Is what I hope 75% of you are doing in December when these coaching changes pan out and we actually win some games this year. None of you may be excited about these changes but I bet all of these coaches will be looking to show why they've got. All that matters is if the coaches are excited and I think we'll see a few new wrinkles on D and on O.
Eating Crow.
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bucksnducks
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How often does it work to switch coaching positions from one side to the other?? Why not hire someone with direct coaching ties to that specific position?
deanvogs
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NewMex and the bunch like him are HOPING they can shove this in your face in Dec. also, after the Hawks have suffered another embarrassing 7-5 season and are heading to the Insight bowl once again!
storminspank
Justin VanLaere
I am on record saying that I like this internal promotion.
NewMex and the bunch like him are HOPING they can shove this in your face in Dec. also, after the Hawks have suffered another embarrassing 7-5 season and are heading to the Insight bowl once again!
or we go 0-12 and mass suicides begin.
NewMex and the bunch like him are HOPING they can shove this in your face in Dec. also, after the Hawks have suffered another embarrassing 7-5 season and are heading to the Insight bowl once again!
I think most of us expect 2012 to be a little rough. We are young on the D-line, and lost some key people on both sides of the ball. So if we go 7-5, I really hope people don't start blaming it on these internal hires. If anything, blame the head coach for some of the chaos the last couple of years. With that said, we have had a couple of strong recruiting classes, and I am confident we can have some strong seasons in the near future.
DexterMorgan
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Put me on that record as well.
Wasn't campbell previously a different position coach earlier in his career?
storminspank
Justin VanLaere
He coached RBs previously. He was also assistant HC at UM.
Hawkfromnorwalk
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Why is it both sides of the argument seem to be damn near militant?
And he just developed the two best wideouts in the history of our school. Id say there's an example of a successful situation.
Very open-minded answer, well put.
So your going on record that you will eat serious crow if these moves work.
NewMexHawk
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I hope the hawks have a great season, win the B1G, win the B1G title, and end up in a BCS Bowl. I am still a Hawk fan and have been for more than 55 years...I just have no expectations for the Iowa football program anymore...
I have just tempered all of my expectations and just don't expect much more than a 7 win season with this staff any more regardless of the talent we have, that's all. I just refuse to get excited anymore at the beginning of the season only to be disappointed by losing to the likes of the Iowa States, Minnesotas, Indianas, and so forth who ruin what would otherwise be a fine season. Especially now that the rest of the B1G knows how to beat Iowa and this staff will do nothing different.
I just refuse to sit here and jump on a bandwagon with many others and shout and tell everyone how great a coach Ferentz is when he is average at best. Great coaches adapt to a changing game, which is what college football is doing. Ferentz is the Tom Davis of college football...he plays one way, and one way only. Adapting to a changing landscape is not in Ferentz's playbook, regardless what happens. He could be a great coach but he will remain an average coach because of his stubborness and his refusal to adapt even a little bit.
I have accepted that...that is Ferentz but I don't have to cheer about it and make excuses for him. Iowa will be an average or below average team in the B1G in the coming years but most Iowa fans are more than happy with that. On occasion, Iowa will get lucky and have a better than average year and fans will toot Ferentz's horn and call him a truly great coach because he is at lowly Iowa and Barta will want to give him another big pay raise.
That's just the way it is...
I have just tempered all of my expectations and just don't expect much more than a 7 win season with this staff any more regardless of the talent we have, that's all. I just refuse to get excited anymore at the beginning of the season only to be disappointed by losing to the likes of the Iowa States, Minnesotas, Indianas, and so forth who ruin what would otherwise be a fine season. Especially now that the rest of the B1G knows how to beat Iowa and this staff will do nothing different.
I just refuse to sit here and jump on a bandwagon with many others and shout and tell everyone how great a coach Ferentz is when he is average at best. Great coaches adapt to a changing game, which is what college football is doing. Ferentz is the Tom Davis of college football...he plays one way, and one way only. Adapting to a changing landscape is not in Ferentz's playbook, regardless what happens. He could be a great coach but he will remain an average coach because of his stubborness and his refusal to adapt even a little bit.
I have accepted that...that is Ferentz but I don't have to cheer about it and make excuses for him. Iowa will be an average or below average team in the B1G in the coming years but most Iowa fans are more than happy with that. On occasion, Iowa will get lucky and have a better than average year and fans will toot Ferentz's horn and call him a truly great coach because he is at lowly Iowa and Barta will want to give him another big pay raise.
That's just the way it is...
1hawkeye1
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B instead of Be? Nice!Let it b so written. And add me to it.
I'm actually not upset about PP taking over DC. The timing was awful and, essentially, hung PP out to dry. Now everyone gets to second guess whether he was the first choice or the only one left after the dust settled. Doesn't seem fair to him.
I have a bigger worry about Wilson to DBs. Not sure why but special teams preformance doesn't help. Morris doesn't seem to have progressed like I'd hoped either.
I have a bigger worry about Wilson to DBs. Not sure why but special teams preformance doesn't help. Morris doesn't seem to have progressed like I'd hoped either.
