I could put 11 sixth grade girls out there and stop our pathetic, predictable offense.
Utah St continued the box loading, what will Brian Ferentz do to counter it?
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^This. So f@cking this!
How many times does Iowa throw incomplete on first down then the QB goes under center on second down and hands off? The same is true if there is a first down run that gets stuffed. Brian automatically dials up a pass out of the shotgun.
So f@cking predictable!
Brian Ferentz and countering.. lol. That's rich
Our receivers are fine. Brian has no feel for calling a game and sticks to his tendencies to a fault. If you watched a few Iowa games, you can guess Iowa’s next play/concept 90% of the time. It’s unreal how predictable Iowa is and every team we play knows it. Makes it even more important for the guys to be basically perfect to get anything to work.
Yeah, we all knew it was going to be a thing. They said he was limited. He looked as good or better on it than I’d hoped, but not as good as it could be.
I used to believe this was the case. But I don’t think they have that many tricks in their bag. Felix the Cat they ain’t.
I will have to watch his blocking as I really havent focused on it. Hockenson and Kittle were awesome blockers, like great Olinemen but quicker and faster feet.
I sort of think they can but I am sure it is within some type rules, like the called play is run to the left but QB sees too many defenders there so he can check to a different run.
I dont think Kirk is giving the QBs all the keys to offense as audibles
We’re fine. Kept it plain vanilla for Iowa State film room. Next week, the skill level of this team will be revealed.
Remember how excited everybody got when Brian was appointed as the "run game coordinator"? Who has that title these days?
I have heard the "keep it vanilla" line before.......but doesn't it pretty much stay vanilla the whole season? Does the playbook "open up" for ISU and Big 10 games?
Not trying to be a wise guy....maybe some folks who pay more attention than me can chime in.
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I have never noticed Iowa's offense improving dramatically from game one. I think it is a myth like the great OL coaching.
been doing the "vanilla playbook" thing since 1999
Anytime you run the ball against 7- and 8-man fronts with 11 personnel, you are being stubborn.
I agree, but that doesn’t mean what I said was wrong and our coaches don’t still believe this lol.
It happens. Maybe you have worked for an organization where the CEO pointedly calls out a key supervisor then humiliates or otherwise embarrasses him before a company wide meeting.
That happened to Brian. Barta talked about dissatisfaction with the offense’s production then publicly announced a pay cut and a new, very specific performance standard.
If you are the targeted employee you can either react by doubling your efforts and innovating new strategies to meet the challenge or, stung by the humiliation, stubbornly refuse to change.
Brian appears to be the employee that digs in and stubbornly resists changing.
Of course, the whole episode could have been a sham performance by the CEO and supervisor in order to appear to be doing something constructive because the stockholders are not happy.
That happened to Brian. Barta talked about dissatisfaction with the offense’s production then publicly announced a pay cut and a new, very specific performance standard.
If you are the targeted employee you can either react by doubling your efforts and innovating new strategies to meet the challenge or, stung by the humiliation, stubbornly refuse to change.
Brian appears to be the employee that digs in and stubbornly resists changing.
Of course, the whole episode could have been a sham performance by the CEO and supervisor in order to appear to be doing something constructive because the stockholders are not happy.
Btw it would be nice to remind the RBs and receivers to catch the ball. 3 drops for TDs.
We’ll be talking about the 1 trick play against Penn St where Petras hit Ragaini and then say Brian had been laying low all season for that play. It’s so damn funny.
I won’t argue with that, and he does it at the dumbest times.
He very much does not attempt “establish the run.” He does indeed act like it’s illegal to run the ball more than two plays in a row. It rarely happens, even when it’s working. He often inexplicably completely abandons the run in very close games.
Wisconsin establishes the run. They can get stuffed for 3 quarters, but they continue to run the ball. Reliably in the fourth quarter it nearly always starts to churn, regardless of their opponent. Even with their new OC, they did it again this weekend. That, is establishing the run.
Says who? Link to where he reinjured it? Perhaps he left the game because it was well in hand.
Evidently you weren't watching the game very closely.
Check 4:30 left in the third quarter.
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Yes, I'm speculating he won't play vs. ISU because he reinjured his quad.
This. Have to get creative to open up the run. Teams will do anything to stop Iowa's run first.
The thing that drives me nuts is that after all of this, he'll still give an arrogant interview like he's the smartest man in the room.
I’d agree if he’d come out of the game, but he stayed in, and then led them to a TD on the next drive.
He’s not right, but if he was staying in against Utah State, I suspect he’ll play 7 days later against ISU.
