SI: This May Be the End for Several Coaching Greats



I’ve never been a fire Kirk guy, and I’m not right now, but I would be ok with a change. The problem is I don’t know if it’s going to change anything until Iowa is farther towards the top of the NIL world. That world has passed Iowa by and playing catch up is almost impossible at this point. Gronowskinis good but I don’t think he’s the answer. Lester rolled the dice but came up snake eyes because it looks like MG can’t adapt to the way faster speed that P4 football happens at. He’s getting the protection, getting open receivers, but not finding them quick enough.

How do you recruit a QB after the past 8 years? How do you recruit receivers? Has anyone seen the size of ISU’s WRs?

Bottom line…I’ve always held that LeVar would be the best of few options as successor, but if this season continues this way after UMass I do t know if any coach is going to be able to help.
 


Fry says Gronowski is getting protection. It didn't seem like much protection when he got sacked two straight times in that last possession when we needed to move down the field.

I do agree, though, that NIL is so key and I don't know the solution. i was watching a bit of the Oregon/Ok St game and the announcers talking how the coaches were having a war of words leading up to the game. One point made was that last year Ok St pail $7M, I think it was in NIL and Oregon paid out $40M. To make the point Oregon put up 69 points I think it was laying an early claim to a playoff spot. Oregon comes to Kinnick, right?

I hate to see coaches get on the hot seat two games into the season. But you knew there would be calls for Kirk's head if we lost, no matter the score.

And, like most, I would assume, you can't help but wonder about our passing game.......
 


Zstatman said:
Fry says Gronowski is getting protection. It didn't seem like much protection when he got sacked two straight times in that last possession when we needed to move down the field.

I do agree, though, that NIL is so key and I don't know the solution. i was watching a bit of the Oregon/Ok St game and the announcers talking how the coaches were having a war of words leading up to the game. One point made was that last year Ok St pail $7M, I think it was in NIL and Oregon paid out $40M. To make the point Oregon put up 69 points I think it was laying an early claim to a playoff spot. Oregon comes to Kinnick, right?

I hate to see coaches get on the hot seat two games into the season. But you knew there would be calls for Kirk's head if we lost, no matter the score.

And, like most, I would assume, you can't help but wonder about our passing game.......
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He often had time to read a book back there. I wonder what Petras might have looked like with that kind of protection.
 


Every time the program went into a funk, Kirk has been allowed/able to get them out of it. The program is currently in a funk, and I am not sure he can get them out of this one.

I don’t think a KF 4.0, 5.0 or whatever the f*ck it would be is coming.
 


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