**Official 2022 Iowa Football Season Thread**

[BngHawk]

Purdue with that abysmal 5-2 record after putting 600 yards up against Nebrantska. Poor Charlie.

 

[Renegade_ofFunk]

I’m having a really hard time seeing Iowa beating either of those teams at this juncture.

 

[The Full Monte]

I’m having a really hard time seeing Iowa beating either of those teams at this juncture.

Nebrantska is a bad football team…but they’re gonna put up 17-24 points

Even vs their D I have a hard time seeing Iowa getting there

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

Purdue with that abysmal 5-2 record after putting 600 yards up against Nebrantska. Poor Charlie.

You have to feel for him playing for such a loser program.

He only has 8 TDs this year, I think.

Can you imagine?

 

[Kamala]

You have to feel for him playing for such a loser program.

He only has 8 TDs this year, I think.

Can you imagine?

He has nine

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

He has nine

How was his blocking?

 

[Kamala]

How was his blocking?

Why would you have him block?

 

[Westside Ray Ray]

It’s getting harder and harder to blame him for wanting to get away from this shit show

A few of us saw that on the first night of the season vs Penn State.

And that was before watching Iowa score 3 offensive points vs SDSU

 

[Westside Ray Ray]

I hope he catches 4 TDs….sprints to the Iowa sideline each time and spikes a ball in Brian’s, Kirks, Spencer, and Garth’s faces

Me too.

 

[HawkBall23]

I hope he catches a TD….sprints to the Iowa sideline and spikes a ball in Brian’s face

While yelling, "There's your upside, you stupid POS!".

 

[Renegade_ofFunk]

I hope he catches a TD….sprints to the Iowa sideline and spikes a ball in Brian’s face

By this I hope you mean he literally uses Brian’s face to spike the ball off of.

 

[BBK]

I don't think Brian is some stud coordinator or anything, but as I watch Bert successfully running a very similar offense to what we typically run and wearing defenses down, I can't help but think the "our scheme is too old school" criticisms are misguided.

Our offense scored enough points to win with Nate at QB.

The problem is personnel related, not scheme related. And we've had bad receivers and still been able to move the ball.

It's Petras. Nothing else.

 

[BBK]

Also, and maybe someone here can explain this to me, but our defense personnel development and strength and conditioning looks better than ever.

But then why is our OL development suddenly mediocre?

We used to take 6'3," 215 lb TEs from H4L's backyard bbq and turn them into 300 lb grinders. Why did that stop all of a sudden?

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

Also, and maybe someone here can explain this to me, but our defense personnel development and strength and conditioning looks better than ever.

But then why is our OL development suddenly mediocre?

We used to take 6'3," 215 lb TEs from H4L's backyard bbq and turn them into 300 lb grinders. Why did that stop all of a sudden?

Because Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz doesn’t like this.

 

[BBK]

Because Kirk’s son, Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz doesn’t like this.

Those neighborhoods HATED eachother?

 

[Alan Lomax]

I don't think Brian is some stud coordinator or anything, but as I watch Bert successfully running a very similar offense to what we typically run and wearing defenses down, I can't help but think the "our scheme is too old school" criticisms are misguided.

Our offense scored enough points to win with Nate at QB.

The problem is personnel related, not scheme related. And we've had bad receivers and still been able to move the ball.

It's Petras. Nothing else.

I hate Brian because his scheme has no rhyme or reason to it. Nothing sets up anything else. Play action is a joke, and formation dictates plays. I’ve NOTHING wrong with having a fullback and grinding teams down. I appreciate it, but do it well within a coordinated structure that’s efficient and not predictable. And when not being predictable, don’t be dumb as shit. Tennessee ran a shovel pass close to goal off some play action where their qb could keep it, Iowa’s tried that exact play to spectacular failure, because everyone knows to ignore Spencer, Brian’s job is to be aware of that, and to bring in someone who can’t be ignored. THAT is why he sucks so bad.

 

[Debit One]

Among the reasons why I was looking forward to the bye week was the serenity that it would bring to our friend, @Alan Lomax.

I imagined him in his kitchen conversing with the lovely Mrs. Lomax over a nice cup of coffee. He would eventually make chocolate chip pancakes for his kids.

Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz has ruined everything, including the bye week.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Well, Brian has inspired a certain vigor…IYKWIM.

 

[Debit One]

Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz, sex therapist.

 

[SuperHans]

I don't think Brian is some stud coordinator or anything, but as I watch Bert successfully running a very similar offense to what we typically run and wearing defenses down, I can't help but think the "our scheme is too old school" criticisms are misguided.

Our offense scored enough points to win with Nate at QB.

The problem is personnel related, not scheme related. And we've had bad receivers and still been able to move the ball.

It's Petras. Nothing else.

is it the same scheme? I’m not good at reading line play but I assumed the Illini were running heavy gap blocking like the badgers did under his coaching vs our primarily zone blocking scheme.

 

[Mountain Hawk]

I don't think Brian is some stud coordinator or anything, but as I watch Bert successfully running a very similar offense to what we typically run and wearing defenses down, I can't help but think the "our scheme is too old school" criticisms are misguided.

Our offense scored enough points to win with Nate at QB.

The problem is personnel related, not scheme related. And we've had bad receivers and still been able to move the ball.

