I believe that the current staff has carried Iowa Football as far as it could based on their abilities. With the current staff, 7-6 or 6-7 records are going to be the normal. I believe Iowa Football has reached the status where it would attract a top head coach. It is now one of the very attractive programs in the country. There are head coaches out there who have the personal charisma to attract the top players. I am appreciative of the foundation that Fry and Ferentz put in place and now it has reached what it can do. If we want to progress from here, we need a new staff.
New Coaching staff is needed
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theboat
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imported_ankle23
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time to take things to the next level, no doubt about it.
Herkyalert
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So by that logic Iowa is going to hire Terry Allen!
twinlaker
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OUTofTOWNHAWK
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Ankle whats happened to you.
imported_ankle23
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i'm sure a sarcastic guy like you is quick to catch sarcasm......no?
see: the iowa basketball program.
MoseSchrute
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Eh, we're screwed. Accept your doom.
herkeye
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Nope...Ferentz needs to stay put. He has proven that he can win at Iowa, and win well. Could he shake up the current staff a bit? Maybe. He's going to have to with a new DC and DL coach. Either way, 6 and 7 win seasons are going to happen at Iowa. They happen at OSU, Florida, Texas, USC, etc....they happen. However, for Iowa it is an intermittent low point, not the norm. The fact of the matter is, when a program loses as much talent as Iowa did to the NFL last year, the team has to rebuild. It takes a season or two. This season was one of those seasons. If Iowa fired Ferentz right now, who would replace him? What coach is out there right now that would fit well and would take Iowa to the Rose Bowl next year? How long would it take that coach to turn his team into a winner at all? And how much time would you give him if he wasn't winning right away? As an Iowa fan, I would rather weather the storm of two mediocre seasons and watch Ferentz rebuild this team than watch a gamble by firing him and letting a new coach spend 4 years trying to build his team. Folks, please disperse, put out your torches, and go to bed. Nothing to see here until signing day. Anyway, there's my two cents.
Sirhouseman
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This.
WinOneThisCentury
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Fire Ferentz? Please, this is ridiculous. Unless he can catch for Keenan Davis, I don't think everything is his fault. Besides I would miss his insightful press conferences. I'm not even sure why he still does them.
"We're facing a tough team" ... "certainly we haven't done too well against them" ... "we will really have to play our best to beat them"... " Jason White is our #1 running back and he's played really well for us in practice" (actually, he may have finally been right last night...I thought White did well).
Herkeye has it right...stay the course. But get rid of KOK.
"We're facing a tough team" ... "certainly we haven't done too well against them" ... "we will really have to play our best to beat them"... " Jason White is our #1 running back and he's played really well for us in practice" (actually, he may have finally been right last night...I thought White did well).
Herkeye has it right...stay the course. But get rid of KOK.
1977Hawkeye
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I would agree with this, but KOK is KF's buddy and KF will never replace him in a million years. Friendship over the good of the program.
NOTHING will change with the offense as long as KF is coach, because KOK will remain the OC by default.
People that say **** like this are stupid. Getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to him. He was going to win about 12 games the next year and had not one difference making recruit lined up.
Ferentz has run his course here. We missed the chance to become one of the big ten's elite teams. Now we just have to hope we can stay in the middle tier and not fall below the Illinois and Minnesota type teams.
Skeets77
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Unless KF leaves nothing will change. He is in the untouchable range at Iowa and will do what he wants. Iowa is in a catch 22 with your top athletes which limits who we are able to recruit. Your elite high school football players have "speed" and these youngsters go to Florida, Alabama, Texas where they can utilize their skills. Iowa IMO is regarded as old school conservative, slow and predictable. Are we, sometimes we play like old ladies out there and other times we play like the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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GhostofBTT
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Dude, I just went through that list, and I counted seven players in the top 100 who live in the big 10 foot print. It isn't that the top athletes want to go to Florida, Alabama and Texas...THEY LIVE THERE ALREADY!
Also, of the top 100, there are two recruits from the Sun Belt who chose to go north...both of whom are committed to Notre Dame. This isn't an Iowa problem, it's a demographics problem.
HawkeyeFan57
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I concur with your thoughts. And to add, I think KF, NP, KOK and others have represented Iowa values the last 10 years. We don't cheat. We don't have the police force in our pocket that looks the other way (WI & NU to name a couple). We enforce our rules without exception. We graduate players. Our coaches try teaching values to our players. This I am proud to be a Hawkeye supporter of our coaches. What will your fantasy coaches bring to Iowa City???? We can also go into recruiting issues that any coach will have to deal with, but I won't at this time. KF is a great coach for the Iowa program. Just look at what we went through in basketball. Enough said.
HomerChampless
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Tom Davis?? You lament a Tom Davis firing if you hire a Steve Alford...
Yeah, lets keep mediocrity . We could hire a mench but not a good coach.
Some of you guys would rather have the mench and hope he's a good coach.
Yeah, lets keep mediocrity . We could hire a mench but not a good coach.
Some of you guys would rather have the mench and hope he's a good coach.
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HawkeyeFan57
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We still need more depth of talent. DL is a perfect example. Maybe Coach Kaz ran off some players, but our experience depth put on the field this year, and what we have coming back next year is a perfect example. Our Seniors and Junior class of DL was thin. Same can be said for our special teams. Special teams usually made up of back up linebackers, TE's, Safeties, TE's. Our special teams have been average the last couple of years. Would new coaching staff keep up KF's great reputation and bring in 23 blue chips every year. I doubt it.
