greghammel
Well-Known Member
It has become a tradition of Iowa to sit on the ball to the delight of the opposing team to end the first half. Iowa just takes knees and says... here you go? Why waste the opportunity? It is SMUG and costly. Then when Iowa is up by 10+ we gladly let the team score if they are willing to take small chunks of yardage doing so... which forces them into a desperation onside kick while we ASSUME the other team will just kick the ball to us to take a KNEE and waste clock again. We coach a team to play like cowards. It is really ridiculous and humiliating to watch our team lose to teams like Iowa State and Minnesota.
Teams like that will not admit it, but it MAKES their SEASON. Both of those teams could win one game, but beating Iowa was their main goal. Until Iowa unloads and plays to win these games... we will continue to get what we are getting. Something needs to change. We need someone to put a bug into the ear of Kirk... does he not get it? He has become SMUG. Thinking that teams will just be glad to not be humiliated and willing to lose in a close game.
Kirk is a great man... but his coaching has been miserable the last few years and getting worse. I don't know why? Even announcers are confused by his TAKING a knee strategy and POOR clock mgmt skills.
Teams like that will not admit it, but it MAKES their SEASON. Both of those teams could win one game, but beating Iowa was their main goal. Until Iowa unloads and plays to win these games... we will continue to get what we are getting. Something needs to change. We need someone to put a bug into the ear of Kirk... does he not get it? He has become SMUG. Thinking that teams will just be glad to not be humiliated and willing to lose in a close game.
Kirk is a great man... but his coaching has been miserable the last few years and getting worse. I don't know why? Even announcers are confused by his TAKING a knee strategy and POOR clock mgmt skills.
