Bill Happel



I believe the rule is, post whatever you want and the asstricks will show up when you posted something you weren't supposed to poast.
 


You can tell Kakert needs to toe the company line when it comes to the Hawks....

Same old excuses and "we're just Iowa, we can't expect to get blue chip recruits", "I remember the '60s and '70s", "Orange Bowl win", "3 top 8 poll finishes" drivel.

The same things we hear from the (so-called) "apologists" were repeated during the podcast.
 


One point that I agree with - that is that the QB isn't close to the big issue with this team. There are bigger concerns - running back, guard, linebacker, punting, punt returns and kick returns.
 


NCHawker said:
One point that I agree with - that is that the QB isn't close to the big issue with this team. There are bigger concerns - running back, guard, linebacker, punting, punt returns and kick returns.
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Dammit! Haven't I told you to stop makin' sense!
 






NCHawker said:
One point that I agree with - that is that the QB isn't close to the big issue with this team. There are bigger concerns - running back, guard, linebacker, punting, punt returns and kick returns.
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But using CJ this season and utilizing a down field approach to the passing game could have helped us overcome many of the other problems this program has and win more games. The article "That's Football" put things into perspective. kfootball's offensive philosophy is now Iowa dogma and lacks inspiration, insight and innovation. kfootball's approach to football does not allow for change or adapt to overcome short comings. kfootball's approach is to "execute better" in hopes that a player or players will eventually get better. Picking up losses, along the way, is "that's football."
 


99topdawg said:
Dammit! Haven't I told you to stop makin' sense!
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99, qb may not have been the most glaring, but it was most definitely glaring, at times. Using CJ could have help us overcome all of the many other issues Iowa had. Instead, kfootball stuck to his philosophy and that allowed many teams to over run us.
 


ArvadaHawk said:
99, qb may not have been the most glaring, but it was most definitely glaring, at times. Using CJ could have help us overcome all of the many other issues Iowa had. Instead, kfootball stuck to his philosophy and that allowed many teams to over run us.
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Yes, and don't forget, only 5 days until his birthday.
 


ArvadaHawk said:
But using CJ this season and utilizing a down field approach to the passing game could have helped us overcome many of the other problems this program has and win more games. The article "That's Football" put things into perspective. kfootball's offensive philosophy is now Iowa dogma and lacks inspiration, insight and innovation. kfootball's approach to football does not allow for change or adapt to overcome short comings. kfootball's approach is to "execute better" in hopes that a player or players will eventually get better. Picking up losses, along the way, is "that's football."
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Kfootball is punting(is winning) ..kfootball is hoping the other team screws up. Kfootball defense would love to play kfootball offense.
 






99topdawg said:
You talk about him like he's our Savior, who birth will be celebrated in 5 days. In actuality, I don't think it's actually CJ's birthday. Sorry for the confusion.
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No, I don't talk about CJ like he's our savior. I do, however, speak of him as being the better qb when compared to JR and that in the 2014 season, Iowa needed to win shootouts to overcome their many other issues. That didn't happen because the coach didn't play the better qb. Is that understandable to you?

Many of the losses Iowa incurred this season can be directly related to our coaches failure to step outside of his cozy little box and try different things to avoid failures, instead of letting the inevitable happen because, after all, that's football.
 


ArvadaHawk said:
No, I don't talk about CJ like he's our savior. I do, however, speak of him as being the better qb when compared to JR and that in the 2014 season, Iowa needed to win shootouts to overcome their many other issues. That didn't happen because the coach didn't play the better qb. Is that understandable to you?

Many of the losses Iowa incurred this season can be directly related to our coaches failure to step outside of his cozy little box and try different things to avoid failures, instead of letting the inevitable happen because, after all, that's football.
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Using CJ could have help us overcome all of the many other issues Iowa had
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Overcome all the many other issues? Yeah, sounds like a savior. Does he block? Is he a running back? Does he drop passes? Does he play linebacker? Safety? Those are issues that can't be made up by an upgrade at QB alone. Other positions have to step up. He can't turn chicken crap into chicken salad on his own...unless he's capable of performing miracles.
 


99topdawg said:
Overcome all the many other issues? Yeah, sounds like a savior. Does he block? Is he a running back? Does he drop passes? Does he play linebacker? Safety? Those are issues that can't be made up by an upgrade at QB alone. Other positions have to step up. He can't turn chicken crap into chicken salad on his own...unless he's capable of performing miracles.
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Actually really good quarterbacks turn chicken crap into chicken salad all the time. The qb position is the one position in football where an upgrade can make a serious difference. If we had Oregon's qb we would have beat everyone on our scedule easily.

Now since this is a message board I guess I better point out the obvious. I'm not saying Beathard is as good as Mariota. I'm saying there is a huge window between Rudock and Mariota and Beathard falls into that window.

People are just completely ignoring the fact that when CJ was in the game, we scored on a very high percentage of drives. There was only one quarter of football where he didn't lead scoring drives at a significantly higher rate than Rudock and that quarter was plagued with dropped passes. There were only 2 times this season where Rudock moved the ball as good as CJ. The end of the Ball State game and the end of the Wisconsin game. I don't count Indiana because all he really did different than normal is complete one long pass to a wide open Powell.
 


I don't even necessarily thing CJ is a WAY better QB than Rudock (although I do think it's possible he is). But what I do know for a fact from watching them both play in games is CJ is a better QB for THIS TEAM.
 


PCHawk said:
I don't even necessarily thing CJ is a WAY better QB than Rudock (although I do think it's possible he is). But what I do know for a fact from watching them both play in games is CJ is a better QB for THIS TEAM.
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Could be, but I'll say this much: I think CJB has shown enough skills where he deserves a shot to come in and see what he can do in certain games where JR was in there struggling, series after series.

It's not like it's a situation where JR was the clear cut starter, and everyone else was miles behind.
 


PCHawk said:
I don't even necessarily thing CJ is a WAY better QB than Rudock (although I do think it's possible he is). But what I do know for a fact from watching them both play in games is CJ is a better QB for THIS TEAM.
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I disagree with this. The defense this year wasn't good enough to be put into vulnerable positions from a "gunslinger" QB. That's why JR was the better choice for this team. He made the safer choices. Now let me also say this offense needed to take more vertical shots; which CJ is better at. Its his decisions on the other plays that keep him from playing more.
 


Eda said:
I disagree with this. The defense this year wasn't good enough to be put into vulnerable positions from a "gunslinger" QB. That's why JR was the better choice for this team. He made the safer choices. Now let me also say this offense needed to take more vertical shots; which CJ is better at. Its his decisions on the other plays that keep him from playing more.
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Eda, I very much disagree. First, classifying CJ as a gunslinger is inaccurate. CJ throws deep passes, well. That doesn't make him a gunslinger. A qb that consistently throws into (too) tightly covered receivers is a gunslinger. That is not CJ.

Secondly, it was clear to many, early on, that our defense wasn't going to be a very good one. Even with kfootball's ultra-conservative approach and using JR didn't work very well. We couldn't score points with that approach and our defense gave up points, anyway. So, that was a recipe for playing losing football. JR was at his best when the offense was opened up; but, CJ is absolutely better than JR within that opened up offense. So why, then, wouldn't you: a) open up the offense and, b) use CJ?

kfootball stayed with "that's football" instead.
 


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