New OC

[The Full Monte]

Wins per game as a coordinator. Jesus Christ.

Kirk might actually be retarded

That’s absolutely dumb AF. But also quite telling of why he would have absolutely brought Brian back in 2024 had the decision not been taken out of his hands.

 

[The Full Monte]

My anger here is far less about Tim Lester not being better than Brian; which I think is going to be relatively easy.

It’s reading quotes like the one above that confirm Kirk is actually dumb as all hell about this stuff like we feared

 

[Stu Beagle]

Kirk prefers to grind out wins no matter how ugly it looks. Won’t even consider having a highly efficient offense

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Fuck this fucking shit. Fuck you Kirk. Retire.

@MikeyJoe just fucking ban me.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

You had a guy in Kevin Johns who had extensive experience designing and calling offenses at a P5 level. And, he was successful at many places that were hard to recruit and lacked resources. Johns also had extensive experience in the Big Ten which would have been nice. Instead, we get this Western Michigan cast-off. Nice.

I agree on preference for Johns but he didn’t call plays for most of those years. It appears that the year at WMU, last year Memphis and two years at Duke were his play calling years. Until Elko, he was always under an offensive system guy who called plays.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

I probably prefer Lester over Philbin. That’s about as positive about this as I’m willing to be.

 

[The Full Monte]

How many other Top 25 programs would even remotely consider a hire like this???

 

[JR Hawks]

Fuck this fucking shit. Fuck you Kirk. Retire.

@MikeyJoe just fucking ban me.

@MikeyJoe

 

[The Full Monte]

This guy was headed to F’ing TROY before Kirk called.

This is insane

 

[Soda Popinski]

My sources are telling me Beth thinks Kirk is a dumbfuck.

 

[BBK]

I would have prefered Philbin

 

[BBK]

 

[The Full Monte]

“The belief is that Lester has a modern understanding of the way football is being played, but respects the way that Kirk Ferentz wants to run his football team.”

Kirk found his next Yes Man that isn’t going to do anything too wacky

 

[SuperHans]

Lester will help us win recruiting battles against Northern Illinois for white guys from Glen Ellyn

 

[Uli Kunkel]

Just days ago, we were dreaming of Johns and Continental breakfast. At least it wasn't Tim Brewster.

 

[MikeyJoe]

“The belief is that Lester has a modern understanding of the way football is being played, but respects the way that Kirk Ferentz wants to run his football team.”

Neat.

 

[SuperHans]

“While we can point to a nice 2021 statistical profile, six of the eight MAC defenses Lester faced that year ranked Nos. 92, 94, 108, 116, 122 and 124 out of 130 FBS teams. Against the only good MAC defense Western Michigan faced that year (Toledo, No. 36), the Broncos were defeated, 34-15.”

 

[The Dad]

“The belief is that Lester has a modern understanding of the way football is being played, but respects the way that Kirk Ferentz wants to run his football team.”

Kirk found his next Yes Man that isn’t going to do anything too wacky

Amish football.

 

[BillyBob]

I think one of the reasons that Iowa’s offense sucks, is that Kurt keeps hiring pathetic OCs that no one else wants.

 

[SuperHans]

I think one of the reasons that Iowa’s offense sucks, is that Kurt keeps hiring pathetic OCs that no one else wants.

Kirk is a control freak.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

“While we can point to a nice 2021 statistical profile, six of the eight MAC defenses Lester faced that year ranked Nos. 92, 94, 108, 116, 122 and 124 out of 130 FBS teams. Against the only good MAC defense Western Michigan faced that year (Toledo, No. 36), the Broncos were defeated, 34-15.”

 

[OlePeep]

Well, he’s here now. Might as well give him a chance.

Prove HaLo wrong, Mo!!

 

[tallperson54]

This hire is fine. Nothing much was going to change, even if we brought in Andy Reid.

 

[The Full Monte]

Kirk is a control freak.

That is perhaps the most charitable interpretation possible. But I think it’s way more serious than that.

