Maybe it will be better? There’s evidence he’s able to put together good offenses and bring new ideas. Could be interesting to see what they’re running in the spring even.
There is ZERO chance Kirk has breakfast in a public setting with a guy who wasn't offered the job.
@douglasbader has taught me most people on the internet are just making shit up.
I don’t think so but possible I’m wrong. Think it was Wilson’s baby and I saw Blair quote something that he didn’t call plays there.
Deacon isn’t Spencer and that’s good enough
As a program that has the potential to compete for high level achievements, I disagree
I don't think we had a candidate who gets us there.
Whatever the case may be, it’s clear that it’s not about winning games anymore for Kirk. What a petty human.
I’d be fine if Kirk, Fran, Bluder, and Brands were all replaced over the next couple years. It’s okay, iowa, we can have new coaches.
Except on defense
yeah, the perception is strong and we recruit well.
The perception of malcontent men on social media? LOL. They just landed the most coveted offense player in the portal despite not even having an offensive coordinator.
He was homesick. If he wasn't from Iowa, he wouldn't be here.
This is definitely where I am at. Weird to be disappointed we didn't get a guy I had never heard of before, especially considering how bald he is.
Iowa’s offense has been a laughingstock for like half a decade, I’ve been resigned that our head coach won’t address it for years. Iowa fans like you are last to the party on this one.
Our offensive recruiting is fucking horrible.
Who was a big name you would have been excited about?
Full tard
Just about anyone most people had heard of before.
That HR snag that FFS alluded to was apparently a growing impasse over money with Johns imo leading to at least the 3rd place candidate if not lower in Lester
I guess that’s what I’m asking. Who were these candidates that people heard of that weren’t gone after by Kirk? I don’t follow the coaching carousel outside of reading things here, as I understand it Kirk thought Chryst was a yes, he said no…should he have gotten an offer he couldn’t refuse? Were there others? I seriously have no idea what happened.
Is that a "Done Deal" like Johns?
Hiawatha was mocking this and I didn't believe it, but it was flat out said that Kirk had "$800k" or up to whatever Brian was making and was trying to stick to that without having to go to the administration to ask for additional budget.
The whole fucking thing is/was just weird as shit but so on brand as well. You have the public situation where Beth/Administration decides to publicly "fire" Brian and just about caused Kirk to cry and freak out publicly. Then they let him stick around when every other human being with any sort of pride would have just left and let another acting OC finish out the season.
My favorite part of Cade McNamara at Iowa so far is when he ran 4 yards in a fall practice and his hamstring or quad nearly exploded on him and he couldn't do anything but lightly walk after that, and even with rest the first time he had to truly scramble his entire knee actually exploded on him with no contact of any kind.
The moral of the story is don't hire your incompetent kids to run shit they have no business in. The ripple effect of asinine decisions is the result.
with this I agree, and I generally think from top to bottom Iowa handles shit like this about as ass backwards as possible. But then again, I rather like that there have been two head coaches, with incredible success when compared to peer schools, in my lifetime. If Kirk was given under 1 million to make this hire, that’s not on him. It’s a department issue as well.
