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Topic: 2023 Iowa Season Thread

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Hawkinole

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2023 Iowa Season Thread
« on: November 27, 2022, 07:16:13 PM »
With the coaching carousel turning it would be advantageous for Kirk Ferentz to advertise the offensive coordinator position, now, and start reviewing applications before the good prospective coordinators have been hired by Wisconsin, Nebraska, and everyone else.
There is no evidence he will make such a decision before the bowl season is complete.
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2022, 07:51:42 PM »
Kirk isn't going to make that decision after bowl season

Brian is his man

unless the AD threatens to fire Kirk, Brian is goin to remain on staff

now, Kirk could do something really crazy and assign QB coaching to someone else, but I think Brian will be O-coordinator again next season
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2022, 08:28:48 PM »
Agree that Kirk will do nothing until after the Bowl season and recruiting season is over.  Then he will take time to "re-access".  Just some ideas what might happen.

1. Brian Ferentz may see the writing on the wall and see that he has blown his chance at one day being promoted to Iowa head coach.  He might start reaching out to his contacts in the NFL and take a job as an OL coach in the NFL.

2.  Jon Budymyer might get promoted to Co-offensive coordinator and QB coach and be assigned play calling duties.  Brian will be re-assigned as Co-offensive coordinator and OL line coach.  Essentially a demotion but since he keeps the co-offensive coordinator title, it involves no drop in his $900k a year salary.  The current Iowa OL coach is fired.

3.  Kirk Ferentz waits to February and announces he is stepping down.  AD Gary Barta refuses to promote Brian Ferentz to head coach and after an exhaustive search that includes Jim Leonhard, Iowa promotes DC Phil Parker to head coach instead.

4.  Kirk changes nothing. 
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2022, 08:45:44 PM »
I'd bet on #4
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2022, 02:10:57 AM »
Fearless: Ugh! There is no Unlike, Ouch, or other angry icon with which to respond other than in words.  Unlike! Ouch! Angry! That damned old Kirk!
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2022, 09:27:41 AM »
you probably know him better than I.

He seems to have become more stubborn and grumpy as he's aged.
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2022, 01:46:01 PM »
Kirk will retire at some point but I would guess he would want to go out with a better record and climate in Iowa.  He should have retired last year if he thought he was within a few years.  He may surprise people and make a change at OC.
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2022, 02:18:37 PM »
Virginia McCaskey took the President/GM keys away from her some Michael after he f'd up a coaching hire for the Chicago Bears.

BUT

Virginia McCaskey had bigger balls than Gary Barta has.
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2022, 02:39:55 PM »
not sure why boosters of substance don't encourage Barta to grow bigger balls or fire him
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2022, 07:13:02 PM »
The other question for the off-season is going to be what will Iowa seniors be doing with their extra COVID year of eligibility. 

Spencer Petras, for example, should be done this year as a 5th year senior,  but could potentially come back if he wants to.  But does he want to come back for another year?  And if he wants to come back, does he want to play another year for Iowa?  Or does he want to transfer somewhere else?

Last year both Riley Moss and Charlie Jones decided to come back for their extra COVID year.  Moss decided to stay at Iowa and Jones ended up transferring to Purdue.  I would say it worked out well for both of them. 
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2022, 01:40:24 AM »
Quote from: LittlePig on November 28, 2022, 07:13:02 PM
Spencer Petras, for example, should be done this year as a 5th year senior,  but could potentially come back if he wants to.  But does he want to come back for another year?  And if he wants to come back, does he want to play another year for Iowa?  Or does he want to transfer somewhere else?

Last year both Riley Moss and Charlie Jones decided to come back for their extra COVID year.  Moss decided to stay at Iowa and Jones ended up transferring to Purdue.  I would say it worked out well for both of them. 
I did not know Spencer Petras could come back in 2023. He has been vilified by the fanbase, but he is loyal to the program, and these guys now are making untold amounts of money playing college football, so if he has another year, maybe he does come back.
We are seeing players who were expected to go to the NFL, stay another year. Petras is not expected to go to the NFL, but if he were eligible for another year, other than the vilification he has endured, why not stay? Maybe with a new QB coach, a new O-Coordinator, and more experienced O-Linemen, he could redeem himself.
I remember his interview he gave where he claimed the QB coach didn't need experience as a QB, and I felt sorry for him being placed in such a position by this program.
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2022, 01:57:11 AM »
Iowa needs to go after Cade McNamara in the transfer portal, an offensive coordinator, and maybe some wide receivers.
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2022, 05:18:44 AM »
Quote from: Hawkinole on November 29, 2022, 01:40:24 AM
I did not know Spencer Petras could come back in 2023. He has been vilified by the fanbase, but he is loyal to the program, and these guys now are making untold amounts of money playing college football, so if he has another year, maybe he does come back.
We are seeing players who were expected to go to the NFL, stay another year. Petras is not expected to go to the NFL, but if he were eligible for another year, other than the vilification he has endured, why not stay? Maybe with a new QB coach, a new O-Coordinator, and more experienced O-Linemen, he could redeem himself.
I remember his interview he gave where he claimed the QB coach didn't need experience as a QB, and I felt sorry for him being placed in such a position by this program.
If you look at the Charlie Jones example you can plainly see how a player's potential was clearly being held back by the Iowa offense.  But I am not sure that's the case with Petras.  If he transferred, Petras would have the same problems he had at Iowa.  Mostly immobile QB and often inaccurate throws. 

Of course maybe Petras could benefit from a system where he gets rid of the ball quicker.  Petras gets murdered on the slow developing plays.  But in the end I don't expect Petras to turn into C.J. Stroud,  or for that matter,  not even have Jake Rudock level of success if he transfers.  He would be more like Tyrone Tracy in is his level of success.  Tracy was another WR that transferred from Iowa to Purdue last year.  But Tracy could never catch  the ball consistently at Iowa and had the same problem at Purdue.  Charlie Jones, on the other hand, catches almost everything and is super fast, which is why it was strange that Jones never played more WR at Iowa.
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Re: 2023 Iowa Offseason Thread
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2022, 06:51:16 AM »
Quote from: Hawkinole on November 29, 2022, 01:57:11 AM
Iowa needs to go after Cade McNamara in the transfer portal, an offensive coordinator, and maybe some wide receivers.
That might be a done deal already, based on some tea leaves.
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