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OrangeAfroMan · « **Reply #14 on:** October 27, 2022, 01:35:25 PM »

Quote from: Temp430 on October 27, 2022, 11:00:48 AM

I doubt firing the OC at this time would be the magic bullet that fixes the offense.

Ehhhh....someone else calling plays might be. Hire the guy from the Broncos.

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #15 on:** October 27, 2022, 01:37:36 PM »

I don't know who he's trying to impress. Hawkeye Nation largely agrees with the reporter, and wish that their own media would ask some of these questions.

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 27, 2022, 02:11:28 PM »

Quote from: LittlePig on October 27, 2022, 09:38:13 AM

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.

This, exactly this.

If Iowa's offense was merely not good or even just bad the Hawkeyes would still likely be the favorite to win the West because their defense is that good. That is Iowa's style, fine.

That isn't the case though. Iowa's offense would need to improve substantially to get to bad. I refer to them as the comically awful embodiment of nepotism and that is not an exaggeration.

The Hawkeyes only scored seven points against their FCS opponent in their opener. Since then South Dakota State has played seven FCS opponents and six of them have scored at least 10 points. It is actually worse than that because the seven points that Iowa scored against SDST came on a FG and two safeties. All seven of SDST's FCS opponents have scored at least a FG against SDST so Iowa's offense is actually really, really bad even compared to lower division teams.

Bad doesn't cover it. Pathetic is closer. Comically awful seems about right.

FearlessF · « **Reply #17 on:** October 27, 2022, 02:13:43 PM »

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz issued an apology to the Iowa media on Wednesday for comments he made during his weekly press conference on Tuesday about a reporter from Ohio.

“I had hoped to join the zoom call this morning, but practice lasted longer than anticipated. I wanted to take a moment to apologize for my comments during the news conference yesterday. I should not have been dismissive of one of your colleagues – his questions were fair. I have a high respect for the work that you do, and I am appreciative of how you cover our team. You ask tough and pointed questions but do so with a high degree of professionalism. I tell our players to take the high road and yesterday, I did not do the same thing.

“I look forward to seeing you on Saturday.”

Ferentz referred to his post-game press conference after last Saturday’s 54-10 loss to Ohio State as an interrogation and he singled out a reporter that covers Ohio State, but without naming him.

Riffraft · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2022, 06:41:21 PM »

Quote from: FearlessF on October 27, 2022, 02:13:43 PM

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz issued an apology to the Iowa media on Wednesday for comments he made during his weekly press conference on Tuesday about a reporter from Ohio.

“I had hoped to join the zoom call this morning, but practice lasted longer than anticipated. I wanted to take a moment to apologize for my comments during the news conference yesterday. I should not have been dismissive of one of your colleagues – his questions were fair. I have a high respect for the work that you do, and I am appreciative of how you cover our team. You ask tough and pointed questions but do so with a high degree of professionalism. I tell our players to take the high road and yesterday, I did not do the same thing.

“I look forward to seeing you on Saturday.”

Ferentz referred to his post-game press conference after last Saturday’s 54-10 loss to Ohio State as an interrogation and he singled out a reporter that covers Ohio State, but without naming him.

Just a replay of his verbal "apology" on Big Ten Radio. It is was a pretty non-apologetic apology. It was, yes I shouldn't have said what I said, but the tone of the questions were inappropriate.

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2022, 07:39:06 PM »

Quote from: FearlessF on October 27, 2022, 02:13:43 PM

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz issued an apology to the Iowa media on Wednesday for comments he made during his weekly press conference on Tuesday about a reporter from Ohio.

“I had hoped to join the zoom call this morning, but practice lasted longer than anticipated. I wanted to take a moment to apologize for my comments during the news conference yesterday. I should not have been dismissive of one of your colleagues – his questions were fair. I have a high respect for the work that you do, and I am appreciative of how you cover our team. You ask tough and pointed questions but do so with a high degree of professionalism. I tell our players to take the high road and yesterday, I did not do the same thing.

“I look forward to seeing you on Saturday.”

Ferentz referred to his post-game press conference after last Saturday’s 54-10 loss to Ohio State as an interrogation and he singled out a reporter that covers Ohio State, but without naming him.

