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WI has gone to the last three Rose Bowls. Please enlighten me in their vaunted passing attack and revolutionary new schemes.

Lets be fair here. They had Russell Wilson for one of those trips and were far more aggressive than in years past. And in another, they had no business being in the Rose Bowl in most years. OSU's sanctions enabled them to get in with a 7-5 record.
 
Well, like someone said above, the military has to change with the times, and I am former military, so I know that my Navy needed new ships and cannons to face new and evolving threats. However, what made the US Navy great, and what continues to make it great, is not the size and strength of the ships, but the hearts of the men who serve them.

What makes Iowa football great is not the plays that they run, but the men who make the program. What it takes to make a great Iowa football player; Pride, hard-work, determination, passion...those things that Coach Fry preached in 1979 are just as relevant as they are today.

I don't disagree those things are the pillars of Iowa football and they will be 30 years from now. But those pillars aren't exclusive to Iowa. Most teams exhibit these traits.

The context in which KF's statement was made was in terms of keeping things fresh. Coaching tenures that only last 5-7 years don't have to worry as much about keeping it fresh because there is a natural change in approaches when a new coach comes in. For KF and Iowa they have a somewhat unique challenge in that after 12+ years you have to work to make sure things don't get stagnant.

The balance is trying to break-up the monotony while still trying to preserve (or at least not disrupt) the things that work. To me that is more of a reference towards coaching philosophy than player work ethic.
 
"...But I also believe the things that were good two years ago were good 10 years ago, they were good 30 years ago. And if you go the other direction, they'll still be good two years from now, 10 years from now or 30 years from now. That doesn't change."

If he means scoring more points than your opponent, he is correct. But to line up with the same offense each year and believe you can "out execute" the other team, particularly if they are more talented, becomes too obvious to succeed. You know, if the other team DOES "...know what Iowa is going to do.." don't you think they scheme to prevent Iowa's executing it properly?

What offense would you like to see the team run?
 
I don't disagree those things are the pillars of Iowa football and they will be 30 years from now. But those pillars aren't exclusive to Iowa. Most teams exhibit these traits.

The context in which KF's statement was made was in terms of keeping things fresh. Coaching tenures that only last 5-7 years don't have to worry as much about keeping it fresh because there is a natural change in approaches when a new coach comes in. For KF and Iowa they have a somewhat unique challenge in that after 12+ years you have to work to make sure things don't get stagnant.

The balance is trying to break-up the monotony while still trying to preserve (or at least not disrupt) the things that work. To me that is more of a reference towards coaching philosophy than player work ethic.

I disagree. He keeps talking about coaches who move every 5-7 years. Those coaches don't move and change philosophies. Nick Saban didn't leave Michigan St. to LSU and run a completely new offense.

Kirk was absolutely talking about the work ethic part of that. That can absolutely get stale if you hear it every day for 5 years, and if the older guys are bored with it, they won't spread it down to the younger students. The job is always trying to get people to buy into the team, not getting people to buy into the offense. And, I do have to point out, Iowa completely changed their offense two years ago, so again, if Kirk was talking about offensive schemes working the same as 30 years ago, he'd have to be an idiot.
 
Did he say that nothing new is ever good? Because that what some think he said which he didn't. There are certain things in football that will be good no matter what changes in terms if schemes.
 
I disagree. He keeps talking about coaches who move every 5-7 years. Those coaches don't move and change philosophies. Nick Saban didn't leave Michigan St. to LSU and run a completely new offense.

Kirk was absolutely talking about the work ethic part of that. That can absolutely get stale if you hear it every day for 5 years, and if the older guys are bored with it, they won't spread it down to the younger students. The job is always trying to get people to buy into the team, not getting people to buy into the offense. And, I do have to point out, Iowa completely changed their offense two years ago, so again, if Kirk was talking about offensive schemes working the same as 30 years ago, he'd have to be an idiot.


I heard they are going to run the wishbone with a no huddle concept to counter against Sparty's fake injury scheme
 
I disagree. He keeps talking about coaches who move every 5-7 years. Those coaches don't move and change philosophies. Nick Saban didn't leave Michigan St. to LSU and run a completely new offense.

Kirk was absolutely talking about the work ethic part of that. That can absolutely get stale if you hear it every day for 5 years, and if the older guys are bored with it, they won't spread it down to the younger students. The job is always trying to get people to buy into the team, not getting people to buy into the offense. And, I do have to point out, Iowa completely changed their offense two years ago, so again, if Kirk was talking about offensive schemes working the same as 30 years ago, he'd have to be an idiot.

Yeah I can see that, I'm still not convinced there's not a little bit of a defensive response to criticism about our offense.
 
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