***2023 Iowa Football offseason thread***

[L. Wade Childress]

I love a slow burning Mikey meltdown. a poorly written program stuck in an endless loop of hopelessness because not every variable can be defined by an integer.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

How did you wind up there?

quick, throw a pair of shakers over your right shoulder.

 

[Geese]

The SWARM guy says he fully expects Brian back next year. Who knows what access he has but imagine he's pretty connected and wouldn't say that if he didn't have good reason to believe it.

 

[douglasbader]

The SWARM guy says he fully expects Brian back next year. Who knows what access he has but imagine he's pretty connected and wouldn't say that if he didn't have good reason to believe it.

FYI, they are keeping him involved where needed, but also not sharing anything of the sort with him. They like Brad and everything, but they absolutely know he can't nor wants to keep anything quiet and anything they tell him or he finds out he will share within hours or minutes on the message boards.

 

[CleteyColgate]

The SWARM guy says he fully expects Brian back next year. Who knows what access he has but imagine he's pretty connected and wouldn't say that if he didn't have good reason to believe it.

A nice reward for Brian after recruiting all these new offensive weapons

 

[L. Wade Childress]

FYI, they are keeping him involved where needed, but also not sharing anything of the sort with him. They like Brad and everything, but they absolutely know he can't nor wants to keep anything quiet and anything they tell him or he finds out he will share within hours or minutes on the message boards.

Kirk can’t run an offense but for 23 years he can run a solid canary trap.

 

[KitKatApples]

Hence his canary atrium

 

[Fair and Balanced]

FYI, they are keeping him involved where needed, but also not sharing anything of the sort with him. They like Brad and everything, but they absolutely know he can't nor wants to keep anything quiet and anything they tell him or he finds out he will share within hours or minutes on the message boards.

Yeah that guy gossips about everything. I wouldn’t tell him anything.

 

[rodg12]

Rumblings of Northwestern, but he’s also in the lawsuit so that’s kind of an issue.

Northwestern is out...

 

[Gushawk]

Just got lit the fuck up by the SDSU offense Iowa pwned

 

[ddevries]

Does TCU being in the natty give you hope Iowa could make a semi-similar run someday if everything came together or do you not even consider that much hope since Iowa isn’t in the South?

 

[fossilhawk]

Does TCU being in the natty give you hope Iowa could make a semi-similar run someday if everything came together or do you not even consider that much hope since Iowa isn’t in the South?

Yes.

(I haven't not had hope since 2009; I will forever and always die on the hill of "if Stanzi doesn't get hurt against NW Iowa would have beaten Bama in Pasadena.")

 

[hawkeyealum]

Brianferentz.gif

 

[CamelTones]

Shots fired

 

[SuperHans]

Kinda dorky to harp on this

 

[KitKatApples]

Move that post to the awareness thread

 

[Geese]

Shots fired

Fuck ya

 

[cloudhawk]

Move on.org

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Shots fired

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Move on.org

Nah fuck that. I’d be petty too on this one. Maybe if they hadn’t talked shit but they did so fuck them.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Yeah he checked every box for receiving continued hate.

1. Always had the Alabama optiopn (as opposed to a late dream offer)
2. Did it the very last week before signing day.
3. Went out of way to make both horrific and offensive shit talking excuses for why he did it.

 

[cloudhawk]

I agree...fuck them - but you lost out to a superior team- Prestige-wise and its not like he isn't on track to be a pro talent. Trying to pretend he made a mistake is not the best look here, imo.

Just gives him a reason mentally to think it was OK to screw them over the way he did.

 

[CamelTones]

I agree...fuck them - but you lost out to a superior team- Prestige-wise and its not like he isn't on track to be a pro talent. Trying to pretend he made a massive mistake is not the best look here, imo.

Just gives him a reason mentally to think it was OK to screw them over the way he did.

They’re not pretending ‘he made a massive mistake.’

 

[Alan Lomax]

Kinda dorky to harp on this

Fuck that, they’re competitive people who were called out directly for being too big of pussies for Proctor to waste his talent on. Make him eat shit for it. And hopefully get a chance to prove it against him.

 

[cloudhawk]

They’re not pretending ‘he made a massive mistake.’

Pointing out pros they developed is trying to point out he might have made wrong choice/mistake

 

[HerkyHopeful]

Move on? Fuck that kid and his knees. I'll celebrate his failures

 

[SuperHans]

Yeah I’m sure he’ll think about this sick burn during math class

 

[Thanksgiving Dinner]

Pointing out pros they developed is trying to point out he might have made wrong choice/mistake

No, it's trying to point out that he's an asshole

 

[cloudhawk]

Ok, whatever

 

[iowa4ever20]

Yes.

(I haven't not had hope since 2009; I will forever and always die on the hill of "if Stanzi doesn't get hurt against NW Iowa would have beaten Bama in Pasadena.")

