Post in this thread if you think KF only does his best when the seat is hot

QuadCityHawkeye said:
I've hated the Greg Davis hire since day 1 and absolutely think he's part of the problem. Just look at Iowa's offensive rankings since he took over. Iowa doesn't have the guys he did at Texas and it's not working out.

Phil Parker isn't Norm but he needs to do better. Lots of players looked out of position today and in the past, and the cushion being shown shouldn't happen.

It all starts at the top though and that's the problem.
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I get that Texas fans warned us. But my first thought when they showed up was, "How are rank amateurs smarter than KF?"

Then I answered my own question: He's a salesman, not a coach. And boy has he done a great job of convincing fans and Barta that Iowa should only be thought of as a 6-win program.

How do I know I'm right? . . . just check the contract for what is considered a raise-worthy season.
 
Except for the early 2000's when KF was younger and IMO far hungrier (and had better assistants), I think the title of this thread is spot on.

The guy seems to do just enough to keep the wolves at bay (and get massive contract extensions from our clueless AD).
 
1977Hawkeye said:
Except for the early 2000's when KF was younger and IMO far hungrier (and had better assistants), I think the title of this thread is spot on.

The guy seems to do just enough to keep the wolves at bay (and get massive contract extensions from our clueless AD).
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I don't think it is that. I think he buys into a little too much that Iowa is a developmental program. True, Iowa is a developmental program that just can't be a crutch for everything.
 
1977Hawkeye said:
Except for the early 2000's when KF was younger and IMO far hungrier (and had better assistants), I think the title of this thread is spot on.

The guy seems to do just enough to keep the wolves at bay (and get massive contract extensions from our clueless AD).
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The key thing in this is "better assistants". KF hasn't changed much in 18 years. His coordinators and key assistants have gotten worse. Norm Parker's defense undoubtedly a huge part of the great seasons of the early 2000's. There have been maybe 4 seasons where the offense pulled their weight...and they were the 4 best seasons in KF's 18 years.
 
1977Hawkeye said:
Except for the early 2000's when KF was younger and IMO far hungrier (and had better assistants), I think the title of this thread is spot on.

The guy seems to do just enough to keep the wolves at bay (and get massive contract extensions from our clueless AD).
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I laugh when people say, "Who would want to coach here?" Uhhhhhh, anyone who likes high pay; low expectations and almost zero accountability. That's pretty much everybody.
 
HawkeyeWalker said:
The key thing in this is "better assistants". KF hasn't changed much in 18 years. His coordinators and key assistants have gotten worse. Norm Parker's defense undoubtedly a huge part of the great seasons of the early 2000's. There have been maybe 4 seasons where the offense pulled their weight...and they were the 4 best seasons in KF's 18 years.
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Right now Iowa's scoring offense is ranked 63rd

Scoring defense is ranked 21st

Almost every one of the 18 years it has worked out this way. Scoring defense usually in the top 25 and scoring offense usually in the bottom half of the FBS. I think KF sees opportunities to score as opportunities for a turnover.

When is the last time we didn't wait until the 4th quarter to throw the deep ball?
 
I think that is the case. I also think he has assistant coach problems and because of his loyalty to his hires, he will let them fail to the point where his seat gets hot. Then my guess is he starts micro-managing a little more and making more demands from his staff.
KF is the anti-Hayden Fry. Doesn't hire assistant coaches that want to be head coaches. Doesn't want his program challenged in any way. That gets you a lot of assistant coaches that are comfortable. College Football isn't a comfortable profession.
 
In order to succeed at Iowa, we need to be strong in the trenches. This year, we are not because we went out and recruited a bunch of receivers that can't play because the stupid read and react passing routes just don't work well with them (or most college level players). KF is ultimately responsible. It seems when he's desperate, we have one great year, and then back to mediocre....actually this year we are worse than mediocre, we are a terrible football team. No way this should be the case with this many returning starters from a 12-0 team, but we are dog shit.
 
I think the problem is Barta. We all know KF is going to give us exactly what we've seen since he's taken over the program. Barta is content with where we are as a program, which was what led to extension number two. Barta wants this program to improve on what they accomplished last year then he needs to light a fire and demand accountability/results.

I have no problems major concerns with what he's doing with the program this year as opposed to other years, because he's doing exactly what KF does year in and year out. That said I liked where we ended up last year and would like to see us do that more often and frankly I'm not sure this staff has the capability of doing that on a regular basis.

This is entirely on Barta.
 
