Re-Listened To Leistikow's Fanboy Podcast Interview With Brian...

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And holy shit...

I encourage each of you to listen to it.

Soooooo much foreshadowing, soooooo much Brian admitting in explicit and no uncertain terms that he has no idea what he's doing. Not joking. There are several points in the interview where he admits he doesn't have a clue, and basically he's going on a wing and a prayer and just hoping it works out.

And holy hell is that cuck Leistikow eating every word of it up, with the star-struck eagerness of a 1997 NSYNC fan club member.

Barf.


https://omny.fm/shows/hawk-central-hour/the-2022-brian-ferentz-podcast-with-chad-leistikow
 
thanks, just saw this. recorded July 30. The thing is Brian isn't leaving until Brian wants to leave.
 
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I listened to it when they released it. I think it's more of Brian having a personality with a lot of humility like his dad. He doesn't have it all figured out, we can all see that. I appreciate that he's not an arrogant asshole and he's pretty in tune with the fact that he hasn't done well enough in his role.

All said, Iowa is 49-22 since he became OC. I know it's in spite of our offense, but I personally think Kirk neuters him and is the real OC of Iowa football and winning 70% of your games is good enough in his mind.

Not saying right or wrong, I just think that's the realistic look at it.
 
Also, Chad is a total fan boy homer for Iowa football....but he does work for the state's biggest media outlet and needs to maintain relationships with the coaches. How many coaches give up over 3 hours of their time for media every year? I bet that's not all that common.

This wasn't a "Grill Brian about why he's not good and is he only here because of daddy" type of interview. I found it insightful and could honestly listen to him talk about football all day.
 
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What is this passion for confrontation on every damn interview? Local media is typically biased toward the home team. Look at every college and pro football local media and show me contrary examples. The local media has been pretty aggressive in its criticism of our O this season. I guess some of you want every press conference to become a screaming match. Go watch ESPN if you are hungry for blood.
 
HuckFinn said:
What is this passion for confrontation on every damn interview? Local media is typically biased toward the home team. Look at every college and pro football local media and show me contrary examples. The local media has been pretty aggressive in its criticism of our O this season. I guess some of you want every press conference to become a screaming match. Go watch ESPN if you are hungry for blood.
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Who is wanting that? I think what is being asked for is some confrontation on some big issues concerning the program.
 
HuckFinn said:
What is this passion for confrontation on every damn interview? Local media is typically biased toward the home team. Look at every college and pro football local media and show me contrary examples. The local media has been pretty aggressive in its criticism of our O this season. I guess some of you want every press conference to become a screaming match. Go watch ESPN if you are hungry for blood.
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Both parts can be true.
Yes - The local media is of course biased to the home team.
Yes - Some of the media have been critical of our O - with good reason.

Iowa has been at or near the bottom of CFB offensive standings all year. And last year.
Winnable games have been lost by failing to produce a minimal expectation of offense.
I would not say that questioning the staff over the continued year-over-year extension of this situation is "hungry for blood".
 
InGoodCo said:
I listened to it when they released it. I think it's more of Brian having a personality with a lot of humility like his dad. He doesn't have it all figured out, we can all see that. I appreciate that he's not an arrogant asshole and he's pretty in tune with the fact that he hasn't done well enough in his role.

All said, Iowa is 49-22 since he became OC. I know it's in spite of our offense, but I personally think Kirk neuters him and is the real OC of Iowa football and winning 70% of your games is good enough in his mind.

Not saying right or wrong, I just think that's the realistic look at it.
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I agree with your take on this

He spent a lot of time with the media last summer. 3 hours with Dochterman and this. I think the staff knew they had a talent deficit (read blackhole) for 2022 on the oline and knew it would be tough. So maybe they were being proactive
 
HawkGold said:
Who is wanting that? I think what is being asked for is some confrontation on some big issues concerning the program.
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Yeah, that needs to be pointed at the guy in charge not in a puff piece off season conversation with the OC. He's been confronted now about it, how much more flesh do you need?
 
InGoodCo said:
I listened to it when they released it. I think it's more of Brian having a personality with a lot of humility like his dad. He doesn't have it all figured out, we can all see that. I appreciate that he's not an arrogant asshole and he's pretty in tune with the fact that he hasn't done well enough in his role.
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I agree. There are sooooooo many coaches out there who have been deemed geniuses because they have gotten the opportunity to work with Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady or Peyton Manning. Hell, Norv Turner kicked around the NFL for almost 30 years off one data point on his resume, namely his tenure as offensive coordinator for the Cowboys in the early '90's.

