What We Learned: Hawkeye Coordinators Press Conference

Second guessing is asking someone out and then questioning yourself if you should have asked somebody else for that night.

Hindsight is going home afterwards in a foul mood after you realized that your date is a classless moron, and convincing yourself that plan B would have been a perfect evening.
 
#1DieHardHawk said:
Second guessing is asking someone out and then questioning yourself if you should have asked somebody else for that night.

Hindsight is going home afterwards in a foul mood after you realized that your date is a classless moron, and convincing yourself that plan B would have been a perfect evening.
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Only here's the thing. Its literally not. By dictionary definition both are second guessing.
 
2nd guessing is prior knowing the outcome future

Hindsight is after it’s known / happened

Back to Brian, he’s extremely confident for a guy who’s offense has yet to break the top 80 in the nation.

But it’s always the players fault
 
Yes...I want an offensive coordinator to be indecisive, fearful, and a simpleton. How about we give Brian the year...then evaluate him...that would give him two years of history. I'm willing to bet, by the the end of the year, you may be eating some crow.

I must be watching a different offense than most of you, because I was really impressed with the way they played Saturday...the complexity of the passing game and the success of the running game. The problem was the turnovers just killed momentum, in particular the first one. We had just scored, and would have had the ball right back...at their 45 yard line. That's a killer. The turnovers were partly responsible for our offense losing some rhythm. Their offense also got more possessions.

I think we are going to be much better offensively...and I like where Brian is going and what he's doing. He's asking his players to execute a more complex offense. Give them time.
 
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WinOneThisCentury said:
Yes...I want make offensive coordinator to be indecisive, fearful, and a simpleton. How about we give Brian the year...then evaluate him...that would give him two year of history. I'm willing to bet, by the the end of the year, you may be eating some crow.

I must be watching a different offense than most of you, because I was really impressed with the way they played Saturday...the complexity of the passing game and the success of the running game. The problem was the turnovers just killed momentum, in particular the first one. We had just scored, and would have had the ball right back...at their 45 yard line. That's a killer. The turnovers were partly responsible for our offense losing some rhythm. Their offense also got more possessions.

I think we are going to be much better offensively...and I like where Brian is going and what he's doing. He's asking his players to execute a more complex offense. Give them time.
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I will agree that he had some good calls. But, obviously, not enough.

The red zone play calling was garbage.

The lack of throws to your great TEs is garbage.

I hope you are right. But I dont think you will be.
 
WinOneThisCentury said:
How about we give Brian the year...then evaluate him...that would give him two year of history.
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Call me unrealistic, but I think Iowa's expectations for an OC should be higher than "well, after 2 years of on-the-job training, I think he might be okay".

But we all know KF doesn't care about offensive production. And his boss allows that mentality to continue. So here we are...
 
skinnykilmer17 said:
Most OC's are former quarterbacks. Why? Because they know the entire playbook inside and out.
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While most in the Big 10 are quarterbacks, only 7 of them are (out of the 18). Here are the Big 10 offensive coordinators (excluding Iowa). Note that Maryland, Michigan St, Ohio St and Purdue have co-Offensive Coordinators.

Illinois - Rod Smith - Quarterback at Glenville St
Indiana - Mike DeBord - Offensive line at Manchester College
Maryland - Chris Beatty - Wide receiver at East Tennessee St
- Matt Canada - Didn't play college football
Michigan - Pep Hamilton - Quarterback at Howard
Michigan St - Jim Bollman - Offensive Lineman at Ohio
- Dave Warner - Quarterback at Syracuse
Minnesota - Kirk Ciarrocca - Defensive back at Juniata College
Nebraska - Troy Walters - Wide receiver at Stanford
Northwestern - Mick McCall - Quarterback at Southern Colorado
Ohio St - Ryan Day - Quarterback at New Hampshire
- Kevin Wilson - Center/guard for North Carolina
Penn St - Ricky Rahne - Quarterback at Cornell
Purdue - Brian Brohm - Quarterback at Louisville (brother of the head coach)
- JaMarcus Shephard - Receiver/returner at DePauw
Rutgers - John McNulty - Safety at Penn St
Wisconsin - Joe Rudolph - Guard at Wisconsin
 
hawkeyes87 said:
Call me unrealistic, but I think Iowa's expectations for an OC should be higher than "well, after 2 years of on-the-job training, I think he might be okay".

But we all know KF doesn't care about offensive production. And his boss allows that mentality to continue. So here we are...
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I think if you listen to most coaches they will tell you they are learning all the time...and adapting all the time, so if you want to call it on the job training or whatever...that's fine.. I'm sure there were some changes when Brian implemented his offense...like the fact that we are throwing the ball down the field much more than the previous five years. I'm just saying that just doesn't happen...there is a learning curve when any new coordinator takes over. I'm giving him a some leeway with what happened last year, two Sr. offensive linemen going down, and the fact that we put freshmen in there for them. (Queue Sirius Excuse Mantra).

I'm expecting more from him this year...and if the early season is any indication...I think we will get it. They should have beaten Wisconsin...but the turnovers and the fact that we didn't execute in the fourth quarter killed us. We had several opportunities to win that game (the two red zone opps), open guys in the fourth quarter that we missed, and we couldn't make it happen on the big plays...Wisconsin did. The opportunities were there...and it's the players that failed to execute...not the offensive coordinator.
 
NoBeer said:
Only here's the thing. Its literally not. By dictionary definition both are second guessing.
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That's only because "second guessing" is a broader term and is inclusive. "Hindsight" by definition only applies after said event, so the analogy still stands if the goal is to clarify the distinction between the two.

It's silly to debate semantics, but, well, this is a bye week....
 
There's no time for dictionaries when defending the Ferentz Fortress. You're either part of the regiment or you're a swine.
 
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