Regarding DJK and his time here

olivecourt said:
Do you remember this guy named Jake Christiansen? Pretty good at throwing the ball about 5 yards in front of receivers?

Also another gentlemen by the name of Shonn Greene? I believe he rushed for 100 yards every game when he was a senior?

I can't remember the third guy's name... Moeaki or something? I think he plays in the NFL?

But no, you're right. We should have targeted DJK 10 times a game, starting with his freshman year. That's the point of the game, right? To see how many receptions one player can rack up?

Last I checked breaking the career record for receiving yards in the sixth game of the season at a school that's been playing football for 121 years is pretty good. But you know me... I don't have the killer instinct.
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All I wanted was some punt returns.

I'm not greedy.
 
Where was all this criticism last week? It's always interesting to see where people stand when a team faces adversity...
 
Imlivingthedream said:
that short crossing pattern he caught last week versus Wisconsin should be ran a couple times every week.
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I definitely agree with this...allow him to work underneath and put one of our TE's behind him in the dig area and let McNutt take the top off the defense. Because of his ability to work after the catch, he draws attention that opens things up for others. Even Jake Christensen can make that throw...well, 6 out of 10 anyway.

That's interesting with the Shonn Greene comparison...because in 2008 thru 7 games, Greene had 152 carries. In 2010, thru 7 games, Adam Robinson has 152 carries...

Moeaki missed about 40% of the games that he was eligible for in his career at Iowa, so I don't know how much he was taking from DJK.
 
If we're going to play this "what if" game, I'd like to throw "If Tim Dwight hadn't been 'under-utilized' in his Iowa career, DJK wouldn't be sniffing the records he has" into the ring for sampling...
 
Another thread points to a very good Adam Rittenberg piece on Stanzi's growth as a quarterback and this paragraph jumps out:

Stanzi has been dead-on with the deep ball this season, tossing four touchdown passes of longer than 30 yards, all to senior wideout Derrell Johnson-Koulianos. Stanzi has completed six passes of 40 yards or longer and 11 passes of 30 yards or longer in his first seven games.

DJK is fast, smart, has good hands, and has matured as a receiver. With Ricky's development, I think some of us here wonder what the season would look like if the offensive plan had featured him more as a weapon.

Shonn Greene two years ago allowed the focus to go to the run. With DJK and the other receivers, it seems the balance could have shifted this year to more of an aerial attack.
 
tweeterhawk said:
DJK is fast, smart, has good hands, and has matured as a receiver. With Ricky's development, I think some of us here wonder what the season would look like if the offensive plan had featured him more as a weapon.

Shonn Greene two years ago allowed the focus to go to the run. With DJK and the other receivers, it seems the balance could have shifted this year to more of an aerial attack.
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The issue there is that the Hawks HAVE shifted gears and have opted more to the aerial attack.

Quite frankly, Iowa's O has not been the problem this year!

Also, Adam Robinson is a fine back. He's getting a good number of carries ... but certainly I wouldn't say that he's touching the ball "too much."

Besides, Iowa's passing game still feeds off of the success of our running game. Iowa has a very nice passing game ... however, our passing game isn't nearly as good (or effective) when we're forced to be one-dimensional.
 
homerHAWKeye777 said:
The issue there is that the Hawks HAVE shifted gears and have opted more to the aerial attack.

Quite frankly, Iowa's O has not been the problem this year!

Also, Adam Robinson is a fine back. He's getting a good number of carries ... but certainly I wouldn't say that he's touching the ball "too much."

Besides, Iowa's passing game still feeds off of the success of our running game. Iowa has a very nice passing game ... however, our passing game isn't nearly as good (or effective) when we're forced to be one-dimensional.
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I always thought you played to your strength, and this year that appears to be the receivers. Guess I'm just not smart enough to know when the run sets up the pass and the pass sets up the run. :confused:
 
homerHAWKeye777 said:
The issue there is that the Hawks HAVE shifted gears and have opted more to the aerial attack.

Quite frankly, Iowa's O has not been the problem this year!

Also, Adam Robinson is a fine back. He's getting a good number of carries ... but certainly I wouldn't say that he's touching the ball "too much."

Besides, Iowa's passing game still feeds off of the success of our running game. Iowa has a very nice passing game ... however, our passing game isn't nearly as good (or effective) when we're forced to be one-dimensional.
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It might seem like we have gone to more of an aerial attack, but the numbers actually prove otherwise.

Thru 7 games in 2009, we had 251 rushes to 217 passes. Of those 251 rushes, 15 of them were sacks, which would adjust the numbers to 236 rushes and 232 passes...very balanced!

Thru the first 7 games of 2010, we have 261 rushes and 191 passes. Of the 261 rushes, 12 are sacks which means that the adjusted figures are 249 rushes and 203 passes.

