Hypothetical: If Ferentz Has Interest From an NFL Team....
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DwayneTwill
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No.
Yes.
Yes.
hawkdrummer1
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It's good to have dreams at Christmas... wild as they might be.
ChrisABraden
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try to get him to stay, & while doing so try to renegotiate his contract. maybe more money per year, but shorter contract.
set his incentives to begin at B1G championship and/or BCS bowl berth. No other performance incentives.
set his incentives to begin at B1G championship and/or BCS bowl berth. No other performance incentives.
HawkeyeGold
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it will never happen again. the mediocrity of the iowa fb program has been too well documented over the last 8 years. the only college coaches that go to the NFL are successful ones, like chip kelly, nick saban, steve spurrier, Captain Kurt(circa 2002). Plus, whats Kurt going to do, be a coordinator somewhere? yeah right, KF makes NFL head coaching salary at Iowa. What is he going to coordinate, offense? maybe if it were 1920. KF will only get back to the NFL if he turns things around at iowa, and has another 2002 type season. otherwise we are stuck with him until we can buy out his contract or his contract expires in 2020. I just hope whoever the AD is at that time, goes "all-in" and pays 5-6 mill(adjust for inflation) and lures a chip kelly type to iowa that isnt afraid to innovate.
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ILHawk
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That ship has sailed....
Maybe Harbaugh needs an assistant to manage 49er games when they have a big lead.
Maybe Harbaugh needs an assistant to manage 49er games when they have a big lead.
PhoenixHawk
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Greg Shiano was just hired by the Bucs as their Head Coach, smart guy. What do you think was more impressive to the NFL, the fact that he was one season removed from going 4-8, or that he went a career 28-48 in the scary Big East?
2001 2-9 0-7 8th
2002 1-11 0-7 8th
2003 5-7 2-5 7th
2004 4-7 1-5 6th
2005 7-5 4-3 3rd
2006 11-2 5-2 T-2nd
2007 8-5 3-4 T-5th
2008 8-5 5-2 T-2nd
2009 9-4 3-4 T-4th
2010 4-8 1-6 8th
2011 9-4 4-3 T-4th
TOT: 68-67 28-48
HawkeyeShane
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If Kurt Ferrets had won the Powerball jackpot a few weeks ago, would Barta have waited til AFTER the worst coach ever, in the entire 30 year history of Iowa Football made a HUGE donation to the hospital before talking him into retirement? Or would he have canned him on the spot and hoped he wouldn't give a rip about the job or the buyout?
sportstalent
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This is beyond laughable
LOL!!!!
Greg Schiano took a morbid Rutgers program and turned them into a winner. He is 46 years old with great energy, and brings a new look to the NFL. Do any of these characteristics apply to KF?........NO!
kmajhawk
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Spot-on. I suspect a lot of people on this board don't know a thing about Rutgers or the history of Rutgers football. Schiano was responsible for a resurgence of Scarlet Knights' football and putting fannies in an expanded stadium.
PhoenixHawk
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Yeah, and if it wasn't for all those elite programs like Louisville, Pitt, Cincy, and WV, he may actually have won a conference title in his decade there, or at least made it past his 8 win ceiling more than once. But hey, only those in the know understand what a tough conference the Big East is top to bottom, and how no one short of Urban Meyer or Nick Saban could be expected to do better than Schiano's 28-48 conference record over 10 years. No way KF could touch that.
Peter King, one of the top NFL insiders, said as recent as two weeks ago that Ferentz is one of the top 5 current college coaches whose name is most mentioned in NFL GM circles even today. King said that despite this past season at Iowa that Ferentz is highly regarded still by NFL GMs.
MoseSchrute
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Well, they do seem to make a lot of bad hires in the big boy league.
Peter King, one of the top NFL insiders, said as recent as two weeks ago that Ferentz is one of the top 5 current college coaches whose name is most mentioned in NFL GM circles even today. King said that despite this past season at Iowa that Ferentz is highly regarded still by NFL GMs.
Well, they do seem to make a lot of bad hires in the big boy league.
This is probably because KF runs the power I type pro-offense, relies on defense and kicking like so many top NFL coaches of the past like Noll, Landry, etc.
But NFL head coaches have to be more cutthroat than KF, try to mash the opponent and you have to bench players.
GhostofBTT
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Don't dismiss the Kurt to Buffalo rumors that have been out there.
HawkeyeShane
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I have an inside source telling me where there's fire, there's smoke...
He never was good with words, but he's usually spot on.
Zero chance! It could never be sold to the fanbase. The NFL is constantly changing and KF has been gone from the league for quite some time. Do you actually think there is an NFL franchise that will give KF $5M/yr for 5 yrs to coach? If you believe that, I have a oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you. KF is in IC until 2020, or until the buyout is palatable.
