QB is NOT a Transfer Portal Priority, per KF on Dec 18. Jeremy Hecklinski appears to have passed Hank Brown on the Depth Chart.

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Too bad KF and Lester kept MG in the game for so damn long. It might've made sense to pull MG for at least the entire 4th quarter for three compelling reasons:
1- The game was over
2 - MG is hurt. Smart to keep him from getting hurt worse.
3 - Give the backup some chances to throw the damn ball, although Hecklinski's handoffs looked awesome.

Now please feel free to explain the reasons KF did what he did.
I agree with you, and was surprised that JH didn't get into the game sooner. He needs game reps. I would have made the move if I were the HC. That said, Anon1751543574 may be close to KF's reasoning. Iowa only had the ball twice in the 3rd quarter and didn't pass on its first possession. Most of the plays in Grono's one 4th quarter series were passes. It works as an explanation, but that's different from defending it.
 
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Too bad KF and Lester kept MG in the game for so damn long. It might've made sense to pull MG for at least the entire 4th quarter for three compelling reasons:
1- The game was over
2 - MG is hurt. Smart to keep him from getting hurt worse.
3 - Give the backup some chances to throw the damn ball, although Hecklinski's handoffs looked awesome.

Now please feel free to explain the reasons KF did what he did.
Two things KFz doesn't manage well. QBs and the clock.
 

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Our starting QB has been out for 2 weeks.
He actually needed to get game reps.
He will be playing at QB next week and kf wants the rust off

Those hawk fans who hate KF will not even give him one ounce of credit for a 37-0 demolishment of a rival on the road ..no...gotta find things to criticize him instead.
Criticism is not hate. FFS. Grow up.
 

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Our starting QB has been out for 2 weeks.
He actually needed to get game reps.
He will be playing at QB next week and kf wants the rust off

Those hawk fans who hate KF will not even give him one ounce of credit for a 37-0 demolishment of a rival on the road ..no...gotta find things to criticize him instead.
The rust? He missed one quarter of football against Indiana.
 

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Imagine whatever profession your in. People who don't know you at all, who don't work in your profession, who have very little actual real experience in your field, (video games don't count), and people you don't work with or for, were able to critique your job performance weekly and call for your ouster on social media platforms. Would you be inclined to be dismissive even surly to their critique? Forget the money coaches get paid. Its all ridiculous monopoly money anyway. How would you react. Truthfully....
There was a guy on the other site a few years ago who claimed he knew “all about” the company where I worked for 40 years, and the nefarious things they do. He belittled me when I corrected him.

BTW…..this guy not only never worked a day for this company, he had never even set foot in the building or knew anyone who works there.

But he was the expert.
 
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Which reinforces my point and also what a dipsh*t you are. I don't "hate" KFz. I'd suggest nobody on this site does.
I concede that I should not have used that term
( hate) In describing some fans feelings toward kf. My bad.
I do think some fans are deeply entrenched in their opinion of kf and seemingly are reluctant to give credit for strong performance on the field.
Just my unscientific observation.
 

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I concede that I should not have used that term
( hate) In describing some fans feelings toward kf. My bad.
I do think some fans are deeply entrenched in their opinion of kf and seemingly are reluctant to give credit for strong performance on the field.
Just my unscientific observation.
Fair enough.

I agree that some are soured to the point of not giving credit where credit it due. Others (and he'll chime in here, no doubt) are in complete denial of any obvious shortcomings.
 

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This is the "forums" section of Hawkeye Report.

fo·rum
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noun: forum; plural noun: forums; plural noun: fora
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    a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
Some of you guys would go to a swimming pool and complain how wet it was.
 
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There was a guy on the other site a few years ago who claimed he knew “all about” the company where I worked for 40 years, and the nefarious things they do. He belittled me when I corrected him.

BTW…..this guy not only never worked a day for this company, he had never even set foot in the building or knew anyone who works there.

But he was the expert.
Crazy right. And yet thats exactly what we see on sites like this one about coaches for these athletic teams. You'd think they all got there jobs handed too them and they have no idea what the hell their doing if you took some of these posters seriously. Like these schools are paying these coaches millions while in truth their not really qualified to have those jobs, while there are countless posters who have never coached at any level close to this one, but yet they no WAY more on how to manage the clock, what plays to call, etc..EVERY play they call works to perfection on the whiteboard. Its the unknowns from the players for both teams that make the play successful or not. Does a lineman miss his block. Does the defender make a great athletic play and blow up the play? There are dozens of variables each time the ball is snapped.
 
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OT, but Penn State's backup QB is former Dowling QB, Jaxon Smolik.

Cobra Kai Sweep GIF by IFC
 

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Crazy right. And yet thats exactly what we see on sites like this one about coaches for these athletic teams. You'd think they all got there jobs handed too them and they have no idea what the hell their doing if you took some of these posters seriously. Like these schools are paying these coaches millions while in truth their not really qualified to have those jobs, while there are countless posters who have never coached at any level close to this one, but yet they no WAY more on how to manage the clock, what plays to call, etc..EVERY play they call works to perfection on the whiteboard. Its the unknowns from the players for both teams that make the play successful or not. Does a lineman miss his block. Does the defender make a great athletic play and blow up the play? There are dozens of variables each time the ball is snapped.
This is all true. There is plenty of hubris. On the other hand, football isn't rocket surgery. It's possible to develop a good knowledge base without working in the field.
 