However, I also agree with your last paragraph 100%. Then again, it goes without saying that most passing games suffer when they don't have a somewhat complementary running game. It's just a little moreso in our case because of the amount of play action that we rely on.
 
Since we are talking DJK, how about one of you guys who is Really Talented and Good at making Highlight videos get one ready before Saturday if possible...or have one ready, only to insert his record-breaking catch that will make him the undisputed best WR in Iowa history.
If you go to YouTube and type in 'DJK Iowa Highlights' there is a good one of him, but I think it is time to be updated. Believe me, if I was good at the editing as some of you are, I'd do it myself.
Thanks in advance if anyone can put together an awesome video of him to share with the Hawkeye Nation!!
 
hawkfan2679 said:
It might seem like we have gone to more of an aerial attack, but the numbers actually prove otherwise.

Thru 7 games in 2009, we had 251 rushes to 217 passes. Of those 251 rushes, 15 of them were sacks, which would adjust the numbers to 236 rushes and 232 passes...very balanced!

Thru the first 7 games of 2010, we have 261 rushes and 191 passes. Of the 261 rushes, 12 are sacks which means that the adjusted figures are 249 rushes and 203 passes.

However, I also agree with your last paragraph 100%. Then again, it goes without saying that most passing games suffer when they don't have a somewhat complementary running game. It's just a little moreso in our case because of the amount of play action that we rely on.
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these stats mean nothing, we have blown out 5 of our opponents this year, allowing for conservationist approach offensively. Now last year is a different story, we were in tight games every week (except maybe the ISU game & possibly Arizona)--those games last year required a more balanced approach where as this year we could "lean" on people and run it down their throats, and have been quite successful at it.

Really only the Arizona game were we forced to pass more, and were still very effective when they for the most part knew what was coming. When we are ahead, not only will we work our backups(mainly the 6th, 7th, and 8th man on the OL), but also our "balanced" attack shifts to about 70-30 running.

but to add to the OP, no DJK is not under utilized. The last thing we need now is Terrell Owen's personality to sneak into his mind. That is one thing I can say I have loved about DJK, he understands the necessity of his teammates for his individual success. He, among other Hawks, have always showered praise amongst each other kind of like "passing the buck" but in a good way. Even if he was the best option on the field I honestly think that he is sufficiently used in multiple ways, for example I have seen him proudly run decoy routes, knowing he wasnt even a 4th or 5th option. He is a perfect option in Iowa's system. now we need some sweedish doctor to clone him.
 
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The DJK-Ferentz relationship is so intriguing. Someday I hope more of the stories come out...not just DJK tweeting about it in January, but an insightful analysis of all that happened behind the scenes.

I'm guessing one day DJK will look back and say that he owes much of who he is and what he has accomplished up to that stage in his life to Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa coaches. And I'm guessing Ferentz might acknowledge one day, at least to his inner circle, that DJK challenged him and helped him become a better coach.

So all this talk of being underutilized seems somewhat silly. It seems like a match made in heaven as far as college athletics go. Not so much that they hit it off from the start. But that the player came in as a boy and left a man, and that the old school coach learned he could give a little here and there, too.

In a lot of ways their relationship demonstrates all the great aspects of college athletics. I give them both credit for hanging in there and making it work.
 
HawkeyeShane said:
Yeah...I'm not going to buy that "average hands" nugget, even if someone spots me the cash to do so...
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when people talked about Dwight it was always about his speed and his open field running. If he had better than average hands, Im guessing hed have been a much higher draft choice than he was coming out of college. Im sure he did well at the combine, numbers wise.

There are no highlights of "great catches" of his..great runs, yes.
 
SwirlinLingerie said:
The DJK-Ferentz relationship is so intriguing. Someday I hope more of the stories come out...not just DJK tweeting about it in January, but an insightful analysis of all that happened behind the scenes.

I'm guessing one day DJK will look back and say that he owes much of who he is and what he has accomplished up to that stage in his life to Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa coaches. And I'm guessing Ferentz might acknowledge one day, at least to his inner circle, that DJK challenged him and helped him become a better coach.

So all this talk of being underutilized seems somewhat silly. It seems like a match made in heaven as far as college athletics go. Not so much that they hit it off from the start. But that the player came in as a boy and left a man, and that the old school coach learned he could give a little here and there, too.

In a lot of ways their relationship demonstrates all the great aspects of college athletics. I give them both credit for hanging in there and making it work.
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Send me the memo when you see KF giving a little here and there. I honestly don't see him doing much differently on offense than he's done during the time he has been here.
 
tweeterhawk said:
Send me the memo when you see KF giving a little here and there. I honestly don't see him doing much differently on offense than he's done during the time he has been here.
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I get the feeling he wasn't referring to the playcalling, but rather the personal relationship between KF and DJK, and how KF has handled him. Not sure I've seen much give from KF in that department either, but he doesn't have to.
 
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