Brian Ferentz Being Asked Today About Oliver Martin's Playing Time

[pootspot]

This is all silly. Oliver Miller has been here one camp. And he also missed time with an injury. From what I’ve heard in past, practice times are limited so where/who do you replace him with currently?

I’d say the time he has received is a nod to how well he’s grasped the playbook and OM ability as a receiver.

I’ve been very impressed with BS, Rag/Tracy and ISM. So this reporter knows more and questions the staff in who should be on the field? Who do you replace/take time from?

I expect with the extra practices the next 2 weeks OM will start to see 10-20 snaps a week maybe more depending on progression.

I’ve been a big BF fan since the jump. Funk all the haters.

 

[SmokeTownHawk]

Nepotism is wonderful, until it isn't.

Hollywood and the NFL is full of it.

 

[guffus]

My initial reaction to Brian's comments.

What an annoying little prick.

 

[cincyhawk]

Kirk and Brian are probably punishing Oliver for not committing to them in the first place.

It's hard to produce when you're not out on the football field. He has just as many receiving TD's as any other player besides ISM with a fraction of the playing time.

Exactly. Maybe he's too flashy. They don't really like flashy. Maybe he's not that great of a blocker.

 

[revkev73]

Exactly. Maybe he's too flashy. They don't really like flashy. Maybe he's not that great of a blocker.

Scored a TD, should have been running down the clock.

 

[BigD]

Exactly. Maybe he's too flashy. They don't really like flashy. Maybe he's not that great of a blocker.

Maybe he is too sexy for the Non-sexy Kirk family.

 

[deanvogs]

LOL, some of you guys are such snowflakes. Brian has an edge to him that is ok by me. It is funny that everyone is offended by his reaction, yet these are the same people who are outraged online when some anonymous poster has the sheer gall to NOT AGREE WITH THEM!!!! I am guilty as hell of this myself, and so are all those who are bagging on Brian for being thinned skinned.

 

[tmess1989]

This is all silly. Oliver Miller has been here one camp. And he also missed time with an injury. From what I’ve heard in past, practice times are limited so where/who do you replace him with currently?

I’d say the time he has received is a nod to how well he’s grasped the playbook and OM ability as a receiver.

I’ve been very impressed with BS, Rag/Tracy and ISM. So this reporter knows more and questions the staff in who should be on the field? Who do you replace/take time from?

I expect with the extra practices the next 2 weeks OM will start to see 10-20 snaps a week maybe more depending on progression.

I’ve been a big BF fan since the jump. Funk all the haters.

Chad asked the question because many fans are asking them on there live Q&A stream. Same reason that people asked about Fant and AJE snap counts last year. People see a hint of production and want to see it more often. Now Martin doesn't quite have the numbers that those guys had in their time on the field last year.

After the bye week we tend to see some younger players get a few more snaps. Wouldn't be surprised to see Martin get more meaningful snaps after the bye week.

 

[Jonrn]

LOL, some of you guys are such snowflakes. Brian has an edge to him that is ok by me. It is funny that everyone is offended by his reaction, yet these are the same people who are outraged online when some anonymous poster has the sheer gall to NOT AGREE WITH THEM!!!! I am guilty as hell of this myself, and so are all those who are bagging on Brian for being thinned skinned.

Totally agree. Most coaches say more douchy stuff than that at every press conference. Obviously we’d all like to see OM more, but they won the game and the WRs have played well. Would OM made that sure TD catch the Brandon smith dropped in the second half? Probably, but in the end, the W speaks for itself.

This isn’t the same as Iowa losing to NW last year with fant on the sidelines. I’m still pissed.

 

[oldhawk12]

My initial reaction to Brian's comments.

What an annoying little prick.

This

 

[oldhawk12]

LOL, some of you guys are such snowflakes. Brian has an edge to him that is ok by me. It is funny that everyone is offended by his reaction, yet these are the same people who are outraged online when some anonymous poster has the sheer gall to NOT AGREE WITH THEM!!!! I am guilty as hell of this myself, and so are all those who are bagging on Brian for being thinned skinned.

Here’s one for you. Have an edge against the clowns. Have an edge against a top 10 opponent on the road or in a neutral site in September and beat their ass once in your lifetime instead of having it towards a 20 yr old player or a reporter asking an obvious question and doing his job.

 

[revkev73]

Chad asked the question because many fans are asking them on there live Q&A stream. Same reason that people asked about Fant and AJE snap counts last year. People see a hint of production and want to see it more often. Now Martin doesn't quite have the numbers that those guys had in their time on the field last year.

After the bye week we tend to see some younger players get a few more snaps. Wouldn't be surprised to see Martin get more meaningful snaps after the bye week.

Asking questions is the problem.

 

[deanvogs]

Here’s one for you. Have an edge against the clowns. Have an edge against a top 10 opponent on the road or in a neutral site in September and beat their ass once in your lifetime instead of having it towards a 20 yr old player or a reporter asking an obvious question and doing his job.

Have you ever been around people that have an edge? I mean you don't just turn it on and off, it spills over into other things where you don't want it to necessarily. That is what having an "edge" is. If he could control it, then he would be his old man and would come off calm and reasoned.

 

[InGoodCo]

Here’s one for you. Have an edge against the clowns. Have an edge against a top 10 opponent on the road or in a neutral site in September and beat their ass once in your lifetime instead of having it towards a 20 yr old player or a reporter asking an obvious question and doing his job.

 

[eveningnewsteam]

Very smug response by Brian. He maybe head coach some day, but he could work on having some tact with reporters (although he may be right).

He has a helluva long way to go to run a program. Take that back, Barta’s the AD, anything is possible

 

[Fryowa]

He has a helluva long way to go to run a program. Take that back, Barta’s the AD, anything is possible

He has the shortest, most guaranteed route to a P5 head coaching job in the history of organized football.

 

[ssckelley]

I appreciate hearing a coach answer a question directly without the coach speak. But now it's not good enough because now he's an annoying prick. smh

 

[Chickenlounge]

This

Pot, meet kettle.

 

[SteveGarvey1]

My initial reaction to Brian's comments.

What an annoying little prick.

Humble, Brian ain't.

 

[Fryowa]

I appreciate hearing a coach answer a question directly without the coach speak. But now it's not good enough because now he's an annoying prick. smh

I honestly don’t care either way because 99% of the things they they ask are carbon copy rhetorical questions asked by sports reporters for the last 50 years. Not a knock, it’s just the way it is—hard to invent new questions about how well a particular sports team is playing or who is getting PT, especially at the college level where personnel comes and goes so fast.

What I do care about is this dolt getting hired for a state job by his dad, explicitly or not. He doesn’t have the grey matter to do it and once the toilet bowl starts swirling it won’t take much to go back to pre-Hayden Fry conditions. If he gets worked up by Liestikow asking a dumb little question when he’s 3-0, it isn’t a good indicator of how he’ll run the ship when he’s inevitably in the middle of a down year some day.