We live in a recruiting hotbed, thats for sure. When Michigan comes down and tries to grab one of the few 4* players in the state, we obviously have no guarantee of keeping our own, handful of 4 STAR recruits. So yea, id say being IOWA we should be relatively pleased that we get to root for winning football and cheering the Hawks on a fall Saturday is a BLAST!!! Envious, dang right they all should be. But what Ferentz has he's earned through a clean program, leadership qualities, a good honest representation of the university and state of Iowa. If you are the U of Iowa, youre going to fire that guy for.......what? Name a coach in the entire history that has accomplished more? Fry, Jones, Evasheski. None, save a weird vote for one 8-1-1 Iowa team has won a national title. ZERO official titles.
I like coach Ferentz. That's no shock to anyone who stalks my posts on here. I like a consistent winning program. I like that we are viewed as hard working, tough, family/faith/football ordered. There's no shame in being respected. We will never be feared. I like how Iowa is regarded nationally considering outside of Des Moines, Iowa City and a handful of other cities most people in the US pay very little attention to the state. We have no entitlement to expect national championships. Fry, Evasheski, Jones and yes Ferentz have all taken us within shouting distance with a couple breaks here and there. Id love to avg 10 wins a year. But even Wisconsin has recruiting advantages over Iowa. I havent suffered all too much the past 20 years rooting for the Hawks. Most of you shouldn't have either. If you say you have, then, its working on say...130 years of suffering.
