Another guy pretending he knows how everything went down. Refreshing.
questioning Beth Goetz's decision to fire the OC
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We've always been a November team
She did what should have been done a year prior. A new OC mid season couldn't implement a new offense this year. Hire a good one in December and have them ready to start implementing it as soon as the bowl is over. I know they can't practice til spring but they can watch film and review the new offense until then.
Goddamn good post! So logical. Right up my alley.
The disrespect was done by KF to Iowa football fans and the university. In his heart of hearts, he knew his son never had any business being OC from day one. KF couldn't pass up the opportunity of having $Millions more flowing into the Ferentz bank accounts.
AEG82 is right about blhawk’s being right about Beth and Barb being right!
If the athletic department needs to reach out to Kirk’s top picks they can probably just walk down the hall and poke their head in their office. I’d be willing to bet that next OC already lives in Iowa City.
Bad take. They just scored zero points in B1G title game and disrespected Phil Parker/the entire defense/fan base.
Getting rid of BF made it clear to KF that he has to get off his ass and improve the offense and get out of his comfort zone.
If KF is too stupid/stubborn to actually make some changes with the new OC, then the remaining years on his contract are going to be full of fan discontent. Even BF/KF when the look at the product they put on field have to realize they screwed up. IF KF were to resign...so be it. He's old enough and his offenses have become so bad that it is hard to recruit anyway,
10 win season and a division title. That's what the Ferentzi would be parroting right now to justify keeping Biff around despite not meeting expectations. I have no doubt in my mind Barta wouldn't have done it all, and the The Familia would be trying to strong arm this interim AD. They lost a trophy game to a shit team at home in a perfect display of the nuclear winter the offense has devolved into. Kudos to Goetz for using that window of bye week to say enough is enough before the defense beat another block of shitty teams and FerentzCo could act like it was because of Brian.
BG basically didn't waste time and let him know mid-season that he could start looking for a new OC for 2024, as well as a new gig for his boy. Sounds better than stringing them along until this week and then giving the axe. Sound like she did KF, BF and Hawkeye nation a favor.
Women fixing mens' screw ups since the beginning of time.
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who was Bill Snyder's coordinator for years at Kansas State
Seems to be the greg davis mold.
It had to be done during the season in front of the media so KF couldn’t quietly make his pitch during the off season silence to say BF deserved another year due to all the injuries as the reason why the offense is so terrible. He likes the walls up so the outside doesn’t know or hear anything so control his narrative. Thank God the Pres and Board made the decision to fire him and Beth carried out the message.
Brian as of today should be done as a coach at Iowa. If he is still coaching through the bowl that is poor leadership on both Kirk and Beth. In todays game the bowl is about building towards the future. You have NIL, the transfer portal and coaching decisions all happening this month that will play a huge part into next years success. Iowa has a lame duck offense and a lame duck coach running the offense. The wrong approach now could tank next season.
This is 100% true. They need to can Brian right now. Hire an offensive coordinator and QB coach and try and salvage the best pieces of the offense and then hit the portal extremely hard.
The is on Kirk. It's his responsibility to put together a capable offensive staff. Nobody else's.
The only thing I regret about BGs decision is that she didn't hand Kirk a check for his buyout and send him packing. While Kirk has done a lot for Iowa, the game has clearly past him by and the BIG is going to get much harder with the West Coast teams coming in. Without an offense, and we won't have a dynamic offense as long as Kirk is micro managing it, we are going to get left in the dust and fall into obscurity. As it is we can't recruit QB/WR talent. This is the year we really need a complete overall in order for the program to remain relevant.
I think that if the offense stinks as much next season as in the past two seasons KF is gone,
If this turns out to be true (and very well may be), I can't wait to hear the narratives from our KF fellators about how he is really committed to improving this offense. IMO, this kind of hire just basically says that he doesn't care; just riding it out until he can pass Woody or whoever he is chasing for the Big Ten wins record.
This is the perfect answer! The head coach should be the one in command and responsible however, in place was son of the head coach who posted the worst statistics of all the NCAA teams. I really would have preferred the Ferentz family to resolve the issue before Beth had to step in. Brian should have pursued other options earlier and by his own choice to save face for everyone.
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Do you think Wilson was pressured by the regents, or was it solely her call? Perhaps the nepotism angle got to be too much.
Are you new here? The Ferentz Fellators have been pushing the "Wilson and the Regents made the decision; Goetz is just the messenger" narrative from the very beginning.
Blood is always thicker than water. How many of you would fire your son? I’m sure you’ll respond by saying you wouldn’t hire your son. But if your son was on your payroll, I bet most of you wouldn’t fire him.
That I have no idea on, my info didn't go that far. It just went past Goetz.
They skirted the nepotism law by making Brian report directly to the AD. It was always a sham. So much so, that Brian's contract for this season was designed to give him a backdoor raise while presenting itself as holding him accountable. Don't kid yourself, the decision to retain Brian was always Kirk's under Barta.
All Goetz did was treat their lie as the truth. Brian was her direct report. The decision to retain him was hers alone. Sorry Kirk, but your criticism of the firing/timing is tantamount to a confession that you always controlled Brian's fate, and still feel you should.
All Goetz did was treat their lie as the truth. Brian was her direct report. The decision to retain him was hers alone. Sorry Kirk, but your criticism of the firing/timing is tantamount to a confession that you always controlled Brian's fate, and still feel you should.
What we dont know is what precipitated it... not sure something wasnt leaked, forcing her hand. That or Brian went off on someone... not that he would ever go off on someone..SMH
This wasn’t some private business and Kirk is paying brian directly. This was a complete and utter failure in every aspect by Kirk. It’s too bad he has tarnished his legacy by dying on the hill that was his dipshit, incompetent son.
