Is KF the Big Ten Coach of the Year as of right now?

99topdawg

99topdawg

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It just hit me that he's probably the favorite. If he's not, then who is? Iowa, OSU, Mich, PSU, and Iowa are the only teams with winning records in the conference. No way they give it to Harbaugh. Day is having another OSU type season. I could see Rhule if they win out after the shitstorm he inherited.
 
I don't know who the 'they' is that makes that decision, but it SHOULD go to the coach of whoever wins the East Division. If Michigan wins the East, and the Hawks go 10-2, they MIGHT give it to Ferentz.
 
99topdawg said:
It just hit me that he's probably the favorite. If he's not, then who is? Iowa, OSU, Mich, PSU, and Iowa are the only teams with winning records in the conference. No way they give it to Harbaugh. Day is having another OSU type season. I could see Rhule if they win out after the shitstorm he inherited.
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I think you have to look hard at Northwestern's coach. As of right now anyway. And if he finishes the year strong. I expect him to win it.
 
I'm with Andrew... How does KF at 10-2 Iowa with all that they've had happen this yr NOT get it? Franklin sure as hell isn't getting it Day isn't. Can the conference really give it to Harbaugh? A twice suspended coach for Fs sake? Nobody else in the west is remotely up for it so yeah to me it's KF almost by default
 
My head is having a hard time processing this thread. I mean, I get it. If Iowa gets to Indy with its second string QB, 4th string TEs, banged up OL and the most improbably statistical wins imaginable, it certainly seems like a better coaching job than the winner of the OSU Michigan game given all the talent they have.

That said, this is a coach who chose to bring back his son as the worst OC in the country. If we want to look at the body of work this season, that includes not making a switch at OC in the offseason and hiring even a wildly mediocre OC. Iowa would be a marginal Top 10 team if its OC was just Bob Slightly Below Average.

The results have been nothing short of miraculous to date, but KF still made one of the dumbest decisions any HC made at any level of football in 2023, so its kind of hard to hand him hardware after that......
 
NorthKCHawk said:
My head is having a hard time processing this thread. I mean, I get it. If Iowa gets to Indy with its second string QB, 4th string TEs, banged up OL and the most improbably statistical wins imaginable, it certainly seems like a better coaching job than the winner of the OSU Michigan game given all the talent they have.

That said, this is a coach who chose to bring back his son as the worst OC in the country. If we want to look at the body of work this season, that includes not making a switch at OC in the offseason and hiring even a wildly mediocre OC. Iowa would be a marginal Top 10 team if its OC was just Bob Slightly Below Average.

The results have been nothing short of miraculous to date, but KF still made one of the dumbest decisions any HC made at any level of football in 2023, so its kind of hard to hand him hardware after that......
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Yeah as much as I love the fact we've found the recipe to winning football games again I still don't know how he can be coach of the year when he's part of the very same reason we're in the predicament we've been in and seem to be winning all these close games that really shouldn't have been that close given we had shown any signs of life on offense (prior to last week). I just don't see how he can be perceived as the conference coach of the year based on what's gone on behind the scenes this year.
 
kicker22 said:
Yeah as much as I love the fact we've found the recipe to winning football games again I still don't know how he can be coach of the year when he's part of the very same reason we're in the predicament we've been in and seem to be winning all these close games that really shouldn't have been that close given we had shown any signs of life on offense (prior to last week). I just don't see how he can be perceived as the conference coach of the year based on what's gone on behind the scenes this year.
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I think you nailed it.
 
He is so far overcoming the adversity of his son's
situation as well as the other stellar things mentioned.
I think he should get the award.
 
hawkdrummer1 said:
10-2 with this offense... KFz would have to be coach of the year.
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But, the shitty offense is his fault. Yes, there have been injuries, but the offense did not have a pulse before any of that. The offense sucks because he made a very bad coaching decision.

If you set your own house on fire while cooking meth, then run in to rescue your kids, you don't get a heroism medal from the city....
 
hawkdrummer1 said:
10-2 with this offense... KFz would have to be coach of the year.
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But KF is also to blame for the offensive woes. I get that when you have a philosophy that depends heavily on defense and special teams offensive production isn't going to be at a premium, but hard to really give him too much credit when his philosophy is part of the problem.
 
Will C said:
He is so far overcoming the adversity of his son's
situation as well as the other stellar things mentioned.
I think he should get the award.
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Again I'm not trying to take anything away from Kirk, because it's amazing this program is 8-2 at this point based on what we've seen all year. But to play devil's advocate when (being honest) Brian should have been let go after last season how do you turn things around and give Kirk credit for overcoming the adversity that he was ultimately responsible for?
 
Between Ferentz and the NW coach. We win out, esp if we could win the Big Champ, it's Ferentz going away. Alot of adversity, never cheated like some
 
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