Repetitive Coaching Mistakes Thread

[okeefe4prez]

I have a hard time capping on 20 year old kids for mistakes they make in games in the heat of battle, mistakes will obviously happen. But I am less sympathetic when grown men who are getting paid either in excess of $3 million or $200k in the case of coordinators seem to be unable to learn from mistakes of the past.

What are some of the mistakes you've seen the Iowa coaching staff make that it seems to repeat?

Two that immediately come to my mind are:

1) Watching Eastern Illinois run a fake punt up the middle and failing to remedy the obviously gaping hole in the special teams until it actually cost Iowa the Wisconsin game

2) Not learning from the multiple interceptions Stanzi threw in the 3rd quarter of the Indiana game in 2009 and then deciding to throw it 40+ yards down the field into a brisk wind yesterday setting NU up for an easy interception.

What are others you guys can think of?

 

[HAWKEYESTATE4ever]

I am confused w/ your avatar and your signature? Did you lose a bet?

 

[cobri66]

failure to understand and implement basic coaching rules at the end of halves( al a..when to call t.o...when to spike..)..this is BASIC...unconscionable at this level

 

[Puttman]

I am confused w/ your avatar and your signature? Did you lose a bet?

No, as posted in another thread, he's bailing on the hawks

 

[hawkeye12345]

1) Taking the ball to start the game when winning the coin flip. If our team is based on conservative calls and defense then why not try and win the field position from the start? Defer to the 2nd half, they will take the ball, we make them play into the wind or if no wind we put them in the endzone closest to the students (loudest section).

2) Clock management or the inability there of.

3) The inability to change. ie. Youger players vs older players. Vanilla offense. Vanilla defense.

4) Creative ability: I've never seen a fake punt or FG and I can't remember the last time we actually tried an onside kick.

5) Prevent offense / defense. Why we feel that winning by 4 points is adequate is beyond me. We generally prevent a win (see NW).

6) The inability to call a timeout when momentum is going against us. We should have used a TO yesterday when NW was driving and our starters were gassed or on the sidelines.

7) Developing a QB

That should be enough to start.

 

[InNormwetrust]

No, as posted in another thread, he's bailing on the hawks

Which thread?

 

[HawkeyeBA]

Iowa QB Development 2 - Question for Jon

 

[briankaldenberg]

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4) Creative ability: I've never seen a fake punt or FG and I can't remember the last time we actually tried an onside kick.QUOTE]

Last year in the Orange Bowl in the 4th quarter we attempted a fake FG and we fumbled it out of bounds.

We were VERY fortunate it went out of bounds because it would have been returned for a touchdown.

 

[Xerxes]

Having Stanzi under center in a two minute offense. The other team knows Iowa is throwing the ball, may as well put him in the shotgun. All their doing is making it easier for the defense to blitz and get a sack or quick throw away.