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koralakers

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and almost chocked on my dinner....

5. Iowa offensive coordinator Greg Davis isn’t auditioning for a job this fall.
Technically, Davis was hired on an interim basis in February on a one-year arrangement which allowed Iowa to fill the position quickly.
Coach Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday he is comfortable with the job Davis is doing as he introduces a new scheme to the Hawkeye program.
“I’m excited to have him here and I’m glad he came. He isn’t too worried about it nor am I,’’ Ferentz said.
Ferentz said he believes the Davis “is officially on board now.’’



UNREAL. If GD is 'officially' hired, that is the perfect time for every last one of us to end our financial 'sponsorship' of the IA FB program (buying tix, donating $, etc).

GD has put up one of the WORST offenses by a BCS school in the last 10 years. All with a couple of decent running backs, a 5th-year senior QB with tons of experience, a decent Offensive line, and at-least average Big 10 WRs and TE (Davis, Martin-Manley, and Fedorowicz)

Any ideas on how-else we can tell the university how displeased we are??? It's bad enough we have a terrible coach that's getting paid as if he is top-5, now this?
 




Davis was not hired on an interim basis. That just simply is not true. I have no idea where people got that idea or why it has become a wide spread rumor. Yes, he has a one-year deal, but so do the vast majority of college football assistant coaches. Iowa followed normal hiring procedures with Davis, and he does not need to go through the process a second time after the season.

Edit: It turns out that I was mistaken. Many apologies.

http://www.dailyiowan.com/2012/03/06/Sports/27342.html
 
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thejumper5 said:
Davis was not hired on an interim basis. That just simply is not true. I have no idea where people got that idea or why it has become a wide spread rumor. Yes, he has a one-year deal, but so do the vast majority of college football assistant coaches. Iowa followed normal hiring procedures with Davis, and he does not need to go through the process a second time after the season.
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I see. HOWEVER, what a perfect 'out' for Barta...you hire a guy to run offense, he sets a traditional anemic offense back a couple decades, makes a 5-th yr Sr QB with plenty of experience have the worst QB rating in D1. JUST DON'T RENEW HIS CONTRACT. HOW FREAKIN HARD IS THAT. Unfortunately can't do that with Ferentz, but CAN with Davis. What's the point of a '1-yr contract' if your somehow 'obligated' for more than that. It's not like you need to reward Davis for tenure or loyalty.

Think KF wants to keep him so he can keep his conservative philosophies of slowing game down, bleeding every second of playclock, don't take risks, or do anything flashy, don;t use your talent to create mismatches, have no ingenuity, and certainly don't score too often. Davis fits all the above. No wonder KF wants to keep him.
 


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I seem to remember the 2002 offense was rated 103rd,, they went to the OB and lost to USC. sorry to say Iowa really has never been a offensive power
and to say GD is at fault for the performance is way off base.
the OL was rebuit with "3" new starters, RSSO Scherff at LT, RSJR Van Sloten at RT, with RSFR Bythe at RG. the RB situation as been a revolving door since spring practice, 1st we lose Canzeri, then we lost Hill before the season even began, Bullock and Garmon leave the UNI game because of injury, in steps Weisman who surprises everybody because he took over the starting FB spot because Rogers got hurt in fall practices, that's alot for anybody to work with I don't care who the coach is. then you add in the fact Iowa lost Scherff and Donall in the PSU game for the season,
now we have RSFR Blythe and RSFR Walsh are now starting at LG and RG, Blythe was the starter til he got hurt, Donall a RSSO got his 1st start because of that injury to Blythe..
Why is it nobody pays attention to injuries and youth when they make these type of statements, especially the RB comment makes no sense other than they know nothing about Iowa FB.. as for GD's qualification his TX teams were rated since 2004 with 1 #2 ranking, 3 #11 rankings, 1 # 13 ranking, 1 26 ranking and 1 # 74 ranking, that's some resume to offer, then you add in the reopening of the TX recruiting market and that is huge
 
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Has anyone watched a game yet? On every 3rd and 6, JVB throws a 1.5 yrd square out to a guy who is double-covered, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING DOWNFIELD. WHOSE JOB IS IT TO TELL JVB THAT IS NO GOOD!!!!! Obviously not Davis or KF. WHose job is it? Ours?
 




koralakers said:
Has anyone watched a game yet? On every 3rd and 6, JVB throws a 1.5 yrd square out to a guy who is double-covered, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING DOWNFIELD. WHOSE JOB IS IT TO TELL JVB THAT IS NO GOOD!!!!! Obviously not Davis or KF. WHose job is it? Ours?
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OK,that is gold.comic gold. I LOL
 


Another case of cat-scratch-fever by someone pointing the finger, trying o fnd ONE case for a team that smells like Pepe Le Pew... Davis is a good guy, and given TIME he an KF will make this work. One bad year is NOT a sign that the end of the world is upon us...
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Get over it. He's here for at least three years. Kirk isn't going to kick him out after one season. If after a couple more seasons the offense is still sputtering then he will get the boot. Until then...

