Tuesdays With Torbee: Gut punch loss to Little Brother sucked, but there's lots to play for still

[Hawgk]

Cade seems to be hot and cold, or maybe warm and ice cold is a better way to phrase it. Can’t afford to wait half the game for him to thaw out. When he starts struggling, Sullivan needs to get a shot for a couple series to see if he can get things turned around.

 

[srams21]

Agree 100%

Overall, though, Saturday's performance despite ending up in a loss still LOOKED better most of the day than almost any game last season.

I will say Lester's play designs are WAY better than Brian's. There are guys open and plays to be made. And the running game is much better. I don't know if Lester is a good OC but he's competent which is better than what we had before.

 

[Dr. Phil Seuss]

In 7 games at Iowa, McNamara is 80/150, 855 yards, 7TD, 5INT and negative rushing yards. He isn’t the guy.

 

[torbee]

In 7 games at Iowa, McNamara is 80/150, 855 yards, 7TD, 5INT and negative rushing yards. He isn’t the guy.

He's played two games healthy, and both of those are under a new OC with totally new plays and terminology.

He might not be the guy. But he also might. We have insufficient relevant data at this point, IMO.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

It's just hard to predict.

He's coming off bad injuries and is adapting to a brand new offense with the rest of the skill players.

I don't think it's unreasonable to project that he could still round into shape as an effective game manager - which really, is all Iowa needs to win double digit games - if his physical condition isn't compromised and most of the issues are mental/rust. It's just hard to know as a fan what the biggest obstacles to his better performance are.

I agree but the inaccuracy has me more worried more than anything. He's had a LOT of under thrown balls. Just hope he can get back to his 2021 form because from the games I watched when he committed to Iowa, it sure seemed like he had a nice touch on the ball and was accurate for Michigan.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Another thing...it'd be nice to see a breakdown on how he performed under center as opposed to shotgun. In the first quarter he operated out of the shotgun a lot. As the game progressed he was under center a lot more.

At least it seemd that way to me...

 

[Fan In Black]

I think it looked exactly like a KF coached team. except they lost this time. I would have felt the exact same win or lose.

 

[Dr. Phil Seuss]

He's played two games healthy, and both of those are under a new OC with totally new plays and terminology.

He might not be the guy. But he also might. We have insufficient relevant data at this point, IMO.

I hope you’re right, but if you put a gun to my head and made me bet on him ever giving Iowa good QB play, I would bet the farm against him. His Hail Mary attempt was downright sad. Guy can’t heave it 50 yards.

 

[tumorboy]

Any chance of Sullivan getting some reps. Other than garbage time.

 

[gohawks50]

I think it looked exactly like a KF coached team. except they lost this time. I would have felt the exact same win or lose.

The plays that were called when the Hawks start with the ball on the 3 and the 5 yard lines were not typical Ferentz ball. Run the ball with your big back, don't get cute and throw passes.

 

[Rifler]

We'll be fine, but this one should have been in the W column...