Hard to argue with that. Hiring Brian might end up being the last big thing Barta ends up doing too. Which would make it an interesting dynamic. If Brian has a new AD shortly after having the torch handed to him he may be on a shorter leash then he'd be comfortable with...
If we see a new fangled, more explosive offense from Iowa this year, this is the best indicator that KF is not long for Iowa because he'll have loosened his tight grip on the team. .
I think KOKs 3 yr golden parachute of a deal is telling as far as timing goes... I think he'll not only be tutoring Mr Stanley as he gets going but Brian as to some of the ins and outs of his gig and play calling. It'd only make sense and he's an ear that Brian can go to that's not his Dad and respect. I wonder how weird it might be for KOK. He's known Brian since he was knee high and coached him too. The result of getting old I suppose.
Davis was OC for 5 years? Six? There were plenty of KOK offenses that were less potent than some of Davis' offenses. Your 'negative' descriptions of Davis' offenses also described KOK's offenses and what most HN geniuses thought to be the bane of Iowa football...the offense.
I just respectfully disagree. KOK was obviously the OC like twice as long as Davis was but KOK never had a 5 yr stretch as bad as Davis. It's just a fact. I'd seen some stats on where Davis's offenses were ranked nationally compared to KOKs and there's like a 20-30 team gap year in and year out. Davis had one good year. I'll give him one out of 5. KOK had much more then 1 year I'd describe as good. Remember that 3 yr run Iowa had finishing in the top 10? Yeah KOK was OC all 3 of those. So I understand the bad taste in your mouth you may remember at the end of KOKs run. As do I. But even still his last year with Vandenberg at QB he had a 3k yard season. When Davis took over the next year Vandenberg had a terrible senior season trying to get on the same page with him. I guess I'd like you to clarify what you mean by Davis rocking the boat. I think him getting let go was a combination of his overall bad run along with wanting to promote Brian. His age and retiring was a cop out. If KF would have let him stay or if he had somewhere else decent to coach he'd still be cashing checks. This is a smaller issue but the fact that CJ graduated and Stanley looks to be the next new thing it'd make sense for if there's a change to be made now'd be the time for that too. It just all fit and made sense to me.
Right now I'm hoping that missing out on Blazek will turn out to be a blessing in disguise and that we will really like what Polasek brings to the table. As for Copeland, I don't see how he could be worse than Kennedy.
I agree that a few of these folks seem to have poor memory when it comes to some of KOK's offenses. I know I was glad when we knew he was leaving.
