We have the talent right now to have a great offense.

craig56

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Using an offense from 30 to 50 years is not only predictable but it keeps a lot of great athletes on the bench. Using 1 and 2 receiver sets during the whole game leaves very little options to the quarterback which might explain the 16 for 40 completion average. We were told before the season started that we were going to utilize more of our talent, other than Ohio State game they haven't. Open it up and your running game will be better as well. Why not try 4 and 5 receiver sets with a lot of speed and quickness which might include Bullock and Canzeri flanked out on the same play and our big backs to block or run. The offensive philosophy has to change now or start to see an erosion in attendance. I don't expect us to win all our games but I do like to be entertained with some exciting offense like everyone else is with a half way decent team. The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting different results and I have just about had enough. After going to games for 40 years I am going to give it up. As a loyal hawk fan I will still root them on and watch the games. I know of no other way to get the attention of the athletic department than with your pocket book. It worked with the basketball program.
 
You must not watch much college football other than the Hawks, which is fine. But this offense is lacking good receivers that can get separation, the ones that do have speed drop the ball.
 
4 plays stand out to me in first half that killed drives. KMM drops two passes that hit him in the hands. CJF gets 2 motion penalties. 14 points
 
CJF looks the part.....wish looks counted

Everything about this offense is wobbly. Does it get any better next year, with the talent returning and the staff running it?

They say that the stadium sound system will be upgraded by next fall. I'm sure that will help
 
I have to disagree with the OP on this one. You want to see a team with the talent to have a great offense, look at the 2002 Iowa team. This year, no. That said, I think this coaching staff is doing a poor job getting the most out of what they have to work with.
 
Iowa has zero talent in the offensive coaching staff and that's the way KF likes it. Hayden said he was able to get great coaches because he went after people who wanted to be head coaches. KF goes after life long assistants that have never wanted to be or never given the chance to be a head coach because they didn't deserve it. He doesn't ever want to replace a coach because that messes with Chemistry in the staff. Who cares, your staff can't recruit your OC's have produced one above average offense in 15 years.

There are only a few Norm Parker's in the world and his recent string of hiring young hungry guys had helped but how about a sought after up and comer. Oh wait, we can't afford a hot coordinator or top recruiter because we pay our freaking head coach so much money. A vicious cycle that will never end until he is gone.


i don't hate KF but it saddens me that I don't care either way about him. Apathy is the worst thing you can have for a program and it's at the point that most people just don't care anymore. Sad, really sad.
 
We simply don't have any threats at the receiver position. I think we have decent receivers... just not game breakers.
 
4 plays stand out to me in first half that killed drives. KMM drops two passes that hit him in the hands. CJF gets 2 motion penalties. 14 points

Add to that Jake simply played awful -- missed 2 WIDE open receivers down the middle of the field that would have been scores (seemed to be plenty of separation ;) ), constantly locked onto the out pattern and was just "off" on his targets.

While Iowa may not have Oregon level talent, there is certainly adequate D-1 talent to be much more competitive than they have been "allowed" to be. It's a little bit poor execution / bad mistake at the inopportune time and a lotta bit failure to create opportunity for success due to limited scheme and poor situational play calling.
 
While I'm not sure that I agree with the OP that we have the talent to be a "great" offense, it certainly seems like we have the talent to be a much better than average offense. If only we were able to use that talent.

Our play calling against Wisc was pretty uninspired. The fact that we really, really don't want to pass down the middle of the field really limits the offense. And when you use players that don't seem to fit well for the play (IE - running Weisman on the wide zone instead of Bullock or Canzeri), that makes it pretty tough to establish a lot of momentum.

Put Weisman back at FB and give him to ball going up the middle. Use Bullock/Canzeri/Daniels for the zone running plays. use crossing patterns, etc to help our receivers get open.

We have some talent. These guys can play football. Our coaches need to find a way to use them effectively.
 
I thought Jake played pretty terribly yesterday and I thought the offensive gameplan left a lot to be desired. It's pretty apparent after the last two weeks that Jake really struggles playing when there's a lot of wind.
 
