HawkeyeMHA
Well-Known Member
sound good, thanks
Ferentz is better than mediocre but less than elite.
how about changing the subject a little. Gene Chizek (spelling), great coach at ISU? Great coach at Auburn? OR.............same coach different level of players? Did he become a national title coach over night or did he have better talent? KF is the same coach that won big games for us and will again...throw him out and we will really see bad years IMO
2002-2004 was a long time ago. What have you done for me lately? How about 2 top-25 finishes in 7 seasons. Is that top 5 money for you?
Even in some of our best years his poor game managing has cost us. As mentioned before, the LSU hail mary was the result of terrible clock management. He had several solid NFL level players from the 2002-2004 run and they were able to win the close games that we can't in a normal season. Not sure how we are going to suck without him.
Fry had a 61 win % against the Big Ten. KF is 55%, (54% since 2005).
The thing about Kirk is that he has stats that make people love him (OB win, top 10 finishes, B1G titles) and stats that make people criticize him (6-7 v ISU, 5-6 v NW etc). Kirk is frustrating because his ceiling is so high but his failures are so low.
We are a small state, small school and don't have the best recruiting base. If you get the wrong coach I could easily see a scenario where Iowa drops down to a Minnesota, Purdue or Indiana type level.
Kirk is frustrating because his ceiling is so high but his failures are so low.
We are a small state, small school and don't have the best recruiting base. If you get the wrong coach I could easily see a scenario where Iowa drops down to a Minnesota, Purdue or Indiana type level.
Record vs:
ISU - 6-7
Indiana - 7-4
Minnesota - 8-5
Northwestern - 5-6
Not sure why this guy gets so much respect on this forum. I can't think of another "good" coach who has such a pathetic record vs. bad teams. We should win at least 75% of the games against these programs.
As is Boise State, Nebraska and West Virginia. You can have it both ways. We have a better football history than Purdue or Indiana so that isn't a fair comparison. Minneapolis isn't a college town, rivals the vikings, and hasn't recruited well since the dome started.
Here is why he gets respect:
1. 8 wins against Penn State. 4 wins against Michigan.
2. 6 bowl wins
3. Orange Bowl win
4. 2 Big Ten championships
5. 83% winning record at home the past 10 years
66% overall winning percentage the past 10 years.
Over 50 kids in the NFL.
Give me a break.
We are fortunate the Indiana record isn't worse. A dropped TD saved us more shame last season. Even the year before (2009) even though we won 42-24, it might have been a different story had Sash not come up with a goofy redzone int and returned it for a TD to get us back in the game.
The # of NFL players enhances the argument that KF underperforms and isn't a good gameday coach. Even our brightest moment, Tate-Holloway, was the result of **** poor clock management that a high school coach would be ashamed of.