He took two timeouts to lecture the refs today. He seems more passionate about football in a philosophical sense than in a literal game.
The game has passed him by. Please allow me to make a historical/military analogy to Iowa football under Kirk Ferentz. Historians identify Revolutions in Military Affairs (RMA) as certain periods during the history of humankind, where new
military doctrines,
strategies,
tactics and technologies led to an irrecoverable change in the conduct of warfare. Furthermore, those changes compel an accelerated adaptation of novel doctrines and strategies.
One such RMA is the period from 1914-1918. Virtually nothing about standard battlefield operations before 1914 remained valid after 1918. Likewise, almost everything about battlefield operations in 1918 remains valid today. If an
infantry battalion commander of August 1914 were to jump ahead a scant four years to August 1918, he would be bewildered by what he saw happening on the battlefield around him. Almost nothing he knew in 1914 about how to fight a battle would be of much use in 1918. On the other hand, if a battalion commander from 1918 were to jump forward to a World War II battlefield in 1941 (or even today), he would be able to understand the broad outlines of what was happening.
Kirk Ferentz's offensive philosophy is the equivalent of an infantry battalion commander from 1914 trying to fight a war in 1918 (or 2022). Unlike his peer coaches, he hasn't adapted or embraced these changes, and it has held us back from a decade of dominating the BIG West and likely CFP appearances. There is no indication he will ever adapt either.
FWIW
Peace
Matt Rodgers, 1991
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