**FIRE BRIAN - Official Michigan vs. Iowa Football Thread - BRIAN IS A FAT SACK OF SHIT**

[jabberjaw]

The annoying thing is that he isn't wrong. They got some deep shots to hit, pass protection was sort of improved, we had some WRs actually fucking catch the ball for once.

But Petras still is making the same mistakes he's made his entire career. Can't read the D, can't step up to avoid a pass rush, can't throw on target, still insists on gunning shit into windows.

Kirk will just keep on believing that the positives mean we need to stay the course at QB, though, even though it's obvious to the whole fucking world that Petras will never not be garbage.

Padilla or Labas or literally anyone with a modicum of skill could have gotten a W today. Instead, that.

The annoying thing is that his son was placed in a position where it seems he can’t be removed because his dad is the head coach.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

This offense is just scratch your eyeballs out bad.

As much as Spencer sucks, today sealed it for me as far as it goes with Brian. A fucking 4th grader playing Madden would know that when you are down 20-0 in the 3rd quarter with 7 min to go, you have to fucking hurry the fuck up.

It's the year 2022, and Iowa is huddling up every single play. I'll never forget that 7 minute drive that essentially lost the game for them in so many ways.

Fuck Brian, he is 10000000% the issue.

At least Johnson is a fucking stud

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

Let it be known that after the 3 and out and I made my Padilla crack and was banned by that pussy, Iowa went into complete meltdown with all the momentum. Way to go, Mikey. You guys should have listened to @Westside Ray Ray.

 

[The Dad]

Lol. Kirk just told Dolph and Ed that offense really grew…Defense made a few critical errors…hopefully correctable

 

[thrawn]

He just doesn't know what he's doing. That's the scary part.

Yeah he has a bad QB. Yeah, Connor Colby single handedly torpedoed a drive. But there are multiple times per game where the decision making from Brian is just stunningly stupid.

They seemed surprised and almost annoyed that they were still in the game. It’s like they made Happy Hour plans at 20–0, but then suddenly it was 20–7 with Iowa driving, but they couldn’t get mentally into it.

 

[cloudhawk]

Absolutely no one should be mad at the players.

Seems like you are letting Spencer's terribleness off the hook too much here

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

Absolutely no one should be mad at the players.

I am mad at Spencer for “messing up his feet”.

 

[BuffettHawk]

Absolutely no one should be mad at the players.

Petras can GFH.

 

[Creed]

I fucking hate Petras and it pisses me off each time gets up super fast after taking a shot. The fact that we haven’t seen another QB run a play is criminal.

If Kirk can’t see that a fresh defense after a good offensive drive makes a great defense even better like what happened early in the 4th quarter, then his stupidity knows no end.

This team should be 5-0 with tickets being booked in Indy. The West is a joke but they can’t capitalize because of fuckface Brian running the show. Bert + Phil would absolutely buttfuck the division.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

Let it be known that after the 3 and out and I made my Padilla crack and was banned by that pussy, Iowa went into complete meltdown with all the momentum. Way to go, Mikey. You guys should have listened to @Westside Ray Ray.

If you could've felt the hurt that it caused me, I would say that you're lucky to not be permabanned. I believed you. I wanted to believe. I did believe. I would've preferred that you told me to kill myself and when I didn't, I would've been fine with you killing me.

It was my personal holocaust.

 

[cloudhawk]

Let it be known that after the 3 and out and I made my Padilla crack and was banned by that pussy, Iowa went into complete meltdown with all the momentum. Way to go, Mikey. You guys should have listened to @Westside Ray Ray.

Doesn't seem like he learned his lesson

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Logan Lee’s dad and sister/gf wanted to kick my ass

 

[douglasbader]

Let it be known that after the 3 and out and I made my Padilla crack and was banned by that pussy, Iowa went into complete meltdown with all the momentum. Way to go, Mikey. You guys should have listened to @Westside Ray Ray.

You should be banned forever for what you did.

 

[Alan Lomax]

I fucking hate Petras and it pisses me off each time gets up super fast after taking a shot. The fact that we haven’t seen another QB run a play is criminal.

If Kirk can’t see that a fresh defense after a good offensive drive makes a great defense even better like what happened early in the 4th quarter, then his stupidity knows no end.

This team should be 5-0 with tickets being booked in Indy. The West is a joke but they can’t capitalize because of fuckface Brian running the show. Bert + Phil would absolutely buttfuck the division.

