Saginawbay
Well-Known Member
Would agree with OP, was at the game, and not sure why we did not just run the ball, and play action pass.. Oh well time too move on let's hope we play better this Saturday.
This is a very good post. Well done laying out the time line and laying bare the poor coaching decisions.Objectively, KirkFer / Davus abandoned the run, long before being down 17. Even after the fumbles, penalties, poor tackling, etc, Hawks still had gobs of time and opportunities to overcome those mistakes and still win the football game had the coaches chosen the strategy to continue to run the ball. In other words, good coaches would have seen the opportunity to put their team in a position to win in spite of the players' mistakes by having them execute a game plan that continued to maximize their success and attack the opponent's weakness, namely, the rush.
From the time Iowa fell behind, 17-14, at the 6:47 mark of the 2nd quarter to the 1:46 mark of the 3rd quarter, Iowa ran 14 rushing plays for 110 yards and 1 TD (which put the game at 24-21); during that same stretch, the ran 25 passing plays (6 for 25 for 35 yards).
From that point on, in a 3-point game, it was about 90% pass:run ratio. It was the pass -- the pick=6 -- that stretched it to a 10 point deficit. It was 7 consecutive pass attempts over the next 2 3 & out drives, that allowed the deficit to stretch to 17 points. The only reason the game got to a 17-point deficit is because the coaches fvcked over their team with a terrible strategy that put them in that position! They didn't need to choose that strategy because the game was out of hand. They didn't need to choose that strategy because of the players' mistakes up to that point.
Listen, Mary, I don't hate KirkFer. Don't know him personally, therefore cannot hate him. However, not suprised you tried that tactic; it's like you Pollys' "race card".
I acknowledge the players' mistakes but, even in spite of them, Iowa was still in a position to win the game. From there, it is (and was) on the coaches (as it has been so frequently since the mid-2000's).