I thought Jake played pretty terribly yesterday and I thought the offensive gameplan left a lot to be desired. It's pretty apparent after the last two weeks that Jake really struggles playing when there's a lot of wind.

We really just didn't execute more than anything yesterday. Rudock didn't play well (maybe because of the wind or an injury, not sure). We needed him to bring his A game. Weisman got injured early and never looked the same. We need to keep him between the tackles with his pads parallel to the LOS. KMM dropped some balls and didn't even try for a ball that looked catchable. CJF had some dumb penalties. CJ Beathard isn't close to ready with a 25% completion rate. We just had some **** poor execution on offense and we needed to be much closer to perfect.
 
We have talent for a nice running game in my opinion, but we just don't have a running back. If anyone thinks we have a running back right now then you're delusional.

We haven't had a decent running back since Marcus Coker, and he was just that, decent. A Marcus Coker on this team and the Wisconsin and Ohio State game could have gone either way. We probably still get absolutely shut down against MSU, but we'd have beaten NIU.

A Shonn Greene on this team, and I'm confident we'd be a 1-loss team right now. The fact that we haven't been able to recruit a top back since Marcus Coker is a problem.
 
We really just didn't execute more than anything yesterday. Rudock didn't play well (maybe because of the wind or an injury, not sure). We needed him to bring his A game. Weisman got injured early and never looked the same. We need to keep him between the tackles with his pads parallel to the LOS. KMM dropped some balls and didn't even try for a ball that looked catchable. CJF had some dumb penalties. CJ Beathard isn't close to ready with a 25% completion rate. We just had some **** poor execution on offense and we needed to be much closer to perfect.

It didn't matter who we ran the outside stretch play with, Wisconsin stopped it every time. We ran the ball much more effectively running behind a fullback and we didn't use that formation enough. I know the tight ends are the strength of the receiving corps but playing so many at a time also takes away a key component of the running game.
 
We have talent for a nice running game in my opinion, but we just don't have a running back. If anyone thinks we have a running back right now then you're delusional.

We haven't had a decent running back since Marcus Coker, and he was just that, decent. A Marcus Coker on this team and the Wisconsin and Ohio State game could have gone either way. We probably still get absolutely shut down against MSU, but we'd have beaten NIU.

A Shonn Greene on this team, and I'm confident we'd be a 1-loss team right now. The fact that we haven't been able to recruit a top back since Marcus Coker is a problem.

Weisman is better than Coker
 
We do not have the talent to be a great offense. Rudock has a very average arm but plays with a little moxie. He's far better than V-berg but that's not saying much. Weisman is a fullback, no more and no less. Bullock lacks speed and vision. The TE crew is solid and underutilized but CJ is an underachiever. The offense is mistake prone and uninspired. The OL is fair but far from dominant. The game-breakers like Powell and Canzeri are not incorporated into the offense due to a lack of football skill or a lack of coaching creativity.

And recruiting looks we'll see more of the same.

Facilities are top notch but the management isn't getting the job done. Fans now expect the team to make a mistake and blow a lead or just get outplayed. And there isn't any real proof to suggest otherwise.
 
"We have the talent right now to have a great offense"

I disagree.

They have a quarterback who has played in nine college games. they have a wide receiver corps that probably one of the most challenged in the Big Ten conference, which means one of the most challenged in the BCS conferences. Mark Weisman or Damon Bullock are not starters for over half the BCS conference teams, at a minimum.

I think what Iowa has could be a lot of fun to watch next year, but that assumes consistent leadership.

Right now, it's all up for debate.
 
Smith has shown some promise, Daniels has the physical tools, MW in a FB position that gets carries, Powell, and if just a couple rs's step up we may have something. I am a little less worried about LB next year(although we will have some fall off losing 3 goid ones) and think the Def backfield will be improved. The Dline SHOULD be very good.

Time will tell

For now...beat Purdue.
 

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