2023 Iowa Season Thread

[FearlessF]

If I was Brian.......... I'd let another Offensive coach come up with play design, play selection, formations, coordinator stuff.  I'd just have some minor input.

and I wouldn't even talk to the QB

just do the press conference

save my job

[LittlePig]

Iowa has made public the conditions of Brian Ferentz's contract renewal for next year,  implying that he could get fired after the 2023 season if the conditions are not met.

Iowa must average at least 25 points per game and win at least 7 games including the bowl game,  or Brian's contract will terminate on June 30, 2024.

This at first sounds like a big deal but it's actually not.  The 25 points a game will include defensive and special teams scores.  Also 25  points a game would only rank 81st out of 131 teams in FBS.  And Brian's offenses have averaged over 25 points before,  only failing to do so 2 years in a row in 2021 and 2022. 

So it makes it sound like Brian cpuld be fired after the 2023 season,  but it really just means his contract as offensive coordinator just ends.  Like a lot of assistant coach contracts that don't go past 1 year.

[847badgerfan]

[FearlessF]

well, 25 points is an improvement

and motivation

good luck

[FearlessF]

so, it's fired or a bonus?

real incentive

[LittlePig]

I guess it's worth noting that Brian Ferentz did not get a raise after 2022, instead he was forced to take a $50k cut from $900k to $850k.

[847badgerfan]

I guess it's worth noting that Brian Ferentz did not get a raise after 2022, instead he was forced to take a $50k cut from $900k to $850k.

Should have been cut to zero.

[847badgerfan]

Are most Iowa fans also Kubbs fans?

[MrNubbz]

I guess it's worth noting that Brian Ferentz did not get a raise after 2022, instead he was forced to take a $50k cut from $900k to $850k.

Talk about tightening the belt

[Temp430]

A bonus for 25 points a game?  Is that a regular season average or per game thing?  How is Iowa set for WRs?  Might be doable.

[Benthere2]

A bonus for 25 points a game?  Is that a regular season average or per game thing?  How is Iowa set for WRs?  Might be doable.

is that Iowa's total points?  or just offensive points
does he get a bonus if the special teams or defense helps him score those points?

[Benthere2]

Iowa has made public the conditions of Brian Ferentz's contract renewal for next year,  implying that he could get fired after the 2023 season if the conditions are not met.

Iowa must average at least 25 points per game and win at least 7 games including the bowl game,  or Brian's contract will terminate on June 30, 2024.

This at first sounds like a big deal but it's actually not.  The 25 points a game will include defensive and special teams scores.  Also 25  points a game would only rank 81st out of 131 teams in FBS.  And Brian's offenses have averaged over 25 points before,  only failing to do so 2 years in a row in 2021 and 2022. 

So it makes it sound like Brian cpuld be fired after the 2023 season,  but it really just means his contract as offensive coordinator just ends.  Like a lot of assistant coach contracts that don't go past 1 year.

just read this so excuse my post above

but this is also an average and he will be running up the score on some bad competition if possible to help the overall average to not get fired

[Temp430]

I would say special team points count but not defensive points.  Iowa's 2023 schedule doesn't have any true cup cakes.  Utah State is about the worst but I wouldn't call them a cupcake.  

[FearlessF]

all points are gonna count

and Kirk will run up the score if he gets a chance this season for his son

not that he's going to have many chances

perhaps leave the #1 defense on the field

but, he already does this