This coaching staff is a total failure.

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STLhawkeye20

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I spent some time at work today thinking about the Iowa Hawkeyes and where we are as a program. I thought to myself, "you know STLHawkeye, it's really not that bad. We have some wins over SEC teams. We have two BCS appearances and won one of them. We almost made the CFB Playoffs. We have some nice memories--"The Catch," the game-winners in '09, etc. We've put lots of successful players into the NFL."

But then I thought about the truly AWFUL and PATHETIC losses this program has sustained under the Ferentz era and the lost opportunities. It is truly heartbreaking to look at where this program could have been if not for horrible coaching decisions promulgated by this staff over the years. Here are some of the worst, most inexplicable losses that come to memory:

Stanford - Chance to win our first Rose Bowl in years. Blown off the field. Never even competitive. Failure by the coaching staff to adequately game-plan for McCaffery. All of the energy and excitement an electricity gone from the stadium within the first minute, literally.

Michigan State - Probably the "best" worst loss of the games on this list. Chance to win an outright B1G Championship and claim a spot in the CFB Playoffs, which would have been huge. Nothing really to say about the coaching in this game. I thought KF and crew actually had a decent game plan, just didn't make the right plays here and there.

Iowa State (2002) - This is the one that pisses me off the most. I was there. Go into halftime up 24-7 on Seneca Wallace and crew, everyone thinks it's over, and Ferentz lets Iowa State make a comeback for the ages (in Kinnick nonetheless). Excruciatingly painful because then we fin out, finish the year 11-1, and might have had a claim to play for the national championship that year against Miami.

Northwestern (2009) - Probably my second place game behind 2002 Iowa State. After a 9-0 record start, with a chance to go undefeated, win the B1G, etc., the coaching staff inexplicably calls a naked bootleg in the endzone, effectively ending Stanzi's regular season. All of the momentum we had built up until that point in the season was literally wiped out (I was there). To this day I believe we would have beaten Ohio State with Stanzi at the helm. Which leads me to...

Ohio State (2009) - Hell of a fight by our players in this game but heartbreaking nonetheless. Kirk Ferentz gets the ball back in regulation with decent field position and MORE THAN ENOUGH time to drive down the field and put Iowa in range to win the B1G in the horse shoe. Instead of playing to win, chooses to sit on the ball and take the game to OT. I'm sitting here watching the Cubs game and just watched Maddon make a risky play sending Kris Bryant home on a shallow pop-up in the outfield--a play to win, not a play to "not lose." I wish we had a coach like that.

Wisconsin (2010) - Had the Badgers on the brink of defeat in Kinnick with a chance to cap off a pretty good season. Coaching staff pisses the game down the leg by giving up a fake punt. I was at this game as well, watching in excruciating pain as Monte Ball drove the ball down the field at will against us.

Western Michigan (2007) - Honestly speaks for itself. Truly awful and pathetic effort from the coaching staff on a Senior Day with a chance for bowl eligibility. Instead of taking care of, you know, a bad team at home, the coaching staff instead gives up over 500 yards and blows the game and bowl-eligibility. Iowa sits at home during the holidays.

Minnesota (2014) - They just crushed us here, but I'll go ahead and put it on the coaching staff for failing to galvinize the team against a rival.

Losing one of these games is a fluke (for example, Michigan losing to Appalachian State and Michigan State (on the blocked punt)). But this many losses? With so much opportunity. No, this is a pattern of incompetence.

I'm probably missing some, but I'll just stop here because it's honestly sickening that a coaching staff that his made this MANY poor decisions that have cost this program and his players and this state so much opportunity. Hell, I'm even thinking of my favorite memory as an Iowa fan - the 2005 Capitol One Bowl - and the end result of that game was a result of Ferentz' incompetence (time management) instead of his coaching "genius."

Now, Ferentz is losing our best recruits, doing nothing to develop our returning players, losing at home to FCS and FCS-like opponents with those same players, and collecting his millions.

This staff, particularly Ferentz, truly is a national embarrassment.
 
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STLhawkeye20 said:
I spent some time at work today thinking about the Iowa Hawkeyes and where we are as a program. I thought to myself, "you know STLHawkeye, it's really not that bad. We have some wins over SEC teams. We have two BCS appearances and won one of them. We almost made the CFB Playoffs. We have some nice memories--"The Catch," the game-winners in '09, etc. We've put lots of successful players into the NFL."

