I hate to be the bearer of bad news to our Native American friend, but KF isn't going anywhere. He's got a young team...his offensive line and TE's will be very good next year, and he returns 9 guys on defense. Even with our inept passing attack from last year, we probably win 7 games next season. He isn't going anywhere with a 7 win season as he will also have a ton of people back in 2014.
If you look at last season...we still could have won 9 games realistically if someone would have made a big play at a critical time and in many cases, Purdue/Nebraska/Central Michigan, we had several opportunities to win those games, despite the pitiful offensive performances. The reality is, if Scherff and Donnal don't go down, we win the Indiana, Purdue, and most likely the Nebraska games. We would have also given NW a run for their money. We had hammered Minnesota, beat MSU at MSU, and then the wheels came off in the first quarter at Penn State...that was a death blow to our offense (especially the running game which gave us a chance to throw something) and it also crippled our defense as we couldn't control clock against good teams. When you are as young as we were, losing arguably your best and third best offensive lineman, really freaking kills you.
Trust me I'm not thrilled with the thought of the "horizontal offense" again next year, but if the offensive line stays healthy, we are going to be much better at it. Let's face it, JVB just didn't fit this offense and his receivers didn't help him. Our defense will also be much better than last year as I fully expect a couple of the younger guys to make big strides in the DL. I would still love for us to get a 260lb DE from the Juco ranks to add some speed rush to the DL, but I know those guys are hard to get for Iowa.
KF is here to stay.
