Brian Ferentz is a garbage coach

[blubberhawk]

Here's the coincidence that matters . . .

last year, a few new wrinkles . . .

this year, wrinkle-killing-contract is signed . . .

the next 10 years ???? . . . either very little . . . or ZERO innovation.

But . . . LOTS OF RAISES AND BEHIND THE SCENES EXTORTION. And lots of arguments between statists and meritocracy folks.

The good news. This insanely loyal fan-base will always get Iowa to a better bowl than anyone expected.

The fan base is wilting anyway. Lots of Iowa fans unloading their tickets to NDSU fans this past weekend. Hell, ISU has one of the very worst d-1 programs in the country and is getting 60,000 to some of their games. Hawks are rarely even selling out any more. Rarely do they sell out for Basketball either. So much for the insanely loyal fan base.

 

[Joshbrown]

Iowa does not play any receivers that are explosive enough to create space or get down field. This has been the bane of Iowa offensive football for years. CJ would be a dangerous man with some good wide outs.

Yes, this is true. Something I (and many others) have harped on.

There is one problem though. Elite WRs tend to be prima donna high maintenance types. Witness DJK; Willies; etc. Kirk does not like those types. So we are stuck with the Hinkel patrol until Brian ascends to the throne.

 

[DBAHawkFan]

Iowa does not play any receivers that are explosive enough to create space or get down field. This has been the bane of Iowa offensive football for years. CJ would be a dangerous man with some good wide outs.

Don't want to go there but.....Willies.

To be fair, Willies ran himself out of town. We will never know what the conditions were for him to come back, but he did decide to leave the team. Family illness or not, he left.

BUT

We continue to trot out McCarron. Yes he caught a TD pass the last game, but what else has he done? Is it the position or the player? Because Hillyer did next to nothing for 3 years too.

We always hear about young WR making an impression, but we rarely see them. Young has burned a RS, why not play him? Scheel gets a lot of hype, but I don't see much of him either.

We treat WR as extra blockers, minus ONE player. This year it's MV again

 

[HawkeyeWalker]

Don't want to go there but.....Willies.

To be fair, Willies ran himself out of town. We will never know what the conditions were for him to come back, but he did decide to leave the team. Family illness or not, he left.

BUT

We continue to trot out McCarron. Yes he caught a TD pass the last game, but what else has he done? Is it the position or the player? Because Hillyer did next to nothing for 3 years too.

We always hear about young WR making an impression, but we rarely see them. Young has burned a RS, why not play him? Scheel gets a lot of hype, but I don't see much of him either.

We treat WR as extra blockers, minus ONE player. This year it's MV again

Also, Willies plays on a team who has thrown the ball 160 times, for 112 completions, the QBs have thrown for 1560 yards and 15 touchdowns. Willies has 6 receptions for 144 yards an 1 td.

 

[Joshbrown]

Also, Willies plays on a team who has thrown the ball 160 times, for 112 completions, the QBs have thrown for 1560 yards and 15 touchdowns. Willies has 6 receptions for 144 yards an 1 td.

JMO, I'd still start him ahead of J Smith and shorty McWhitey

 

[HawkeyeWalker]

JMO, I'd still start him ahead of J Smith and shorty McWhitey

Yeah, I don't disagree with that, but he'd be the #2 behind Meercat...oh...and he quit.

 

[lightning1]

The fan base is wilting anyway. Lots of Iowa fans unloading their tickets to NDSU fans this past weekend. Hell, ISU has one of the very worst d-1 programs in the country and is getting 60,000 to some of their games. Hawks are rarely even selling out any more. Rarely do they sell out for Basketball either. So much for the insanely loyal fan base.

You can't marginalize your fan base or keep wringing more and more money out of them without eventually pissing off some of them. That's where Iowa fans are right now.

 

[Seth53]

You can't marginalize your fan base or keep wringing more and more money out of them without eventually pissing off some of them. That's where Iowa fans are right now.

Yeah man....after one glorious season the $10 food/beverage freebies..er...tokens...er inducements went away. Where's the respect? Where's the respect?