Brian Ferentz, Phil Parker Press Conference Transcripts

"sometimes turnovers can be a misleading statistic". Is this really Kirk Ferentz's son?
 
guffus said:
Brian seems to have perfected the art of saying a whole lot of nothing.
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The guy is Kirk Ferentz, Bob Diaco, and Jim Harbaugh all rolled into one.

Not once in that entire transcript does he mention one thing substantive to football. The whole thing can be summarized by, "We need to get better and fix our weak spots." Well...no shit, man.

100% psychobabble that sounds philosophical and intelligent, but in reality is totally incoherent. It's an easy way to,

1) respond to criticism by being vague and confusing, at the same time not having to answer a question, and

2) try to hide the fact that you have no f'ing clue what you're talking about.

It's nothing more than dancing around questions using vague, rambling metaphors. Google "fedspeak." Greenspan was a master of it.

Now listen to Phil Parker. It's the complete opposite. He talks about individual players, and positions, what they need to do to get better, what he needs to do, etc...the mechanics and specifics of football. Because he knows the game and is intelligent enough not to have to sit there and give you canned, vague answers that are more at home on motivational posters.
 
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It was kind of a let down. I understand playing it close to the vest, and I hope that was the case.
I about fell asleep reading those two.
It was rather agonizing.

The only good thing to hear was the middle of the d can hold it's own. However against who is the question.
 
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Fryowa said:
The guy is Kirk Ferentz, Bob Diaco, and Jim Harbaugh all rolled into one.

Not once in that inentire transcript does he mention one thing substantive to football. The whole thing can be summarized by, "We need to get better and fix our weak spots." Well...no shit, man.

100% psychobabble that sounds philosophical and intelligent, but in reality is totally incoherent. It's an easy way to,

1) respond to criticism by being vague and confusing, at the same time not having to answer a question, and

2) try to hide the fact that you have no f'ing clue what you're talking about.

It's nothing more than dancing around questions using vague, rambling metaphors. Google "fedspeak." Greenspan was a master of it.

Now listen to Phil Parker. It's the complete opposite. He talks about individual players, and positions, what they need to do to get better, what he needs to do, etc...the mechanics and specifics of football. Because he knows the game and is intelligent enough not to have to sit there and give you canned, vague answers that are more at home on motivational posters.
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Thanks for the summary so I don't have to waste one second looking at BF's BS.
 
Have to say I find the dislike for Brian Ferentz rather interesting. For the record I didn't get that much out of what he said either. Brian has always seemed like a sharp guy and has learned to handle the media. He basically said he considers himself still learning and the offense remains a work in progress at this stage. I would rather he say that than get a bunch of hyperbole like we get from our basketball coach.

If he didn't have the last name that he does I think many fans would look at Brian a little differently. No secret that guys at the professional level who he has worked with hold him in very high regard. He may or may not work out as offensive coordinator and admittedly Kirk took a bit of a gamble putting him in that position. I have a gut feeling that in a couple seasons all this skepticism may start to look a little silly. Only time will tell.
 
hawkeyemark said:
Have to say I find the dislike for Brian Ferentz rather interesting. For the record I didn't get that much out of what he said either. Brian has always seemed like a sharp guy and has learned to handle the media. He basically said he considers himself still learning and the offense remains a work in progress at this stage. I would rather he say that than get a bunch of hyperbole like we get from our basketball coach.

If he didn't have the last name that he does I think many fans would look at Brian a little differently. No secret that guys at the professional level who he has worked with hold him in very high regard. He may or may not work out as offensive coordinator and admittedly Kirk took a bit of a gamble putting him in that position. I have a gut feeling that in a couple seasons all this skepticism may start to look a little silly. Only time will tell.
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I totally like Brian. Just saying, I could have slept through that and not missed a thing.
 