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Iowa QB Mark Gronowski on Jeremy Hecklinski's ascent to the backup role:

“He's had a great couple weeks. He's been just doing a really great job of taking the opportunities that are given to him. When he's out there, he's out there taking shots, and he's completing great balls, and he's making plays out there, and he's playing with a little bit of confidence, a little bit of swagger, which is really fun to see.”

 

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This is all true. There is plenty of hubris. On the other hand, football isn't rocket surgery. It's possible to develop a good knowledge base without working in the field.
This is all true. There is plenty of hubris. On the other hand, football isn't rocket surgery. It's possible to develop a good knowledge base without working in the field.
While I'd agree to a point, theres a BIG difference between reading/watching something, (book learning basically) and actually being IN the fire when the bullets are firing( to use the military term)when you have seconds to make the decision, and don't have the benefit of hind sight to have seen how each play actually developed, while having thousands of people scrutinizing each decision, after they have had that benefit. It all seems so simple after the fact, when you've already seen how the play developed and what adjustments the other team made.
 

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I suppose one could say it gives purpose to a message board in the first place. It's a place to give critique.
Gotta give you partial credit for one hell of a spin job, I guess.

This message board is an overall bad thing for Hawkeye athletics.

What positive purpose does the criticism serve?
 

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Gotta give you partial credit for one hell of a spin job, I guess.

This message board is an overall bad thing for Hawkeye athletics.

What positive purpose does the criticism serve?
L oh freakin L
 

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Yep.

Tim Lester on the screen call on 3rd & 5 w/ 2:06 to go in the Indiana game: "It was there. It would've been a touchdown."

Iowa would have then taken a 20-13 lead.

Let's face it. It was a play Hank Brown should have made. It was an easy throw. The coaches were playing to win with a play that was perfectly set up & according to Tim Lester would have resulted in a TD.

The next play (on 4th & 5), of course, was a 42 yard missed Drew Stevens FG.

Tap or click on image once or twice for a larger view.

It does look like the right play call to at least pick up the first down. Woulda, shoulda, coulda!!
 
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If Brown leaves we have 3 QBs on the roster for next year. They are all pretty small by D1 standards. Is this what Lester is going for?

5'11" 188
6'1" 197
6'1" 218

Also, the Boise St decommit wouldn't seem to fit that mold. He's more of the big pocket passer type.
 

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If Brown leaves we have 3 QBs on the roster for next year. They are all pretty small by D1 standards. Is this what Lester is going for?

5'11" 188
6'1" 197
6'1" 218

Also, the Boise St decommit wouldn't seem to fit that mold. He's more of the big pocket passer type.
I just want mobile qbs. Period. The fact that Kirk hasn’t connected the dots that all his best offenses/teams had varying degrees of mobile qbs was perplexing. I don’t care if they are 5’10” or 6’4”. Give me mobility, ability to process quickly, and reasonably accurate and I’ll be happy.
 

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There really is no other excuse. If the backup comes in and makes some passes, looks competent, Kirk does not want to field the questions that naturally come up in every single program in the history of football

By not giving the backup any real meaningful snaps the backup is always too inexperienced and therefore QB1 always gives us the best chance to win
My Kirk answer to this type of question from reporters would be "Grono has won 59 games as a starter. Next question"
 

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Yep.

Tim Lester on the screen call on 3rd & 5 w/ 2:06 to go in the Indiana game: "It was there. It would've been a touchdown."

Iowa would have then taken a 20-13 lead.

Let's face it. It was a play Hank Brown should have made. It was an easy throw. The coaches were playing to win with a play that was perfectly set up & according to Tim Lester would have resulted in a TD.

The next play (on 4th & 5), of course, was a 42 yard missed Drew Stevens FG.

Tap or click on image once or twice for a larger view.

Yeah, there were two blockers zeroing in on one defender and nothing but green. And really you dont need the TD right there. Better if you get to the 10 yard line, run the clock to :02 seconds and kick the ball from the center of the field. Yes a TD on 3rd down would work great also with maybe :15 sec left

It was an unfortunate missed pass and Hank's backpedaling throwing style maybe not the best
 

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Yeah, there were two blockers zeroing in on one defender and nothing but green. And really you dont need the TD right there. Better if you get to the 10 yard line, run the clock to :02 seconds and kick the ball from the center of the field. Yes a TD on 3rd down would work great also with maybe :15 sec left

It was an unfortunate missed pass and Hank's backpedaling throwing style maybe not the best
I hate to keep disagreeing w/this play as its water under bridge, etc, yet maybe I'm in the minority here...watch this play all the way through, both OL whiff the block, this play at first glance was said to go for at least the first down and TL thought a TD. Yet, run this through...am I wrong here? Looks like it would've been blown up immediately or at least a yard or two short of line to gain...discuss...:)