HaydenHawk56
Well-Known Member
It was really good and I suggest everyone to check it out. Jon suggests Iowa is going to stay the same under his watch even though changes need to be made. I think that is a very reasonable assumption. He also does not believe Kirk should be fired. So, my question for Jon (and others out there with the same beliefs/assumptions) is it because you are afraid Iowa will be worse off in its "non-outlier years" and risk being sub .500 under a new coach (see Nebraska football, see Mr. Davis Iowa in basketball for situations of examples of this)? Or is it the fact that Kirk Ferentz has earned his right to finish at Iowa the way he wants to based on his legacy and body of work? Is it both these things, or is it something else?
Personally, I think it is hard to get rid of a coach if that said coach is keeping a program competitive and respectable. Iowa usually is a 7 win/middling bowl team under Ferentz. He is keeping us competitive. They usually don't get blown out and from time to time beat top teams that are better than them. But, if your goal is a higher degree of championship level football, then Ferentz is not your man.
So, at what point do you cut the cheese with as minimal risk to not setting yourself up for another Mr. Davis situation? Or, does that just come with the territory of making another coaching hire and is unavoidable and is the risk that you take with going in a different direction.
Kirk is not going anywhere, his schemes are not going anywhere (as has been shown by whoever is the offensive coordinator) but what does it take? When is there that line that has been crossed and there is no going back from it?
When Iowa is not competitive anymore?
Personally, I think it is hard to get rid of a coach if that said coach is keeping a program competitive and respectable. Iowa usually is a 7 win/middling bowl team under Ferentz. He is keeping us competitive. They usually don't get blown out and from time to time beat top teams that are better than them. But, if your goal is a higher degree of championship level football, then Ferentz is not your man.
So, at what point do you cut the cheese with as minimal risk to not setting yourself up for another Mr. Davis situation? Or, does that just come with the territory of making another coaching hire and is unavoidable and is the risk that you take with going in a different direction.
Kirk is not going anywhere, his schemes are not going anywhere (as has been shown by whoever is the offensive coordinator) but what does it take? When is there that line that has been crossed and there is no going back from it?
When Iowa is not competitive anymore?
