As much as I hate Brian Ferentz being the OC and QB coach, which is a terrible idea, I have to stick up for Kirk Ferentz somewhat. This is Iowa's record since Brian Ferentz took over as OC in 2017
2017: 8-5
2018. 9-4
2019. 10-3
2020. 6-2
2021. 10-4 (west division champs)
2022. 3-4
Overall 46-20
Iowa's offense has never been great, but that's Iowa's style. It's a very boring style (if you like TD's scored). So it feels like to Kirk Ferentz that the press is unfairly pouncing on Brian in a down year.
But ultimately I feel Kirk is missing the point. Iowa's offense is not just bad this year, it's historically bad, to the point that the whole country is laughing at Iowa. No WR wants to come to Iowa now. The only way to fix it is to fire Brian Ferentz as OC. Since Kirk will never fire Brian, the program is stuck until Kirk retires.