Was just looking back at KF's 3 most successful teams, '02, '04, and 09. Those were great teams that had great success. But did KF actually out coaching anyone those years for wins? Those teams were loaded with future NFL players at almost every position. Wouldn't you almost have to be a terrible coach not to win at least 10 games those years?
KF ever been a great "game day" coach?
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tubahawk
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While I am questioning it now, I do think KF typically has a good game plan going into the game and sticks to that plan. There are adjustments always taking place during the game. I don't think Iowa does major adjustments. like coming out with a whole new defensive look for the second half, but they may change spacing, etc...
Typically KF's philosophy is stay with the original game plan. It's what you've practiced and what you know.
He's doesn't do big in-game adjustments, he feels the team should be prepared to execute the base plan before the game starts and make small tweaks in-game. Does that make him a bad game-day coach? Not necessarily.
Typically KF's philosophy is stay with the original game plan. It's what you've practiced and what you know.
He's doesn't do big in-game adjustments, he feels the team should be prepared to execute the base plan before the game starts and make small tweaks in-game. Does that make him a bad game-day coach? Not necessarily.
KF's claim to fame has never been game day coaching. It was all about player development. Finding lesser known talent and turning them into big time players. For whatever reason, Iowa has not had anywhere near the success developing players recently as they had in the "glory years". Take that + very average recruiting + player attrition + bad coordinator hires + bad game day coaching + a coach who is untouchable because of a ridiculous contract and you get a program that is headed straight down the drain.
Kirk has always had the same problems he has now. His mind just doesn't work fast enough to be a head coach. In 02 he had an extreme number of no name recruits turn into studs. In 04 we had a team capable of the record it had but if our running backs didn't all get hurt we probably would have won 7 games. In 09 he tried his damnedest to lose a lot of games we shouldn't have but we kept getting lucky. The next year we weren't so lucky.
PJHawk
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In the 2001 Alamo Bowl Ed Podolak was overheard making a comment in regard to Kurt's two-minute offense and it went something along the lines of "....and God knows we cant run it" - 11 seasons later and not much has changed.
HawkeyeHypnosis
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Just because we have tapered off the last few years doesn't mean he has never been a good gameday coach. A lot of these threads are getting a bit far out. Every coach has bad calls in a season, no one is going to coach perfectly every week out. I do think that it has gotten stale. But I would say he coached well on gameday throughout Brad Banks, Nathan Chandler, early Stanzi but there's always going to be some iffy calls.
People have noticed he was a bad game day coach well before the last couple years.
With all the close games and come from behinds, you have to say yes, he does well enough.
This comes from a person who thinks time outs are given to be used and if we are at their 40, we go for it on 4th n short. Play to win. Most of all do it when we can roll, and compete.
This comes from a person who thinks time outs are given to be used and if we are at their 40, we go for it on 4th n short. Play to win. Most of all do it when we can roll, and compete.
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ILHawk
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Stanzi = a lot of luck.
Banks he tried and tried to make into a drop back qb. Thankfully Banks was great at tuck and run.
BILLBUCKNER
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Having a QB like Banks can make any coach look good. I wish we would have never strayed from that style of QB that could make something of a busted play and keep the chains moving. I know we tried to replace him with similar style QBs that for whatever reason never panned out. McNutt being the most recent.
MoseSchrute
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^I think it's possible that Careful Kirk really doesn't want that type of guy. Too many things can go wrong when he decides to improvise the play; injury, fumble, etc. He should have learned his lesson, but now he is way behind the curve.
hawkforlife9
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No. He was never a great coach period. He had two great coordinators who ran the show. They left, so did coaching.
Not only did they try to keep Banks in the pocket, they also had Chandler rolling out of the pocket every other play.
Hawkers86
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What bothers me about his game day coaching is he has no killer instinct. This has been common for a very long time. His 2 min is a dice roll, sometimes our unawareness catches the D off guard but it takes great talent on the field to do that. Looking back I would have to say overall no hes never been a great game day coach. He used to be a great preparation/development coach but even that seems to be dormant/maybe gone now.
