Brian Ferentz Striving to Do His Part in Achieving Hawkeye Wins

[4thngoal]

That is what makes Wisconsin Wisconsin. Who knows how good they are at third and long, because they always have backs and an OL who seem to make it third and short. At that point they can run or pass.
It stresses a defense.
On the other side, we let far to many third and long be converted. That to me was equally as frustrating as the inconsistency of the offense.

 

[4thngoal]

That's what Wadley brought to the table. He keeps the chains moving waiting for the right time to strike.
Same thing Wisconsin does and the same thing the Patriots do.
I don't even know how big of arm Brady has. He just keeps the chains moving and waits for that 30 plus yard play.
That is how you stress a defense.
If they respect your passing, you run. If they respect your run, you pass.
Suck em up then lay it out.
Wisconsin is average at best in passing, but they shine because they suck you up with a formidable run game.

 

[BigD]

I should correct myself. The offensive performance was either pathetic in the games you mentioned while it was fabulous in the ISU, OSU, and Nebby games. How much of that was coaching and how much it was execution by the players in both cases I am not sure. In the end it does fall back a lot on the OC.

The players were hyped up for those games and Ohio State was flat and thought they would just roll over us. Just the opposite was true with our game against Purdue. You are correct as that does fall back on the OC. They need to play a style that gets the players into the game and not one that puts them to sleep.

 

[Caddy]

116th out of 129 teams. That's straight up pathetic anyway you look at it. Only Iowa hires an OC with zero experience, and lets him learn on the job. The expectations are so low that people will be happy if we crack the top 100 this year. No more Wadley, he bailed us out quite a few games last year, and now who do we have for a playmaker? Nobody. Same group of receivers, 2 new backs with little experience, a new center. This offense won't be much if any better this year with BF running it. Like I've said from the beginning, he has no clue what he is doing, nor does he have any business having the OC position at Iowa. The OSU game was an absolute fluke, and ISU and Nebby have pathetic defenses. That sums up the success this offense had last year.

 

[Ree4]

116th out of 129 teams. That's straight up pathetic anyway you look at it. Only Iowa hires an OC with zero experience, and lets him learn on the job. The expectations are so low that people will be happy if we crack the top 100 this year. No more Wadley, he bailed us out quite a few games last year, and now who do we have for a playmaker? Nobody. Same group of receivers, 2 new backs with little experience, a new center. This offense won't be much if any better this year with BF running it. Like I've said from the beginning, he has no clue what he is doing, nor does he have any business having the OC position at Iowa. The OSU game was an absolute fluke, and ISU and Nebby have pathetic defenses. That sums up the success this offense had last year.

I guess if you want to be absolutely negative about everything on the Offense and include no positives this is the way to do it

 

[westender]

You can do better than repeating the same shtick over and over can't you? I have faith in you.

One thing I don't get is why you keep using the Ohio State game to try and make everyone think the Hawks are Alabama or something. Either Urban Meyer makes your lady bits tingle (you mention him quite a bit) or you're his bastard child, one of the two. I did read somewhere Urb liked to chase the chubby ones around the Cincinnati campus back in the day.

Says the guy with the deep fascination with all things Barta and Ferentz.

For every failure you cite I can cite the opposite. What this offense needs is consistency and experience. Why I cite the O State game is the fact that when linemen block, receivers receive and QBs make great decisions, man the coaches look brilliant! You say it was because they didn't blitz. Man, c'mon this is Ohio State with their NFL destined 10 star defensive line and linebackers. They should easily, and I mean easily beat any old Iowa blocker 1 on 1.

 

[4thngoal]

Says the guy with the deep fascination with all things Barta and Ferentz.

For every failure you cite I can cite the opposite. What this offense needs is consistency and experience. Why I cite the O State game is the fact that when linemen block, receivers receive and QBs make great decisions, man the coaches look brilliant! You say it was because they didn't blitz. Man, c'mon this is Ohio State with their NFL destined 10 star defensive line and linebackers. They should easily, and I mean easily beat any old Iowa blocker 1 on 1.

Good point. It does help when players play.
Let's just hope it was youth and not grasping what was going on. We had young wr, we started freshman on both lines. Nate needed to grow.
So definitely there was a bunch of youth all over.
Maybe what we saw was flickering of the lights going on and off??
Idk, but I'm very anxious to see what happens this fall.

