KOK to interview at UCONN?

[hawkfan2679]

UConn is having a press conference today at 3:00 (I'm assuming that's EST).

Scout.com: Football press conference at 3

 

[ibahawkeye]

I'm taking notes of everyone bashing KOK so we can revisit this if he is hired as a Head Coach and we are still running the same offense with the conservative approach because it's the way Ferentz wants his offense ran!!!!

 

[uofihawkInation]

Iowa doesn't recruit solely on what you coach, but more on a zone. Go on rivals, find a recruit who states who they were recruited by, click that coach and see where he recruits. Then look at who he has targeted and where those kids are from. If KoK leaves so be it, he can be replaced by someone who will recruit that area just as well.

 

[hawkeye12345]

I'm taking notes of everyone bashing KOK so we can revisit this if he is hired as a Head Coach and we are still running the same offense with the conservative approach because it's the way Ferentz wants his offense ran!!!!

Don't forget me please. KOK is a brutal OC and a terrible QB coach.....unless your UCONN and then what I meant to say was the KOK is awesome at developing QBs and has unprecedented play calling skills. You will love him.

 

[hawkeye12345]

Here is another thing for some of you to ponder: When KOK doesn't get hired by another program to be their HC doesn't that make you sit back and scratch your head? He is the OC at a top 25 program and has held this position for many years. He's not too old and has many years of coaching life left in him. He has previous HC experience which is more than most Assts can say at the D1 level and yet he remains the OC and QB coach at Iowa.

What I'm saying is the guy is qualified to make the move to a mid-level D1 program and yet none of them are offering him the job. Kind of makes you wonder what other programs see (or don't see) in him.

 

[hawkeye12345]

Here is another tid-bit of info for you to swallow. KOK's salary ranks #6 for OCs in the Big10 at the time the article was written. It may have changed since publishing. My guess this is nothing more than a ploy to get more money out of Iowa. Of course, he learned from the best.


Ken O'Keefe - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN

 

[latrans]

KOrK is doing this strictly as an attempt to leverage a raise out of GarBar/KF. He knows what OCs at other big-time schools make, and he wants to be a player too. It's a carefully-constructed bluff; he doesn't really want to leave the IC womb.

I'm not sure if you're kidding or not.

 

[iloveyoularrystation]

You guys scoff at KoK but you do realize he comes with an unwaivering endorsement from one of the most respected people in all of college football right? That carries an awful lot of weight, I'm guessing maybe a smidge more than the collective internet consciousness. Plus I have it on good athourity KOK was the first person on staff at Iowa to get a smart phone.

May that carry him all the way to UCONN. I hope for his benefit and the hawks that he's out the door sooner rather than later. Takes way to long to figure out what he wants to do, and out thinks himself way too much. My biggest complaint is the guy finds stuff that works, does it one more time, than switches to stuff that doesn't work because he appears constantly to be trying to out guess himself. Seriously, stop believing your own hype about yourself from yourself. If your running back has 96 yards at half you might want to give him more than 3 carries in the second half, I'm just saying..........I'm just saying!

 

[MoseSchrute]

Be careful what you wish for; but whatever will be, will be. If he does leave, who the heck do we get?

 

[hawkfarmer]

Be careful what you wish for; but whatever will be, will be. If he does leave, who the heck do we get?

I would like chuck long, but i don't think that will ever happen.

 

[hawkfarmer]

Here is another tid-bit of info for you to swallow. KOK's salary ranks #6 for OCs in the Big10 at the time the article was written. It may have changed since publishing. My guess this is nothing more than a ploy to get more money out of Iowa. Of course, he learned from the best.


Ken O'Keefe - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN

His contract has a max bonus of.....................$0, maybe some incentives if he has a top 25 offense or something would help things out (yes I know that it is still KF's offense but the play calling could still be better)

 

[imported_ankle23]

KOK and his recruiting are about as good as his offensive play calling. His biggest recruit was Diauntae Morrow - the only 4 star player he was credited with landing. If you look at his recruiting commits they are almost exclusively defensive commits which is odd because KOK is an offensive coordinator. In fact, Trey Stross, DJK, Arvell Nelson, Ricki Stanzi, William Lowe, Anthony Schiavone & Will Tye are the only offensive players that he's credit with recruiting. I would like to think that there are others but I'm relying on rivals recruiting data base for my information.

UCONN fans, don't take my post as anything but huge support for KOK. He is one hell of a guy and probably the best offensive mind in college football. Good luck in getting him, he will be missed.

What states are O'Keefe responsible for recruiting??

 

[briney11]

Actually KOK was a pretty darn good head coach at Div III Allegheny back in the 90's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_O'Keefe_(American_football)

 

[chinahawk]

can we bring in Chuck Long as OC?

 

[AHawk1]

can we bring in Chuck Long as OC?

I hope that was a joke.

 

[chinahawk]

I hope that was a joke.

haha yes it was, thank you for catching on to the sarcasm

 

[tm3308]

Be careful what you wish for; but whatever will be, will be. If he does leave, who the heck do we get?

He's still currently with UCLA, but would Norm Chow be a bad fit? I'm just spitballing here. Pro-style offense, and has a long list of QB's that he's helped develop into high draft picks (plus Matt Cassel). Not sure what it would take to get him, but that would be a guy high on my wish list.

But, I don't think that KOK is going anywhere, and I don't have any big issue with him in the first place.

 

[okobojihawk]

Don't see KOK's name mentioned in the Hartford paper...I do see
Phil Fullmer from Tenn who says he wants the job!

Hartford paper

 

[troy]

A member of the UCONN board has "an inside source" that KOK is interviewing at UCONN. No mention if KOK passed out at 31 flavors last night.

Scout.com: Ken O'Keefe Coming for an Interview?

LOL!

 

[TylerSash]

I would like chuck long, but i don't think that will ever happen.

I would rather have a retarded chipmunk coaching Iowa's offense than Chuck Long.