Recent content by MNHawk

So the argument is that Kirk Ferentz is the only coach in America that is a decent human being and is capable of delivering consistently average to slightly above average results at a well established, well funded Big Ten West school with excellent facilities and an amazingly loyal fan base...

I see your point but that was four years ago with an uncommonly easy schedule. I’m looking forward at the rest of the west when I think about our ceiling.

It was nice to hear Miller and Deace seemingly finally admit that Iowa needs to update their offensive scheme in order to stay competitive. I could not agree more. Here is the issue as I see it though. After the Tennessee beat down in 2014, Kirk said they would evaluate every aspect of the...

Butch Caldwell

THIS! Iowa 's lack of game planning and scheming to attack an opponents weakness is glaring. At this level, you cannot just "do what we do" and expect to compete against the best teams. Aiso, coaching 101 says to play your best players and feature them.

He reminds me of Sedrick Shaw.

By the time he's done , he'll be the best pro prospect of the Ferentz era.

Kansas State perfect fit.

After being at last week's game, I was ready for lethal injection.

So given my scenario, wouldn't saying "We need to execute better" equate to throwing your players under the bus?

If I am playing my son in one on one basketball and I over play his left hand because I know that's his strength, and continues to fail to score by going to his left, is his failure a lack of execution or something else? This is what drives me insane about Iowa football under Kirk. Please help...

Kirk, does "We just didn't execute" mean the same thing as "That's football?"

My 8-4 prediction was based on losing to PSU, OSU, UW and one loss to someone else. I also thought Naively that we might look a little differently. It's losing by margins that are out of line (UW) and games we should win (PU, and possibly NW and MSU) that are so disappointing. So really wrong...

I think we agree more on that third point than you think. We are not at a tremendous disadvantage in most areas and for most of the 80's part of the 90's and '01-10 we were ahead of these programs and we didn't build upon this. That's what really bothers me when I say we were UW before they were.

...for not lecturing us on how Iowa was predicted to be a 6-6 team and this is to be expected. I appreciated hearing you express some frustration for a performance that should NEVER be acceptable to Iowa fans. It was cathartic. I really like Kirk. I was on board with you about the Brian hire...