But then I thought about the truly AWFUL and PATHETIC losses this program has sustained under the Ferentz era and the lost opportunities. It is truly heartbreaking to look at where this program could have been if not for horrible coaching decisions promulgated by this staff over the years. Here are some of the worst, most inexplicable losses that come to memory:

Stanford - Chance to win our first Rose Bowl in years. Blown off the field. Never even competitive. Failure by the coaching staff to adequately game-plan for McCaffery. All of the energy and excitement an electricity gone from the stadium within the first minute, literally.

Michigan State - Probably the "best" worst loss of the games on this list. Chance to win an outright B1G Championship and claim a spot in the CFB Playoffs, which would have been huge. Nothing really to say about the coaching in this game. I thought KF and crew actually had a decent game plan, just didn't make the right plays here and there.

Iowa State (2002) - This is the one that pisses me off the most. I was there. Go into halftime up 24-7 on Seneca Wallace and crew, everyone thinks it's over, and Ferentz lets Iowa State make a comeback for the ages (in Kinnick nonetheless). Excruciatingly painful because then we fin out, finish the year 11-1, and might have had a claim to play for the national championship that year against Miami.

Northwestern (2009) - Probably my second place game behind 2002 Iowa State. After a 9-0 record start, with a chance to go undefeated, win the B1G, etc., the coaching staff inexplicably calls a naked bootleg in the endzone, effectively ending Stanzi's regular season. All of the momentum we had built up until that point in the season was literally wiped out (I was there). To this day I believe we would have beaten Ohio State with Stanzi at the helm. Which leads me to...

Ohio State (2009) - Hell of a fight by our players in this game but heartbreaking nonetheless. Kirk Ferentz gets the ball back in regulation with decent field position and MORE THAN ENOUGH time to drive down the field and put Iowa in range to win the B1G in the horse shoe. Instead of playing to win, chooses to sit on the ball and take the game to OT. I'm sitting here watching the Cubs game and just watched Maddon make a risky play sending Kris Bryant home on a shallow pop-up in the outfield--a play to win, not a play to "not lose." I wish we had a coach like that.

Wisconsin (2010) - Had the Badgers on the brink of defeat in Kinnick with a chance to cap off a pretty good season. Coaching staff pisses the game down the leg by giving up a fake punt. I was at this game as well, watching in excruciating pain as Monte Ball drove the ball down the field at will against us.

Western Michigan (2007) - Honestly speaks for itself. Truly awful and pathetic effort from the coaching staff on a Senior Day with a chance for bowl eligibility. Instead of taking care of, you know, a bad team at home, the coaching staff instead gives up over 500 yards and blows the game and bowl-eligibility. Iowa sits at home during the holidays.

Minnesota (2014) - They just crushed us here, but I'll go ahead and put it on the coaching staff for failing to galvinize the team against a rival.

Losing one of these games is a fluke (for example, Michigan losing to Appalachian State and Michigan State (on the blocked punt)). But this many losses? With so much opportunity. No, this is a pattern of incompetence.

I'm probably missing some, but I'll just stop here because it's honestly sickening that a coaching staff that his made this MANY poor decisions that have cost this program and his players and this state so much opportunity. Hell, I'm even thinking of my favorite memory as an Iowa fan - the 2005 Capitol One Bowl - and the end result of that game was a result of Ferentz' incompetence (time management) instead of his coaching "genius."

Now, Ferentz is losing our best recruits, doing nothing to develop our returning players, losing at home to FCS and FCS-like opponents with those same players, and collecting his millions.

This staff, particularly Ferentz, truly is a national embarrassment.
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Fake ID coaching staff...highly paid, full of excuses, poor production and recruiting... It isn't that complicated.
 




STLhawkeye20 said:
I spent some time at work today thinking about the Iowa Hawkeyes and where we are as a program. I thought to myself, "you know STLHawkeye, it's really not that bad. We have some wins over SEC teams. We have two BCS appearances and won one of them. We almost made the CFB Playoffs. We have some nice memories--"The Catch," the game-winners in '09, etc. We've put lots of successful players into the NFL."

But then I thought about the truly AWFUL and PATHETIC losses this program has sustained under the Ferentz era and the lost opportunities. It is truly heartbreaking to look at where this program could have been if not for horrible coaching decisions promulgated by this staff over the years. Here are some of the worst, most inexplicable losses that come to memory:

Stanford - Chance to win our first Rose Bowl in years. Blown off the field. Never even competitive. Failure by the coaching staff to adequately game-plan for McCaffery. All of the energy and excitement an electricity gone from the stadium within the first minute, literally.

