sportstalent
Well-Known Member
Seeing all the negative posts on Iowa after losing today really makes me wonder if people remember where this program came from since Year 1 of Kirk.
Yes, it really doesn't have a whole lot to do with what happened today except, express the passion fans have for the Program. This is a direct effect of what Ferentz and staff have accomplished in their time.
Yes, Kirk is the highest paid coach in the Big Ten, but he generally has done more with much less than any other coach in the Big Ten. This is a direct reflection as to why they lose games like they did today.
Iowa needs to do to other teams what they do to Iowa. Blitz, spread the field, change things up.
The only real problem with Iowa is that they aren't flexible on Offense, nor on Defense. On Defense, sub some players, when injuries happen and players aren't ready, it is a direct effect of not rotating players at DL and LB when there are opportunities. The Offense just needs to get the best 11 on the field all the time weather it is a 3-Receiver set or 3-TE set.
I may seem to contradict myself a bit here, but I don't think Iowa gives their players and the job they do as coaches enough credit to play outside of the 'norm' and break tendencies. The Staff handicaps themselves by still being in the same mode of operation when they didn't have the players in the program they do today.
Yes, it really doesn't have a whole lot to do with what happened today except, express the passion fans have for the Program. This is a direct effect of what Ferentz and staff have accomplished in their time.
Yes, Kirk is the highest paid coach in the Big Ten, but he generally has done more with much less than any other coach in the Big Ten. This is a direct reflection as to why they lose games like they did today.
Iowa needs to do to other teams what they do to Iowa. Blitz, spread the field, change things up.
The only real problem with Iowa is that they aren't flexible on Offense, nor on Defense. On Defense, sub some players, when injuries happen and players aren't ready, it is a direct effect of not rotating players at DL and LB when there are opportunities. The Offense just needs to get the best 11 on the field all the time weather it is a 3-Receiver set or 3-TE set.
I may seem to contradict myself a bit here, but I don't think Iowa gives their players and the job they do as coaches enough credit to play outside of the 'norm' and break tendencies. The Staff handicaps themselves by still being in the same mode of operation when they didn't have the players in the program they do today.
