Our base defense has been lambasted twice in three games. Doing nothing is not acceptable! Improvise, adapt, overcome...he is worthless when he gets into a situation that requires anything out of the normal!
PP is a solid coach but he does have shortcomings. He is a terrific secondary coach possibly one of the best in the country, and his defenses typically give up (on average) ppg that should generate a lot more wins than losses. He is however not a guy that thinks fast on his feet and (this part is true of any D in the land) needs the offense to pull at least a minimal amount of weight. Against ndsu, not only did the Iowa O get off the field too quickly (both while scoring and otherwise, ie, proved themselves to be premature ejaculators with no foreplay skills), they contributed a TD to the other side. All said, Phil has his occasional bad day but we should be thankful to have him.
Iowa gives up 250 yards rushing and multiple big plays and you're saying Phil Parker isn't an issue? Iowa's D cannot get off the field in the second half and you're saying Phil Parker isn't an issue?
I'm not saying he's the main issue or the only issue because there are plenty of issues on both sides of the ball. But to say there's no issue on the defensive side of the ball because of the point total given up is a little crazy.
I'm not saying he's the main issue or the only issue because there are plenty of issues on both sides of the ball. But to say there's no issue on the defensive side of the ball because of the point total given up is a little crazy.
Maybe you are keeping track of how many of our DL are coming in and out. It's hard to tell on TV.
I just have a hard time blaming the D when we couldn't put an offensive drive together against a team that Western Washington lit up the week before. Hawk fans have been spoiled by year and after year of stout defenses, but there seems to be no expectation on the O to do anything. They were pathetic on Saturday and could have put the game out of reach.
He's not blameless but those numbers look way better if we can just manage a first down from time to time. It gives the D time to rest and of course keeps the ball out of their hands. When the other team has the ball for 50% more time than you do, you will give up some yards. The D was getting off the field just fine until Q4 when they were gassed and gashed. But even then, is it too much to ask to get a 1st down or two on the final drive against North Freaking Dakota??
If Iowa could of got a. Two score lead late and made them throw the ball would of help too but ND st game plan was perfect
+2 amahawk. On the last drive the Urzendowski kid dug a pass out of the ground to set them up in field goal range. Still trying to figure out how #8 caught the pass he did down the middle of the field. We don't make those catches.
This. We rushed for -2 yards in the second half. That's not on the defense. If u want to get on PP, talk about his recruiting. None of our starters outside of Jewell could start at OSU, NEB, MICH. Maybe MSU because their line is terrible. We are losing the arms race with Neb and the East teams, in terms of recruiting. This ship is just starting to sink. Good thing we just extended Kirk's contract.
The D gave up 16 points... If we win this game 35-16 or something nobody would be freaking out. They were not perfect but you gotta keep the D off the field on a hot day. Consistent three and outs from the O are just as much to blame. My biggest concern is getting 3rd down stops.
So we lose one game and you can tell from that the ship is starting to sink? Too bad you weren't on the Titanic, I'm sure you would have known this ship was going to sink after the first beer was spilled. Lol
Bend but don't break, vanilla, no sub defense will work if the other team is not willing to go for it on 4th down. End of games or a team with nothing to lose, hurts Iowa this way. It's one of the reasons northwestern is usually successful against Iowa.
Once in awhile you have to break tendencies. An 18 play 23 play drive is caused by a stubborn as hell dc hoping to win rather than helping put his players in a position to win.
Once in awhile you have to break tendencies. An 18 play 23 play drive is caused by a stubborn as hell dc hoping to win rather than helping put his players in a position to win.
I'm just saying that we need to bump up the aggression from a defensive perspective. If we increase the run AND pass blitz, QB's can't sit there a pick us apart. Our d has been absolutely picked apart so far this year. Sure there are other factors like bad offense in the NDSU game which kept our d on the field and tired them out. However we need to make the opposing QB uncomfortable. So far, they could put a couch back there and be comfy. We have found some pretty darn good D ends......we should take advantage of that. If tackles or guards have to chip some because we have a blitz up the middle here and there, the Nelsons will be that much more effective. Of course, there are other factors......like pretty poor safety play........
I don't think you give the defense a free pass for the loss, though offense does deserve most of the blame. The first game would have been a nail biter also if not for defense forcing some turnovers. In a game like NDSU, defense needs to step up if offense is not getting it done.
I was at both Miami and NDSU and there was very little subbing going on. The secondary should have 10 pics if they were taught to turn their heads! Why can we not run a man defense and bring the safeties down for run support. You just can't keep doing what isn't working.
The offense is a big part of the problem, you are right. Sometimes one or the other will have a bad day and they will need to cover for each other. I can lose a game when are just out played and tried everything to win. This is NEVER the case with this staff, dropping games in the non conference is just a given, takes half if the season to make adjustments?
Dude, which unit was it that allowed NDSU to have the ball as long as you noted? It wasn't dropped passes or shanked punts that allowed that.
Agreed. One or two times, you tip your hat to the offense and concede they executed better than you. But the examples you cite are too frequent.
Every NDSU drive in the first half ended in either a punt or an interception. Despite that, all we ended up with going into the locker room at half was a 1 TD lead. As another poster pointed out, even if we had a 2TD lead and forced them to throw, Iowa wins going away. Basically, if the O is doing their job, this game isn't close.
Of course I would love a D stop every opponent drive, but that just isn't realistic. I agree that the D wore down as the game went on. Parker deserves criticism if he is not subbing D Linemen through all of that. My only point in this thread is that the O is really the broken unit. The D has room for improvement, we can agree there.
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