I have very little by way of complaints in terms of how Brian calls games. I think if you plugged him into a top NFL team with a good QB he would be completely fine, just as many others would be. I am dissatisfied with our offensive line and our general talent level on offense, but I really think those are more attributable to the population trends and preferences in the region than anything the coaches can control. Wisconsin is a shell of itself, Nebraska is a shell of itself, Michigan State is a shell of itself, Northwestern is an utter tire fire, Minnesota is slightly better than recent history but not world beaters, Iowa State sucks, Illinois is getting a little better. If it was just Iowa falling off a cliff I would be more worried about Iowa and Ferentz, but this is clearly a regional trend and I don't have any idea of how to get around it short of some of the programs in the region folding so there is more talent concentration. Ohio State, Michigan and Notre Dame are the only teams in the traditional Big Ten footprint who have a snowballs' chance in hell of getting stars out of Florida, Georgia, Texas and California.
 
HawkGold said:
Who is wanting that? I think what is being asked for is some confrontation on some big issues concerning the program.
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I think there has been some confrontation at this point. Perhaps some aren't satisfied with the lack of ongoing confrontation?

I personally think the biggest issue is a lack of talent. How are they going to say that to the media?
 
RobHowe said:
Some good examples in this thread of perception not being reality. We see what we want to see.
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Perception is reality. Maybe not your reality, but the person that made the statement, it is reality to them.

As I tell my students, my perception is your reality.
 
Anyone remember Norm Chow? He was the genious? As a coach told me once, great players make great coaches.
 
racerhawk said:
I think there has been some confrontation at this point. Perhaps some aren't satisfied with the lack of ongoing confrontation?

I personally think the biggest issue is a lack of talent. How are they going to say that to the media?
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By saying, we need to update the recruiting plan to change to the current market. Basically the confrontation in general on about anything. Everything has pretty much been off base. The current rhetoric would be normal for about any year at any program. KF created quite an environment.
 
InGoodCo said:
Yeah, that needs to be pointed at the guy in charge not in a puff piece off season conversation with the OC. He's been confronted now about it, how much more flesh do you need?
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Flesh? The current rhetoric is actually normal discussion about anywhere else.
 
RobHowe said:
Some good examples in this thread of perception not being reality. We see what we want to see.
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That includes everyone. We all have our own realities. I've lived in NE, MO, MN, and IL as an adult. I listen to sports broadcasts for other teams. There is no question to me that KF has built a controlled environment and doesn't get asked many tough questions...historically. There are ways of being polite and ask tough questions. No being in the room, it does seem to me that KF builds the tension with media and tough questions being asked. Most coaches can deflect it well or turn it around into another angle. KF lacks that skill or doesn't want to use it or if he does he is quite obvious.
 
okeefe4prez said:
. I am dissatisfied with our offensive line and our general talent level on offense, but I really think those are more attributable to the population trends and preferences in the region than anything the coaches can control. Wisconsin is a shell of itself, Nebraska is a shell of itself, Michigan State is a shell of itself, Northwestern is an utter tire fire, Minnesota is slightly better than recent history but not world beaters, Iowa State sucks, Illinois is getting a little better. If it was just Iowa falling off a cliff I would be more worried about Iowa and Ferentz, but this is clearly a regional trend and I don't have any idea of how to get around it short of some of the programs in the region folding so there is more talent concentration. Ohio State, Michigan and Notre Dame are the only teams in the traditional Big Ten footprint who have a snowballs' chance in hell of getting stars out of Florida, Georgia, Texas and California.
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You know, now that you mention it, there is a lot of coincidence here. Each of those seem to have their own particular causes. At Iowa they failed to recruit, retain and develop the offensive line. The QB coaching hasn't been very good. Not sure if the WR position has a talent deficit or not. 1 promising RB. And we have this.
 
NCHawker said:
You know, now that you mention it, there is a lot of coincidence here. Each of those seem to have their own particular causes. At Iowa they failed to recruit, retain and develop the offensive line. The QB coaching hasn't been very good. Not sure if the WR position has a talent deficit or not. 1 promising RB. And we have this.
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There are arguments that can be made about each program's woes, but at the end of the day a giant cluster of geographically close teams have all pretty much shit the bed simultaneously and I think population and football participation rates are a big driver in that.

Hell, you look around just the Carolinas and even the better G5 programs like App State or Coastal Carolina are rolling out solid products. And when you look at the population numbers from 1980 across the regions it ain't hard to see how big of a predicament the western side of the Big Ten is in.
 
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