Michigan State - Probably the "best" worst loss of the games on this list. Chance to win an outright B1G Championship and claim a spot in the CFB Playoffs, which would have been huge. Nothing really to say about the coaching in this game. I thought KF and crew actually had a decent game plan, just didn't make the right plays here and there.

Iowa State (2002) - This is the one that pisses me off the most. I was there. Go into halftime up 24-7 on Seneca Wallace and crew, everyone thinks it's over, and Ferentz lets Iowa State make a comeback for the ages (in Kinnick nonetheless). Excruciatingly painful because then we fin out, finish the year 11-1, and might have had a claim to play for the national championship that year against Miami.

Northwestern (2009) - Probably my second place game behind 2002 Iowa State. After a 9-0 record start, with a chance to go undefeated, win the B1G, etc., the coaching staff inexplicably calls a naked bootleg in the endzone, effectively ending Stanzi's regular season. All of the momentum we had built up until that point in the season was literally wiped out (I was there). To this day I believe we would have beaten Ohio State with Stanzi at the helm. Which leads me to...

Ohio State (2009) - Hell of a fight by our players in this game but heartbreaking nonetheless. Kirk Ferentz gets the ball back in regulation with decent field position and MORE THAN ENOUGH time to drive down the field and put Iowa in range to win the B1G in the horse shoe. Instead of playing to win, chooses to sit on the ball and take the game to OT. I'm sitting here watching the Cubs game and just watched Maddon make a risky play sending Kris Bryant home on a shallow pop-up in the outfield--a play to win, not a play to "not lose." I wish we had a coach like that.

Wisconsin (2010) - Had the Badgers on the brink of defeat in Kinnick with a chance to cap off a pretty good season. Coaching staff pisses the game down the leg by giving up a fake punt. I was at this game as well, watching in excruciating pain as Monte Ball drove the ball down the field at will against us.

Western Michigan (2007) - Honestly speaks for itself. Truly awful and pathetic effort from the coaching staff on a Senior Day with a chance for bowl eligibility. Instead of taking care of, you know, a bad team at home, the coaching staff instead gives up over 500 yards and blows the game and bowl-eligibility. Iowa sits at home during the holidays.

Minnesota (2014) - They just crushed us here, but I'll go ahead and put it on the coaching staff for failing to galvinize the team against a rival.

Losing one of these games is a fluke (for example, Michigan losing to Appalachian State and Michigan State (on the blocked punt)). But this many losses? With so much opportunity. No, this is a pattern of incompetence.

I'm probably missing some, but I'll just stop here because it's honestly sickening that a coaching staff that his made this MANY poor decisions that have cost this program and his players and this state so much opportunity. Hell, I'm even thinking of my favorite memory as an Iowa fan - the 2005 Capitol One Bowl - and the end result of that game was a result of Ferentz' incompetence (time management) instead of his coaching "genius."

Now, Ferentz is losing our best recruits, doing nothing to develop our returning players, losing at home to FCS and FCS-like opponents with those same players, and collecting his millions.

This staff, particularly Ferentz, truly is a national embarrassment.
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You are completely right. Just think of where we would be right now if he had been named B10 COY eight times instead of just four times, which is more than any other coach in B10 history except Bo Schembechler.
 


Thawki said:
You are completely right. Just think of where we would be right now if he had been named B10 COY eight times instead of just four times, which is more than any other coach in B10 history except Bo Schembechler.
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Wow let me check my pulse. My team hasn't won anything of significance other than the 2009 Orange Bowl vs. Georgia Tech (yawn), but at least the coach of that team has 4 COY awards! Remind me again how winning COY services anything other than KF's ego and contract? Oh, by the way, COY is determined BEFORE the "postseason," which is really what matters. Not hard to have good regular seasons and win coach of the year when you play bottom feeders in the non-conference and weak B1G teams. I'd rather have a Rose Bowl win or a B1G Championship, but maybe you'd prefer another KF COY award
 
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HawksMN said:
Umm...Minnesota 2010 and 2011, did you forget?
Truly, truly, gosh awful losses against pee poor Goof teams.
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Yes, those were terrible Gopher big 10 teams to lose to.

How about losses to ISU about 4 or 5 times when the hawks were clearly the superior team, losses like to chizek/cheesesticks first team, an uncalled for loss because KF cant plan to not take the ball into a 30 mph win to start the game.

