Kirk Ferentz Presser Transcript from 11/1/11

eveningnewsteam said:
How does he not see red flags on special teams?? Micah Hyde is a disaster waiting to happen returning punts, I dont think Iowa has had a kickoff inside the 10 yard line this year, the onside?? nothing needs to be said there, 2 missed fg's, etc............Its not like this is a one week thing
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Obviously you didnt watch game as most of Meyer's kickoffs went to 5 or thereabouts. Also, I think only one KO return went beyond the 20. That is pretty good and very good compared to returns in some previous games.

Missed FGs happen. Meyer had only missed two before Minn and then missed the two tries there. Again, were you paying attention??

Micah Hyde may not be the threat people thought he would be but a disaster???

I will give you the onside kick. Iowa fell asleep there.
 


So I'm listening to Murphy and Fales (LORD help me I know) but they have one of the media reps on right now who questioned Ferentz about the onside kick. He is going off on Ferentz and all these hard questions that everyone is asking around here yet we never see asked during pressers. WTF!!!
 


The only thing I feel when I read KFs answers on here is anger and he wasn't even asked hard questions.

All his answers sound predicated on this: "well, there is nothing I can do about it.". Bull$hit.
 


I really don't like when they ask questions about the present and the future and he answers with "well i'm going to draw on [the past]..."

I'm tired of all the talk about what happened 5, 10, 15 years ago or even 2 years ago. I'm not concerned about something that happened before that we can't change. Answer the question about what we are going to do now. What is wrong with THIS YEAR and how are we going to change it so that we don't have the same problems next year and the years following.
 




ThunderHawk said:
No questions about why Coker and/or McNutt weren't used on the final "drive?"

REALLY MEDIA??? REALLY!!??

Looks like ThunderHawk might have to dial up the call in show tomorrow night. Tune in.
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The Iowa media is a complete joke. This question should have been the #1 question asked out of the gates.
 


JHHawk said:
Ok, do you think that KOK told Vandy not to throw to Marvin? Clearly,Vandy had options,and he chose the wrong ones,but that is out of the control of the coach. Vandy thought they were blitzing,so he should hang in hoping to go deep to MM? He made the decision to dump it down.
KF will not blame Vandy,as that is not his style.

Now, asking about Marcus not being in the game is legit. Asking about not running the ball,is legit. But asking why Vandy did not go to Marvin..not.

I will be listening,tough guy.
Maybe the players will be also,and when you shred KF in public,they will rally behind him. Them against the world,including a portion of our fanbase.
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I'm not gonna "shred" Ferentz. I like Ferentz. I want to know why they didn't use their two best weapons in crunch time.

Don't you want to know?

"Tough guy." Whatever. Don't you want to know the answer to the question? The media won't ask it. I will if they won't. Ferentz ain't Zeus. He's not gonna strike me down with lightning bolts if I ask a legitimate question.

If I get through tomorrow night, I'm asking him.
 


I understand the fans' frustrations from the game, but I still don't see how this loss can be placed on the coaches. The Hawks dominated every area of the game, except for one - scoreboard. Everywhere else, Iowa won... which is really tough to swallow.

The coaches put the kids in spots to win. Did the coaches have the dropped passes? Did the coaches not pick up the blitz and fumble the ball, leading to Minny's FG? Did the coaches fail to score on 5 of the 6 red zone trips?

No. Iowa made mistakes, especially in the red zone, that they hadn't made this season. Iowa had scored in 25 of their last 26 possessions in the red zone, yet really failed in that area on Saturday. It wasn't like the coaches just somehow stopped making good calls, but rather the players just stopped executing. Simple as that.
 


Q: Coach, Hi Thunderhawk here. I was just wondering why Coker or McNutt weren't used on the final drive. You are doing a great job, hang in there man. I'll hang up and listen. Go Hawks!!!
 


TwinCitiesHawk said:
I understand the fans' frustrations from the game, but I still don't see how this loss can be placed on the coaches. The Hawks dominated every area of the game, except for one - scoreboard. Everywhere else, Iowa won... which is really tough to swallow.

The coaches put the kids in spots to win. Did the coaches have the dropped passes? Did the coaches not pick up the blitz and fumble the ball, leading to Minny's FG? Did the coaches fail to score on 5 of the 6 red zone trips?

