You are the football apologist, not me.
When I think a guy should be fired, or have big issues with them, I let it be known. You weren't around here when I was ripping on Greg Davis, and calling for Ferentz to be fired after the 2014 season. I have just learned that KF is who he is, and I don't agree with the zealots portrait of KF, saying he doesn't care, he is a lazy recruiter, etc. So I just don't go down those allies. There are lots of things I like about KF, and lots I don't like.
Overall bottom line is now matter how much people don't want it to be true, his career arc has followed Fry. You can say they got there in much different ways, but the fact is that their similar results just sticks in my head:
I am taking out the first two year for both coaches as they were building their programs.
Years '81-'87 of Fry: 62-23-1 (73% winning %) with 2 Rose Bowls with teams that finished ranked in the top 20 6 times.
Last 11 years of Fry: 72-53-5 (57% winning %) with 1 Rose Bowl game
Years '01-'09 Ferentz 77-36 (68% winning %) with 2 BCS bowl teams that finished ranked in the top 25 5 times.
Last 8 years of Ferentz 61-42 (59 % winning %) with 1 Rose Bowl game