That was all from his presser yesterday. You can tell he's feeling the heat already and he's in full deflection mode...
Wisconsin fires their Offensive Coordinator (Phil Longo) after 2 years
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Have to admit I am a tad shocked as Wisconsin is going down the drain… they can’t seem to keep coaches too long and flip flop and lose Chryst whom was a great coach at UW and now they have bozo air raid Puke Pickel on a huge buyout… I would of gotten rid of Pickel before Longo to be honestLuke Fickell: "We are not where we need to be and believe this decision is in the best interest of the team."
Wisconsin ranks 97th nationally in scoring and 102nd in passing while operating an Air Raid-style offense that Longo brought with him from North Carolina and other stops.
Wisconsin ranked 101st nationally in scoring in Longo's 23 games as coordinator and failed to eclipse 13 points on its current three-game losing streak. Quarterback Braedyn Locke had only 96 passing yards against the Ducks.
The Badgers, who lost starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke to a season-ending injury Sep 14, had only 3 points and 88 yards in the second half against Oregon, which rallied from a 13-6 deficit entering the fourth quarter.
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Wisconsin fires offensive coordinator after 2 years
Wisconsin fired offensive coordinator Phil Longo on Sunday, a day after the Badgers' 16-13 home loss to No. 1 Oregon.www.espn.com
they definitely don't have an identity right now
"Decent performance?" They scored 13 points......That's awful.
They had a ton of penalties. No pass game. Horrific 3rd down conversion percentage. No good, altogether.
KF has been our coach for 26 years. KF has won zero outright B1G titles. KF has won one NY6 level bowl.
What out of that "isn't even close to true" ? Lol.
Certainly true but we have had some shared titles. Certainly we were within a whiskers of the outright title in 2015. I just ask this for context as to the rest of the B1G as a whole and Iowa's place in the conference vs their actual peers. Please name the B1G members who have won the outright title not named OSU or Michigan in the last decade. 20 years? Should be a VERY short list......
Comprehension. Dammit dude how are you this dense about everything? Tenure overrules everything, run the ball, 10 wins, no one is welcome at my house. That cover it?
Yes, Oregon has a 1 next to their name..They are very good.
But six of the Ducks' opponents scored more points against them than did the Wisconsin offense. Every other team not named Purdue on Oregon's schedule passed for significantly more yards against their D than Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was at home and they shit the bed offensively. Can't have that if you have high expectations.
Well then didn't Oregon likewise shit the bed? Like shit everywhere? A complete and total shit fest?
All that money made off the backs of Chinese children and the best they can put up is 16 points??????????????
Or you can say he's won 2 conference titles, the only NY6 bowl in the last 65 years, 3 division titles, 3 nat'l coach of the year awards and 4 big ten coach of the year awards.
Look, I'm ready to move on from KF, but this whole schtick some of you play where you show just bare minimum stats to back up your narrative just makes you look ridiculous.
1. Can't help but notice you didn't bother to answer my question. So again, tell me one thing on KF's resume' that suggests that anyone should even have a thought that he shouldn't be Iowa's coach.
2. KF is not a dinosaur. The game has not passed him by. He's just been too successful for that suggestion to have ANY validity.
I've heard others put it that KF is "losing it". I've seen absolutely nothing to suggest this. I watch his press conference every week and his mind is just as sharp as it's always been. And his energy level is still there. There's some footage of him addressing the team before the Washington game. Plenty of fire and competitiveness in that man.
And I see very few people treating KF like he's Jesus. It's truly unbelievable how many people want him gone.
These things you have asserted are nowhere close to true
Please name the B1G members who have not won outright football titles for over a quarter of a century under the same coach and still insist on treating said coach as an irreplaceable god.
It's been 20 years since he won a share of a conference title, and 15 years since he won a NY6 level bowl.
How so many of you treat him as though he's irreplaceable is just so funny IMO. Accepting mediocrity out of fear that things might get worse is a hell of a way to live I guess. Lol.
He hasn't won even a share of a B1G title in 20 years. He's led Iowa to only two NY6-level bowl games in 26 years. He hasn't beaten a ranked opponent since 2021. In our last 18 quarters played against ranked opponents we've been outscored 155-7. He's proven he sucks at evaluating QB talent. He's turned the Iowa program into a national laughingstock because of his inability to field even a mediocre offense. He can't recruit quality skill position talent. His entire coaching philosophy is rooted in fear of everything that could go wrong instead of creating opportunities for things to go right.
First off your last statement is ridiculous, and you know your just making crap up. Many here like me have said its time for kirk to retire gracefully, the last couple of years. You can go back and check if you want to waste the time doing it. That in no way means that some of the shit and disrespect that gets posted here about him is warranted or deserved.
As for my question, I knew full well you'd dodge right around it without answering it because it proves my point. You want him replaced because he hasn't won the B1G outright in his tenure. ( I would counter in 2002 we very well could have had OSU been on the schedule and I think we had the better team that year, and 2015 we were literally inches away). So of ALL the other schools (not named OSU or Michigan) who have also not won an outright title in the last 20 years, has it benefited them (using your standard of winning the conf outright as the only measuring stick) to change coaches multiple times in that 20 years while they haven't won the title either and most haven't won as many games period as Iowa has in that time period. So your statement is that their path was the better one?
Nope. I want him gone because he doesn't seem interested in moving the program ahead and making it better. He seems fine doing the same old things the same old way. The fact that we haven't beaten a ranked opponent since 2021 bears this out. If KF was interested in making the necessary changes to move the program ahead when things clearly aren't working, then BG wouldn't have had to step in herself to move BF out as OC. If Kirk had it his way, Brian would still be running the offense. You know it's true. That to me is a clear sign that he'd rather stick with a status quo that he knows isn't working.
I get it man.
But again, cherry picking stats to support your narrative is weak sauce and only serves to make you look ridiculous.
There's nothing wrong with saying you don't like him and want to see him retire/get fired. Just own it without using bullshit stats that you slant to make your argument seem more legit.
Most of this is far more opinion-based than resume' based.
And IMO, most of your opinions in this post are laughable.
Let me put this simply. KF has been a proven winner for over two decades. And there is nothing to suggest that he no longer is. To say that firing KF should even be a consideration is a ginormous and laughable leap
I understand the issues. I do. When you say ranked team are you saying top 25 or top ten? I realize the offensive problems have made it even more difficult to beat really good teams. I found it revealing that when OSU and PSU played they put this stat out there. OSU was 2-7 against top 5 teams under Day and PSU was 1-11 against top 5 teams under Franklin. Combined they're 4 wins and 19 losses against top 5 teams. I'd bet Michigans record isn't any better. Its hard beating other top teams especially on the road. These are those three teams peers, and they can't beat them consistently either. I would say Iowa's "peers" are 15-25 ranked level teams, but its still hard. The last three years have been worse against those peers, which is why I could see it being time for some new blood. Still just three seasons ago we we're coming off going 5-1 against top 5 ranked teams playing at Kinnick over the previous six seasons. Thats not ancient history...
I've never said I don't like him. I think he's done some great things as our HC, I mostly like the way he's led the program over the years. My main reasoning for wanting him to retire are laid out in post #62.
That's what Debbie fans said about mediocrity when they fired Pelini. Turns out things CAN get worse. He'll retire and we'll see if Kirk is easily replaced.
Yep. Power football.
