**2017–18 Offseason Thread**

[Gushawk]

Easley should be used to big ten velocity next year. He’s actually pretty decent.

Define “pretty decent”. What kinda curve we gradin on? Big Ten West?

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Easley should be used to big ten velocity next year. He’s actually pretty decent.

Define “pretty decent”. What kinda curve we gradin on? Big Ten West?

The Alex Hornibrook curve

 

[Wanderer]

Calm Clam the fuck DOWN!

 

[Fair and Balanced]

Easley should be used to big ten velocity next year. He’s actually pretty decent.

Velocity. LMAO.

 

[Geese]

Honestly, I think we win the whole fucking thing in the next 2 years.

That might be the Hopslam talking.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Easley should be used to big ten velocity next year. He’s actually pretty decent.

Velocity. LMAO.

Just wanted to add that there is a slight jump from Newton to IWCC to an arm that would destroy your face even worse than it already is. Easley dropped a lot of catchable balls mainly because they got into him too quick.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Easley should be used to big ten velocity next year. He’s actually pretty decent.

Define “pretty decent”. What kinda curve we gradin on? Big Ten West?

we would have been fucked without him last year.

 

[Mo T]

DB has officially cursed the 2018 Iowa football team in February. Good to great.

 

[Gushawk]

Easley should be used to big ten velocity next year. He’s actually pretty decent.

Define “pretty decent”. What kinda curve we gradin on? Big Ten West?

we would have been fucked without him last year.

So maybe a 3WR on a team with reasonable recruiting and retention. I can accept that assessment

 

[douglasbader]

It would be nice if Smith-Marsette and Smith can lock down the outside positions and Easley can be the slot receiver along with Fant and Hockenson at TE. That would be a really good set by Iowa standards.

 

[hawkeyealum]

I 100% agree. If ISM and Brandon Smith aren’t in the starting lineup or at the very least the main guys in 3WR sets I’m going to be disappointed

 

[Shawneemicks]

Brandon Smith didn’t impress me, other than he looks the part. Hopefully year 2 he plays better.

The staff really likes a Beyer too & Tyrone Tracy looks the part as well.

Nice to have a few options. At least on paper.

 

[hawkeyealum]

Yeah Brandon Smith didn’t show much but at least he played as a true freshman so there is hope he develops into more in year 2.

 

[Shawneemicks]

Yeah Brandon Smith didn’t show much but at least he played as a true freshman so there is hope he develops into more in year 2.

Agreed & I think his development will likely indicate how good Copeland is. ISMs development too.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Smith just doesn’t look that fast.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Smith just doesn’t look that fast.

How dare you.

 

[turtley78]

 

[Gushawk]

Smith just doesn’t look that fast.

Correct. But ISM is grease lightening

 

[turtley78]

Another write-up about how terrible the Minnesota unis are (from Uni-Watch)

February isn’t usually the time for college football uniform news items, but the Minnesota Gophers came up with a whopper yesterday, as they unveiled a new uni set that includes, as you can see above, an oar-themed helmet stripe and compass-themed helmet numbers. Those are references to Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck’s motivational “Row the boat” mantra (although I’ve never seen a compass on a rowboat), which he came up with during his previous coaching stint at Western Michigan.

“Row the boat” is more than just a coaching philosophy for Fleck — the slogan is rooted in the death of his second son, who had a congenital heart defect and died shortly after birth.

All of which is a powerful and moving story, but it has exactly nothing to do with Minnesota. Putting an oar on the Gophers’ helmets sends the message that the coach is more important than the team. Putting a coach’s slogan on the inner collar (where nobody can see it) or on the nose bumper (where it’s inconspicuous) is one thing, but making it part of the uniform design reflects an upside-down hierarchy of priorities. It was bad enough when Fleck got to dress Western Michigan in oar-themed jerseys. When he inevitably moves on to his next coaching gig, and the one after that, and the one after that, will those schools wear the oar? What if he makes the jump to the NFL — will one of those teams wear the oar?

