Why so glum, fellow Hawk fans?
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Well he was goign to be, but threw himself into the ground and didn't quite make itPetras isn't even in the two deeps this week for MN.
@torbee
If you want a comparison, look at it this way.
Let's say you work a job where you make $80,000 a year. You work hard, you're always on time, you have a good rapport with your clients, and you've had that same job for about 6 years now. But for some reason, that's about all the higher you can seem to get in your company.
So you go along with it. You think, well it is what it is, and the money is good, so I won't do anything to jeopardize that.
Then you come to find out one day, that not only should you have earned a pay raise, like several other of your fellow employees, to make up to as much as $120,000 a year, but that you should've had that at least 3-4 years ago.......but your company doesn't plan on making any changes for you any time soon.
I'm sure you'd just continue being satisfied with what you have, and not be irritated in the slightest.......because a "win is a win" after all.
Regarding Iowa, many fans (and not just within the fanbase either.....I'm talking nationally, too) are finally becoming wise to the fact that Iowa has had a top 10 worthy defense for the last several years, including the last 4 in particular............and they are often held back by an offense that regularly ranks in the bottom third of all of college football in most important categories statistically.
And it's wearing thin on more and more people.
And I'm more in tune with this wasting of talent, as I put it earlier, because the exact same issue is going on with the Vikings........except they're actually gonna fire Mike Zimmer and most likely their OC, and possibly Rick Spielman, their GM as well, by the end of the season at the very latest.
But why should they? The Vikings, despite their 3-5 record (in which 7 of their 8 games were decided on the game's final possession) have a good to great roster, a playoff capable roster, and they can still make the playoffs, as they are capable of most years under Mike Zimmer (in fact, Zimmer has taken the Vikings to the playoffs in every odd year he's been coach, thus far......)
Why should the Vikings risk trading that for having to go through a potentially long and arduous rebuild that may never pay off?
P.S. And I'll tell you why.....
If you want a comparison, look at it this way.
Let's say you work a job where you make $80,000 a year. You work hard, you're always on time, you have a good rapport with your clients, and you've had that same job for about 6 years now. But for some reason, that's about all the higher you can seem to get in your company.
So you go along with it. You think, well it is what it is, and the money is good, so I won't do anything to jeopardize that.
Then you come to find out one day, that not only should you have earned a pay raise, like several other of your fellow employees, to make up to as much as $120,000 a year, but that you should've had that at least 3-4 years ago.......but your company doesn't plan on making any changes for you any time soon.
I'm sure you'd just continue being satisfied with what you have, and not be irritated in the slightest.......because a "win is a win" after all.
Regarding Iowa, many fans (and not just within the fanbase either.....I'm talking nationally, too) are finally becoming wise to the fact that Iowa has had a top 10 worthy defense for the last several years, including the last 4 in particular............and they are often held back by an offense that regularly ranks in the bottom third of all of college football in most important categories statistically.
And it's wearing thin on more and more people.
And I'm more in tune with this wasting of talent, as I put it earlier, because the exact same issue is going on with the Vikings........except they're actually gonna fire Mike Zimmer and most likely their OC, and possibly Rick Spielman, their GM as well, by the end of the season at the very latest.
But why should they? The Vikings, despite their 3-5 record (in which 7 of their 8 games were decided on the game's final possession) have a good to great roster, a playoff capable roster, and they can still make the playoffs, as they are capable of most years under Mike Zimmer (in fact, Zimmer has taken the Vikings to the playoffs in every odd year he's been coach, thus far......)
Why should the Vikings risk trading that for having to go through a potentially long and arduous rebuild that may never pay off?
P.S. And I'll tell you why.....
Because f*** Wisconsin, that's why.....
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Ferentz says he expects Alex Padilla to continue to compete for the starting job even when Spencer Petras is 100% healthy. “We’d love to have both guys back and healthy.”
Translation - if Padilla plays well, it's his job to lose. IMO. Padilla somewhat reminds me of Chuck Hartlieb, not a strong arm but appears very accurate. He also may have a Hartlieb trait where he is not great at practices.
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KF hates a QB controversy. If Padilla performs and wins big this weekend, I'll be surprised if we see Petras start another game in 2021, barring injury.
I do think KF will declare the QB competition "open" in the spring, but one must always be skeptical about his definition of "open."
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My B-I-L is a huge Badger fan....and an ex HS basketball coach. He used to marvel at the criticism the Ryan took as Badger coach because of “his style” of play. Instead of enjoying the tremendous success their team experienced, many would seemingly rather lost games 91-88 than win games 67-62.
Fans are a strange breed. All fans. Even Iowa fans.
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