 

[westender]

Good point. It does help when players play.
Let's just hope it was youth and not grasping what was going on. We had young wr, we started freshman on both lines. Nate needed to grow.
So definitely there was a bunch of youth all over.
Maybe what we saw was flickering of the lights going on and off??
Idk, but I'm very anxious to see what happens this fall.

This offense for the most part you could tell in the 1st quarter what kind of game it was gonna be. One where things really clicked or it was gonna be a long slog to get anything. The Minnesota game where Stanley has a TD to ISM and he not only doesn't catch it for a TD but pops it up enough a Gopher picks it off. The two no touch fumbles by Stanley. Just quirky crap that youngsters do under pressure. And when those things happened stuff just tended to snowball, at least on offense.

 

[4thngoal]

This offense for the most part you could tell in the 1st quarter what kind of game it was gonna be. One where things really clicked or it was gonna be a long slog to get anything. The Minnesota game where Stanley has a TD to ISM and he not only doesn't catch it for a TD but pops it up enough a Gopher picks it off. The two no touch fumbles by Stanley. Just quirky crap that youngsters do under pressure. And when those things happened stuff just tended to snowball, at least on offense.

Exactly.
The biggest problem I have is, people don't just live in the now. They love talking about the future and the past. Who cares? Really? How is that working out for Nebraska or OSU for that matter.
As kids we are like little wolves, clawing and scratching.
As you age, you understand that you don't need to chase it, if you just sit back a little, calm down, it will come to you.
I by no means, mean do not put your self physically in a situation to not do it, should the chance arise. I'm just saying have some balance. It takes both physical and mental balance.

 

[revkev73]

Tough to be good when you have wide receivers who can't get open...

 

[Northside Hawk]

I guess if you want to be absolutely negative about everything on the Offense and include no positives this is the way to do it

Ole Caddy will tell you he "gives credit where credit is due"

He makes complaints about our offense or our recruiting every single post and has done so for three years.

When they perform well he just bitches more that they can't do it more consistently or against better defenses.

He waits until after Iowa shreds a defense before he deems said defense poor.

Wadley was never a playmaker while he was here. Now he graduates and suddenly he is and he bailed us out a lot last year. We must have won some of the time for Wadley to bail us out that much.

He refuses to note Fant as a playmaker and probably won't until Noah turns pro. Sorry Caddy, we do have a playmaker on offense. Hes a red zone threat who can also make plays down the field. Our quarterback isn't too shabby, either.

He is such a genius that he can project this season based off of last. Forget that we had a first time starting QB and a first year OC. They aren't first year anymore.

But go ahead Caddy and predict your usual doom and gloom. That's what we love you for. You must be a real Ray of sunshine around your house.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

116th out of 129 teams. That's straight up pathetic anyway you look at it. Only Iowa hires an OC with zero experience, and lets him learn on the job. The expectations are so low that people will be happy if we crack the top 100 this year. No more Wadley, he bailed us out quite a few games last year, and now who do we have for a playmaker? Nobody. Same group of receivers, 2 new backs with little experience, a new center. This offense won't be much if any better this year with BF running it. Like I've said from the beginning, he has no clue what he is doing, nor does he have any business having the OC position at Iowa. The OSU game was an absolute fluke, and ISU and Nebby have pathetic defenses. That sums up the success this offense had last year.

I think the new center and how the Oline does as a whole will be the ultimate denominator to how the O does. I'm way more confident that Stanley in year 2 along with BF that they and our skill guys can make plays. We have the best TE combo in the country. TJ is a darn good player in his own right and he hardly knows what he's doing out there yet. And Fant is probably goin pro after this year if all goes well for him.
Stanley pretty much had the best season a QB has had under KF since Brad Banks I have a ton of confidence that if the Oline can hold up their end of the deal the O should be able to move the ball better overall than last yr.

I'm going to go out on a limb here. I bet the combination of RBs this year will outperform what Wadley and group did this last one. Maybe not in total TDs I think they'll get close to that but they'll get more yards for sure. I think Young and IKM will do great and with the passing game improving and play calling being more unpredictable our running game should be more efficient.