Offensive Positives from NW Game

Eh. I get that 16+ years of "I don't care if we stink on offense" from the HC of your favorite team can lead to frustration.

If we had the exact same record over 16 years with top 20 offenses and bottom 1/2 defenses is that better? I guess it is the world we live in now a day, the I got a voice online so I’m gonna bitch moan and complain. I like winning, could care less if we did it with the basketball on turf philosophy and crappy D or if we do it with great D, and a protect the defense with you offense strategy.
 
It’s a yes or no question . Purdue does not have a great defense . There were quarters of play against Miami Ohio and Rutgers we failed to score a TD . These are legitimate gripes .

Since you like hypotheticals. Do you think Wisconsin would complain about a 23-21 win over Illinois with conservative play not to lose play calling at the end of the game that would have saved them a int that led to a game winning FG for Illinois?
 
That isn’t what is happening tho. People are pissed cause we didn’t do great offensively vs Good defenses. We have rolled up good offensive number vs the weaker D’s
The negative crowd wished that was what is happening (the drake comment). They want to do everything they can to disparage Iowa or Iowa’s opponents. They can find zero joy in Iowa’s success.
 
Anybody here heard of “reading keys”? That is what defensive players are taught, even NW’s.
I haven't done this, but I'd be interested in the results. LB keys are usually guard to near back, or a triangle read between OL, RB, and the actual snap of the ball...I'd be interested to know how often our guards take the LB's to the ball carrier. The pass game is a much more simple read, but in the run game, how often are our guards showing where the ball is going. In a zone scheme, with not a lot of counter action, I'd expect it to be a very high %.
 
Since you like hypotheticals. Do you think Wisconsin would complain about a 23-21 win over Illinois with conservative play not to lose play calling at the end of the game that would have saved them a int that led to a game winning FG for Illinois?
Are you referring to the coaches or fans? I’m sure there would be some Badger fans not happy about beating a team still in the rebuilding phase by two points when they are competing for a big ten title . The coaches are never satisfied. Film room Monday can be brutal even in a three touchdown win . You can answer my question now
 
The negative crowd wished that was what is happening (the drake comment). They want to do everything they can to disparage Iowa or Iowa’s opponents. They can find zero joy in Iowa’s success.

Yep, the bottom line is they don’t like Kirk so they bitch to bitch. If Iowa won games 45-40 they would complain non stop about the defense and say Kirk sucks balls and doesn’t know anything about football or defense and that defense wins championships.
 
The negative crowd wished that was what is happening (the drake comment). They want to do everything they can to disparage Iowa or Iowa’s opponents. They can find zero joy in Iowa’s success.
Show evidence where a poster would want the Hawks to beat a dogshit team by 3 points
 
Are you referring to the coaches or fans? I’m sure there would be some Badger fans not happy about beating a team still in the rebuilding phase by two points when they are competing for a big ten title . The coaches are never satisfied. Film room Monday can be brutal even in a three touchdown win . You can answer my question now

If we ever schedule Drake I’ll answer that question. Until that time, we have plenty of games that actually happened we can use as real case studies. Here are the games for Iowa I am THRILLED with: Miami, ISU, MTSU, Rutgers, Purdue and Northwestern. Here are the games I’m not happy with and upset me: Michigan and Penn St.
 
Are you referring to the coaches or fans? I’m sure there would be some Badger fans not happy about beating a team still in the rebuilding phase by two points when they are competing for a big ten title . The coaches are never satisfied. Film room Monday can be brutal even in a three touchdown win . You can answer my question now
Definitely some truth here. While obviously coaches love to get the win by 1 or by 30, until you play a perfect game it doesn't matter how many you win by...there are still things to work on and still teaching/coaching points to instill. Coaches love to use that to keep a team grounded and to prevent them from "reading their own press clippings."
 
Show evidence where a poster would want the Hawks to beat a dogshit team by 3 points

What Non scholarship school did we beat by 3 points? Let’s talk about actual games instead of made up fantasies you have about barely beating Drake like ISU.
 