 

[WizardHawk]

So basically Mo can be Kirk’s son 2.0 and as long as Parker’s defense continues to carry the load, he’s golden. Unbelievable. Retire man. It’s time.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

“While we can point to a nice 2021 statistical profile, six of the eight MAC defenses Lester faced that year ranked Nos. 92, 94, 108, 116, 122 and 124 out of 130 FBS teams. Against the only good MAC defense Western Michigan faced that year (Toledo, No. 36), the Broncos were defeated, 34-15.”

They did put up 44 on Pitt who ranked 29 in SP+ in defense that year.

 

[gable_guy]

 

[The Full Monte]

Fuck this fucking shit. Fuck you Kirk. Retire.

@MikeyJoe just fucking ban me.

Barta FAFO, Brian FAFO. Nothing about this process, the hire or the comments from Kirk suggest to me that the odds of Kirk being added to that list improved in his favor.

 

[BillyBob]

I’m not giving him a chance.

this guy is a bum

 

[rodg12]

This is good stuff and would work well with our personnel.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Kirk is a control freak.

I hope he keeps it up with defense and special teams.

 

[Saul Berkley]

I imagine the fact Lester hired Johns played a role

How so?

 

[Shawneemicks]

Fuck this

 

[kenos]

that's not a wtf

he studied a lot of pro offenses and understands how they work. could indeed inform him as an OC.

 

[Saul Berkley]

This guy was headed to F’ing TROY before Kirk called.

This is insane

Troy owes us now!

 

[douglasbader]

Troy owes us now!

 

[snips]

if you get a chance at one of Troy's guys... you swoop in and take it.
gotta do it

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I am beginning to take Mike Richards’ side in this entire matter

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Lester averaging <25 ppg in the MAC

KF: Who wants to be a millionaire?!?!

 

[SuperHans]

that's not a wtf

he studied a lot of pro offenses and understands how they work. could indeed inform him as an OC.

It also means he wasn’t involved in offensive game planning. Sounds like he ran the scout team offense.

 

[SuperHans]

Lester averaging <25 ppg in the MAC

KF: Who wants to be a millionaire?!?!

Lester probably asked for 400k

 

[Hawkstrat]

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Chad isn't a fan

 

[Dr. Zaius]

This would be a good alternative logo for the hawks now. Kirk is fistfucking the program

 

[Hawkeye_Pierce]

Regardless of who the OC is, Iowa will run a Kirk-approved offense which, if all goes well, will be mediocre.

There’s a reason Kirk favors these retreads with dim job prospects and his fat turd of a son. They will be pliable yes men. It has been foretold - Lester will also suck, Iowa fans will blame him, and Kirk will get a free pass. Kirk is the problem here. For all the good he’s done, he’s becoming an annoying twat and I can’t wait for the day he and Fran leave.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Kirk hired him because he was a teacher. guaranteed.

 

[HiG 2.0]

Safe to keep betting the under.

 

[The Tin Man]

 

[douglasbader]

It's just hard to imagine a worse hire than what Kirk Ferentz decided to do here. I guess Philbin would have been as bad or maybe worse given his age, but not much. The shitty Bears OC might have been close.

The whole thing just fucking sucks. He couldn't handle Brian being fired and threw a fit. Then when he did finally determine he wanted to be "aggressive" and hire Paul Chryst, that blew up in his face due to slow playing it. The AD and administration had green lit at least $1.5m per year for a candidate.

After all that, he chooses the most boring option possible. At a minimum, it does NOTHING to help you with recruiting until you see a full year of his offense.

The only things that really matters is 1) is Cade McNamara healthy and 2) Do you have another QB to make sure that if he isn't that Deacon Hill never sees the field. If the answer is no to both of those, it doesn't matter who the coordinator is.

 

[douglasbader]

I would have much rather just given the job to LaVar Woods.

 

[douglasbader]

Oh, and not to mention that there is about a 1000% chance the second coach added to staff will be Budmayr. Iowa basically gave Phil Parker a huge raise, Seth Wallace a raise and job title change and then traded out Brian / Copeland for Lester / Budmayr.

Barf.