Losses to bad central michigan teams, losses to bad jNW teams, playing bend but dont break defense when you are clearly the better team, not being aggressive.
 


STLhawkeye20 said:
I spent some time at work today thinking about the Iowa Hawkeyes and where we are as a program. I thought to myself, "you know STLHawkeye, it's really not that bad. We have some wins over SEC teams. We have two BCS appearances and won one of them. We almost made the CFB Playoffs. We have some nice memories--"The Catch," the game-winners in '09, etc. We've put lots of successful players into the NFL."

But then I thought about the truly AWFUL and PATHETIC losses this program has sustained under the Ferentz era and the lost opportunities. It is truly heartbreaking to look at where this program could have been if not for horrible coaching decisions promulgated by this staff over the years. Here are some of the worst, most inexplicable losses that come to memory:

Stanford - Chance to win our first Rose Bowl in years. Blown off the field. Never even competitive. Failure by the coaching staff to adequately game-plan for McCaffery. All of the energy and excitement an electricity gone from the stadium within the first minute, literally.

Michigan State - Probably the "best" worst loss of the games on this list. Chance to win an outright B1G Championship and claim a spot in the CFB Playoffs, which would have been huge. Nothing really to say about the coaching in this game. I thought KF and crew actually had a decent game plan, just didn't make the right plays here and there.

Iowa State (2002) - This is the one that pisses me off the most. I was there. Go into halftime up 24-7 on Seneca Wallace and crew, everyone thinks it's over, and Ferentz lets Iowa State make a comeback for the ages (in Kinnick nonetheless). Excruciatingly painful because then we fin out, finish the year 11-1, and might have had a claim to play for the national championship that year against Miami.

Northwestern (2009) - Probably my second place game behind 2002 Iowa State. After a 9-0 record start, with a chance to go undefeated, win the B1G, etc., the coaching staff inexplicably calls a naked bootleg in the endzone, effectively ending Stanzi's regular season. All of the momentum we had built up until that point in the season was literally wiped out (I was there). To this day I believe we would have beaten Ohio State with Stanzi at the helm. Which leads me to...

Ohio State (2009) - Hell of a fight by our players in this game but heartbreaking nonetheless. Kirk Ferentz gets the ball back in regulation with decent field position and MORE THAN ENOUGH time to drive down the field and put Iowa in range to win the B1G in the horse shoe. Instead of playing to win, chooses to sit on the ball and take the game to OT. I'm sitting here watching the Cubs game and just watched Maddon make a risky play sending Kris Bryant home on a shallow pop-up in the outfield--a play to win, not a play to "not lose." I wish we had a coach like that.

Wisconsin (2010) - Had the Badgers on the brink of defeat in Kinnick with a chance to cap off a pretty good season. Coaching staff pisses the game down the leg by giving up a fake punt. I was at this game as well, watching in excruciating pain as Monte Ball drove the ball down the field at will against us.

Western Michigan (2007) - Honestly speaks for itself. Truly awful and pathetic effort from the coaching staff on a Senior Day with a chance for bowl eligibility. Instead of taking care of, you know, a bad team at home, the coaching staff instead gives up over 500 yards and blows the game and bowl-eligibility. Iowa sits at home during the holidays.

Minnesota (2014) - They just crushed us here, but I'll go ahead and put it on the coaching staff for failing to galvinize the team against a rival.

Losing one of these games is a fluke (for example, Michigan losing to Appalachian State and Michigan State (on the blocked punt)). But this many losses? With so much opportunity. No, this is a pattern of incompetence.

I'm probably missing some, but I'll just stop here because it's honestly sickening that a coaching staff that his made this MANY poor decisions that have cost this program and his players and this state so much opportunity. Hell, I'm even thinking of my favorite memory as an Iowa fan - the 2005 Capitol One Bowl - and the end result of that game was a result of Ferentz' incompetence (time management) instead of his coaching "genius."

Now, Ferentz is losing our best recruits, doing nothing to develop our returning players, losing at home to FCS and FCS-like opponents with those same players, and collecting his millions.