I couldn’t hate the offense any more. I can’t imagine hating the iowa offense any more. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

Lol. Kirk just told Dolph and Ed that offense really grew…Defense made a few critical errors…hopefully correctable

Is this true?

 

[Mountain Hawk]

Well we’re not the prettiest car on the lot…snort.

You’re not even a car, you’re a stagecoach.

After the Indians fill it full of arrows, take the horses, and burn it.

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

If you could've felt the hurt that it caused me, I would say that you're lucky to not be permabanned. I believed you. I wanted to believe. I did believe. I would've preferred that you told me to kill myself and when I didn't, I would've been fine with you killing me.

It was my personal holocaust.

I followed it with lol jk, so that’s on you.

 

[thrawn]

I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it, but Iowa was huddling up, nearly got a delay of game, then the ref stepped in to say reset the clock back to 24 seconds.

Iowa then RE-FUCKING-HUDDLES and burned all 24 seconds and nearly got a delay of game again.

Insane.

Brian taking every possible second to pick and relay a play that the defense perfectly anticipates nearly every time is actually kind of impressive.

 

[cloudhawk]

Logan Lee’s dad and sister/gf wanted to kick my ass

I would have said, the way you are looking at me right now, is the way I feel about Petras and Brian. I'm cool with everyone else

 

[SuperHans]

This program lacks ambition. It’s time.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Look at the play by play of that 13 play, 7 minute drive that started with 12:20 left in the 4th quarter down 20-7.

Iowa completes a pass to Rigitoni at the 26 yard line with 9 minutes left. There is an injury and the clock stopped. Instead of taking that injury timeout to figure out a play and be ready to snap the ball, Iowa huddles up and blows more time.

From there they ran 7 more plays and burned the clock from 9 minutes down to 5:35 while never taking a single shot at the end zone.

Fire Brian for that alone.

Shit, even worse they had 2nd and 3 at the 19 yard line with 8:40 left! Burned 3 more minutes off to run a 1 yard route and get called for an OPI.

Fire Brian.

The people around me were throughly entertained through that section, but also clearly confused. I wished multiple people to drop fucking dead. It was STUNNING to be there in real life and watch that.

 

[Mountain Hawk]

This line enrages me so much. No, I'm not perfect every day at my job, but I'm not complete dogshit either.

I wonder how many people who say that work for their dads?

 

[Brad Wesley]

Brian will voluntarily leave after this year. As clueless as he appears to be, he doesn’t want to embarrass his father any longer.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I would have said, the way you are looking at me right now, is the way I feel about Petras and Brian. I'm cool with everyone else

I told him to sit the fuck down

 

[cloudhawk]

I told him to sit the fuck down

Ok, either way

 

[Westside Ray Ray]

Logan Lee’s dad and sister/gf wanted to kick my ass

You were in the right. If they weren't so overly invested and blinded by loyalty and bias, they'd also boo. Hell, it's Brian and Kirk that are wasting their son's season.

We need more Casey Beathard's as parents.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

I'm watching the KU/ISU game right now and even though it's 0-0, I appreciate that the KU QB has eluded 20 sacks and also that they're trying on offense. They're actually trying to score.

 

[Mountain Hawk]

If only he were as offended by the offense.

Oh jfc, he's encouraged by the offense. Yup he is actually dumb.

Yup, there comes a point where stubbornness becomes nothing but stupidity.

 

[eclone]

The fake kneel was something

I told my Hawk friends I was watching with that Ferentz must hate Petras after that. Because he’s going to get blown up every time they go into kneel formation the rest of the year after that BS.

 

[The Full Monte]

Need more than a new OC. When your TEs are your main downfield threats, you lack speed and talent at the WR position.

It begins and ends with Kirk. That simple.

 

[Mountain Hawk]

He just doesn't know what he's doing. That's the scary part.

Yeah he has a bad QB. Yeah, Connor Colby single handedly torpedoed a drive. But there are multiple times per game where the decision making from Brian is just stunningly stupid.

He learned clock management from his dad.

 

[jabberjaw]

I told my Hawk friends I was watching with that Ferentz must hate Petras after that. Because he’s going to get blown up every time they go into kneel formation the rest of the year after that BS.

I hope so

 

[Stu Beagle]

Ticket sales will be ROUGH next year if Bridawg is back.

 

[Creed]

It's sad but Hawkeye football is closing in on being unwatchable.

