Compassion for the Apologists

[HawkeyeWalker]

Actually I hope the Univ of Iowa someday gets what it is paying for. I'm not in the group that wants what's best for a coach at the expense of the Univ. I think you may have moved a little on this topic judging from your recent posts. It's never good for a human to worship another human as a God. They tried it in Germany and it didn't work out so well.

I put no individual above the University, no matter how much you repeat it. Not Kirk, not Hayden(although I did name my daughter after him), not even Nile (tried to name my daughter's twin brother after Nile, wife wouldn't go for it).

 

[BigD]

It does happen. And it sometimes happens when expectations are high, as ours were for this year with what we had coming back and with what some of the changes KF "kind of" made last year. We were hoping for more progression in what we saw last year (going for points at end of half was one of the biggest for me).

The issue most of us are having is that it's been a pattern with KF and let downs. It seems like when the chips are down, KF manages to pull out a decent season and tease us all with what can be (not saying 12-0 every year). Instead, we have gone so far backward this year that no one can figure out how the #%#% we won all of regular season games.

We are not OSU, MI, AL. But I think we can be MSU, WI, OK, hell, even NE before last year. Where barring major injuries or horrible off recruiting cycles, we finish at worst 8-4.

Know many of us bring it up, but WI and MSU have taken advantage of so many circumstances. OSU NCAA penalties, MI football being down to help with some success, but they continue to win 9-10-11 games a season....with the occasional stinker season thrown in.

I know I'd take WI results over ours the past 5-7 years. Same with MSU

What is our excuse for such average football when these schools have the same limitations as us? To me it comes down to recruiting and schemes/coaching. These other schools dont' accept 7-5 as good as it gets. They demand championships, and they have delivered on that (conference)

So yes while a down year does happen to a lot of schools, it seems like we have it more often than not. Our outlier is the good season.

Very well said DBA. A thumbs up on this post!!!

 

[hawkdrummer1]

It's like having a junkie brother. You may not want him to die in a ditch, but you want him to hit his rock bottom so that he will want to change. Last summer, our junkie brother went to rehab and seemed to be making great strides in his life. But now he is hanging out with his old crew and falling back into the same routine.

He completed rehab with the help of a lot of friends, put on a good face and things seemed to fall into line for him. But as soon as he got a little money in the bank and a sense that he was out of trouble he was destined to relapse, especially with his enabler Gary living right next door. He's still every bit as "sick" as he was in 2014.

 

[tksirius]

I put no individual above the University, no matter how much you repeat it. Not Kirk, not Hayden(although I did name my daughter after him), not even Nile (tried to name my daughter's twin brother after Nile, wife wouldn't go for it).

I get a feeling that you argue with yourself quite a bit.

 

[HuckFinn]

So to summarize, you're a big fan of KF, but you don't like his offense or his defense.

You are basically right. But, to be clear, I would say that he needs desperately to make changes to his offense and defense, which many other coaches with pro style offenses have made, and those who run base defenses have also adjusted. See: MSU, W, M, OSU, NE, and many others. Never been a fan of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

 

[HawkeyeWalker]

I get a feeling that you argue with yourself quite a bit.

I'll admit it. Guilty. But I always end up being right.

 

[Joshbrown]

Sighhhh....once again little old JoshBrown is a coming at me.

HN has grown to be a place where irrational thoughts and childish rants reign supreme, and Josh you are the poster boy of this.

I have criticized KF many times, Greg Davis, the staff, game plans, offensive and defensive strategies and the like. Yet it seems it is never enough for the haters like you. If it isn't over the top and childish, it just isn't enough. You can keep coming with the childish rants, and attacks at me, and I will just keep swatting you away like the annoying little pest that you are.

Come at me bro . . . like a Spidermonkey. Seriously, how have you been swatting me down?