This staff, particularly Ferentz, truly is a national embarrassment.
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Stanford- Didn't 'game plan' McCaffery? lol.....We just blew coverage on the first play. Nothing to do with the coaches. They can't play the game for them..........
Iowa St.- How did KF 'let' them make a comeback??? Our dumbass QB had his wrist taped to tight and screwed up...
Northwestern- Um, that wasn't a 'naked' bootleg, Morse TOTALLY blew his assignment and allowed the end to go untouched. We ran the same play against Iowa St. last year and CJ ran for how many ever yards....Oh, and we ran the exact same play from our 8 yd. line against Indiana in 2009 and we hit McNutt for a 92 yd. TD...Oh, and we ran the exact same play against Michigan that year and hit Moeki for a TD, etc.....Try to know what the hell you are talking about when you 'cry', would ya.............
 


Ickehawk said:
Stanford- Didn't 'game plan' McCaffery? lol.....We just blew coverage on the first play. Nothing to do with the coaches. They can't play the game for them..........
Iowa St.- How did KF 'let' them make a comeback??? Our dumbass QB had his wrist taped to tight and screwed up...
Northwestern- Um, that wasn't a 'naked' bootleg, Morse TOTALLY blew his assignment and allowed the end to go untouched. We ran the same play against Iowa St. last year and CJ ran for how many ever yards....Oh, and we ran the exact same play from our 8 yd. line against Indiana in 2009 and we hit McNutt for a 92 yd. TD...Oh, and we ran the exact same play against Michigan that year and hit Moeki for a TD, etc.....Try to know what the hell you are talking about when you 'cry', would ya.............
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A Kirk Ferentz apologist at his best.
 




Every school has bad losses. I'm not hung up on those. What's done is done. Move on.

What I can't stand is the super-ultra conservative, play not to lose, 1 yd pass on a 3rd and 2, paint drying pace of play, that I see on the field each week. This team is so boring to watch and it doesn't matter if they win or lose. Still dull.

I realize KF is getting old but it's like he's coaching from a rocking chair at the Shady Rest Old Folks Home.
 


SteveGarvey1 said:
Listing all the bad losses but not listing any of the big wins does present an inaccurate picture of the coaching staff.
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You are absolutely right with that.

I am not happy with the way things are with this years program. It looks very bad nationally when we loss to NDSU and generally look not very motivated to play good football.

As Hawkeye fans we all had high expectations this fall for all of the reasons that the original poster listed. We should be at the most a one loss team right now, looking at possibly going back to the Big Ten Championship game.

I don't know why this happened,the way the team has progressed this year.

I will tell you that in that 2009 game against Ohio State when we had the ball with decent field position with about 2 minutes or so left in the game with the score tied, and Kirk Ferentz decided to sit on the ball instead of trying to make a few plays to try a game winning field goal, it bothers me.

It bothered me then and it bothers me now. Thats how deep of a Hawkeye fan I am.
 


Thawki said:
You are completely right. Just think of where we would be right now if he had been named B10 COY eight times instead of just four times, which is more than any other coach in B10 history except Bo Schembechler.
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Yes, the great guy coaching poor-old-Iowa is a popular choice for that award.

COY awards frequently / usually go to the coach who is perceived to have gotten the most from his team- the one whose team "overachieved" the most, based on expectations. That's why the OSU coach rarely wins- his team is usually expected to be great, so overachieving is almost impossible.

But KF's teams are so inconsistent, expectations are often low. Then when they have their 1 great year every 4 or 5, "Wow, what a great coaching job! And he's such a nice guy!"
 


Ickehawk said:
Stanford- Didn't 'game plan' McCaffery? lol.....We just blew coverage on the first play. Nothing to do with the coaches. They can't play the game for them..........
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Re: first play...Probably not a good idea to lock your safety who wasn't 100% (at least that's what was reported) up on one of the best players in the nation 1 on 1 with a 3 way go with no help.
 


hawkfan2679 said:
Re: first play...Probably not a good idea to lock your safety who wasn't 100% (at least that's what was reported) up on one of the best players in the nation 1 on 1 with a 3 way go with no help.
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They didn't. Was supposed to be bracketed. Fisher blew coverage.............
 


I was on board with KF during the pathetic first 2 years he was at the helm.

I was on board with KF even after inexplicably losing the 5th straight game (his 4th straight) to ISU in 2002.

I was on board with KF during the Fat Cat year of 2006 and the pathetic end to 2007 against Western Michigan.

I was on board with KF even after inexplicably going with Jake C in the loss to Pitt in 2008.

But I was fully OFF board with KF when, with a chance to win our first outright Big 10 championship since 1985 (in the Horseshoe, no less), and we had the Buckeyes on the ropes, he took a freaking knee. From that point on, I've been ready for a change.
 




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