The old fossil
Most wins in big 10 history and beating a great sec team today. Love that old kf!
Most wins in big 10 history and beating a great sec team today. Love that old kf!
How do you like him now?
- Thread starter 1inamillion
- Start date
And he let LEster run the offense because KF didnt call the play that resulted in the 1st qtr INT on 1st and goal. KF runs a great program and his only negatives are some conservatism and game decisions
The Moon Family Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz will be in the College Football Hall of Fame one day.
I definitely like him more than JF. That person loses to Vanderbilt in bowl games.
That Kirk Ferentz guy might turn out to be a pretty good hire.
There are many things I like about Kirk, but putting his son in charge of the Iowa offense is not one of them.
IMO, this was Kirk’s best coaching year of his career. The talent was not there on defense compared to years past and there were untimely injuries throughout the year on offense (i.e. RVZ). Iowa also played its toughest schedule in years and Kirk had them competitive in every game.
9-4 with the schedule Iowa played is impressive. Very impressive.
yeah one year ago when most people saw the schedule 6-6 was thought likely even with a improved team
They exceeded my expectations for the season. I have no complaints.
I agree it was one of Kirk’s best coaching efforts.
I give him credit to adapting when he was forced.
Never understand Woods situation. Maybe nothing maybe something
This years team would have made the Big Game under the old format and maybe a playoff spot
All I got
Never understand Woods situation. Maybe nothing maybe something
This years team would have made the Big Game under the old format and maybe a playoff spot
All I got
Lester's play calling makes the offense fun to watch again
"Pretty solid" season anywhere that's not a blue blood school, which is pretty much all of the teams in the Power 5. Nice backhanded compliment though.
This was a good year of coaching. While many of you are swooning over KF today with this win, never forget it was Kirk Ferentz who hired his unqualified son and moved him up the ladder even as Brian continued to fail. It took a NEW AD to FORCE Kirk to get rid of him and hire an OC who finally is turning that part of the program around. Kirk has been OK for Iowa. But the BF debacle will always be a stain on his legacy.
I agree. And I still have a little lingering resentment because of it.
Allowing Brian to run the offense and quarterback room into the ground for multiple years is the textbook definition of nepotism and I will hold that against Kirk and Gary Barta forever. At this level of football, it’s inexcusable.
Lol
Most wins in big 10 history
Look at the Big picture. You will enjoy life more.
I mean also the Big Ten record holder for losses. But today was a good game, just wish it would have counted for something.
This BF part is true, but was a blip on his overall career at Iowa. He can never take that part back, but thankfully we have moved on to bigger and better hopefully.
It didn’t work out well for JoePa at PSU either.
I don’t know how North Carolina’s D performed this year, their overall team was not good. Belicheck and Son
Maybe someone knows of an example where it has worked out well?
But in hindsight, there is no question that when it was time for BF to rise above OL coach, it needed to be done somewhere else.
Was it an exhibition game? Someone told me was a bowl game against a ranked team.
LOVE KF. The one. The only. Best all around coach in college football hands down. No I'm not related.
You know, I was thinking the same thing. Not that I want him to leave, but finishing the season with a bowl win over a quality opponent and a (likely) Top-20 ranking? I sure wouldn’t blame him.
KF is healthy and loves his job. He's good at his job. If none of those things change he will probably coach through his contract. Who knows, he may get another year or two tacked on to the end.
Broke another record…most bowl wins by a B1G head coach with 11. Good job coach…..
And Babe Ruth had the record for most strike outs. It's irrelevant.
While some truth there, its NEVER hard to spot the "glass is have empty" guys. I guarantee if in the next three or four years we make the playoff and make a run at a title there would sure as heck be posters on this forum saying "yea but back a decade ago when Kirk hired Brian", yada, yada,yada, yada. As for his legacy, thats nonsense. In twenty years or so when most of us are gone his "legacy" will say winningest coach in B1G history and probably HOF coach, and won't have a damn thing to do with Brian.
It wasn't intended as a compliment. Glad you found your daily thing to get triggered about.
You didn't mention that his son in law Tyler Barnes is director of recruiting.
You mean the guy who went five years without a legit D-1 QB? You mean the guy who hired his son as OC and QB coach and kept him there for years despite his ineptitude, forcing the AD to finally fire him? You mean THAT guy?
Kirk is human and makes mistakes, I venture to say he under stands that moving Brian to that position was a huge mistake . I’m sure his plan was for Brian to replace him as the head and keep Iowa football in the Ferentz hands for years to come…..Can’t say I blame him but if you go back in history in any college sport where has this worked, Bowden, Holtz, Beemer, ??
Absolutely not-;very few opted out- We beat a good team that was motivated to beat a good big ten team.
Who by the way is doing a great job! If you ran a business would you hire a trusted family member? I would.
And? He's done a pretty damn good job at it and in the portal given what Iowa is most likely working with. This guilt by association thing is bull and has nothing to do with Brian. And for the record Barnes was doing that job at another school before he came back to Iowa unlike Brian who had never been an OC.
Admittedly, not KF's biggest fan. But that game was really entertaining and if we can continue with a decent passing attack, we can be exciting to watch and win games. Don't think he can get us a NC but this season was much better than I expected. Proud to be a Hawkeye as always