Clayborn after Minny last year.

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iowaboy85

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Clayborn said last year after the minny loss, this team has lost its will to win. I believe that has not changed in the players or the coaches.

The players look as if they are just going through the motions in wait for the final zeros to hit the scoreboard so they can get on with their day. I have seen this defense show zero emotion on too many occasions. A defense with zero emotion and passion will not stop anyone no matter the talent level. On goal line situations against Minny the D-line were blown off the ball way to much. That show zero heart.

There is no leadership from the players. You dont see any of the players look disgusted with they way they are performing.

The coaches have lost the will to win. They coach scared. They dont have the killer instinct. Maybe they could talk with Dan Gable and Tom Brands and figure out how to acheive that killer instinct.

Until this program begins to get that killer instinct, it will never go anywhere.
 
iowaboy85 said:
Clayborn said last year after the minny loss, this team has lost its will to win. I believe that has not changed in the players or the coaches.

The players look as if they are just going through the motions in wait for the final zeros to hit the scoreboard so they can get on with their day. I have seen this defense show zero emotion on too many occasions. A defense with zero emotion and passion will not stop anyone no matter the talent level. On goal line situations against Minny the D-line were blown off the ball way to much. That show zero heart.

There is no leadership from the players. You dont see any of the players look disgusted with they way they are performing.

The coaches have lost the will to win. They coach scared. They dont have the killer instinct. Maybe they could talk with Dan Gable and Tom Brands and figure out how to acheive that killer instinct.

Until this program begins to get that killer instinct, it will never go anywhere.
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Can you coach lack of execution???
 
During the entire game, the benches are polar opposites.
The Minnesota staff and players were bouncing around all game, dancing to the music (a bit odd, IMO) and were constantly getting the small number of Gopher fans into it.

The only real enthusiasm I saw from the Iowa bench was on a limited number of specific plays. Morris was trying his best to get the D up after some big stops, credit to him.

Overall, it looked like Minnesota relished the opportunity to take down Iowa, while Iowa was just hoping to get out of Minneapolis with a win.
 
storminspank said:
During the entire game, the benches are polar opposites.
The Minnesota staff and players were bouncing around all game, dancing to the music (a bit odd, IMO) and were constantly getting the small number of Gopher fans into it.

The only real enthusiasm I saw from the Iowa bench was on a limited number of specific plays. Morris was trying his best to get the D up after some big stops, credit to him.

Overall, it looked like Minnesota relished the opportunity to take down Iowa, while Iowa was just hoping to get out of Minneapolis with a win.
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It's blatantly obvious that Kirk's mellow attitude bleeds down to his players. When was the last time you saw our bench jumping up and down like the Minny bench was? You never see any emotion out of our guys.
 
iowaboy85 said:
Yes. But the lack of passion and drive by the players results in poor execution. If you have no will to win, then you're execution will be poor.
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I will argue that.

Execution means getting your head in the right place and it's all about focus. Iowa doesn't have that at this time, which is magnified by tack of talent in some areas of the team.
 
storminspank said:
I will argue that.

Execution means getting your head in the right place and it's all about focus. Iowa doesn't have that at this time, which is magnified by tack of talent in some areas of the team.
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No focus, no drive, no will to win will cause bad execution by the players.
 
iowaboy85 said:
No focus, no drive, no will to win will cause bad execution by the players.
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Sure.
Where's the leadership among players?
Where's the captains at when the going gets ugly?
They rely on the coach for some spark yeah, but they need more than just Morris involved in the "wake your azzes up game".... Somebody needs to light some fires.
 
aeischeid said:
Sure.
Where's the leadership among players?
Where's the captains at when the going gets ugly?
They rely on the coach for some spark yeah, but they need more than just Morris involved in the "wake your azzes up game".... Somebody needs to light some fires.
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Thats what im getting at. The players look like they are not having fun and dont have the passion or fire to win games.
 
iowaboy85 said:
Thats what im getting at. The players look like they are not having fun and dont have the passion or fire to win games.
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Is it really believable though, that Ferentz comes into work everyday not caring if he loses to weaker teams, and not caring if his players are DRIVEN???
 
iowaboy85 said:
Thats what im getting at. The players look like they are not having fun and dont have the passion or fire to win games.
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And you can tell that by watching on TV.

