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Absent his knee injuries, he might have been the best of all time.
Absent his knee injuries, he might have been the best of all time.
Passing on Sayers might have had something to do with that record.Jerry Burns coached the Iowa Hawkeyes football team
for 5 years from 1961 to 1965. He had a record of
16 wins, 27 losses, and 2 ties. Jerry was not the right
guy for the Hawkeyes and was fired after 1965 season.
Jerry Burns coached the Iowa Hawkeyes football team
for 5 years from 1961 to 1965. He had a record of
16 wins, 27 losses, and 2 ties. Jerry was not the right
guy for the Hawkeyes and was fired after 1965 season.
Burns was too busy recruiting Henry Carr(I think it was), an olympic sprinter, who also played some football. He spent all his time with Henry and ignored Gale. It pissed off Sayers. Henry failed to meet admissions standards and wound up at a JC. From there, I believe he went to Arizona State. According to @CloydWebbPassing on Sayers might have had something to do with that record.
Evy was a great coach but he couldn't get along with the AD when he was coach. So when the AD left, Evy took the job and they wouldn't let him do both, which is what he would have liked. I honestly think that had he just kept coaching, he would be the GOAT.To be fair Lute, Jerry was undercut by his boss, the former coach, Forest Evashevski from minute one. Evy never should have been AD. He was fired over plotting to replace Nagel with himself in 1971.
Passing on Sayers might have had something to do with that record.
I think #13 is your answer. I'm not schooled in Iowa lore.Why did Jerry Burns pass on Gale Sayers?
Burns was too busy recruiting Henry Carr(I think it was), an olympic sprinter, who also played some football. He spent all his time with Henry and ignored Gale. It pissed off Sayers. Henry failed to meet admissions standards and wound up at a JC. From there, I believe he went to Arizona State.
Jerry was better than the AD allowed him to be. Evy “dried up” a lot of the program from outside once he became AD. It’s not like Burns couldn’t coach...or forgot how to coach. He just could procure the talent his boss did as FB coach. Burns went on to have a fine coaching career in the NFL.Jerry Burns coached the Iowa Hawkeyes football team
for 5 years from 1961 to 1965. He had a record of
16 wins, 27 losses, and 2 ties. Jerry was not the right
guy for the Hawkeyes and was fired after 1965 season.
Jerry was better than the AD allowed him to be. Evy “dried up” a lot of the program from outside once he became AD. It’s not like Burns couldn’t coach...or forgot how to coach. He just could procure the talent his boss did as FB coach. Burns went on to have a fine coaching career in the NFL.