My guess would be if he starts 3-0 he goes. But then if he goes 4-1 after the Indiana game and if that would push him over, I didn't calculate, he would also retire. Why not? A lot of you want him gone so this would be great timing by him.....
VOTE: Is Kirk Ferentz a Hall of Famer? Assume he gets to a 60.00 Win% & stays there (currently @ 59.83%). Needs to go 9-4 next yr to get to 60.16%
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If he can go 9-4 with that schedule he should be in the HOF and retire. Thing is, we played exactly 1 of the big 5 conference teams and still only finished 8-5. Next year we play 3 of them, plus at Iowa St, at Wisconsin, and at Nebraska.
I think if we go 6-6 Kirk will be happy.
No just No take off the Iowa glasses. Where are his championships. Longevity for wins doesn't make you HOF. When was his last win against a ranked team?
Kirk benefited from Gary's ineptitude for many years. And all the years in the Big Ten West. That's why he's able to sneak up the win ladder - it's that simple. I voted Iowa Fan / No.
This is probably the answer. “We gotta let the old guy in; he coached for so long; it’s the right thing to do.” Sad.
Happy? I’d be frickin’ ecstatic. You realize how much would have to go right to pull off 6 wins? We only managed 8 wins against one of the easiest schedules in all of the B1G (I think most services had their schedule ranked #15 in B1G). Next season the team will be worse and the schedule might be the toughest in the B1G. Iowa would have to have most of their opponents playing like Alabama in the 1st quarter of their bowl game today.
I’m well aware of how soft the schedule was. I’m not sure it could have been more favorable for us. I expect our future annual schedules to be closer to next years than this year.
23% of the fanbase in this poll says he shouldn't be in HOF, that's much higher than I expected.
Did you jump on Alabama's site and demand they fire that worthless coach for only 10 wins? Maybe 9, too lazy to look it up!
I’m thinking many respondents here care more about the aesthetics of this poll/question than Kirk does. How many here HONESTLY believe that Kirk signed on here in 1999 thinking he might become the “winningest” football coach in B10 history?
Fans are fanatics, there is no doubt. Clear vision is often clouded by opinions. Many Opinions by folks who are really not qualified make a sound judgment. If I had a vote, I would vote “Hell, yes!” But I don’t have a vote…….just memories of Iowa football from Evy, to Burns, to Nagel, to Lauterbur, to Commings, to Fry and to Kirk. Kirk haas won a lot of football games….and a football coach’s job is to………WIN football games.
Fans are fanatics, there is no doubt. Clear vision is often clouded by opinions. Many Opinions by folks who are really not qualified make a sound judgment. If I had a vote, I would vote “Hell, yes!” But I don’t have a vote…….just memories of Iowa football from Evy, to Burns, to Nagel, to Lauterbur, to Commings, to Fry and to Kirk. Kirk haas won a lot of football games….and a football coach’s job is to………WIN football games.
If he goes 9-4 next year with that schedule, I say give him a COY to go along with that most B1G wins and 60% HOF threshold.
Probably due to the number of men he has put into the NFL. On wins, he hasn't beaten the bluebloods enough to make a statement on his tenure.
