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The Dad

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“Uptempo” isn’t descriptive enough.
 

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Nick Saban retired less than 6 days ago. In that time, Alabama / Washington / Arizona have all lost and hired new head coaches along with nearly their entire staffs.

It's been 80 days since Kirk’s son, Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz was told he wouldn't be renewed and 15+ days since Iowa's bowl game. In that time Kirk hasn't been able to hire a OC and, according to the NIL guy, is still out there interviewing and hasn't come close to offering someone.

Lol.
Alabama lost one of their most valuable defensive coaches to Georgia.
That coach then interviewed with the new Alabama staff.

Kirk mailed Joe Philbin a letter last week saying they should talk about Joe coming back to Iowa in a covered wagon.
 

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It's all part of the plan for us to be relieved when Philbin gets the job instead of Budmayr. Bar keeps getting lowered. What a shit show, once again.
 

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Nick Saban retired less than 6 days ago. In that time, Alabama / Washington / Arizona have all lost and hired new head coaches along with nearly their entire staffs.

It's been 80 days since Kirk’s son, Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz was told he wouldn't be renewed and 15+ days since Iowa's bowl game. In that time Kirk hasn't been able to hire a OC and, according to the NIL guy, is still out there interviewing and hasn't come close to offering someone.

Lol.
Which is of course the point the Kirk ballwashers missed when attempting to defend the speed of Iowa’s process vs how quickly Alabama moved after Saban’s announcement.

I’ve worked with professional PR firms that aren’t as skilled at deflecting and putting a positive spin on situations as well as a decent chunk of the Iowa fanbase
 

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If KF tries to do that, Beth should fire the old man on the spot. Period. The Bud man already should have been fired, along with Barnett, that brilliant O-line coach.

Until we know otherwise, I'm still hoping for the guy from UNLV. Make him the highest paid OC in the country. The money is there. That hire would shock the college football world and make Iowa an immediate contender for the Big Ten title and CFP. Anything less, and KF needs to go. Period.
He'd most likely be a good, but making him the highest paid OC in the country would be dumb. That'd be over $2 million for a guy who had 1 year as an OC in the Mountain West. Fuck. This is getting stupid.
 

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With Kirk near retirement and Iowa’s tradition of long tenured head coaches, you’d think it would be an attractive OC job where you’d have a good chance to be the front runner for the next HC. Kirk is gonna pwn everyone here one way or another.
 

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The P-C's Leistokow said point blank this morning that it "won't be Philbin or UNLV offensive coordinator Brennan Marion." If that's correct, that's good and bad news. Iowa doesn't need a retread like Philbin, but Marion and his innovative, run-based "Go-Go" offense would be a perfect fit with Iowa's philosophy and personnel, so if KF doesn't get Marion, he'll have made another huge mistake.

Leistikow goes on to say he thinks KF will now go for someone from the NFL since Chryst was offered the job and turned it down. Maybe there's someone out there in those ranks who will work out, but Marion would be a fantastic choice, so passing on him is a mistake, no matter what.
This guy sucks
 

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Either way, the update from Brad NIL guy sucks and is pretty telling today. He obviously got an update from Iowa/Kirk and is out there trying to do damage control for them. He's selling the fact that not only is a OC hire not imminent, but Kirk is trudging around conducting interviews and no offers have been made.

That's not good.
Baghdad Brad. (Quasi stolen from Gus).
 

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That may have been RATT, but then he found out the salary limitations and changed his mind.
 

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Dad wants to find a cheap OC AND one that also won't make BF look incompetent at any point. That's a tough find and probably will take until at least mid-Feb
 

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Dad wants to find a cheap OC AND one that also won't make BF look incompetent at any point. That's a tough find and probably will take until at least mid-Feb
The sad thing is that Brian reached such levels of ineptitude that you could probably get away with giving some D2 coach $500k and still see a decent amount of improvement.
 

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The sad thing is that Brian reached such levels of ineptitude that you could probably get away with giving some D2 coach $500k and still see a decent amount of improvement.
This is sort of my thought as well. It literally couldn't get any worse. A fairly no-name OC from FCS or the MAC who's proven the ability to run a quality offense could still come in and improve upon what currently exists...even if their name isn't inspiring.
 
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