I going to go ahead and double-down on the lack of knowledge I'm accused not having about basketball, and go ahead and say that I warned everyone that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. So, we'll have a wide open offense, right?
 
hawkeyemark said:
Have to say I find the dislike for Brian Ferentz rather interesting. For the record I didn't get that much out of what he said either. Brian has always seemed like a sharp guy and has learned to handle the media. He basically said he considers himself still learning and the offense remains a work in progress at this stage. I would rather he say that than get a bunch of hyperbole like we get from our basketball coach.

If he didn't have the last name that he does I think many fans would look at Brian a little differently. No secret that guys at the professional level who he has worked with hold him in very high regard. He may or may not work out as offensive coordinator and admittedly Kirk took a bit of a gamble putting him in that position. I have a gut feeling that in a couple seasons all this skepticism may start to look a little silly. Only time will tell.
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All I can say is read Brian’s, then Phil’s. That shows you a coach who knows what he’s doing versus someone who is still winging it. Phil at least has some confidence in himself whereas Ferentz just repeats ad nauseum how they have to get better and be consistent. We know that.

I wish they’d just brought O’Keefe back at OC and had him at least mentor Ferentz for a couple three years before handing him the keys. Nobody takes that big of a jump all at once at what is supposed to be a major P5 program.
 
Fryowa said:
All I can say is read Brian’s, then Phil’s. That shows you a coach who knows what he’s doing versus someone who is still winging it. Phil at least has some confidence in himself whereas Ferentz just repeats ad nauseum how they have to get better and be consistent. We know that.

I wish they’d just brought O’Keefe back at OC and had him at least mentor Ferentz for a couple three years before handing him the keys. Nobody takes that big of a jump all at once at what is supposed to be a major P5 program.
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I read both and Phil's reads like a coach who has done this for a long time and has several seasons of coordinating under his belt. Brian's reads like a guy still new to his job which you would expect. O'Keefe who I think highly of very likely does mentor Brian behind the scenes. I find Kirk a guy who grows on you over time and matching him in age I know you get to this point in life and don't make rash decisions. There seems a method to the madness here whether in the long run it works out or it doesn't.
 
Maybe it's a case of Phil and the reporters know his system and he just needs to find the right players to plug into it. So it makes sense he spent most of his time talking about who will play where and why.

Whereas Brian and the reporters are still trying to figure out his system and how he can improve it. Instead of Brian finding the right players to fit his system, he needs to find a system that fits his players.
 
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You look at what KOK is getting paid, it's obvious he is thought of almost as a co-OC and mentor to Brian.

Brian can choose to take his advice or ignore it but it's pretty clear that's why KOK is here. To train Brian how to be an OC
 
Fryowa said:
The guy is Kirk Ferentz, Bob Diaco, and Jim Harbaugh all rolled into one.

Not once in that entire transcript does he mention one thing substantive to football. The whole thing can be summarized by, "We need to get better and fix our weak spots." Well...no shit, man.

100% psychobabble that sounds philosophical and intelligent, but in reality is totally incoherent. It's an easy way to,

1) respond to criticism by being vague and confusing, at the same time not having to answer a question, and

2) try to hide the fact that you have no f'ing clue what you're talking about.

It's nothing more than dancing around questions using vague, rambling metaphors. Google "fedspeak." Greenspan was a master of it.

Now listen to Phil Parker. It's the complete opposite. He talks about individual players, and positions, what they need to do to get better, what he needs to do, etc...the mechanics and specifics of football. Because he knows the game and is intelligent enough not to have to sit there and give you canned, vague answers that are more at home on motivational posters.
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As a Steeler fan, you just basically described Mike Tomlin.
 
HuckFinn said:
Maybe if you knew more about the details of coaching football, you would have appreciated his remarks at a deeper level.
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Maybe. I don't claim to be a football genius. But I am going to stick with the assumption that he was intentionally trying to say nothing of any value.

But when it comes down to it, who are these press conferences for? Football insiders? Not really. It's for the media and fans.

Maybe he could have said something the average fan would find interesting.
 
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