Deal with it...
 


redhawk55 said:
Iseem to rember the 2002 offense was rated 103rd,, they went to the OBand lost to USC. sorry to say Iowa really has never been a offensive power
and to say GD is at fault for the performance vis way off base.
the OL was rebuit with "3" new starters, RSSO Scherff at LT, RSJR Van Sloten at RT, with RSFR at RG. the RB situation as been a revolving door since spring practice, 1st we lose Canzeri, then we lost Hill before the seasoneven began, Bullock and Garmon leave the UNI game because of injury, in steps Weisman who surprise everybody because he took over the starting FB spot because Rogers got hurt in fall practices, that's alot for anybody to work with Idon't care who the coach is. then you add in the fact Iowa lost Scherff and Donall in the PSU game for the season,
now we have RSFR Blythe and RSFR Walsh are now starting at LG and RG, Blythe was the starter til he got hurt, Donall a RSSO got his 1st start because of that injury to Blythe..
Why is it nobody pay attention to injuries and youth when they make these type of statements, especially the RB comment makes no sense other than they know nothing about Iowa FB.. as for GD's qualification his TX team were rated since 2004 with 1 #2 ranking, 3 #11 rankings, 1 13THranking, 1 26th ranking and 1 # 74 ranking, that's some stat to offer, then you add in the reopening of the TX recruiting and that is huge
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And a swing and a miss by herby. The 2002 Iowa offense was not rated 103rd.
 


redhawk55 said:
I seem to remember the 2002 offense was rated 103rd,, they went to the OB and lost to USC. sorry to say Iowa really has never been a offensive power
and to say GD is at fault for the performance is way off base.
the OL was rebuit with "3" new starters, RSSO Scherff at LT, RSJR Van Sloten at RT, with RSFR Bythe at RG. the RB situation as been a revolving door since spring practice, 1st we lose Canzeri, then we lost Hill before the season even began, Bullock and Garmon leave the UNI game because of injury, in steps Weisman who surprises everybody because he took over the starting FB spot because Rogers got hurt in fall practices, that's alot for anybody to work with I don't care who the coach is. then you add in the fact Iowa lost Scherff and Donall in the PSU game for the season,
now we have RSFR Blythe and RSFR Walsh are now starting at LG and RG, Blythe was the starter til he got hurt, Donall a RSSO got his 1st start because of that injury to Blythe..
Why is it nobody pays attention to injuries and youth when they make these type of statements, especially the RB comment makes no sense other than they know nothing about Iowa FB.. as for GD's qualification his TX teams were rated since 2004 with 1 #2 ranking, 3 #11 rankings, 1 # 13 ranking, 1 26 ranking and 1 # 74 ranking, that's some resume to offer, then you add in the reopening of the TX recruiting market and that is huge
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'sup herb
 


redhawk55 said:
I seem to remember the 2002 offense was rated 103rd,, they went to the OB and lost to USC. sorry to say Iowa really has never been a offensive power
and to say GD is at fault for the performance is way off base.
the OL was rebuit with "3" new starters, RSSO Scherff at LT, RSJR Van Sloten at RT, with RSFR Bythe at RG. the RB situation as been a revolving door since spring practice, 1st we lose Canzeri, then we lost Hill before the season even began, Bullock and Garmon leave the UNI game because of injury, in steps Weisman who surprises everybody because he took over the starting FB spot because Rogers got hurt in fall practices, that's alot for anybody to work with I don't care who the coach is. then you add in the fact Iowa lost Scherff and Donall in the PSU game for the season,
now we have RSFR Blythe and RSFR Walsh are now starting at LG and RG, Blythe was the starter til he got hurt, Donall a RSSO got his 1st start because of that injury to Blythe..
Why is it nobody pays attention to injuries and youth when they make these type of statements, especially the RB comment makes no sense other than they know nothing about Iowa FB.. as for GD's qualification his TX teams were rated since 2004 with 1 #2 ranking, 3 #11 rankings, 1 # 13 ranking, 1 26 ranking and 1 # 74 ranking, that's some resume to offer, then you add in the reopening of the TX recruiting market and that is huge
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my slow typing buried this response
 








koralakers said:
Has anyone watched a game yet? On every 3rd and 6, JVB throws a 1.5 yrd square out to a guy who is double-covered, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING DOWNFIELD. WHOSE JOB IS IT TO TELL JVB THAT IS NO GOOD!!!!! Obviously not Davis or KF. WHose job is it? Ours?
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I would agree, and have to say this is one of the best replies I have seen in a while. To say that ALL people posting on here have low football intelligence would be incorrect. Most of us are probably 40 years old and have played football and watched it our entire lives. This 3rd down scenario is a true/horrible strategy and appears to be what was called for by the COACHING STAFF.
When an offense is at midfield and it is a 3rd and long (outside of FG range)... take a shot!

All points to include rant goes to koralakers here.
 


No real surprise here, under the KF tenure mediocrity has and always will be rewarded, I still have to wonder though if it weren't for KF would our O-Coordinators be more imaginative?
 


koralakers said:
Has anyone watched a game yet? On every 3rd and 6, JVB throws a 1.5 yrd square out to a guy who is double-covered, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING DOWNFIELD. WHOSE JOB IS IT TO TELL JVB THAT IS NO GOOD!!!!! Obviously not Davis or KF. WHose job is it? Ours?
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Vandy has lost his confidence and with that any skills he may have once had. If Davis is the one who keeps him in there and tells him to never throw downfield to an open receiver, but instead check down for a two yard gain on a 3rd and 8, then I say he needs to go. If he's telling him to lock on to your first receiver and never look at your 2nd option even if they are running down the field wide open, then he should probably go. I have a feeling that Davis isn't doing that.

If the backups would actually be worse, then Ferentz has failed miserably at recruiting a Big Ten qb. I have no idea what kind of coach Davis is, until you have at least a serviceable qb we'll never know. We could have the best offensive mind that ever walked God's green earth and our offense would still be a trainwreck with the current Vandenburg under center.
 


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