As a fan of your podcasts, you TOTALLY lost my support this past week when you said that Brain has done a very good job so far as OC.....somehow, you must have stricken a couple turd games from the equation. Last year, you did a 180 on us when you all of a sudden pulled some kind of higher than thou act in proclaiming how immature you had been in past criticisms....thus, giving those who still criticize a very underhanded finger wagging and dressing down. Well today, hell actually froze over. Today, our most positive, glass always half full, Hawk fan at our Dallas area Hawkeye watching club yelled out loud when Brain called the 3rd and 7 running play in OT. Brain is as over matched as his stubborn dim witted father Dirk. I am starting to actually wonder if maybe you are on the take....please tell me how you could possibly be in defense of Brain, and why Dirk should not be sent packing sooner than later. And don't give me the buyout...hawk fans are not to blame for that F'd up deal. The ONLY saving grace is that Brain and Dirk are tied at the hip....can we just F'n get rid of EVERYTHING Ferments and move the F on with this sorry ass....occasional tease....of a program. It is one big joke!!!!
Jon....you have some explaining to do
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hawkeyebob62
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Good God, Haymaker, STFU. Please ATTEMPT to stay relevant and cogent. Your posts reek of such monumental idiocy, even a "stupid" loss like today is transcended to the absurd with your presence.
I'll make a deal with you: You stop sucking so bad, and I'll stop wishing you never existed.
HaydenHawk56
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I agree with Jon that this will end up being a 6-6 team most likely (maybe 7 wins with an upset). I also think most, myself included, thought that would be the win total this year. But, Iowa sure looked like they were capable of more after the Iowa St and Penn St games. I think they were capable of more, but not so much now.
But I think offensive coaching is taking an 8 or 9 win team and making it a 6 win team. It is a team loss today, but offensive game planning has been a big factor in at least 2 of our losses.....you could argue all 3 with the safety against PSU.
Iowa could very well be unbeaten right now as crazy as that sounds.
But, this is classic Kirk Ferentz. They play up and down to their competition most years and this is the type of game we typically lose to a lesser opponent. It is frustrating and it gets old. I think that is Playmaker's point.
But I think offensive coaching is taking an 8 or 9 win team and making it a 6 win team. It is a team loss today, but offensive game planning has been a big factor in at least 2 of our losses.....you could argue all 3 with the safety against PSU.
Iowa could very well be unbeaten right now as crazy as that sounds.
But, this is classic Kirk Ferentz. They play up and down to their competition most years and this is the type of game we typically lose to a lesser opponent. It is frustrating and it gets old. I think that is Playmaker's point.
DBAHawkFan
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This. Ever since KOK left back in 2011/2012 it's like KF went even more conservative. We play in a easy division, and up until last year we have managed to avoid the best teams in the Big10 (minus WI). We have an easy OOC schedule every year. We could be an easy 8-9 win team every year if our offense could just muster up some yards and points.
Next year we lose a lot on Defense, so we can't expect them to bail us out. We see what happens when we have young, inexperienced LBs in Parker's system. We get torched on the ground.
It's like we don't want to score, only hold on to the ball to keep the game close. Then unleash our deep pass at the end of the game for the knockout.
HaydenHawk56
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It is basically Todd Licklighter ball on the football field with more overall success and with the stability of Mr. Davis. Iowa is not a poor team, but not a great team either. Like Jon said, they flash every 4-5 years or so, but I will add, they can't win on the big stage when it counts in those flash years either.
Kirk Ferentz is not your man if you want to win a National Title. Kirk Ferentz is your man if you want a competitive program that tries hard and keeps its head just above water most years.
tksirius
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The fact that he's still Iowa's coach says something about most Iowa fans.
We can’t beat jNW, where will we get 6 wins? If we can’t score more than 10 points we aren’t winning again.
HawkeyeWalker
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What's it say again?
HaydenHawk56
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I think they will beat Minny and will get one against either Purdue, Nebraska.....or even OSU. They have no business beating the Buckeyes at home or Badgers....and they probably won't...but that is how Ferentz teams roll. They play up and down to their competition and they can lean on the Kinnick crowd in the OSU game.
He will do just enough to get us to a bowl game that we will again be outmatched in. That has been his MO.
ArvadaHawk
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Freedom of expression, '62. This is still America and the ferentz' haven't taken over completely, yet.
Look, the OP isn't far off. It should be obvious to all who are objective that this offense has the potential to be a high powered offense and there is one main reason it hasn't become one. Game plans. Run on first down. Run on second down. Throw on 3rd and long. When we passed on first down and more than we ran, we moved the ball. Then, run on first down. Run on second down. Throw on 3rd and long (maybe).
Ferentz needs to go, '62. He's proving he will fight adapting to the 21st century. Period.
tweeterhawk
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NO! NO! And again, NO! Our defense played well enough to win this game. They were let down by a turrible offensive squad and special teams play.
In coach-speak, yeah, a team loss. But in the real world, the O and special teams earned us this L.
Embarrassing.
HaydenHawk56
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The question Iowa fans have to ask when Ferentz finally retires is (and U of I) or they willing to trade in the Ferentz family for a chance at something better knowing what they could get in return may be worse?
Should be an interesting day when that happens.
Should be an interesting day when that happens.
HaydenHawk56
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Agree about the defense overall, but they did give up the long pass play in OT. Defense has not been money we have needed them to be this year....really most years in clutch situations. But, Iowa offense certainly lost us the game.
tweeterhawk
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I first want Barta to retire. Then, when KF retires, the new AD informs Brian he won’t be a candidate and the search is thrown wide open.
And I hope the new AD has a business card for a damned good search firm.
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Because their entire game plan is "make 0 mistakes, and hope the other team makes a mistake." It boils down to luck.
HawkeyeWalker
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He does it for you. Just you.
