Coaching under Bill Belichek doesn't = you're going to be a great head coach.
Fat Charlie: fired at ND, about to be fired by Kansas (NCAA FB equivalent to being fired at McDonalds)
Romeo Crennel: fired by CLE , seat is getting pretty hot in KC
Josh McDaniels: fired by Denver
Failing as an NFL head coach is no automatic indicator of failure in the same position at the college level. Plenty of college coaches have fizzled in the NFL (Saban being the most notable).
My biggest concern is that we get the lick effect in the event Kirk goes. As much as it pains us to think, it could actually go south with a change in the command. A bad hire, and we're bottom feeding and unlike basketball it's alot harder and more time consuming overhauling a football roster then it is a basketball roster. This is by no means a shot at Fran, I think it's remarkable how quickly he's got this team headed back in the right direction, but I think it is something that would take a considerable amount of time if it happened to our football team.
While I refuse to accept simply being mediocre, I also acknowledge the fact that things could get much worse then the usual 7-5 seasons that we've been seeing lately.
This is not a good reason to prevent a possible change. I'd rather take a dive trying to step above mediocrity than to wallow in it forever. This isn't the Mr. Davis scenario, where the basketball program was in a better position than where the football team currently is.
First you are comparing football wins to company revenue.
That's your first issue. You need to look at football revenue. It's still one of the top 20 in the country, it pretty much pays for every other Iowa Sports team and did a hell of a lot more to save programs and pick up the slack with the very, very, lean years we have had with the basketball program. Sure it could start to go down once people stop donating and stop buying season tickets but as of today that hasn't happened. Until it does nothing is going to happen whether you like it or not.
Look, I and everyone else wants this team to win more games and I have no problem with those that think KF needs to be replaced. That said as others have mentioned no amount of emails or rants about reading into KF's comments **** you off are going to change anything. The only thing you can do to have any effect on the Football program and your dissatisfaction with KF is to stop giving money (if you do) and quit going to games.
That's it pretty much it.
As for your reading into KF's comments I think you are trying to hard, KF loves to win and hates to lose more than anybody else and the emotion he shows after a big win pretty much shows that.*
Again, I am not giving him a pass for where the program is right now but people really need to get a life, that is all KF was trying to say.
*Typically reserved for when there are other factors, that have little to do with football, involved (PSU '04, Norm's son, and there was a game last year where Kirk and Norm were emotional after the game, and people took that as a sign that Norm was done. I just can't remember which game.).
Did he get emotional after the Orange Bowl? Not really. Capitol One Bowl? Nope. PSU in '08? Nadda. Those are arguably the three biggest wins of the last decade.
Does anyone else just immediately stop reading posts when they start ******** about Ferentz's salary? I'd be just as ****** about this season if our coach was making $2 a year. I really don't care how much our coach makes.
I don't necessarily care for those who say we're not getting what we're paying for, either. But I also don't like a guy criticizing fans' lack of perspective, when he's gotten filthy rich off of that lack of perspective.
Universities, the media, and a lot of coaches do not treat this as if it's "just a game". They shouldn't be surprised when the fans follow suit.
I have no problems with the way Kirk handles the media. IMO his main concern shouldn't be the fans or the media, but fixing things within Ft. Kinnick. HE fixes things on the field the fans and media follow suit.
Except for the part where, you know, things haven't been getting fixed.
