We all need to support Kirk....

[DDThompson]

Asking tough questions is not a lack of support.

If Ferentz has players that are unable to execute the schemes he wants to run, then he needs to put players in the game that can. Maybe Ruddock is a better gamer than practice QB. Maybe JVB makes all the plays in practice but plays like he has in the game. Why keep him in the game when he has demonstrated he can't do it this season?

If he doesn't have players that can successfully execute his scheme, then he should change his scheme to the players' talents and abilities.

If he doesn't have players that can successfully execute at the upper B1G level or Central Michigan, NW, Indiana level, then that's on him, too.

Why can't the coaching staff/Ferentz successfully execute the clock? Why has Ferentz/the coaching staff not improved on the execution that they control?

I appreciate what Ferentz has done at Iowa and want him to coach the Hawks. That doesn't mean questions can't and shouldn't be asked about the things left undone.

 

[83Hawk]

You had to of played for KF in 1983. There is no other way you could be that blind.

How am I blind? Kirk isn't going to be fired. He is going to be the coach for several more years.

 

[racerhawk]

At 3.8 mil yearly I think he's been given plenty of support. What haven't we given him that he's asked for?

He's always said when it stops being fun is when he would leave the game. I could see that happening before his contract expires.

That's a good point. He certainly doesn't look like he's having fun. His players don't look like they're having fun. I sure as hell am not having fun when I watch them, donate, pay money for tickets, and travel to their games.

 

[gohawks71]

This is pathetic...."he recruits FINE for Iowa". You sound like such a troll! If your not, then you have a loser attitude. Dont under sell this program or this state with such disregard.


QUOTE=TheLorax;952637]Kirk recruits fine for Iowa. This isn't Oklahoma, you know. W just aren't ever going to be a national contender here.i am happy with kirk.[/QUOTE]

 

[Cory]

How am I blind? Kirk isn't going to be fired. He is going to be the coach for several more years.

To blindly support KF is an absolute joke. No Iowa fan owes this guy anything. I say the opposite, annoy him at every chance and maybe he will resign. Cheer the kids and boo the hell out of KF at every opportunity.

 

[tm3308]

...because he is the Iowa football coach, and will be for at least the next 4-5 years. You can complain all you want, but he is not going to be fired.

This is Iowa football. Might as well get used to it.

What, about any of that drivel, screams 'SUPPORT THIS!'?

 

[IOWuh9]

I've been a big Ferentz fan for a lot of years. He seems like a stand up guy and he seems to do things the right way. The last two games have pushed me the farthest I've ever been into the "fire him camp." Maybe he'll right the ship but I have less faith that he can do it.

 

[tubahawk]

...because he is the Iowa football coach, and will be for at least the next 4-5 years. You can complain all you want, but he is not going to be fired.

This is Iowa football. Might as well get used to it.

I heard this same thing when Lickliter was still here. The fans (correctly) didn't accept that rationale then, and shouldn't now. There's lots of good reasons for and against Kirk leaving. Simply that he's the current coach and is therefore entiled to unconditional fan support isn't one of them.

 

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

I heard this same thing when Lickliter was still here. The fans (correctly) didn't accept that rationale then, and shouldn't now. There's lots of good reasons for and against Kirk leaving. Simply that he's the current coach and is therefore entiled to unconditional fan support isn't one of them.

Lick didn't have a 20 mil buyout either.

 

[tubahawk]

Lick didn't have a 20 mil buyout either.

Nor did he have any success at Iowa to earn him any credibility with fans. I'm not saying it is an apples to apples comparision, nor am I in the camp that thinks Ferentz should go (yet). My point was only dismissing the notion that Iowa coaches should get get unconditional fan support.

 

[Motigerhawk]

Im tired of low expectations. Why do we have to settle for 3 seasons of 7 wins and one of 11? Rinse and repeat?
Why cant Iowa become a national power? We can pay a coach $3.8 million. We have very good facilities. We have great crowds in a tough place to play.
These things alone should allow Iowa to become a power. But we arent.
Lets raise the expectations of the program and maybe the coach will raise the expectations of the players.

 

[Hawkers86]

Yeah Krut Freezents class act, dodging the tough questions and black listing anyone who asks them for 12 years. There is nothing classy about that guy what so ever.

 

[DexterMorgan]

Im tired of low expectations. Why do we have to settle for 3 seasons of 7 wins and one of 11? Rinse and repeat?
Why cant Iowa become a national power? We can pay a coach $3.8 million. We have very good facilities. We have great crowds in a tough place to play.
These things alone should allow Iowa to become a power. But we arent.
Lets raise the expectations of the program and maybe the coach will raise the expectations of the players.

Prestige, Weather, in state talent. 3 things working against Iowa that wont change.

 

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

Prestige, Weather, in state talent. 3 things working against Iowa that wont change.

Until my climate control machine comes online...

 

[Motigerhawk]

You are really blaming the weather? We cant recruit 4 and 5 star Midwest kids? Iowa City is 4 hours away from 5 major metropolitan areas.
Why cant we get average ability, but really fast kids from Texas? Missouri can recruit speed from Texas, why cant we?
Prestige? That can be a selling point. COme build a national power. Play to a kids pride. Who knows. It might work.

I guess you guys are satisfied with your 7 or 8 wins that get you a trip every Winter to Tampa. Then you can drink your beer on a beach instead of in your basements.
But wouldnt it be better to drink your beer in a BCS Championship game city? Quit blaming things you cant control and lets get someone who is willing to work towards making Iowa a national power. Or try and change KFs thinking to get him geared towards making us a national power.
Those 3 excuses lead to low expectations. So if the fans have low expectations, why shouldnt the coach and players?

 

[ferentz4life]

Prestige, Weather, in state talent. 3 things working against Iowa that wont change.

So true. Can't build an elite team with these disadvantages.

/s/ Bill Snyder

 

[tubahawk]

Prestige, Weather, in state talent. 3 things working against Iowa that wont change.

Have Northwestern, Wisonsin and Nebraska moved to a warmer climate and I missed it?

 

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

Have Northwestern, Wisonsin and Nebraska moved to a warmer climate and I missed it?

Global warming.

 

[keepat]

Kirk recruits fine for Iowa. This isn't Oklahoma, you know. W just aren't ever going to be a national contender here.i am happy with kirk.

I finally see someone with some sense on this board. Iowa will continue getting 3 star recruits and win 6-8 games per year. Every once in a while we will have a 9-10 win season sprinkled in there, but nobody is going to come in and do better than KF.

 

[tubahawk]

I finally see someone with some sense on this board. Iowa will continue getting 3 star recruits and win 6-8 games per year. Every once in a while we will have a 9-10 win season sprinkled in there, but nobody is going to come in and do better than KF.

I call B.S. Boise State overcame all three of those obsticles in addition to the disadvantage of that hideous blue field. It's not impossible becasue of geographical and demographic obsticles. It's impossible because of mental obsticles.