He didn't author a single word of that.

FearlessF · « **Reply #20 on:** October 27, 2022, 07:54:16 PM »

if he can be persuaded to make an apology

he might be able to be persuaded to relieve his son of some coaching duties.

bayareabadger · « **Reply #21 on:** October 28, 2022, 12:45:45 AM »

Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on October 27, 2022, 07:39:06 PM

He didn't author a single word of that.

True. But he OKed it. Probably begrudgingly

FearlessF · « **Reply #22 on:** October 28, 2022, 07:55:08 AM »

probably???

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #23 on:** October 28, 2022, 08:11:17 AM »

At least it's not as ridiculous as when, say, LeBron has such a statement, clearly written at a literacy rate that far exceeds his own.

LittlePig · « **Reply #24 on:** October 28, 2022, 08:13:35 AM »

I am going to give Kirk Ferentz the benefit of the doubt here. I believe his apology was sincere in the the sense that he regrets saying it and it sets a bad example for his players.

I have done the same thing and I sure eveverybody has too. Get mad and say things I regret and apologize the next day after thinking about it. It does not matter if I was wrong or right. I could have handled it better.

CatsbyAZ · « **Reply #25 on:** October 28, 2022, 08:14:15 AM »

Quote from: LittlePig on October 27, 2022, 09:38:13 AM

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.

As a side note, this story has all the drama and scandal of what should be national story across the sports world. The historically bad offense, Ferentz coming across out of touch and trading barbs with the media, and especially the nepotism. But in flipping through the mainstream editorial shows such as First Take or PTI and the national radio shows from Fox Sports and especially ESPN, it’s evident the mainstream talking heads only make room for dramatizing the NFL and NBA’s dirty laundry (not even the actual gameplay).

In just these past two weeks alone college football has delivered plenty of its own noteworthy drama that’s barely touched on across the more national channels. Brian Kelly trolling Lane Kiffin, Texas A&M’s locker room meltdown amidst a losing season in which the Aggies are financially tied to Jimbo Fisher for quite some time, Harbaugh trading barbs with James Franklin over their teams squabbling in the stadium tunnels.

Finebaum and the fan podcasts go into all of this in depth, but that’s kinda my point. For better or worse college football coverage has gone the way of baseball, where it’s own intense following generates its own coverage and carves out its own fan spaces while the national coverage turns away to obsesses over the NFL and NBA, which draws a fraction of college football’s ratings.

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #26 on:** October 28, 2022, 08:50:38 AM »

Yeah, I'm sad that Franklin let Harbaugh have the last word. I was hoping that the drama would consume him this week.

FearlessF · « **Reply #27 on:** October 28, 2022, 09:05:22 AM »

from Tom Shatel - Omaha World Herald...........

https://omaha.com/sports/college/shatel-modern-college-football-is-no-country-for-old-coaches-and-that-may-include-kirk/article_7e3691b8-54b8-11ed-b624-2f9d574dbe4a.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Omaha_World-Herald_Huskers&fbclid=IwAR3levGWtZEudKU0TEnQD-sHn-lQsSW3yux8cnRqf3AWA9KkL1ES5pTtaBo

In any case, it feels like Iowa football is headed toward some sort of dramatic decision.

Ferentz is a powerful coach, one of the last of the emperors in college football.

He’s survived controversies around his strength coach, charges of racial tension in the program, and his promoting his son Brian to offensive coordinator and now quarterback coach.

And now that power may be tested.

If Iowa falls short of a bowl, would athletic director Gary Barta fire Brian Ferentz? Barta is Brian’s supervisor, because of Iowa’s nepotism policy.

What would dad say about that? Who’s the boss?

Would Kirk Ferentz consider stepping down? Or would he fight to return and take another shot?

Ferentz doesn’t strike me as the walk-away type. But he also doesn’t appear to be the transfer portal type, either.

This modern college football world is no country for old coaches, grinders who live by prehistoric words like loyalty and development.

Many college coaches of older generations, in both football and basketball, have retired in recent years because this isn’t the job they signed up for.

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