No kidding. Anyone who says Iowa football has died is wacko. I am a realist and winning 8 or 9 games a year is pretty damn good plus kirk has many 10+ win seasons in a very tough league.
Iowa football's QB coach is a 'genius'
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At the time things were way bleaker if that’s a word. Iowa football was the laughing stock back then. Things have been looking up i will admit as of late. Gronowski might be a little hard to replace.
Iowa's offense was a laughing stock. Iowa as a team was not a laughing stock based on their records from 2021 to whenever Brian was canned. Iowa's defense was great, special teams were great, the hawks generally had a good running game. Passing game was crap.
She's the best AD we've had since Bump.
Not sure what all you're referring to, so can only comment on this thread.
At the very least, anyone can concede that they'll never know for sure that KF would still have BF as OC.
So, for Duke to go out of his way to insist as much, is clearly a dig at KF, which is clearly quite silly.
KF doesn't need my defending him. His career speaks for itself.
So, often I'm calling out the ridiculousness of fans. To take a position other than the staff's, when it comes to Iowa football, is ALWAYS to choose an uphill argument. And in the end, those arguments will never be able to win in football court, as they are challenging all of the expertise and all of the inside information.
As strong an argument as fans may have, there will always come a point where it is unreasonable to not give the benefit of the doubt to the staff, because WE'LL NEVER KNOW. Fans can make assumptions. While the staff gets paid very well to live it.
And that's pretty much always my point. Why are we not giving KF the benefit of the doubt? He earned it a long time ago.
I don't necessarily share the exact same taste for football as the Iowa staff. It would thrill me if Iowa ran the ball a lot more. But I don't have the inside knowledge to be able to claim that Iowa is wronging, as a football program. And I trust KF, and give him the benefit of the doubt, and realize that I am underinformed.
Why are we not trusting KF? Why are we not simply supporting this team? Yes, KF has his weaknesses and has had his low moments. Everybody does. So what? KF has always been well-respected by his peers. And has acheived a hall of fame career. Not to mention being a great representative of the state.
That's not something fans can get behind and simply be supportive of? I truly feel sorry for some of you, sometimes.
What's "suspicious", is not having the respect to give the Iowa staff the benefit of the doubt. And not having the reasonability to understand when underinformed
This thread (before my post) was literally the "alpha & omega". Started by Duke, finished by Eyes.
Sort of poetic...
Sort of poetic...
Well, we know what we have to do - get yards and points via the quarterback’s legs.
..Which is why I don’t understand Hecklinski NOT being our obvious choice going into game 1.
Yeah I’d like to know how / why he decided Beth is awful?
She has already proven herself to be 1000 times better than Barta.
Crazy they showed the stats on camp vid on BTN and we actually run more than we did when Bri was here
1. There will be little designed run this season. And other than draws, no runs up the middle. These guys aren't Grono.
2. The difference in mobility between the two is way overstated. Brown is faster and has a jump rope record. Heck has a better feel for being elusive, which is probably more important.
3. We've been over this
Yeah, we are very run heavy in this offense. But the multiple looks we give provide way more deception than the O under BF. It helps a bunch when the opponent can't easily determine what play is coming.
If we trot out a quarterback that struggles to get yards with his legs (hence a huge benefit of “multiple looks”), I’m going to lose my mind.
We clearly do not have P. Manning on the roster - QB1 needs to be the better runner.
You know he has always tried to be a 50/50 guy right? I bet we rush 60% or better for plays in first 3 games
I realize that. I was actually taking a veiled jab at another poster.
Given the fact we have 2 inexperienced QB's still vying for the starting slot, I would hope Kirk/Tim use the first 3 games to get a starter settled in and comfortable with his receivers and throwing the ball. Get the kinks worked out of the passing offense BEFORE the conference games start....not after.
Iowa can always run the ball. It's the passing part that needs work.
There will be very little designed qb run this year.
How many times does this have to be explained to you?
That's a separate issue, imo. I'm just saying it's nice our opponent doesn't know what we're doing just by the way we line up. Which was often the case under BF.
Yes, less predictable than BF's last two seasons. And probably less predictable than BF's offenses overall.
But:
1. Predictability is way overrated by fans. Most of these teams have a real good idea what each other is running. It's more about the Jimmy's and Joe's.
2. I'm not saying you fall into this camp. But many fans mischaracterize BF's predictability by referring to his last two seasons.
Those seasons were not typical BF offenses. Circumstances forced BF to pare down the playbook (become more predictable). But even more noteworthy in regards to the mischaracterization, is the fact that the staff consciously CHOSE to become MORE PREDICTABLE, for the sake of ensuring each brick of the rebuild was set with intentionality.
And the fact that the Iowa program is still reaping benefits from the intentional rebuild today, only adds to what has been extreme mischaracterization when it comes to BF
And what will increase our probability of success [even more] given the D won’t know what we’re doing based on how we line up?
A ground-threat QB.
Do you have me on ignore or something?
Iowa WILL NOT be calling anywhere near as much designed qb run this season, regardless of who the qb is
I don’t think that is what he means and I believe you are mischaracterizing him.
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