Amazing. I too have this ability. I can tell Anne Hathaway wants me by the way she looks at me in pictures.
 
storminspank said:
During the entire game, the benches are polar opposites.
The Minnesota staff and players were bouncing around all game, dancing to the music (a bit odd, IMO) and were constantly getting the small number of Gopher fans into it.

The only real enthusiasm I saw from the Iowa bench was on a limited number of specific plays. Morris was trying his best to get the D up after some big stops, credit to him.

Overall, it looked like Minnesota relished the opportunity to take down Iowa, while Iowa was just hoping to get out of Minneapolis with a win.
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How often do you ever see Iowa players bouncing around on the bench?
Answer is not very. KF wants it that way.
 
I knew when they played Sweet Caroline right before the onside kick that Coach Kill was pulling a pink locker room strategy on us.
 
Kill said he only decided to do the onside 30 seconds before they went. He said he saw the Iowa normal return group and last second changed the play...so not like it was a grand plan,but certainly a master stroke.
 
aeischeid said:
iowaboy85 said:
Clayborn said last year after the minny loss, this team has lost its will to win. I believe that has not changed in the players or the coaches. The players look as if they are just going through the motions in wait for the final zeros to hit the scoreboard so they can get on with their day. I have seen this defense show zero emotion on too many occasions. A defense with zero emotion and passion will not stop anyone no matter the talent level. On goal line situations against Minny the D-line were blown off the ball way to much. That show zero heart. There is no leadership from the players. You dont see any of the players look disgusted with they way they are performing. The coaches have lost the will to win. They coach scared. They dont have the killer instinct. Maybe they could talk with Dan Gable and Tom Brands and figure out how to acheive that killer instinct. Until this program begins to get that killer instinct, it will never go anywhere.
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Can you coach lack of execution???
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Well technically you can through good preparation. We were not prepared. Lack of execution can only be blamed on a few plays, such as dropped passes. You can't blame lack of execution for our lack of motivation and play calling/in-game decisions by the staff. The inside kick had nothing to do with execution and our choosing to pass 4 straight downs with plenty of time on the clock when coker was unstoppable has nothing to do with lack of execution.

I'm not saying this is entirely on the staff, but it certainly isn't all on the players... Not even close.

Our preparation for games is absolutely awful when it comes to playing terrible teams that we should beat.
 
I agree with the point about the enthusiam from the Iowa bench. I was sitting directly behind the bench (45 yd line) and was surprised to: 1) see the coaches totally fired up and getting after the players, and 2) with few exceptions the players seemed somewhat indifferent. I have always been under the impression that Ferentz and staff were fairly stoic, no emotion, and I was surprised to see that was/is not the case. Yes, even Captain Kirk. Rip on me if you want, that is what I saw and heard.

storminspank said:
During the entire game, the benches are polar opposites.
The Minnesota staff and players were bouncing around all game, dancing to the music (a bit odd, IMO) and were constantly getting the small number of Gopher fans into it.

The only real enthusiasm I saw from the Iowa bench was on a limited number of specific plays. Morris was trying his best to get the D up after some big stops, credit to him.

Overall, it looked like Minnesota relished the opportunity to take down Iowa, while Iowa was just hoping to get out of Minneapolis with a win.
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Mr. JHHawk -

My comment about Sweet Caroline and the onside kick were purely facetious my friend.......... a little attempt at some humor after a long weekend at a certain football field in Minneapolis.

I wonder if Coach Kill had anything to do with the classy "we hate Iowa" chants that were repeated regularly by the student section.......just kidding (again) but yes I do think he had something to do with that onside kick. ;)
 
At least to me, we seemed to have good effort out there for the most part. I don't think we were as enthusiastic as MN, but I thought I team showed a lot more life than last year. Seemed like there was a desire to win, but the preparation and performance just weren't there. It's not just enough to play hard. You also have to play up to your potential (or at least close to it).

To me, the big things were that 1) we made a great number catastrophic mistakes at the worst possible times, 2) we mentally collapsed after things started going down hill in the 4th quarter, and 3) coaches completely blew it by not having the hands team out there on the onside.
 
Judging by the way Clayborn played much of last year, I thought he lost his "will to win" much earlier than the Minnesota game. I'm just saying ...
 
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