When the news of this move broke yesterday, Uni Watch reader Kary Klismet posted this in the comments:

[T]aking that phrase from being a form of individual inspiration and shoehorning it onto the uniforms of every football team [Fleck] winds up coaching strikes me as an exercise in personal vanity and selfishness.

I agree, but I’d go a step further: In a world that’s increasingly dominated by the nonsense of “branding,” what we’re seeing here is the ascension of Fleck’s “personal brand.” You can tell that’s how Fleck himself views the situation because he paid Western Michigan for the intellectual property rights to the slogan when he left that school and moved on to Minnesota. It’d be one thing if he wanted to use the slogan as the title of a self-help book, or to sell T-shirts, or to start a rowboat concession down at the lake. But giving his personal brand equal time on the uniform of the of the school he supposedly serves is nuts. It’s the tail wagging the dog, or the boat rowing the oar, or something like that.

All this for a coach who went 5-7 in his first year at Minnesota, and whose lifetime mark is 35-29. I mean, shit, Alabama didn’t wear houndstooth for Bear Bryant until he’d been dead for 27 years.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Eh, it’s only a matter of time before football teams are no longer affiliated with universities but rather coaches or some other cultural entity.

 

[Jimmie Dimmick]

oh ffs

 

[Jimmie Dimmick]

how much is Wirfs squatting?

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

how much is Wirfs squatting?

Looks like 495.

 

[Bob]

Cooper and/or Marchese passing Smith on the depth chart and causing people to freak out seems like a thing that is definitely going to happen.

 

[hawkeyealum]

Cooper is intriguing at least although I think he’s would be better in the slot. Marchese starting would be the most Iowa thing ever

 

[TheOwl]

Fuck, I'm ready for football.

 

[Stu Beagle]

Is this INSIDER info?

Kinnick Stadium (North end zone)- The construction of the North end zone of Kinnick Stadium is being done in 2 phases. Phase 1 is the completion of the lower bowl- which should be completed this football season. Phase 2 will be the upper press and private boxes. In addition, there are discussions going on about having full time restaurants in this area- open to the public.

 

[Truant]

Fleck refers to a moral compass in his "team culture" propaganda. I believe that is the compass on the helmet. The oars look like a liquor bottle (white) and a fraternity paddle (maroon). Which is probably appropriate since you have to be a heavy drinker to put up with Fleck's nonsense and the gophers are going to take a lot of ass beatings as long as Fleck is coach.

Another kid left the program this week. A safety from Alabama that started 8 games this year as a true freshman. Fleck's bullshit wears thin with many.

 

[BBK]

Trust me, he’s well known by scouts

 

[The Full Monte]

@HawkLax6

Is there a graph or chart on Stanleys throws to certain side of the field at given distances?

 

[L. Wade Childress]

@HawkLax6

Is there a graph or chart on Stanleys throws to certain side of the field at given distances?

I deleted this off my phone like two days ago. I used it to DESTROY my dipshit friend who thinks Stanley sucks. Just total WhatsApp carnage!!!!!!

 

[Jimmie Dimmick]

Truant DHOFR

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

@HawkLax6

Is there a graph or chart on Stanleys throws to certain side of the field at given distances?

I deleted this off my phone like two days ago. I used it to DESTROY my dipshit friend who thinks Stanley sucks. Just total WhatsApp carnage!!!!!!

it's probably in your recently deleted folder

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Yep

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Also I had no idea there was a recently deleted folder so let’s just say I am a lucky lucky man

 

[Creed]

Yep

I get sickened to see how few PI/holding penalties show up on this.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

 

[MikeyJoe]

Stanley also has a much higher "adjusted completion %" when you take drops into account. Iowa was really rolling out some straight garbage at WR this year.

Found the tweet I was remembering:

 

[BBK]

All of you are discounting Kirk QB regression. He will be worse next year.

