What we feared in the pre-season has become reality: The QB experiment has failed. What's next for Iowa's future?

[2D]

Kirk and Lester both went all in on two guys who they believed could lead the program in lieu of getting a QB in the portal. One of these guys was supposed to be our QB for this year and 2027. Now, we are looking at a situation where both of these players are not who we hoped they would be. Kirk and Lester's gamble has failed.

Now Iowa faces a new problem, who will be the QB next year? Neither of these guys should be taken seriously as a potential starter. Will we go into the portal, spending a large sum of our small NIL fund on a one year rental? Or should we throw Bessinger out there, the guy with real potential, despite his inexperience? Either way, this staff has a decision to make. Our QB coaching also must be examined, because they way we develop has proven to be extraordinarily poor.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

What's next for Iowa?

Death, obviously. RIP to our program.

 

[2D]

What's next for Iowa?

Death, obviously. RIP to our program.

Dang, didn't take you for a Husker fan. A shame, really.

 

[Jayb01]

Run the ball. Every time. Forever. No matter what. Until the sun explodes.

 

[2D]

Run the ball. Every time. Forever. No matter what. Until the sun explodes.

Who needs a QB when you can just run forever? Genius!

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Dang, didn't take you for someone who mocks people's pessimism. A shame, really.

Nah, I consider it more of a hobby.

 

[Gonzo_Bloor]

KF sucking at evaluating QB talent?

Who'd have thunk.

Lol.

 

[TRHawkeye28]

Yes - throw Sullivan and Bessinger out there. And not just to hand it off. Need to see whether we need to go portal.

But if you do...also risk losing them too. But maybe that's ok if they suck. You just can't wait until '28 to find out

 

[2D]

Nah, I consider it more of a hobby.

Pessimism is when you have 7 games to evaluate a player's performance backed with statistics and it points to both not developing into the players we need.

I don't like to dunk on you Monkey, but you make it too easy.

 

[2D]

Yes - throw Sullivan and Bessinger out there. And not just to hand it off. Need to see whether we need to go portal.

But if you do...also risk losing them too. But maybe that's ok if they suck. You just can't wait until '28 to find out

Sullivan is a non factor to me. But it's too soon to throw Bessinger out there, Hank and Heck are the guys this year. Give Bessinger a legitimate shot next year after going through another spring and fall camp.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Pessimism is when you have 7 games to evaluate a player's performance backed with statistics and it points to both not developing into the players we need.

I don't like to dunk on you Monkey, but you make it too easy.

Well see you're operating under the assumption that I'm trying to defend something.

When you cry about Iowa's QBs and ask where do we go from here and I make the comment that obviously this means the death for the program, and you get f***ing testy with me because of that.....that's not "dunking" on me......that tells me you're letting your pessimism and emotions get the better of you.

That's merely my job here.

You're welcome btw.

 

[2D]

Well see you're operating under the assumption that I'm trying to defend something.

When you cry about Iowa's QBs and ask where do we go from here and I make the comment that obviously this means the death for the program, and you get f***ing testy with me because of that.....that's not "dunking" on me......that tells me you're letting your pessimism and emotions get the better of you.

That's merely my job here.

You're welcome btw.

Yikes, you actually think that's "getting testy" when it's clearly responding in jest to your comment which was also made in jest? You're better than that Monkey.

And classifying my legitimate criticism as crying comes off as pretty petty. We've flip flopped all season, thinking we have the guy at QB, then we don't. Then we had another guy, then we didn't. Kirk and Lester made a gamble for the long run and it didn't pay off. I think asking what we do from here is a fair question. Do we go the Gronowski route in the portal, or do we give the talented young guy a shot? No one sees either guy going off the last 5 games of the season and making the case for being the starter next year.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Yikes, you actually think that's "getting testy" when it's clearly responding in jest to your comment which was also made in jest? You're better than that Monkey.

And classifying my legitimate criticism as crying comes off as pretty petty. We've flip flopped all season, thinking we have the guy at QB, then we don't. Then we had another guy, then we didn't. Kirk and Lester made a gamble for the long run and it didn't pay off. I think asking what we do from here is a fair question. Do we go the Gronowski route in the portal, or do we give the talented young guy a shot? No one sees either guy going off the last 5 games of the season and making the case for being the starter next year.

I wasn't just talking about this thread.......

 

[2D]

I wasn't just talking about this thread.......

 

[eyesofhawk]

Kirk and Lester both went all in on two guys who they believed could lead the program in lieu of getting a QB in the portal. One of these guys was supposed to be our QB for this year and 2027. Now, we are looking at a situation where both of these players are not who we hoped they would be. Kirk and Lester's gamble has failed.

Now Iowa faces a new problem, who will be the QB next year? Neither of these guys should be taken seriously as a potential starter. Will we go into the portal, spending a large sum of our small NIL fund on a one year rental? Or should we throw Bessinger out there, the guy with real potential, despite his inexperience? Either way, this staff has a decision to make. Our QB coaching also must be examined, because they way we develop has proven to be extraordinarily poor.

No part of this team has failed.

Is this a failed season for you?

You predicted Iowa to go 8-4. And even had some 7-5 days.

Go Hawks!

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Yesterday had to be one of the worst days of Lester's coaching career. He had an awful game plan, and the entire offense couldn't execute when plays were actually there to be made. Both of his QB's that he chose to go with this season, after spending >1 year developing them and saying that he was good to go with what he had, as only a handful of P4 programs with no QB with a good deal of college experience, were both god-awful in every aspect of their game. He will literally be picking up the pieces this week as he tries to figure something out for Saturday.

CFP is likely out of reach, but the team still has a lot to play for this season, and now that they have the "luxury" of having nothing to lose, I have no problem with KF and TL going with JSully or Bess at QB. I doubt either Heck or Hank finish their career with Iowa, and I think both could be gone in a few months, so TL has to make a portal hit at least as good as Gronowski to advance Iowa's offense next season, and he needs to take a serious look at what went wrong with the development of these two, because we afford any more big misses.