If we ever schedule Drake I’ll answer that question. Until that time, we have plenty of games that actually happened we can use as real case studies. Here are the games for Iowa I am THRILLED with: Miami, ISU, MTSU, Rutgers, Purdue and Northwestern. Here are the games I’m not happy with and upset me: Michigan and Penn St.
Some people like Mountain Lightning some people like Mountain Dew . To each their own
 
What Non scholarship school did we beat by 3 points? Let’s talk about actual games instead of made up fantasies you have about barely beating Drake like ISU.
Sounds like you would be happy with only beating Drake by 3 because a win is a win . Not me I expect more . Teams should be playing their best football the second half of the season . We are hardly clicking on all cylinders . It’s a major concern
 
Show evidence where a poster would want the Hawks to beat a dogshit team by 3 points
I don’t need to. You are the one who made the statement in this thread about Iowa beating Drake.... but that’s not what happened. Iowa won a conference road game 20-0. That’s the thing, I have no problem with criticism, but there is a certain group of posters in here that are nowhere near reality.
 
Sounds like you would be happy with only beating Drake by 3 because a win is a win . Not me I expect more . Teams should be playing their best football the second half of the season . We are hardly clicking on all cylinders . It’s a major concern

Cool, I can spit out ridiculous hypotheticals as well. I can’t believe that you didn’t like Iowa winning a National Title over Alabama 2-0 when Iowa gained -140 total yards and Bama gained 1050 yards. It was a super crazy game, but we did win on that safety, so I was crazy happy we won a national title.
 
I don’t need to. You are the one who made the statement in this thread about Iowa beating Drake.... but that’s not what happened. Iowa won a conference road game 20-0. That’s the thing, I have no problem with criticism, but there is a certain group of posters in here that are nowhere near reality.

He is really pushing this hypothetical like it is genius, when it reality it is stupid as hell.
 
Are you referring to the coaches or fans? I’m sure there would be some Badger fans not happy about beating a team still in the rebuilding phase by two points when they are competing for a big ten title . The coaches are never satisfied. Film room Monday can be brutal even in a three touchdown win . You can answer my question now

Its funny you mentioned Badger fans. I read a chat transcript from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week and they say pretty much the same things about their offense as Iowa fans do about their's with the exception of the running game.

Question play calling, QB play, why do we never see the backup, limited athletes at skill positions, even the beat writer doing the chat accused of not being critical of the team because of fearing access to the team would be limited if he does. Pretty funny actually.
 
I don’t need to. You are the one who made the statement in this thread about Iowa beating Drake.... but that’s not what happened. Iowa won a conference road game 20-0. That’s the thing, I have no problem with criticism, but there is a certain group of posters in here that are nowhere near reality.
I don’t think it’s unrealistic to expect an offense with a third year OC and a third year starting QB to open up the playbook to sustain drives to cross the other teams goal line more than once or twice a game
 
Cool, I can spit out ridiculous hypotheticals as well. I can’t believe that you didn’t like Iowa winning a National Title over Alabama 2-0 when Iowa gained -140 total yards and Bama gained 1050 yards. It was a super crazy game, but we did win on that safety, so I was crazy happy we won a national title.
If we ever got to the national title game we wouldn’t be playing a shitty team so a win is win in that situation
 
I don’t think it’s unrealistic to expect an offense with a third year OC and a third year starting QB to open up the playbook to sustain drives to cross the other teams goal line more than once or twice a game
The offense has underachieved for sure but at the end of the day we are 6-2 and rated top 20 in the country. Our goal to win the west is still achievable. Maybe the offense will end up being our demise, but overall I think we have a pretty good football team.
 
Yep, the bottom line is they don’t like Kirk so they bitch to bitch. If Iowa won games 45-40 they would complain non stop about the defense and say Kirk sucks balls and doesn’t know anything about football or defense and that defense wins championships.
How many of Kirks defenses have won national championships again? I don’t expect Iowa to win these titles or even compete every year for a NC title but it’s the delusional idiots who go get pissed about the hawks being criticized . Like Ferentz is a God and some world beater and is tearing it up when he has had only 5 ten win seasons . Count 9 it’s only six seasons . He isn’t lighting the world on fire . I’m not bitching just to bitch and I don’t dislike him
 

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