That is wild man....wild. More power to ya, but man, wanting it so badly for a program that routinely is one of the best in the sport (and % have only climbed as of late) at winning ball games is super wild to me. It's weird.
Like politicians, coaches often stay on longer than they should.
But we all know KF is going to retire at some point and most likely in a few years if not after this one. With the state of where the offense is, whose to say it shouldn't happen now if is going happen anyway. I feel now Iowa is at the crossroads with getting decent recruits to commit on the offensive side of the ball. I also realize Iowa has had two coaches in the last 45 years with winning % around .620 which is pretty good at Iowa when looking historically.
You're looking backwards. I'm looking forward. This season combined with the previous few are just cratering the reputation of this program. They are becoming a laughing stock. Perception is reality to recruits. And the perception is Iowa is the worst D1 program to go to if you want to play offense. (Stats are pretty much confirming it) How the heck can they recruit going forward like this? QBs don't get developed. WRs don't even get used or developed. That's just unsustainable now.
Not rooting to lose.
Iowa attracted some top end talent in the portal this offseason, right after having statistically one of the worst years ever. Iowa is going to be able to compete with NIL. I am not worried about attracting top talent to a program that puts 4 to 5 guys into the NFL draft every season. You shouldn't be either
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Iowa is also one good coaching hire from being the next Iowa 1979 - 1991.But we all know KF is going to retire at some point and most likely in a few years if not after this one. With the state of where the offense is, whose to say it shouldn't happen now if is going happen anyway. I feel now Iowa is at the crossroads with getting decent recruits to commit on the offensive side of the ball. I also realize Iowa has had two coaches in the last 45 years with winning % around .620 which is pretty good at Iowa when looking historically.
I looked at the list of coaches at Iowa and records. There have been 23 other coaches prior to Hayden Fry and most those coaches were only at the helm for 1-5 years, with some around 8 yrs.
People who think everything is just going to be great if we just changed to a new coach need to be careful. Many are not old enough to appreciate the struggles of all the years prior to 1979. Iowa is one bad coaching hire of being the next Indiana or NW, to be honest, especially with the landscape of the conference changing. I also put that into perspective, but again, we know KF will retire at some point so it is coming.
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Yep, and they will have to be doing the hire relatively soon anyway.
Cade fell in their lap with All tied to him at the hip. Do you think it's a sustainable thing that Iowa can continue to get others? Because I don't. What's Brown done so far is he even on the team still? Anderson? Parker? Anderson is the only one playing and his biggest play was pretty much the first one he played this yr and that's been it. Feth is doing ok I'll give ya that. Not great but he's been ok.
As someone who has experienced entirely too many coaches on this list, I would like to respond to your reference the the pivotal year of 1979.But we all know KF is going to retire at some point and most likely in a few years if not after this one. With the state of where the offense is, whose to say it shouldn't happen now if is going happen anyway. I feel now Iowa is at the crossroads with getting decent recruits to commit on the offensive side of the ball. I also realize Iowa has had two coaches in the last 45 years with winning % around .620 which is pretty good at Iowa when looking historically.
I looked at the list of coaches at Iowa and records. There have been 23 other coaches prior to Hayden Fry and most those coaches were only at the helm for 1-5 years, with some around 8 yrs.
People who think everything is just going to be great if we just changed to a new coach need to be careful. Many are not old enough to appreciate the struggles of all the years prior to 1979. Iowa is one bad coaching hire of being the next Indiana or NW, to be honest, especially with the landscape of the conference changing. I also put that into perspective, but again, we know KF will retire at some point so it is coming.
List of Iowa Hawkeyes head football coaches - Wikipedia
I'm fine with status quo because it's yeilding tremendous results for the university of Iowa. I think with NIL and a coaching staff in place that knows who they are and how to win ball games is more than enough to be sustainable. Any recruiter worth his shit is going to be able to recruit talent to a team that plays in the B1G. Iowa has great tradition, resources and boosters in place. That's not going anywhere while Iowa is winning 70% of their games. If the status quo starts not adding up and Iowa is suddenly struggling to win 70% of their games, I will have my pitch fork ready to stand right next to you. But to hope a team that's 11-3 over the last calendar year loses, that's tough man. That's a standard that is a little to high for me based on the history of our program and the reality of where Iowa lands in the pecking order of college football.
Iowa was 5-4 in the B10 last year.
To say "Wrong", I would hope that you are level headed enough to know that I am not even remotely "wrong". There's a West trophy still this season right? It's on the line and Iowa can still win it right? As an Iowa fan I want to win the last West Trophy. MN and WI both still have to play TOSU. We own the tiebreaker over WI. Iowa has a lot to play for still. Some unsolicited advice though, save your "wrongs" for when someone is actually wrong about something and it will be more impactful.
lol Iowa is 6-2, this cliff is manageable buddy, its more like a big hill.
Winning the division always has been and always woulda been a 2nd tier participation trophy. Winning the conference and getting to the playoffs should be the goal. Not just the West. And winning the conference has always been damn near a pipe dream with how far away Iowa is from beating OSU, Michigan and PSU lately. You do realize that the winner of the West is at best the 4th team in the conference this yr and several others? How's that something to brag about?
But as Colin Cowturd used to infer in the 2015 season, If Iowa went on to make the BIG Championship game, it would feel like Iowa has been using a fake ID. It just feels like they've been pullin' the wool over people's eyes pulling out wins with a crappy boring and unwatchful offense against crappy conference division teams. It seems like a big lie now and it sucks.
That's where we really disagree.... If status quo continues you'll see that the winning won't be sustainable. And when the winning begins to decrease the NIL $ and excitement around the program will decrease along with tickets sold and the dominos will begin to fall in recruiting etc... Iowa isn't winning 8 or more games next yr with the schedule they'll have. Hell 6 or 7 might be tough with BF as OC. IDC if they pump up Cade full of steroids to return healthy and strong next yr. As much as Qb play has been an issue it's just one of them there's several others and they all start and stop with KF enabling his kid to be running the O.
