Actually MSUs coaches are doing the scheming...they were the ones that put together a solid gameplan based upon the opponent and their personnel. You know, something we don't do.
When Will Iowa Journalists Call Out OC/HC For Poor Offensive Play Calling?
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SpiderRico
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Yeah, there was obviously no scheme whatsoever against PSU...just dumb luck we hung with the #5 team in the country...
Can you negative nancies just not accept that sometimes we get beat by a better team on that particular day? Or do you just have to have someone/something to blame every time we lose?
We were talking about the MSU game, care to try again
SpiderRico
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You said "something we don't do"...implying that we don't scheme. So if we're just talking MSU, then you're the one that started referring to other games, not me...
NCHawker
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GOOD POST. However I recall last year they had injuries, 6 or 7 different starting line ups....and the results were not like this
Fryowa
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Still waiting, lover.
SpiderRico
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The first time it happened to the OL last year, we lost to ND State.
For whatever reason, we just can't seem to get our OL going until mid October....and that's with a healthy line. Hopefully we can start putting it together this week and then go into the bye and get a rotation figured out that can put Welsh back at guard....
ArvadaHawk
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Okay, that's fair. I haven't listened to a presser or read a transcript for probably 10 years because; well, why. But, since we get the same answers to those questions, that is actually the proof that our HC isn't interested in the substance of what those questions mean. He ain't gonna change. And while we know that, it don't make it the smart way to be.
The hawk offense needs to move the ball from the first possession on. The coaches need to find their strengths vs the opponents weaknesses and the players need to execute, yes I said execute, block, run to the holes, run great routes and catch great passes.
I will expect Illinois to come with blitzes and pressure, why would they do anything else so outflank them and maybe quit hammering it into the 8 man defenses. Oh and how about a little Toren Young with Wadley split out.
I will expect Illinois to come with blitzes and pressure, why would they do anything else so outflank them and maybe quit hammering it into the 8 man defenses. Oh and how about a little Toren Young with Wadley split out.
DBQHAWK85
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RobHowe
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If someone doesn't want to answer a question it doesn't matter how it's asked. But, you probably already knew that. You seem to have this whole thing figured out.
eledmonster
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Tweeters comment also comes off as more than a little bit racist... Not cool in any way. You'd think the level of discourse on a fan-post site would be a little bit better?? Just saying.
RobHowe
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I would hope it would be but that's pretty much faded.
HomerChampless
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Your response that sports journalists never have their credentials revoked if they ask questions disagreeable to KF's sensibilities does not definitively answer the question if sports reporters are (or aren't) locked out from reporting on 'volatile' subjects from an Iowa press conference.The idea that tough questions aren't asked by the Iowa media is false. They not may not be asked with the fire and brimstone some fans would like them to be asked, but they're asked. We can't make Kirk and the players answer the way we want. Almost every question we asked on Saturday was met with "we need to execute better." Watch the Wadley interview I posted. Heck, watch all the interviews I posted.
Kirk isn't going to throw players under the bus. Players aren't going to throw each other or coaches under the bus. When that happens, the house comes crashing down. That's why they stay on message.
This is my 21st season covering Iowa athletics. I went to journalism school and worked in newspapers before coming to HN. I can tell you that there's not a fiber of my being that's scared to ask a question based on losing my credentials. I can't speak for guys like Morehouse, Dochterman, Leistikow, Emmert, etc. but I would be shocked if they were fearful of losing their passes. That's not how we operate.
There's a way to go about asking questions in a respectful manner. It's part of this job. That doesn't mean the questions aren't being asked. I don't work in other markets so I don't know how things are handled in those places.
Really, when you think about it, the "the media doesn't ask tough questions" narrative has been around for years. It comes up consistently and will continue. I think it's tired but I get it. Fans are frustrated and looking to blame folks. That doesn't mean I won't fire back when provoked.
The good thing if fans are angry enough, they can call the coach's show on Wednesday night and fire away on him.
What's more insidious and more likely to happen if KF disagrees with the subject matter of questioning is KF never calling on the reporter for their question during the interview or subsequent interviews. Having reporters favorable to KF answering proposed 'volatile' questions in many types of media. KF filibustering answers to take up the time alloted for interviews.
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RobHowe
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He does not call on us. We take turns asking questions.
I don't get the conspiracy theories on this topic other than a general disdain for the media. If that's the case, by all means, carry on.
SpiderRico
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Rob - don't let it get to you man. In this day and age, people are used to "asking questions" via a nameless, faceless social media platform where they don't have to be held accountable for being complete jackholes. So they can't understand why you can't just ask those same questions.
Not to mention, you've got the other side of the equation of people who have such disdain (salary envy) for our head coach that it completely clouds their judgment and think every press conference should be an inquisition.
Keep up the good work man!
herkytime
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RobHowe
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I understand it's an element of the job and one of the components to pick on when things aren't going well. It's my 21st season covering Iowa football and I've been in this business more than 25 years.
People will continue the narrative that reporters are afraid to ask KF tough questions for fear of losing their credentials. If we would just ask the hard questions this would be a program more to their liking.
BTW, here's the call-in number for the KF show tonight 800-424-2957. He'll be on from 7-8 CT. Let's get in there and fire away. Get some answers, dammit!