They are long past unwatchable. We fucking suffer through this by choice. There is very little entertainment involved in this.

Can you imagine being a fan of another team and sitting through a game watching this team? Would you ever watch it on purpose when your team wasn’t involved? Fuck no.

 

[The Full Monte]

It really is. It’d be cool if someone in the media would hammer them about this and not let Kirk snort his way out with his typical non-answer.

Kirk doesn’t give a flying fuck what you, me, Barta, any reporter, etc think. As Mikey said in chat….he feels ZERO pressure. ZERO

 

[Hawkeye_Pierce]

I think there is a very legitimate reason to fear Kirk could run this thing in to the ground on his way out

No could about it. It will start this season and get progressively worse. The portal will hurt Iowa more than any other team. Next year, they’ll lose Moss, Campbell, and probably Keagan. And as crazy as it sounds, there’s no reason to think that Petras will move on or be encouraged to do so.

 

[RecreationalGynecologist]

It begins and ends with Kirk. That simple.

Well, yea…that’s pretty obvious.

 

[Mountain Hawk]

They are the perfect representation of Iowa fans. 90% think it’s neat that Iowa has a team and they have something to do on Saturday.

I'd rather spend Saturday shoveling the hog lot and deal with shit straight up without the added stupidity and hypocrisy.

 

[Kerky]

You were in the right. If they weren't so overly invested and blinded by loyalty and bias, they'd also boo. Hell, it's Brian and Kirk that are wasting their son's season.

We need more Casey Beathard's as parents.

Padilla must be an orphan

 

[MikeyJoe]

Kirk doesn’t give a flying fuck what you, me, Barta, any reporter, etc think. As Mikey said in chat….he feels ZERO pressure. ZERO

And I don't want to overstate that. Like I said, he's a competitive guy and on some level he wants to win. But he's far past the point of feeling any pressure to do so.

 

[CleteyColgate]

I would have said, the way you are looking at me right now, is the way I feel about Petras and Brian. I'm cool with everyone else

Just change the QB and I'm confident Iowa gets a field goal in the first half

 

[BBK]

Good news is that 6 wins probably get you to Indy this year out of the West.

Bad news is that probably won't be us

 

[SuperHans]

And I don't want to overstate that. Like I said, he's a competitive guy and on some level he wants to win. But he's far past the point of feeling any pressure to do so.

He took two timeouts to lecture the refs today. He seems more passionate about football in a philosophical sense than in a literal game.

 

[Westside Ray Ray]

The more they lose and the uglier the offense is, the better it is for everyone here and those with any investment in the program.

Losses force change and the uglier the season, the more likely the changes will be. 7-5 probably allows Kirk to make minimal changes and just clean some things up.....4-8 or worse is necessary.

Temporary pain for long-term growth and improvement.......or I suppose we can do the same thing and continue along the steady decline, losing offensive recruits and spilling over to the rest of the program. We won't change our approach to NIL or the transfer portal and will end up in 3-4 years with an empty cupboard of talent and facing a prolonged rebuild.

However, we might need an AD with the vision and power to address this. So I guess we're stuck with what we've got.

 

[Kerky]

I told my Hawk friends I was watching with that Ferentz must hate Petras after that. Because he’s going to get blown up every time they go into kneel formation the rest of the year after that BS.

We already knew that for trotting him out there game after game. Really doing the young man a disservice. Should have cut bait after last year and politely told him to search out a small school close to home to finish out his career.

 

[Mountain Hawk]

Lol. Kirk just told Dolph and Ed that offense really grew…Defense made a few critical errors…hopefully correctable

If I were Parker, I think I would have just snapped my cap, and they'd be finding Kirk in six different Dumpsters.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Brian will voluntarily leave after this year. As clueless as he appears to be, he doesn’t want to embarrass his father any longer.

He fucking better. He’s terrible at this job, and I think he’s a GOOD coach. But coordinator is way beyond him.

 

[BuffettHawk]

Acceptable compromise on the thread title, @douglasbader.

 

[cloudhawk]

Just change the QB and I'm confident Iowa gets a field goal in the first half

Wrong, hits Lachey with a first down inside the 10, if the saftey can tackle him. That is just at the very least.

 

[Floyd R]

For all of Kirk’s strengths, I don’t trust him (or Barta) leading Iowa into the NIL era. Kirk is a coach from a bygone era who won’t adapt to the new rules (much like his approach to the chop block rule).