Bob Diaco

glidinghawk

glidinghawk

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This former Iowa player just finished his first year as a head coach and it was pretty disastrous. 2-10 at UConn.

He has quite a lot of experience as an assistant defensive coach/coordinator at several schools over the past 15 years, including Notre Dame.

Would he be a good candidate to take over as head coach at Iowa? He's quite young, 41. I think Iowa needs a youngish coach with high energy, smarts, and recruiting ability. He's a Jersey guy, so he may have a lot or recruiting connections on the east coast.
 
There are so many others on Hayden's coaching tree we would have to take 2nd fiddle to no one, even Michigan or Osu.
 
If Bobby Diaco can make a winner out of UCONN, even a minor bowl, then heck yes.... Until then, he probably should not he mentioned.
 
Pump those brakes and do it NOW. He'd be a great candidate for d coordinator here but slow the roll for head coach.
 
Robowe said:
Yup.

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That 2013 QB room was sneaky good.

Jake Rudock- 2 year starter at Iowa, 1 year at Michigan, was an NFL backup in Detroit, and is currently with the Dolphins

Cody Sokol- JUCO All-American, and a damn good senior year at La Tech.

CJ Beathard- Led Iowa to their 1st ever 12-0 regular season, 21-7 record in 2+ seasons of starting, 3rd round NFL draft pick, on-again off-again starter for the 49ers with potential upside in his future.

Nic Shimonek- More of a system QB for TT, but still threw for a ton of yards and TDs there.
 
BVHawk95 said:
That 2013 QB room was sneaky good.

Jake Rudock- 2 year starter at Iowa, 1 year at Michigan, was an NFL backup in Detroit, and is currently with the Dolphins

Cody Sokol- JUCO All-American, and a damn good senior year at La Tech.

CJ Beathard- Led Iowa to their 1st ever 12-0 regular season, 21-7 record in 2+ seasons of starting, 3rd round NFL draft pick, on-again off-again starter for the 49ers with potential upside in his future.

Nic Shimonek- More of a system QB for TT, but still threw for a ton of yards and TDs there.
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The QB recruiting at Iowa has been pretty good for 40 years. That's one reason the down seasons are tough to swallow. I remember when we had McGwire/Poholsky/Hartlieb and I'm thinking no way we don't finish out the decade in top form. But of course . . . no. Same goes for 2010-2014. So many talented RBs & QBs & TEs, and yet we looked like Cyclones 3 of those years.

2011:
QB throws for over 3000 yards
WRs - a 4-star starter plus a guy with this stat ----->1269 yards
RB - 1384 yards
TE - a pair of 4-stars, one of whom would go on to play in the NFL

right about now you're thinking, that 2011 team must have won 11 games?
Nope
10 games?
Nope
9 games?
Nope
7-6!! That's almost a .500 season. With that much talent you almost have to be trying to lose. At least it felt that way. Solution to that nightmare? We looked long and hard and then hired . . . wait for it . . . GD:eek::oops::rolleyes::confused:o_O
 
Strange path...Diaco was all the rage in 2010 after getting the Broyles award (top asst in college football), hasn't proven to be much since.
 
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AreWeThereYet said:
No...No...No...No...No...

I want Bob Diaco nowhere near Iowa's Defense. Going from Phil Parker to Bob Diaco at defensive coordinator would be a downgrade of epic proportions. What the hell are some of you thinking.
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I don't care about the DC move so much as the BF move. He should be rotated back to OL or grad assistant.
 
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