Dankin Gone

[NorthKCHawk]

I don't understand why there is a belief that Iowa won't make a good hire to replace Woods. With one glaring exception, KF is generally pretty thoughtful and spot on in his hiring.

That said, this business is about relationships and I assume he is following Woods. It is what it is. Go back to Melbourne and get a new one.

 

[SwirlinLingerie]

I don't understand why there is a belief that Iowa won't make a good hire to replace Woods. With one glaring exception, KF is generally pretty thoughtful and spot on in his hiring.

That said, this business is about relationships and I assume he is following Woods. It is what it is. Go back to Melbourne and get a new one.

I hope so. Special teams were pretty bad in the few years before Kirk gave Woods the job. I think Woods did an uncommonly good job...almost everything he touched turned to gold in special teams, from kickers to punters to returners. We started to take it for granted. And if it was as easy as just grabbing another punter from Australia, then every college team would have a good punter from Australia.

I'm worried that Kirk will try to replicate what he did with Woods, thinking he can take any good coach without ST coaching experience and they will be able to figure it out. Maybe they do, maybe they don't.

My hope is that Woods has elevated special teams enough at Iowa that it is a highly sought position. I don't know what the market is for ST coordinator, but I'd think it'd be a worthy use of funds to pay top 10 in the country for the position. If Iowa wants to win in the margins, then devote an appropriate piece of the pie to special teams. That'd be my preference - find a candidate with an impressive background in special teams already.

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

If you were a good punter, why wouldn’t you have Iowa in your top possibilities. Idk any other teams that will punt it like the hawks do.

 

[Zstatman]

I don't blame Dakins for going. He had a good but not great year, IMO. I don't see him in the NFL unless he improves greatly and I don't know that I see that.

In this day and age, a college player can make a lot of money via NIL, a lot more than not making the NFL.

I would be happy to see Desmond King get ST..........

 

[SwirlinLingerie]

I don't blame Dakins for going. He had a good but not great year, IMO. I don't see him in the NFL unless he improves greatly and I don't know that I see that.

In this day and age, a college player can make a lot of money via NIL, a lot more than not making the NFL.

I would be happy to see Desmond King get ST..........

when has kirk ever hired a guy without experience as a full time coaching assistant, much less as a coordinator?

 

[trj]

I don't understand why there is a belief that Iowa won't make a good hire to replace Woods. With one glaring exception, KF is generally pretty thoughtful and spot on in his hiring.

That said, this business is about relationships and I assume he is following Woods. It is what it is. Go back to Melbourne and get a new one.

The one glaring exception is huge. You might also get push back from some for the Tim Polasek and Greg Davis hires, but your overall point is spot on.

Kick the tires on Drew Miller, and see if he wants to come on home.

 

[kameltoez102]

The one glaring exception is huge. You might also get push back from some for the Tim Polasek and Greg Davis hires, but your overall point is spot on.

Kick the tires on Drew Miller, and see if he wants to come on home.

The way it sounded on the Locked On podcast they thought the hire was going to be a promotion from within. They also believe the kicker from one of the Dakota Schools is already a done deal. Miller came up but I know in another forum his dad used to post and stated his main reason to go to Georgia was academics. Can’t remember the field but it was something Iowa either didn’t offer or was not as good