No. Iowa made mistakes, especially in the red zone, that they hadn't made this season. Iowa had scored in 25 of their last 26 possessions in the red zone, yet really failed in that area on Saturday. It wasn't like the coaches just somehow stopped making good calls, but rather the players just stopped executing. Simple as that.
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The coaches put us in a spot to win a close game against a very bad team. Then they put us in a spot to lose a close game to a very bad team with the onside kick. Ferentz said he was standing right next to a ref but didn't call time out. He must have had some serious confidence in White recovering the ball against 10 minnesota guys
 


PCHawk said:
The coaches put us in a spot to win a close game against a very bad team. Then they put us in a spot to lose a close game to a very bad team with the onside kick. Ferentz said he was standing right next to a ref but didn't call time out. He must have had some serious confidence in White recovering the ball against 10 minnesota guys
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Of course he does, there's a reason he's our number two RB every week.
 


PCHawk said:
The coaches put us in a spot to win a close game against a very bad team. Then they put us in a spot to lose a close game to a very bad team with the onside kick. Ferentz said he was standing right next to a ref but didn't call time out. He must have had some serious confidence in White recovering the ball against 10 minnesota guys
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If Iowa even just gets field goals in those 5 wasted red zone opportunities, it's a 14 point win.

If Iowa scores 3 touchdowns and still fails on 2 of those red zone opportunities, it's still a 20 point win.

Fact of the matter is, the offense stalled at the worst possible times. The play calls weren't any different inside the 20 than they were between the 20's, the offense simply just didn't execute.
 


"We'll go back to work today. We're not going to come out with a new front, we're not going to one-gap it and play Tampa two. We're going to play defense and see what happens." Yep. Don't shake anything up. Do the same thing over and over and just see what happens!
 




MoseSchrute said:
"We'll go back to work today. We're not going to come out with a new front, we're not going to one-gap it and play Tampa two. We're going to play defense and see what happens." Yep. Don't shake anything up. Do the same thing over and over and just see what happens!
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That's like saying you're going to keep driving your car even though the brakes are out. It's gibberish like this that has people so angry at KF right now.

That's life? That's football? That's a cop-out.
 


I thought the most stunning thing of that whole presser was the question about keeping it close this week against Michigan and KF flat out says nope...it may not be--basically telling us and his team that there is a good chance we get our you know whats handed to us. Those are things you just don't say...we don't need Michigan to have anymore confidence than they already do. The last thing they need to read is how our coach thinks we may get blown out. Total FAIL KF.
 


OverratedD said:
I thought the most stunning thing of that whole presser was the question about keeping it close this week against Michigan and KF flat out says nope...it may not be--basically telling us and his team that there is a good chance we get our you know whats handed to us. Those are things you just don't say...we don't need Michigan to have anymore confidence than they already do. The last thing they need to read is how our coach thinks we may get blown out. Total FAIL KF.
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I would actually argue that Michigan being overconfident would be one of the best things for the Hawks, especially with a coach who's never led a team into Kinnick. That said, the "fluff up your opponent's ego" tactic probably shouldn't be resorted to often when your own team is down in the dumps.

I would also like to add, in response to someone else, that I felt our playcalling did change in the red zone. I'm not going to assert this as pure gold truth, but it felt to me like virtually all of Coker's carries came between the 20s. The red zone is where you keep bringing the hammer, even if the young man is still catching his breath from a 40-yard scamper.
 




Cover3 said:
I would actually argue that Michigan being overconfident would be one of the best things for the Hawks, especially with a coach who's never led a team into Kinnick. That said, the "fluff up your opponent's ego" tactic probably shouldn't be resorted to often when your own team is down in the dumps.

I would also like to add, in response to someone else, that I felt our playcalling did change in the red zone. I'm not going to assert this as pure gold truth, but it felt to me like virtually all of Coker's carries came between the 20s. The red zone is where you keep bringing the hammer, even if the young man is still catching his breath from a 40-yard scamper.
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If he's that winded burn a timeout. A timeout is worth a touchdown.
 


MoseSchrute said:
"We'll go back to work today. We're not going to come out with a new front, we're not going to one-gap it and play Tampa two. We're going to play defense and see what happens." Yep. Don't shake anything up. Do the same thing over and over and just see what happens!
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WTF is wrong with Tampa Two?

Tampa Two won Tampa a superbowl.
 


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