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The Kansas City Chiefs have fired Todd Haley. The Kansas City Chiefs GM is Scott Pioli. Scott Pioli and Kirk Ferentz have a relationship that goes back decades.
It stands to reason that some people are going to throw Ferentz's name at the top of the list for Pioli's Kansas City Chiefs.
Don't sweat it.
First, background on their relationship; read this item from Scott Dochterman from back in August on Pioli's relationship with Ferentz. Dochterman was down in St. Joseph, Missouri covering the Chiefs training camp, as KC has former Hawkeyes Tony Moeaki and Ricky Stanzi on the team.
I suspect Pioli will most definitely contact Ferentz's agent. Ferentz's agent receives a lot of inquiries. His agent may pass that stuff on to Ferentz, or Ferentz may have give the agent a list of people from whom he will take calls from as to set up a wall of deniability.
Meaning that when a media member asks 'have you talked to anyone from XYZ?' Ferentz can honestly say 'No, I have not.'
If Ferentz is asked if his agent has spoken to anyone on his behalf, or fielded calls, Kirk can honestly say that he doesn't know all of the people his agent talks with, and that his agent also represents other clients and talks to a lot of people.
Stuff like that.
Or, Ferentz could have just informed his agent that he is not interested in talking to anyone about anything as he intends to remain at Iowa until he retires.
My guess is most people would not throw up that sort of wall; I think you always have to evaluate choices in life, even if you are perfectly content. There may be times in your life when you throw up that sort of 'not interested' wall, but I don't think that successful people have it up for very long, if at all.
I have no idea where Kirk is at in all of this but I do know one thing for certain and that is he cannot coach his son James for his senior year at Iowa anywhere but at Iowa.
I also know that no amount of money in the world can buy that sort of experience, that extra 18 months.
Kirk Ferentz has made a great deal of money being the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes. The kind of money that would take lifetimes to spend unless you are Charlie Sheen or Bernie Madoff. However, Ferentz doesn't strike me as the frivolous kind of guy.
There are serious demands on your time when you are a head football coach in the Big Ten. There is a price you pay as it relates to family time. I think Ferentz has done the best job he can at spending as much time with his family as possible, but I would guess any coach, when it's all said and done, may have that as one of their few regrets; wishing they had more time to spend with their families.
The fact that Kirk was able to coach his son Brian for five years, I suspect those were some of the most important times in each of their lives. I suspect the same could be said for the time Kirk has been able to spend with James at Iowa these last three and a half years and there is still 18 months to go before James' eligibility is expired.
You cannot buy that sort of thing. You cannot purchase that sort of time.
Kirk's youngest son Steven is a senior at City High in Iowa City. I don't know what his college plans are, but after this spring the Ferentz's won't have any more children in high school and all of their children will have graduated from City High.
Get ready for the ESPN's of the world to throw Ferentz's name around for the KC job. It's going to happen and it's already begun.
However, I just don't see it happening and I don't see Kirk giving up the next 18 months with his son at Iowa. I just happen to believe that the University of Iowa is where Kirk is going to retire from and am not going to get too worked up over the Kansas City Chiefs head coaching vacancy, despite the ties Ferentz has with Pioli.
It stands to reason that some people are going to throw Ferentz's name at the top of the list for Pioli's Kansas City Chiefs.
Don't sweat it.
First, background on their relationship; read this item from Scott Dochterman from back in August on Pioli's relationship with Ferentz. Dochterman was down in St. Joseph, Missouri covering the Chiefs training camp, as KC has former Hawkeyes Tony Moeaki and Ricky Stanzi on the team.
I suspect Pioli will most definitely contact Ferentz's agent. Ferentz's agent receives a lot of inquiries. His agent may pass that stuff on to Ferentz, or Ferentz may have give the agent a list of people from whom he will take calls from as to set up a wall of deniability.
Meaning that when a media member asks 'have you talked to anyone from XYZ?' Ferentz can honestly say 'No, I have not.'
If Ferentz is asked if his agent has spoken to anyone on his behalf, or fielded calls, Kirk can honestly say that he doesn't know all of the people his agent talks with, and that his agent also represents other clients and talks to a lot of people.
Stuff like that.
Or, Ferentz could have just informed his agent that he is not interested in talking to anyone about anything as he intends to remain at Iowa until he retires.
My guess is most people would not throw up that sort of wall; I think you always have to evaluate choices in life, even if you are perfectly content. There may be times in your life when you throw up that sort of 'not interested' wall, but I don't think that successful people have it up for very long, if at all.
I have no idea where Kirk is at in all of this but I do know one thing for certain and that is he cannot coach his son James for his senior year at Iowa anywhere but at Iowa.
I also know that no amount of money in the world can buy that sort of experience, that extra 18 months.
Kirk Ferentz has made a great deal of money being the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes. The kind of money that would take lifetimes to spend unless you are Charlie Sheen or Bernie Madoff. However, Ferentz doesn't strike me as the frivolous kind of guy.
There are serious demands on your time when you are a head football coach in the Big Ten. There is a price you pay as it relates to family time. I think Ferentz has done the best job he can at spending as much time with his family as possible, but I would guess any coach, when it's all said and done, may have that as one of their few regrets; wishing they had more time to spend with their families.
The fact that Kirk was able to coach his son Brian for five years, I suspect those were some of the most important times in each of their lives. I suspect the same could be said for the time Kirk has been able to spend with James at Iowa these last three and a half years and there is still 18 months to go before James' eligibility is expired.
You cannot buy that sort of thing. You cannot purchase that sort of time.
Kirk's youngest son Steven is a senior at City High in Iowa City. I don't know what his college plans are, but after this spring the Ferentz's won't have any more children in high school and all of their children will have graduated from City High.
Get ready for the ESPN's of the world to throw Ferentz's name around for the KC job. It's going to happen and it's already begun.
However, I just don't see it happening and I don't see Kirk giving up the next 18 months with his son at Iowa. I just happen to believe that the University of Iowa is where Kirk is going to retire from and am not going to get too worked up over the Kansas City Chiefs head coaching vacancy, despite the ties Ferentz has with Pioli.
