Gred Davis, the King of killing drives

deanvogs

deanvogs

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I am so sick of his play calling. Wisconsin ran the ball all day long and was pretty ineffective at it, but KEPT running the ball. At one point Clement had 30 carries for 90 yards (3.0 YPC) he ended with 35 carries for a 3.8 YPC avg. Wadley had 10 carries for a 4.4 YPC average and Daniels 10 carries for 3.5. As Wisconsin proved, those averages can win if you actually commit to th run.

Greg Davis absolutely kills drives cause he won't commit to the run.

2nd drive of the game we run it 4 times and pass it once and have gotten 2 1st downs. We then come out on 1st and 10 and throw an incomplete pass, pass for 3 yards and throw and incomplete pass and have to punt. Drive killed by GD

3rd drive of the game we run it 2 times and we have 3rd and 2. Once again incomplete pass and a punt. Drive killed by GD

4th drive of the games Wadley runs for 8, Wadley runs for 4 and we have a first down. GD then calls for a pass which is incomplete, a pass that is incomplete and a pass that CJ scrambles for 6 yards. Drive killed by GD

5th drive of the game was killed by Kittle and his false start on 3rd and less than a yard.

Good play calling on the 6th drive, We had the ball and drove the field in 50 seconds to get a FG.

1st drive of 2nd half. Run by Daniels for 5 yards, Daniels fumble, but we get a 1st down. Backward pass to McCarron?? WTF was that on our own side of the field? Pass, Pass, Punt. Drive killed by GD

2nd drive of 2nd half. Run, Pass, Pass, Punt

3rd drive of 2nd half. Pass, Run, Run (Daniels stopped on 3rd and 1). Not bad play calling, the offense didn't execute, we should get 1 yard on a 3rd down play

4th drive of 2nd half. Run, pass, pass, Punt. Drive killed by GD

5th drive of 2nd half. All passes pretty much, moved to the 20 yard line and we try a FG when down. Greg Davis did his job, KF killed this drive. We should have run on 3rd and 5 and gone for it on 4th down even if it was 4th and 5. Wisconsin's D was killing us, and KF goes for these all the time. Yet the one time he should for sure go for it, he tried for a FG, so that we are then FORCED to get a TD to win the game. It wasn't like 2 FG was gonna tie or win it. BAD, BAD, BAD, Idiotic decision.

Greg Davis or KF personally killed 6 of Iowa's drives IMO. Greg Davis has been doing this for 5 years now. He is awful and I have been saying so for 5 years now.
 
I agree. One drive I remember that puzzled me was early in the game, maybe the hawks first possesion in the second qtr. The hawks took over on about their own 10 yard line and ran the ball twice and had a 3rd and two. IIRC the 3rd down formation was shotgun, which I abhor in any very short yardage situation, and they had a lame pass call out of the bunch formation that wisky had smothered. No other receivers made any moves, McCarron was covered, and CJ basically threw the ball in the ground by McCarron. No hard play action from under center after running two times for 8 yards as I dont mind passing on third and short but not this way.

Our tendencies out of various formations are so obvious, we have very little counter action which drives me crazy.
 
It is not only GD's lack of commitment to the run it is his overall passing scheme that doesn't work.

I understand Iowa has to play the field position game and for the most part I am okay with that. That being said, this year they have had opportunities with great field position and simply have not been able to take advantage. Happen again yesterday had the ball at the Wisky 48, 3 plays and punted. DK has been terrific in punt returns setting Iowa up with good field position it has been hit or miss if Iowa has taken advantage.
 
It's worse than all that. He goes play-action on plays like 3rd-and-a-mile, or 1st-and-10 deep in or own territory before we have either established our run game or seen ANY evidence that our WRs can get open. Or, he runs three straight Daniels plays into the ass of our RT. That works against Purdue or Miami/OH. Against Wisconsin? Not so much.

That f-ing "horizontal" passing game is the worst. It has nothing to do with "speed", it has to do with when/how you run it. It CAN be effective...when done right. When you run it to a guy who has no other receivers/TEs/RBs to help with flow? Not so much.

We all sat yesterday at our game watch and did the usual "Pre-call". We were astounded that, when calling for an obvious GD-type moron play, we almost got worse plays than we expected.

The waste of King's kickoff return is but a symptom. KOK, for all his faults, would NEVER have let a good return like that go to waste.

I know the old, "He-does-what-Kirk-tells-him-to-do". I don't buy that. But I DO buy into "stubborn" Kirk keeping bad assistants around too long (Kaz, GD).

Basically, the experiment hasn't worked consistently. In any way.
 
My biggest issue with GD is the passing scheme. It doesn't work, at least not at Iowa. Too many things have to go right, and when they don't, which is likely, a lot of talent is necessary to overcome that.

Just look at JVB and Rudock stats from Jr. To Sr. year with different OCs.
 
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When Iowa runs the ball on first down
hwk23 said:
My biggest issue with GD is the passing scheme. It doesn't work, at least not at Iowa. Too many things have to go right, and when they don't, which is likely, a lot of talent is necessary to overcome that.

Just look at JVB and Rudock stats from Jr. To Sr. year with different OCs.
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I have been saying the same thing since he got here. For me this isn't a "this year" thing or the Wisconsin game gripe. I have been saying it from the beginning.
 
I "like" all of these posts. Davis must go. Each play seems to be completely independent of every other play. What is it that Iowa tries to achieve on offense? Establish the run? Unless it works right away, like at Purdue, it doesn't seem like they commit to it. Test the secondary? Not likely, unless throwing the ball horizontally is your thing, which also never seems to be establishing anything else. If that's not on the coordinator, then there is no accountability.

I'd like to hear from someone who thinks Davis is doing a good job at Iowa, and the reasons behind it.
 
homes said:
I "like" all of these posts. Davis must go. Each play seems to be completely independent of every other play. What is it that Iowa tries to achieve on offense? Establish the run? Unless it works right away, like at Purdue, it doesn't seem like they commit to it. Test the secondary? Not likely, unless throwing the ball horizontally is your thing, which also never seems to be establishing anything else. If that's not on the coordinator, then there is no accountability.

I'd like to hear from someone who thinks Davis is doing a good job at Iowa, and the reasons behind it.
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That's just it even die hard KF supporters know he is a bad fit. Of course only one guy matters and he has his approval.
 
Davis's offensive playbook is the equal of a magic eight ball that has no real magic at all.

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