I just get a kick out of people posting garbage. Fact is some very legitimate reasons on what’s going on at Iowa on the offensive side of the ball. We all watch the same games FRY and trust me it’s not centirely all on Brian..certainly some growing pains taking place with BF at OC and we’ve seen it many times when new OC take over. Plus factor in a new young QB young WR and injuries to the OL all those things have impact.
I’ve never said once on these boards that the problem is Brian Ferentz.
The problem is his dad’s offensive philosophy. Period.
Our defense is what I’d call almost elite in the B1G, and we actually recruit better than some ranked teams and teams with better records. Add in our budget and facilities and the only thing left is the offensive scheme. Which Kirk Ferentz ultimately controls.
I’m not one of the fire Ferentz people, but if you ask me what the matter is, as a semi interested observer who doesn’t get mad about Iowa football anymore I’ll tell you that Kirk Ferentz has castrated Ken O’Keefe, Greg Davis, and now Brian Ferentz in succession. It’s apparent by the similarities in Iowa’s offense over the past two decades that there is one way he wants the games called and that’s how it’s going to be. Until he leaves we are going to get wash/rinse/repeat with just a sliver of enough success to keep doing it.
You can give me all the excuses you want about QBs and WRs and OLs and Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my, but the common denominator over all these years is Kirk Ferentz and his offense. An offense which is so über conservative that it loses a ton of winnable ball games and has flukey flashes of greatness that last about 5 minutes, giving false hope every year and confusing people like you as to what the problem is.
So there ya go, predator. That’s my opinion which is worth what you paid for it.
***For the record...I am not a Ferentz hater who thinks the staff should be sent packing. That’s bush league, Nebraska-esque idiocy that will only lead to a revolving door. I just don’t take it at all seriously anymore and I know that Ferentz’s gonna Ferentz. It’s the way it is and I have no control over it.
The only thing that does give me slight heartburn is when I think of what this team could have done all these years with Parker 1 and Parker 2 if they were paired up with an aggressive head coach. Whatdya do?
We have some butt-hurt over here.
