Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

[BSpringsteen]

The people calling for KF's head are nuts (right now.) It isn't because of his past W-L record as I believe that is far less impressive than he gets credit for. It is because of his ability to spot talent, and coach it up. The coaching errors all season are correctable and as KF improves in these areas, we'll get better and better.

That being said, does anyone really think that KF isn't about to watch the entire season and start looking at patterns? Do you think he is happy about this? Do you think he isn't looking inward just a little bit?

A few years back, he refused to play true freshmen, and would play seniors regardless of talent (Grigsby anyone?)

This year we played 11 TRUE FRESHMEN. The guy can change, he can realize that he has to adjust and adapt.

As Jon says he currently doesn't allow for stars to be stars, and I think this includes his schemes.

That is what he needs to do. Adjust his schemes to allow his best players to clearly be the best players on the field.

The best players on the field this year, DJK, Stanzi, Claybor, Ballard and likely Sash were just other players, not the superstars they should be.

Make no mistake, the talent was in place this year to make a run at a national championship. 7-5 is a COACHING FAILURE almost entirely.

The clock management failures, the fakes, the guy fell asleep at the wheel.

These are all correctable mistakes, so to suggest that KF is so stubborn as to watch everything he has built up go down the drain in the next two years, and yes get fired unceremoniously in another two years because he is too stubborn, I would argue is simply too ignorant.

 

[twinhawkfans]

The people calling for KF's head are nuts (right now.) It isn't because of his past W-L record as I believe that is far less impressive than he gets credit for. It is because of his ability to spot talent, and coach it up. The coaching errors all season are correctable and as KF improves in these areas, we'll get better and better.

That being said, does anyone really think that KF isn't about to watch the entire season and start looking at patterns? Do you think he is happy about this? Do you think he isn't looking inward just a little bit?

A few years back, he refused to play true freshmen, and would play seniors regardless of talent (Grigsby anyone?)

This year we played 11 TRUE FRESHMEN. The guy can change, he can realize that he has to adjust and adapt.

As Jon says he currently doesn't allow for stars to be stars, and I think this includes his schemes.

That is what he needs to do. Adjust his schemes to allow his best players to clearly be the best players on the field.

The best players on the field this year, DJK, Stanzi, Claybor, Ballard and likely Sash were just other players, not the superstars they should be.

Make no mistake, the talent was in place this year to make a run at a national championship. 7-5 is a COACHING FAILURE almost entirely.

The clock management failures, the fakes, the guy fell asleep at the wheel.

These are all correctable mistakes, so to suggest that KF is so stubborn as to watch everything he has built up go down the drain in the next two years, and yes get fired unceremoniously in another two years because he is too stubborn, I would argue is simply too ignorant.

+10000. Kirk is a great developer of talent, as you said. he makes football players out of average athletes. (angerer, greenway, reisner, the list goes on). He will look at whats happened and make adjustments. too intelligent not to. Stick with him, we'll be ok. JMO

 

[TChawk]

Kirk might develop talent, but he sure can't coach them at all on gameday.

 

[tweeterhawk]

I don't think most people are calling for KF's head, particularly if he will finally take ownership of weaknesses in his program and start to address them. In the past he has seemed largely unwilling to do that.

- New, innovative HCs and OCs are tearing up Iowa's rigid "bend, don't break" approach on defense. Recruit speedsters to play man-to-man defense and teach them how to play the positions.
- Once again Iowa had a very talented stable of receivers and tight ends that could have carried the bulk of the offense. Yet KF/KOK ran a pretty predictable balanced offensive attack, the same they've employed for years.
- If Iowa did not have the starting QB to run a pass-heavy offense, was one sitting on the bench? Hmmm.
- Do KF/KOK believe in a no-huddle, two-minute offense? Do they practice it? How handy would an effective two-minute plan been in several games this year? And previous years.
- Clock management continues to be an issue.
- Special teams play continues to be an issue.
- Kicking. Other than Nate Kaeding, why do we continue to seem to struggle at this position? How many games relied on the foot of a walk-on, freshman placekicker?