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rodg12

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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. There are loads of OCs that you could hire even on the cheap that are better than Brian Fucking Ferentz. Non P5 OCs and HCs are making shit for money. Position coaches in the NFL make less than $800K. There are some NFL OCs that only make that much. The $800K is dumb, but it’s not a limitation on getting an actual good OC. The bar is the lowest possible.
 

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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. It can't be that hard to find some OC in the MAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West, or CUSA that generally agrees with your philosophy and fits and wants to double or even triple their income.
 

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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
Even the whole “win graduate do it right” nonsense is a symptom. It’s like they take way too much pride in some self created sense of virtue in the dumb way they do things.
 

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This. It can't be that hard to find some OC in the MAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West, or CUSA that generally agrees with your philosophy and fits and wants to double or even triple their income.
It's NOT...which should be awfully telling of the real issue
 

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"Hey Siri, what play should I run on this down"



would be more effective than Brian
 

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Do people really believe Kirk Ferentz is sharing who he is considering to hire for OC with Brad (head of Swarm NIL)???? :icon_rolleyes: I don't think anyone in the media or message boards has a clue what is going on. Brad is exaggerating his relationship with Kirk.
 

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My son is getting into football and Madden now. He’s 8 so if Kirk gives him some Fortnite vbucks and candy he’d probably be down to be OC.
 

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Do people really believe Kirk Ferentz is sharing who he is considering to hire for OC with Brad (head of Swarm NIL)???? :icon_rolleyes: I don't think anyone in the media or message boards has a clue what is going on. Brad is exaggerating his relationship with Kirk.
Correct. KF shares this info with only two people: L Wade and Sir Yacht.
 

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Stealing from Doug's book, I came back to 3 1/2 new pages and I thought for sure they had hired someone. Especially since today had been mentioned as a possibility to announce.

Kirk has broken me.
 

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Do people really believe Kirk Ferentz is sharing who he is considering to hire for OC with Brad (head of Swarm NIL)???? :icon_rolleyes: I don't think anyone in the media or message boards has a clue what is going on. Brad is exaggerating his relationship with Kirk.
Yes. If they're trying to recruit anyone from the portal, the Swarm NIL is getting these questions from players.
 

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The players in the portal would get that information from Iowa's coaching staff not the head of the NIL.
 

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Yes. If they're trying to recruit anyone from the portal, the Swarm NIL is getting these questions from players.
Slight clarification here....he only gets involved when the money becomes a question. There is a well understood, general understanding of what funds they have and dont have available. Only when a player needs a special deal that exceeds those amounts would he need to be brought in.

He is far FAR less involved than many would think. A large portion of his insight is because he's BFF's with Barnes....not because he's some strategic extension of the coaching staff.
 

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With Seth Wallace being named assistant head coach, I wonder if some potential OC candidates automatically bow out knowing they may not be given a shot at the HC position when Kirk retires.
 

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With Seth Wallace being named assistant head coach, I wonder if some potential OC candidates automatically bow out knowing they may not be given a shot at the HC position when Kirk retires.
Why wouldn’t they be given a shot at the HC position?
 

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Why wouldn’t they be given a shot at the HC position?
To me, I'm also an idiot so take it for what it is worth, assistant head coach to a 70 year old coach with 25 years on is basically naming him head coach in waiting.
 

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To me, I'm also an idiot so take it for what it is worth, assistant head coach to a 70 year old coach with 25 years on is basically naming him head coach in waiting.
Unless they look at the reason the job is open - and that is that Kirk works for Beth "BDJB" Goetz, and not the other way around.
 

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To me, I'm also an idiot so take it for what it is worth, assistant head coach to a 70 year old coach with 25 years on is basically naming him head coach in waiting.
You may be right, but I hope the University doesn’t see it that way and didn’t make any promises.

When the time comes to replace Kirk, get the best person you can get. Period.
 

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But for real - I don't think the co-HC thing means shit to a prospective OC. It's about giving Wallace a raise and as much of a title change as you can to keep him around.
 

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They clearly love Seth Wallace and see him as a future HC or DC at worst. Phil Parker got the money he deserves.

No raise or announcement for LeVar Woods, something to watch.
 

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With that big of a bump for Phil - maybe the Bama talk was real
I'm sure Phil had anyone and everyone that had an opening after him. $1.9m for the best DC in college football and the only reason that Iowa is remotely what they are is fair market rate, if not a bit under.
 
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