Forbes - Iowa can afford to.....

[chicagomod11]

Is this the sequel to The Producers or college football's version of the profitable Chicago Cubs? It should be noted that the performance has caught up with the Cubs attendance.

Max Bialystock: Don't you see, darling Bloom, glorious Bloom? It's so simple. STEP ONE: We find the worst play ever written, a surefire flop. STEP TWO: I raise a million bucks. Lots of little old ladies out there. STEP THREE: You go back to work on the books, two of them - one for the government, one for us. You can do it, Bloom; you're a wizard! STEP FOUR: We open on Broadway. And before you can say STEP FIVE, we *close* on Broadway! STEP SIX: We take our million bucks and fly to *Rio!*

 

[seepig]

The thing that is hard to stomach is watching a new coach during 1st year or two and wondering if he'll get the program to take flight. There were people howling to Fire KF in year 1 and 2 if I recall correctly. Then things started to turn in 2000.

you always give the new guy 3 three years to implementthe new strategy with his players. While KF struggles year 1 and 2 it was clear that Hayden's group had left the cupboard bare. Hard to comprehend how you can have 4-8 seasons AFTER 11-2 Orange Bowl year. The recruiting has slipped if you look at 24-7 sports we seem to only have success pulling FCS recruits or MAC previous commited recruits in the fold...this is NOT a recipe for success in the mediocre Big 10. Especially when you run pro-style and I sets on offense.

 

[blkngldFRO]

here is an even better article from Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevintrahan/2014/09/17/the-big-tens-inferiority-complex/

It address the "Were just Iowa and we just cant do any better...shucks!"

 

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

here is an even better article from Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevintrahan/2014/09/17/the-big-tens-inferiority-complex/

It address the "Were just Iowa and we just cant do any better...shucks!"

WTH...When did Forbes get in on the sports coaching "hotseat" business. Two similar articles in a week? Not that these guys are that far off the mark, but what's up at Forbes? Are these guys bona fide national journalists, or just paid bloggers?

 

[hwk23]

Why can't we spend $1 million (whatever it takes ) to get a top notch OC? Preferably one that fits KFs style, maybe Joe Rudolph the OC for Pitt. He was a guard in the NFL so maybe he could persuade KF to change our blocking scheme. Also, maybe bring in a better QB coach.

 

[MoseSchrute]

you always give the new guy 3 three years to implementthe new strategy with his players. While KF struggles year 1 and 2 it was clear that Hayden's group had left the cupboard bare. Hard to comprehend how you can have 4-8 seasons AFTER 11-2 Orange Bowl year. The recruiting has slipped if you look at 24-7 sports we seem to only have success pulling FCS recruits or MAC previous commited recruits in the fold...this is NOT a recipe for success in the mediocre Big 10. Especially when you run pro-style and I sets on offense.

Which is a big part of why we struggle against these very teams. Iowa seemingly doesn't win too many recruiting battles versus its B1G peers.

 

[KCHawkeye]

[ youQUOTE=STILLBUSTER;1329119]Whoever continues to believe this perpetuates a disrespect and disservice to Iowa football. It's such a myopic speculation that disregards the condition of and resources available to the Iowa football program. Not to mention, it's just a flat-out false comparison.

Only bad fans with little pride in their football team would buy into such a fallacy that promotes clinging to known futility and underachieving mediocrity rather than striving for performance commensurate with capability.[/QUOTE]


Your professors must have hated seeing you coming, Still.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Jury isn't out on Fran as far as I'm concerned - he's a gamer.

Were you saying that after The March Skid...er...Slide?

 

[hawkeyebob62]

By this logic Oregon isn't a big draw because it only has 8-10 years of real success. You assume we would fall back to the Lauterbur years. Hayden Fry put a basement in how bad we can suck.

First, quit with the Oregon/Alabama/etc comparisons. You failed elsewhere with your Sandusky comparison.

Those programs are hardly legit, are constantly fighting off and fending off NCAA allegations by hook AND crook, and draw from larger population areas.

A good idea for you might be to stop trolling the KF hatred. You don't like him. We get it. Similar to how most of us don't like you all that much because you troll, post nothing constructive and are steeped in how much KF is paid and how all us idiot types are happy with mediocrity.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Don't take a chance because you might fail. The athletic department and kirk supporters seem to have the same philosophy as Kirk himself.

(Sigh) OK, sport, tell us who we should hire. Tell KF how to handle his staff. See how well that works out...

 

[KCHawkeye]

There is lies the rub.Do we stay with KF brand of bland football that wins enough games to make a bowl .Loses to teams it has no business losing to and upsets teams sometimes. I guess as long as season attendance is high and donations keep pouring in.We stay with the safe comfy worn out blanket.

KF will leave on his own term. But, when he does leave, that is when we will probably make a bad hire? So, it doesn't make any difference, right?

 

[jacknicholson]

Isn't the main reason that people don't think Bielema will be fired at Arkansas is because his buyout is too high for Arkansas right now? Is there any precedent for a school in Iowa's position (in this hypothetical) splitting the buyout with a school that would like to get rid of the coach but can't afford the whole buyout? In comparing Arkansas and Iowa in this situation, neither side would really have much leverage against the other; Iowa wants their coach, Arkansas wants to get rid of him but can't afford to fire him.

As much as I disliked Bielema while he was at Wisconsin, he'd be the right fit for the program. He's got a strong track record in the B1G, he's an alum, and he was a big reason for our recruiting success in Florida in the late '90s/early 2000s. If he could come in and get that pipeline built up again, that would be fantastic.

Might be destiny itself. He does have a Tiger Hawk tattoo.....

 

[jacknicholson]

If it takes 3/4 years for a new coach to succeed, it might be better to let KF ride his contract out. He is due for another run of good teams. There is a pattern and hopefully it will happen again.....

However, that might not happen with GD at the offensive helm.....

The Pitt game will be quite telling.....

You know they will be skyhigh after The Comeback....

There will be some vicious hits this Saturday....

 

[HawkIMalaise]

Which is a big part of why we struggle against these very teams. Iowa seemingly doesn't win too many recruiting battles versus its B1G peers.

Iowa would have to try first. Name one reason you'd want to play for this smug *****, who will keep you on bench when you have more athletic ability than the guy playing ahead of you. That guy simply playing because of seniority. The only reason we go after MAC guys is because it's easy to recruit those guys because no power conference teams want them. Doesn't require Kirk to use his wonderful personality to have to woo over these guys.

 

[HawkIMalaise]

If it takes 3/4 years for a new coach to succeed, it might be better to let KF ride his contract out. He is due for another run of good teams. There is a pattern and hopefully it will happen again.....

However, that might not happen with GD at the offensive helm.....

The Pitt game will be quite telling.....

You know they will be skyhigh after The Comeback....

There will be some vicious hits this Saturday....

I like how you, Golfer, Ankle and the rest of the dirty knee crowd refuse to acknowledge offensive production under Kirk has been a crap sandwich since he has been here. Jon Miller pointed this out earlier this week. Kirk would "blue screen" if he was on a Baylor or Oregon sideline. Total mental melt down.