earlkoppelman
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very small! Crystal ball says That. Accurate answer yes.Just can't wait huh?
Brian Ferentz Being Asked Today About Oliver Martin's Playing Time
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InGoodCo
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I say this with Fran all the time....I'd just like him to win more. But I want my coaches to be assholes. I want them to be smug. I want them to have an edge and I want them to have the "I'm never wrong, don't question me" attitude. That's competitive spirit. That's fire. I want my coach to swear. I want him to stick up for his kids no matter what. I want them to be feisty. Annoyed with questions. Cocky. Confident. In control. Roll with swag. All the great coaches are that way....it's called being good.
kicker22
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Sounds like almost every program in the SEC and most Florida programs year in and year out. Is it also not ok for them to do it?
InGoodCo
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Most SEC teams only play 9 P5 teams and some only play 8, while Iowa consistently plays 10. They also play ISU, WISCI, NORTHWESTERN, WISCI and NEBRASKA on the road this season and PSU at home. Their schedule is as hard as any team in the country will face. This guy is here to troll and troll only. As long as we all know it we can plan accordingly.
InGoodCo
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And not to mention - BF has a SOLID point. Are we not seeing enough production from the other guys? Who is not producing? Who should be taken off the field for OM to get more snaps? He's behind those guys because he's a 1st year player in the program that only got to Iowa in June and didn't even know if he'd be eligible to play until 2 days out from the season. I find it hilarious that people hate the Ferentz's so fricking much that they can't even see common sense.
And they were wrong about Fant and AJE too.
pythagoras
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TulipCityHawk
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What this thread tells me:
Many people are pissed that Iowa is 3-0. Many people are pissed that Iowa has won 14 of its last 18 games. Many people do NOT want to give any credit to Kirk or Brian.
And that's sad.
Many people are pissed that Iowa is 3-0. Many people are pissed that Iowa has won 14 of its last 18 games. Many people do NOT want to give any credit to Kirk or Brian.
And that's sad.
InGoodCo
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wait so more snaps doesn't equate to more production? That's not what I've been reading on here for the last 2 seasons by all our resident experts. Seems some of the same guys saying anything about OM are the same ones who said it about AJE...who should have like 8 or 9 sacks by now if that were the case. Dude was gassed at the end of the game, he doesn't and didn't need more snaps and that's painfully obvious now. You would think that history teaches us humans something but it's rarely the case. It's amazing what Ferentz Fatigue will do to ya. It's basically a no win situation. Stanley has been tremendous this season, but Iowa fans want him to be perfect, so ya know... he's not quite good enough.
KCTrainer
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A lot of people on this board have thin skin. Coach BF is right. If guys have seniority from working their way up in the program and they are producing the way ISM and Smith and even the other 2 who have been here for a year longer than Martin than why pull them out? If they start dropping passes and running incorrect routes than yea. Otherwise you got to beat the man if you want to be the man. Martin will be up there playing soon enough. He’s a RS Sophomore. Plenty of time.
earlkoppelman
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Si! Its their 'Ball' Great and Fun Win In Ames.Players waay tough. Stanley took huge step forward. Go Hawks.
That's the way I took it as well. Yeah he came off as a dick, but who do you take out for Martin right now? ISM, Smith, Tracy, and Ragaini are all playing great, and there's only so many positions and so many snaps to go around,
hawkeyes87
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Northwestern has never been, and probably will never be, a tough road game. Probably more visiting fans than home fans. If the Hawks could, I'm sure they'd sign up to have NW be one of their road games every year.
Nebraska? 4-3 at home last year with a L to Troy and "best" wins over MSU and Minny. 2-5 the year before that...
But, damn, I didn't realize we play at Wisconsin twice! That doesn't seem fair!
Fryowa
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It’s a bit of a double-edged sword, though. No one would question that out of say Stoops or Swinney. They’re proven, and they just win ballgames year after year after year.
You can be that way if you’re winning, but if you’re not (and that day will eventually come for BF like it does almost all coaches), it comes off as just temper tantrum. If you’re in the middle of a 4-8 year and you get annoyed with simple questions it actually shows the opposite—that you’re not in control.
It also goes farther than media and fan perception. If players see their coach getting flustered it’s doesn’t instill confidence at all. It says to players that their coach has let the situation overwhelm him. Just like Fran with his beet red face looking like he wants to murder everyone in the room and talking about his “body of work” being justification for a downturn. He had lost control of the situation at that point, but that’s not the issue. He let it show that he had lost control. Not good.
kicker22
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It's all good. Honestly I don't mind if they bag on Brian as I agree with most that he hasn't paid his dues and don't think he's "earned the right" to talk down to the press. But I love the fact we're 3 weeks into the season and someone wants to throw out the fact that we haven't left the state. Feel free to bash who we're scheduling, but lets not play the "never leave the state until mid. October card"... Here's an interesting stat based off conference schedules during that time frame until "Iowa leaves the state" on 10/5.
-5 teams (OSU, Michigan, PSU, MSU and RUT) don't see an away game or neutral field in OOC play this year.
-7 conference teams actually left their own state in OOC play: Maryland (@Temple), WIS (@USF), ILL (@UCONN), NEB (@COL), NW (@Stanford), PUR (@NEV), MIN (@Fresno St.)
-2 Teams: Indiana and Iowa have 2 OOC Home games and an instate game (Indiana vs. Ball St. neutral site)
But let's call our coaches out for not leaving the state...I guess the 5 teams that can't even schedule an away game get a free pass, because we seem to be the only team in the country, let alone our own conference that doesn't leave their own state.
We should probably give the 5 programs that can't even schedule away or OOC games credit though, because they "made the decision" to go out of state to play conference games before we left the state. Funny thing is by Oct. 5th when we finally leave the state to travel to Michigan, we'd of played just as many away games as OSU, MSU, and Rutgers, but one less road game then Michigan or PSU.
Facts are fun!!!
deanvogs
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eveningnewsteam
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Nobody said he wasn’t right, but the way he answered was ridiculous
InGoodCo
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That isn't fair ha. A rational person sees that as an obvious typo. An irrational person thinks road games against a team that's the defending West Champion and has won 19 games the past 2 season is an easy one. Why do Iowa fans need to downgrade their own schedule? 3 weeks ago it was viewed as maybe the hardest in school history, now it's just so easy that a HS coach could maneuver an undefeated season. I love this website so much, I'll never stop being entertained.
Northside Hawk
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Like Bret Beilema?
Not making obvious comps, but Bret had no previous head coaching experience and was also considered an arrogant bastard who wasn't afraid to go for the jugular and put teams away.
Bret felt like he never got out from under Barry's shadow. You see examples all the time like that in football and men's basketball.
InGoodCo
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But BF is 3-0 so ALL of what you just said was a lot of wasted words. If Iowa was not one of the most consistent winning football teams in America the last 3 or 4 seasons I might be a little ticked off by it too tho. But they've won 14-18, their last 2 bowl games, just beat one of the Big 12 favorites on the road and are on the verge of their 3rd straight OOC without a loss. Let's worry about what a smug asshole he is when Iowa is losing games...until then I'll take the swagger.
