True, but I'd settle for someone who can actually make a catch first instead of dropping anything thrown their way.
Talk of firing Kirk Ferentz
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That's happened with most people. Myself included. I was in attendance yesterday, my Saturday and weekend were not ruined. Congrats on your maturity.
Shouldn't be a shock? I'm reading a lot of passionate posts about how heads should roll. Contrary to the idea that how outcomes of games shouldn't so severely impact the daily lives of people who've gained perspective (by simply aging a bit).
Can't argue much with this, offer your suggestions. Do you happen to know someone pining for this gig who would improve things?
There are a ton of real dumb people saying a lot of real dumb stuff! I have sooo many dumb things I heard I wish i would have kept a list! But just for a couple! I hear the crying "play the freshmen" well ...this is what happens (inconsistent) at this level when you have as many under class men on the field at once ...live with it.....it will pay huge dividends down the road ...so quit crying today! I've also seen the "put the track guys (wide receivers) out there and let them play" soooo all it takes is to be fast to play now??? Another dumb comment! I also like how people joke about wide receivers not playing because they cant down field block. So let me get this straight ......we should play all the physically gifted freshmen (even tho they've only be out of high school for a few months) remove down field blocking from the WR's lists of duties and finish the season 13-0. Must of these cry baby, Chicken little (The sky is falling) will be pretty quite next year I'm guessing! One more thing ....fire the coach .....yeah ....lets be like Neb. they'll probably be paying 3 head coaches next year .....lets be like them! They have gotten worse every year for the last 3 or 4 since they thought it would be a good idea to fire there coach. I'm really glad the people in charge are smarter they the drunken dummies posting on here ...we would never win a game!!
There are a lot of people who let a win/loss determine how the rest of their weekend goes. I used to be like that.
I still try to attend one or two games a year like I have for the past 15 yrs.
this board yoyo's depending on the result of the game. If you have watched Iowa at all over the years, nothing should surprise you as far as results of a game go.
I will save that for the people that would be more qualified to hire a coach. I won't clamor for his head and fully expect that he will have another good run in a couple years. I do think that the fear of what may happen is no reason to stay with a coach. There can be a separate debate about where that point is.
I was at the Wisconsin game in 2010, and my friend I went with is from wisconsin and said "if you weren't a fan of either team, that was an entertaining game" I agreed. It was more entertaining than some wins I have seen at Kinnick (Minnesota this year being a good example). If the product is entertaining, the bare spots in the EZ will take care of themselves.
Then you fire the replacement and move forward. We got rid of Alfraud and hired Lickliter. After three years of Lickliter, we fired him and hired Fran. If Fran doesn't work out, I want him fired and a replacement hired. Coaches come and go but the program remains. When you stubbornly stick with mediocre because you fear the unknown, it's a lot longer climb out of the cellar.
IMO, KF needs to change 2 things.
Hire better recruiting coordinator/assistant coaches.
Hire an OC and stay the Hell away from the offense (except the OL. He can "poke his head in there" every once in awhile).
not defeatist just realist . you have heard it before and you will hear it again 2 names alford and lickliter, names to never forget.
Really...you think Vandeburg needed "chewing out" for dropping a punt, as if he didn't know that was the wrong thing to do?
So, you're comparing Lickliter basketball era to Kirk Ferentz football era...LOL.
I've had plenty of head coaches in various sports. In particular, one baseball coach who was really respected, had the philosophy that there's no need to get all up in a players face right after he strikes out. No sh*t, that player know he struck out. However, if it becomes a "habit" then work with him in practice to lessen the strikeouts. I think that's a good analogy to a punt returner dropping a punt.
Except for programs like Alabama and Ohio State, don't your think that EVERY fan base bitches about lack of talent at certain positions, etc.
Absolutely. And even those fans bitch about it. But we've had the pleasure of bitching about 1 particular position for 19 seasons. WR. You can't have a great team with good WRs. PLURAL. We rarely have more than 1 competent P5 quality WR on the offense. The times we have, lead to better offense and more wins.
You are drawing really bad comparisons. KF to Lick? Just two years ago we went 12-0, then 8-5 last year. That isn't average. I don't care how bad at Math you are. Do you realize that KF's winning percentage the last two years is better than Fran's? Yet you say Fran is competitive and KF isn't. Stop, and think about it. Saturday was very upsetting, but wanting KF fired, in what most knowledgeable fans knew was a rebuilding year, is just idiotic at this point.
He put me on ignore a year ago when he was doing the same thing, and I started destroying him with facts.
If you're proud of they way things are right now in the program, then you are the drunk one.
Sorry, I just think it's funny if Nitewing puts people on ignore. It's like some kind of award or trophy to me.
Scout put me on ignore. Can't remember for sure, I think he was complaining about the bball program at the time. Shocker I know.
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