I believe this. Unless we have a major turn around it will happen again. This is the 2nd time(someone on another thread said it's the third time) that I am aware of. I remember at the end of the 2014 season KF's seat was getting hot. He was quoted in an article saying he could be let go for underperforming. He then said in an article I read he watched himself in a press conference from 2014 and didn't like what he saw. So he knew something was not right within him and fixed it. I thought he fixed it permanently, We'll find out these next 2 weekends. These games will determine what type of season Iowa has and if he has gotten sick of old Kirk. Old Kirk is back or they would have tried to score quickly right before halftime instead of letting the clock run out. The evidence to me says money makes Kirk not work as hard. I believe Kirk wants to win football games he just doesn't want to play to win because his contract says he doesn't have to.
 
lightning1 said:
I think that is the case. I also think he has assistant coach problems and because of his loyalty to his hires, he will let them fail to the point where his seat gets hot. Then my guess is he starts micro-managing a little more and making more demands from his staff.
KF is the anti-Hayden Fry. Doesn't hire assistant coaches that want to be head coaches. Doesn't want his program challenged in any way. That gets you a lot of assistant coaches that are comfortable. College Football isn't a comfortable profession.
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This is spot on. That being said; if this season falls apart which it looks like it will, somebody is going have to take the bullet(metaphorically speaking of course). The backlash is going to be so bad that someone will have to be the scapegoat and it is between Parker and GD. My guess it is going to be GD. I could see a "GD retirement" at the end of the year.
 
trj said:
This is spot on. That being said; if this season falls apart which it looks like it will, somebody is going have to take the bullet(metaphorically speaking of course). The backlash is going to be so bad that someone will have to be the scapegoat and it is between Parker and GD. My guess it is going to be GD. I could see a "GD retirement" at the end of the year.
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While I would like to see a couple changes made, Greg Davis should be first to go. Still an unfathomable and unholy hire.
 
dlbrandt said:
I believe this. Unless we have a major turn around it will happen again. This is the 2nd time(someone on another thread said it's the third time) that I am aware of. I remember at the end of the 2014 season KF's seat was getting hot. He was quoted in an article saying he could be let go for underperforming. He then said in an article I read he watched himself in a press conference from 2014 and didn't like what he saw. So he knew something was not right within him and fixed it. I thought he fixed it permanently, We'll find out these next 2 weekends. These games will determine what type of season Iowa has and if he has gotten sick of old Kirk. Old Kirk is back or they would have tried to score quickly right before halftime instead of letting the clock run out. The evidence to me says money makes Kirk not work as hard. I believe Kirk wants to win football games he just doesn't want to play to win because his contract says he doesn't have to.
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I've been reflecting back on a press conference about two years ago when I saw KF get snarky with a reporter who actually tried to challenge him a little. I couldn't help but wonder if this was the REAL Kirk, not the old or new Kirk but the REAL Kirk. I wonder if that was the press conference you were referring to? When a person gets snarky it can be a strong indicator of a person who has gotten to a point of being an untouchable.
 
Joshbrown said:
You know what's funny . . . GD will "retire" after this season.

3 guess' as to who will replace him?????

Hint: rhymes with Zion
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Excuse me!! My humble statement is this.GD DOES NOT MAKE FINAL GAME PLAN.CAP DOES.CAP SITS IN WITH GD AND HIS IDEAS FOR THE WAY THE SHIP SAILS.I GET SEASICK THINKING ABOUT CAP AND OFFENSE!!!
 
We sure are spending a lot of time and energy on a guy that has a long term contract. Venting is probably a healthy release, but getting rid of KF is not where things will go. Now, will GB and the big spender alums pressure KF to address the coordinator problem? Maybe. I am sure that Parker and Davis know more about football than all of us posters on this site, combined. But, sometimes big changes have to be made, regardless of professional loyalties. There seems to be a lot of obsession about how money talks when you read the posts on various sites. Why do we not believe money will talk when it comes to staff changes? Seems to me that is how the world works, right or wrong.
 
HuckFinn said:
We sure are spending a lot of time and energy on a guy that has a long term contract. Venting is probably a healthy release, but getting rid of KF is not where things will go. Now, will GB and the big spender alums pressure KF to address the coordinator problem? Maybe. I am sure that Parker and Davis know more about football than all of us posters on this site, combined. But, sometimes big changes have to be made, regardless of professional loyalties. There seems to be a lot of obsession about how money talks when you read the posts on various sites. Why do we not believe money will talk when it comes to staff changes? Seems to me that is how the world works, right or wrong.
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I think KF has demonstrated that he has been and will continue to remain loyal to his staff and will not make any moves regardless of how much pressure is applied by Barta. Barta has dug himself a hole and will be long gone IMO when KF leaves the program. This isn't me saying that I've lost hope and coaches need to go, but I have a feeling, love it or hate it, that the majority of this this staff is here a lot longer than Barta.
 
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