Kirk Ferentz/Tom Davis Comparison

CJSHawk

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I'm finding that I feel the same about Ferentz as I felt about Davis at the end of his time as Iowa's basketball coach. Here are some similarities I thought of......

1. Both, if you judge their entire body of work, were successful head coaches.

2. Both were loyal to a fault to weak-link assistant coaches.

3. Both represented the state of Iowa with class and honor.

4. Both were average, and that's being kind, recruiters.

5. Both stubbornly refused to change their style of play based on the "talent" they had on the team. Remember the up-tempo full-court pressing teams featuring Troy Skinner, Wade Lookingbill, and Les Jepsen??

6. Both never made excuses or publicly threw a player under the bus(Alford).

7. Both had zero issues with the NCAA.

8. Both stayed at the University of Iowa too long with the majority of fans ready for them to go.
 
credit to the OP for not creating the usual comparison between Obi-Wan and his padawan. Has anyone else experienced burnout with that comparison? I mean after the 10,000th thread on that subject you'd think it would get officially retired by the mods.
 
Citation needed on 8. A handful of people on the internet that flip flop opinions every other drive do not equal a "majority".
 
Kirk needs to finish his career with flourish, like Bo Ryan did.

Bo, between 2005 (,elite eight) and 2014-15 (final four back to back) had a lot of first weekend tournament exits, and a memorable sweet sixteen game with one of his best teams in 2008 where Davidson's Stephen Curry shot the Badgers right out of the gym.

He improved recruiting and had the memorable final four runs late in his career. He had chances to win the whole thing. That's how I hope Kirk finishes his coaching career.
 
I'm finding that I feel the same about Ferentz as I felt about Davis at the end of his time as Iowa's basketball coach. Here are some similarities I thought of......

8. Both stayed at the University of Iowa too long with the majority of fans ready for them to go.

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In regards to recruiting, Kirk is light years ahead of Tom. It is well known that Tom disliked chasing recruits.
Damn... if we could have had dual head coaches, we would have been pretty unstoppable back in the day. Raveling recruiting them and Mr. Davis coaching them up.
In hell, it would have been the reverse...
 

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