 

[Bob]

All of you are discounting Kirk QB regression. He will be worse next year.

Probably because that isn't a thing that actually exists

 

[Bob]

Stanzi Junior Year: 56% completion, 2,400 yards, 17 TDs, 15 INTs (like 6 of which were pick 6s), 131 rating

Stanzi Senior Year: 64% completion, 3,000 yards, 25 TDs, 6 INTs, 157 rating.

Clearly a QB who regressed

 

[Shawneemicks]

Here we go

 

[eclone]

Stanzi Junior Year: 56% completion, 2,400 yards, 17 TDs, 15 INTs (like 6 of which were pick 6s), 131 rating

Stanzi Senior Year: 64% completion, 3,000 yards, 25 TDs, 6 INTs, 157 rating.

Clearly a QB who regressed

Except that he did, before he didn't

Stanzi Soph Year: 59% completion, 2,000 yards, 14 TDs, 9 Ints, 134 rating

Stanzi Junior Year: 56% completion, 2,400 yards, 17 TDs, 15 INTs (like 6 of which were pick 6s), 131 rating

Stanzi Senior Year: 64% completion, 3,000 yards, 25 TDs, 6 INTs, 157 rating.

And also, Tate and Vandenburg are probably the poster children of that line of thought and for various reasons, they did not get better

(not that I agree that it's a thing, just that your stats were the cherriest of cherry-picked)

Spoiler: Of course

Ricky Stanzi has three bowl wins...which is only one less than ISU has in their history (But thank goodness we've pulled ahead)

 

[Bob]

When people talk about Stanzi regressing they don't mean from 08 to 09 you dummy, and he was more or less the same guy anyway.

Tate had better numbers his junior year than his sophomore year. He sucked as a senior because he fucked up his shoulder.

Vandenberg lost the best receiver in school history and got thrown into a completely new shitty offense but he'd be the rare example of this actually being true, sure

The narrative exists because the teams got worse/less lucky in close games from one year to the next and people assume wins and losses are 100% on the QB for some reason

 

[MikeyJoe]

The narrative exists because the teams got worse/less lucky in close games from one year to the next and people assume wins and losses are 100% on the QB for some reason

People talked about it after Tate, but for some reason this really became a thing with Iowa fan Stanzi's senior year which was dumb as shit. "He's not clutch anymore!"

 

[ChipHilton]

When people talk about Stanzi regressing they don't mean from 08 to 09 you dummy, and he was more or less the same guy anyway.

Tate had better numbers his junior year than his sophomore year. He sucked as a senior because he fucked up his shoulder.

Vandenberg lost the best receiver in school history and got thrown into a completely new shitty offense but he'd be the rare example of this actually being true, sure

The narrative exists because the teams got worse/less lucky in close games from one year to the next and people assume wins and losses are 100% on the QB for some reason

One might add that Tate also no longer had Solomon and Hinkel.

 

[Stu Beagle]

All of you are discounting Kirk QB regression. He will be worse next year.

Probably because that isn't a thing that actually exists

yeah but has Iowa ever won more games than the year before with a returning starter?

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

When the one constant of the Kirk era has been struggling to get wideouts, it might be reasonable to include who they are throwing to in the tate got worse/ vandy got worse discussions

 

[CamelTones]

All of you are discounting Kirk QB regression. He will be worse next year.

Probably because that isn't a thing that actually exists

yeah but has Iowa ever won more games than the year before with a returning starter?

Yes. They won more games in 2009 than in 2008.

 

[Bob]

When the one constant of the Kirk era has been struggling to get wideouts, it might be reasonable to include who they are throwing to in the tate got worse/ vandy got worse discussions

I think this is only really true since McNutt graduated and we replaced KOK with Davis. Before that we were mostly fine outside of some down periods where everyone got hurt like 03, or when the whole City Boyz Inc mess blew up and we lost a bunch of promising guys all at once. It wasnt always spectacular but it wasnt the outright disaster it's been lately