It wasn't KOK and it isn't GD. KF is the author of our awful offense.

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tednugentfan

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Our anemic offense cannot be blamed on the OC, regardless of who the OC is. Nothing has changed since KOK's departure and once again we saw KF completely blow a game after our D played their tails off. Rudock should have been benched after the 1st quarter--he could not move. Second, no OC in their right mind would feature a plodding, north-south runner like Weisman while Canzeri sits. I don't want to read garbage comments about his fumble, because KMM fumbled and did not get benched. How many 3rd and 1's did we have and capitalized on none because we did the OBVIOUS and ran Weisman into the teeth of their defense. Even the fake punt was botched, as Weisman did not see the giant hole on the right and ran right into the defender. By themselves, none of these are damning, but together they show complete incompetence. I won't even get into KF's denial that it is a necessity to get the backup QB reps during the season.
 
Our anemic offense is the result of an inexperienced young QB, a less experienced back-up QB, young receivers who lack seperation speed or superior route running skills, less than ideal running backs due to attrition/injury etc. and playcalling that is limited by the above conditions. Pretty sure KF never played a down since becoming Iowa's coach.
 
Iowa's bread and butter has been rushing. Establish the run and we win.

Against LSU we were miserable...76 yards rushing. You don't win much with that.
 
Ferentz didn't call Weisman stretch plays against a defense too fast for that to be effective. He may be responsible for the style we play, but he's not calling the plays.
 
Did KF muff a punt? Did KF throw two INTs that could have been TDs? Did he miss a FG? LSU has superior talent and if not for turnovers they could have won that game. Iowa clearly needs better WRs and running backs. Hopefully Some young guy step up next year.
 
Ted...I was was never a fan of the 70s, the clothes, the hair/sideburns, disco, and much of the other music other than the Stones, The Who, Aerosmith and the classic rock types. You are stuck in that era too and haven't evolved. You probably have a 70s porn mustach and wear paisley shirts with bell bottoms pants. Ted doesn't get much attention these days so he has to cling to his guns for comfort. Sad.

Whether you like it or not, GD is the offensive coordinator and is calling the plays, not KF. It's very clear...he has full reigns of this offense. IMO, our team is so much harder to prepare for now, then we were under KOK. Our problem is with the skill personnel and their youth and inexperience against top flight defenses. This team is evolving...we just went through the phase of beating the teams we should beat. Now, it's stepping up to beat teams that are in the top tier of our conference or rankings. It's no different than what it has been...it's a progression. I was hoping to see us step up yesterday, and we did defensively, but our offense just isn't there yet. IMO, our coaches need to realize running back is a serious issue for us. We need a play maker there and someone who can make the offensive lines job easier...not more difficult. Weisman is a fullback, so play him there, and find a back that can put pressure on a defense and get to the hole quickly and have some wiggle to him. The WR and TE's should continue to improve and the WR's could break through next year. It's all headed in the right direction.
 
David79 said:
Did KF muff a punt? Did KF throw two INTs that could have been TDs? Did he miss a FG? LSU has superior talent and if not for turnovers they could have won that game. Iowa clearly needs better WRs and running backs. Hopefully Some young guy step up next year.
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This is true, but GD or KF or whoever kept giving it to the guy who was averaging 2 yards a carry and tried to run him outside. Also, every LSU fan on here said teams can run the ball, but Iowa, a running team couldn't. Why? Could it be the types of runs, or maybe the running back. JC did average over 4 yards per carry. Did we throw way too much early? Why did we run the ball less than 30 times? These are all legitimate questions. But we were in a game against a team with superior talent, so the coaches deserve some credit.
 
tm3308 said:
Ferentz didn't call Weisman stretch plays against a defense too fast for that to be effective. He may be responsible for the style we play, but he's not calling the plays.
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One thing that has been a constant of KFs tenure is a mid to bottom feeder offense. A new OC would make no difference unless KF gave a hands off approach. On the other side we have had some of the best defenses ever at Iowa under him. KFs approach is to be a defensive team that doesn't shoot its foot off on the offense. That means not taking many chances and managing the game. We had seasons where we were on the positive side of a lot of close games. but the odds caught up and we have been on the negative of many close games. It is what it is so get used to it until there is a coaching change like around 2020.
 