Undefeated Texas would have still been playing Bama in Pasadena.

 

[fossilhawk]

Undefeated Texas would have still been playing Bama in Pasadena.

Wrong. Iowa had the SOS above Texas that year, unlike the hypothetical 2002-but-without-shitting-the-bed-against-State team.

 

[iowa4ever20]

Wrong. Iowa had the SOS above Texas that year, unlike the hypothetical 2002-but-without-shitting-the-bed-against-State team.

Texas played one more game than Iowa and hard to imagine the polls would have had Iowa over Texas. The Coaches and Harris polls were 2/3rds of the formula.

 

[Fair and Balanced]

Does TCU being in the natty give you hope Iowa could make a semi-similar run someday if everything came together or do you not even consider that much hope since Iowa isn’t in the South?

No yes.

 

[Fair and Balanced]

Yeah he checked every box for receiving continued hate.

1. Always had the Alabama optiopn (as opposed to a late dream offer)
2. Did it the very last week before signing day.
3. Went out of way to make both horrific and offensive shit talking excuses for why he did it.

“horrific”. Lol.

 

[howler]

Iowa was arguably the best team in America just once in my lifetime, and that was only from October through mid November in 2002. That team could’ve competed with SC, OSU or Miami. (Now, it is true they didn’t compete with SC, but never mind that.)

 

[Lefty]

Keeping my hopes alive! Bill O’Brien and BF to the Pats?

 

[Hawkstrat]

Keeping my hopes alive! Bill O’Brien and BF to the Pats?

That's not a real thing.

 

[Kamala]

Keeping my hopes alive! Bill O’Brien and BF to the Pats?

I don’t care where BF goes as long as he goes

 

[CleteyColgate]

Keeping my hopes alive! Bill O’Brien and BF to the Pats?

Bill Belichick?

 

[Gushawk]

I don’t care where BF goes as long as he goes

unfortunately Kirk and by extension Garta care deeply

 

[MikeyJoe]

unfortunately Kirk and by extension Garta care deeply

It’s almost like there’s a reason people care about nepotism.

 

[Debit One]

unfortunately Kirk and by extension Garta care deeply

Meanwhile, WRs in the portal look elsewhere rather than run the risk of being tethered to a system of WR neglect as led by Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz.

 

[The Full Monte]

Meanwhile, WRs in the portal look elsewhere rather than run the risk of being tethered to a system of WR neglect as led by Kirk’s son, Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz.

The hard part to me is that at this moment, it seems that it’s been clearly communicated to recruits and possible transfers that “change is coming.” On the other hand, every single person close to the program is getting the impression that Brian leaves, IF he gets an NFL job, and that if he doesn’t, there’s at least SOME chance he’s back as Iowa’s OC next year.

So in other words “change is coming. Unless it doesn’t.”

 

[KitKatApples]

Doug is Barta, Barta is Doug

 

[CleteyColgate]

It’s almost like there’s a reason people care about nepotism.

Who amongst hasn't put an incompetent child of ours in a position of authority? We all do it....all would do it.

 

[Dolomitey]

No Dad. I don’t deserve it. That’s nepotism.

Not many people have ever said that and meant it.

 

[Debit One]

The hard part to me is that at this moment, it seems that it’s been clearly communicated to recruits and possible transfers that “change is coming.” On the other hand, every single person close to the program is getting the impression that Brian leaves, IF he gets an NFL job, and that if he doesn’t, there’s at least SOME chance he’s back as Iowa’s OC next year.

So in other words “change is coming. Unless it doesn’t.”

Sure. Change is coming. The degree of change is uncertain.

Change could be as small as one new offensive assistant, or as big as a new OC with a modified scheme. Either would qualify as change.

The lack of specificity on this sure makes it seem like a) it won't be a new OC or b) the new OC only happens if Brian can find a job elsewhere.

If you were a WR recruit who had options with other P5 schools, would you attend Iowa prior to a new OC being named?

 

[CleteyColgate]

If you were a WR recruit who had options with other P5 schools, would you attend Iowa prior to a new OC being named?

I would love to be a Hawkeye!!!!

 

[The Dad]

Sure. Change is coming. The degree of change is uncertain.

Change could be as small as one new offensive assistant, or as big as a new OC with a modified scheme. Either would qualify as change.

The lack of specificity on this sure makes it seem like a) it won't be a new OC or b) the new OC only happens if Brian can find a job elsewhere.

If you were a WR recruit who had options with other P5 schools, would you attend Iowa prior to a new OC being named?

Change. They’re going to triple down and concentrate even harder on cleaning up the details of the totally great plays and scheme they already have.

 

[Brad Wesley]

Meanwhile, WRs in the portal look elsewhere rather than run the risk of being tethered to a system of WR neglect as led by Kirk’s son, Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz.

Uh, are you forgetting about Flipper Anderson’s son?!?