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I honestly don’t think the OC is as big of a deal as some make it. Not on Iowa staff. Lester is better than BF but come on. They had Greg Davis as well. I think the head coach is more important here.
 
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ottumwan in tx said:
I honestly don’t think the OC is as big of a deal as some make it. Not on Iowa staff. Lester is better than BF but come on. They had Greg Davis as well. I think the head coach is more important here.
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Depends what you are meaning by the OC isn’t a bit deal. If ole Kirk is going to limit what the Offense is allowed to do, I would agree it doesn’t matter much who the OC is. If Kirk stays out of it, then it matters. But I do believe Kirk allowed more breathing room than former OC’s and Brian still couldn’t get anything done.
 
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Depends what you are meaning by the OC isn’t a bit deal. If ole Kirk is going to limit what the Offense is allowed to do, I would agree it doesn’t matter much who the OC is. If Kirk stays out of it, then it matters. But I do believe Kirk allowed more breathing room than former OC’s and Brian still couldn’t get anything done.
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All KF OC's have had significant autonomy.

Lester’s even said, KF is rarely in his headset during games
 
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ottumwan in tx said:
I honestly don’t think the OC is as big of a deal as some make it. Not on Iowa staff. Lester is better than BF but come on. They had Greg Davis as well. I think the head coach is more important here.
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In the respect that KF built the program around strong D and ST, yes the head coach is more important. That would be obvious
 
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All KF OC's have had significant autonomy.

Lester’s even said, KF is rarely in his headset during games
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I could be wrong but I thought I’ve read/heard multiple times that Ken O’Keefe was not allowed to run his offense the way he did in DII when he was the head coach there.

Just because he’s not in his headset during a game doesn’t mean he hasn’t told him the way the game will be called leading up to game day.
 
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eyesofhawk said:
What I replied to in post #2.

That BF would still be OC had Beth not fired him
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I don’t know. Something was bound to change. The fan base probably would have been in full revolt had Brian survived beyond 2023. My guess is even Kirk would have felt enough pressure to make a change after that season.

But, as to the OP and how it was worded: Yes, I agree. Had “KF had his way” I have no doubt Brian would still be here as OC.
 
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Depends what you are meaning by the OC isn’t a bit deal. If ole Kirk is going to limit what the Offense is allowed to do, I would agree it doesn’t matter much who the OC is. If Kirk stays out of it, then it matters. But I do believe Kirk allowed more breathing room than former OC’s and Brian still couldn’t get anything done.
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That’s what I meant. I think he used to kind of dictate. Seems like he is doing that less with Lester. Heck maybe Lester is in the running for head coach when KF retires. I like him. I was skeptical at first because of Greg Davis and BF and so on. But I like Lester he seems good so far.
 
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4everHawk said:
I could be wrong but I thought I’ve read/heard multiple times that Ken O’Keefe was not allowed to run his offense the way he did in DII when he was the head coach there.

Just because he’s not in his headset during a game doesn’t mean he hasn’t told him the way the game will be called leading up to game day.
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You are correct. KF has hamstrung ALL of his OCs - except Tim Lester...

Kirk hiring Brian will probably turn out to be a very good thing. It forced his hand to hire the right OC, and give him the ropes. Beth made that happen. Play good O, or BF is gone... Lester is the man. It is his show, with the least amount of influence from KF than any OC at Iowa has had.
 
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eyesofhawk said:
How many times do people have to tell you, you have no way of knowing that?

(And even if you did, you would have no point).

Your insistence on smearing a hall of fame coach continues to make you look beyond silly
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Not to mention the continual staining of the real legend of Duke Slater when he keeps opening his pie hole on here.
 
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