tednugentfan said:
Our anemic offense cannot be blamed on the OC, regardless of who the OC is. Nothing has changed since KOK's departure and once again we saw KF completely blow a game after our D played their tails off. Rudock should have been benched after the 1st quarter--he could not move. Second, no OC in their right mind would feature a plodding, north-south runner like Weisman while Canzeri sits. I don't want to read garbage comments about his fumble, because KMM fumbled and did not get benched. How many 3rd and 1's did we have and capitalized on none because we did the OBVIOUS and ran Weisman into the teeth of their defense. Even the fake punt was botched, as Weisman did not see the giant hole on the right and ran right into the defender. By themselves, none of these are damning, but together they show complete incompetence. I won't even get into KF's denial that it is a necessity to get the backup QB reps during the season.
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Do you guys copy these replies and send it out to a list serv? Or do you all share one brain that only posts after losses?

Guess what, LSU was better. Shocking concept but it happens.
 
FYI kirk just got done bringinging the program back for the third time. Most likely in 3 years he will bring it back again. So shut up about kirk. K
 
BirdsOfPrey said:
Our anemic offense is the result of an inexperienced young QB, a less experienced back-up QB, young receivers who lack seperation speed or superior route running skills, less than ideal running backs due to attrition/injury etc. and playcalling that is limited by the above conditions. Pretty sure KF never played a down since becoming Iowa's coach.
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Every year?
 
tm3308 said:
Ferentz didn't call Weisman stretch plays against a defense too fast for that to be effective. He may be responsible for the style we play, but he's not calling the plays.
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For the most part that is Iowas only running play though, the whole offense is designed around it.

They dont specifically call how wide to take it, its up to the back reading the blocks and the defense when and where to cut it up.

The lack of variation in the running game is because of the head coachs design.
 
If someone thinks the offense now is the same as KOK's offense then they don't watch much football.
 
tm3308 said:
Ferentz didn't call Weisman stretch plays against a defense too fast for that to be effective. He may be responsible for the style we play, but he's not calling the plays.
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Kirk has said on multiple occasions that he's on the head set and hears every play call and has final say on those play calls.

GD is the equivalent to a unlicensed 15 year old driving a car while their parent (KF) rides shot gun.
 
theboat said:
If someone thinks the offense now is the same as KOK's offense then they don't watch much football.
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Play calls are different. Game planning (conservative/safe), style (run on 1st down unless its impossible, intermediate pass patterns), and production (below average) are exactly the same as they have usually been under KF.
 
Xerxes said:
Kirk has said on multiple occasions that he's on the head set and hears every play call and has final say on those play calls.

GD is the equivalent to a unlicensed 15 year old driving a car while their parent (KF) rides shot gun.
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Having veto power is not the same thing as calling the plays yourself.
 
tm3308 said:
Having veto power is not the same thing as calling the plays yourself.
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You're absolutely correct. Kirk doesn't call the plays, nor did I suggest that he did. But I believe your original comment was that KF wasn't responsible for the play calls (slow stretch plays that everybody hates). I would have to disagree with that stance. When you have final say or veto power on something, you're responsible for it because you have the power to change it and chose not to.
 
KOK would have used the extra bowl prep to come up with some new schemes to throw at LSU. Guess GD is still learning.
 
tednugentfan said:
Our anemic offense cannot be blamed on the OC, regardless of who the OC is. Nothing has changed since KOK's departure and once again we saw KF completely blow a game after our D played their tails off. Rudock should have been benched after the 1st quarter--he could not move. Second, no OC in their right mind would feature a plodding, north-south runner like Weisman while Canzeri sits. I don't want to read garbage comments about his fumble, because KMM fumbled and did not get benched. How many 3rd and 1's did we have and capitalized on none because we did the OBVIOUS and ran Weisman into the teeth of their defense. Even the fake punt was botched, as Weisman did not see the giant hole on the right and ran right into the defender. By themselves, none of these are damning, but together they show complete incompetence. I won't even get into KF's denial that it is a necessity to get the backup QB reps during the season.
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Our anemic offense falls at the very feet of our OC. Note his job title.
 
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