lightning1
Well-Known Member
and/or Kirk Ferentz.....I highly recommend you SKIP the post game presser. U.N.R.E.A.L.
Courtesy of Rob Howe. Consider yourselves warned.
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=8&f=1376&t=13415801
This one's a couple of miles from reality. Your defense scored 6 off of a Nebraska turnover and your special teams scored 6 off of a blocked punt and blocked a FG. The turnovers and special teams play was a wash at least.
What cost you today was missing wide open receivers all over the field.
Q. And you had it to 24‑7, too.
KIRK FERENTZ: Yeah, we had our opportunities, no question about that. But the two things that really cost us today were the turnovers and then errors or misgivings in the special teams area. I'm not going to say it came as a surprise. We thought that returner was as dangerous a guy as we've seen this season, so we knew that part, had great respect for him, but we just didn't punt and cover well enough, especially on those two opportunities
I felt the players gave this one away more than the coaches, although some of the 3rd quarter playcalling and personnel usage was pretty bad. Those blown punt coverages were just pathetic. I guess you can put it on Kirk for recruiting because we need better players and some guys who can make things happen. They had playmakers, we didn't. Those of you who don't live in Western Iowa are lucky, because all I have right now is anger, disgust, frustration, and little hope for the future.
The presser is the icing on the cake. KF after losses is pretentious and condescending. And he doesn't get one difficult question. Not one. No challenges, follow-ups, nothing. Hlas actually asked him a real question, Ferentz gave him a nothing answer, and all that happened was that he joked about it on Twitter. Why not say, "You didn't really answer my question, Coach..."? He's just a man like everyone else. Are the media that frightened of losing access?
I'm with ya Mose. Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory once again. Brutal.