It's Petras. Nothing else.

Bert knows how to keep defenses honest so the grind-em-up can work. BF hasn't a clue.

 

[Shawneemicks]

I don't think Brian is some stud coordinator or anything, but as I watch Bert successfully running a very similar offense to what we typically run and wearing defenses down, I can't help but think the "our scheme is too old school" criticisms are misguided.

Our offense scored enough points to win with Nate at QB.

The problem is personnel related, not scheme related. And we've had bad receivers and still been able to move the ball.

It's Petras. Nothing else.

The OL is shit too my man. Smallest, weakest OL in America

 

[BBK]

The OL is shit too my man. Smallest, weakest OL in America

I mentioned that issue in the next post.

To be successful with our yearly skill position personnel, we absolutely must have a top 4 OL in the Big Ten.

We've had that for many years. That is no longer the case.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Also, and maybe someone here can explain this to me, but our defense personnel development and strength and conditioning looks better than ever.

But then why is our OL development suddenly mediocre?

We used to take 6'3," 215 lb TEs from H4L's backyard bbq and turn them into 300 lb grinders. Why did that stop all of a sudden?

Some of it is dumb luck with injuries, but they've had two classes worth of misses in OL recruiting.

Recruiting issues and some bad luck.

 

[Shawneemicks]

I mentioned that issue in the next post.

To be successful with our yearly skill position personnel, we absolutely must have a top 4 OL in the Big Ten.

We've had that for many years. That is no longer the case.

And the worst part is the five that are playing most of the time have little upside, as good as they’ll be right now.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Also, and maybe someone here can explain this to me, but our defense personnel development and strength and conditioning looks better than ever.

But then why is our OL development suddenly mediocre?

We used to take 6'3," 215 lb TEs from H4L's backyard bbq and turn them into 300 lb grinders. Why did that stop all of a sudden?

It seems like they have been trying to figure out how to make the run game work with the modern rules and don’t know what characteristics and abilities they are looking for in players. The defense knows what it is, the offense is lost.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

is it the same scheme? I’m not good at reading line play but I assumed the Illini were running heavy gap blocking like the badgers did under his coaching vs our primarily zone blocking scheme.

They are almost exclusively a zone running scheme. They have a better line and scheme the pass game better.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I don't think Brian is some stud coordinator or anything, but as I watch Bert successfully running a very similar offense to what we typically run and wearing defenses down, I can't help but think the "our scheme is too old school" criticisms are misguided.

Our offense scored enough points to win with Nate at QB.

The problem is personnel related, not scheme related. And we've had bad receivers and still been able to move the ball.

It's Petras. Nothing else.

This won’t be popular. I’d add very young OL as well.
But make no mistake BF does suck.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Also, and maybe someone here can explain this to me, but our defense personnel development and strength and conditioning looks better than ever.

But then why is our OL development suddenly mediocre?

We used to take 6'3," 215 lb TEs from H4L's backyard bbq and turn them into 300 lb grinders. Why did that stop all of a sudden?

I don’t think it’s suddenly gotten mediocre. We’ve had absolutely studs on the OL very recently.
Recruiting misses and injuries has created a temporary weak point. The OL will be fine but right now it’s B-A-D.

 

[Renegade_ofFunk]

I don't think Brian is some stud coordinator or anything, but as I watch Bert successfully running a very similar offense to what we typically run and wearing defenses down, I can't help but think the "our scheme is too old school" criticisms are misguided.

Our offense scored enough points to win with Nate at QB.

The problem is personnel related, not scheme related. And we've had bad receivers and still been able to move the ball.

It's Petras. Nothing else.

Rolling up Peaches in a news paper and throwing him out of a moving car window would make the offense immediately better. I agree.

He exacerbates, to an extreme degree every current personnel and scheme problem because there is literally nothing he does well that actually helps the team. I don’t think there’s anything Brian can call that can be consistently and reliably executed, so he’s throwing shit at the wall and making it even worse.

It’s ridiculous to me there are still boomers on social media drumming that there’s no QB we have on the roster that would be doing any better. I refuse to believe that because it’s not true.

All that being said, the silver lining of all of this (if there is one) is that it shows, plainly for all to see how badly this offense seems to be designed and called and how badly Brian needs to leave.

 

[BluesHawk]

I would like to know what's really going on, because there is no way the coaching staff can honestly still think Petras gives them the best chance to win. There is something else happening there.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Again, all the poster pretending to be insiders on HawkeyeReport have been wrong when it comes to the QB situation, so take with a grain of salt.

Long story short, this guy's kid was at a baseball showcase with current Iowa pitchers. They were talking about how much Brecht dislikes Brian and how much the players dislike playing for him. They also mentioned Brian is very much against a QB change.

Now, is this something a WR would really know (I doubt Brian would openly go against his dad to the players), let alone a couple of guys that play baseball with said WR.

But I bet the players hate Brian. His demand perfection bullshit doesn't work when you are an incompetent entitled dipshit.

 

[Debit One]

Again, all the poster pretending to be insiders on HawkeyeReport have been wrong when it comes to the QB situation, so take with a grain of salt.

I read this ^^ part and thought "oh boy, maybe we have a rumor of a QB change."

Long story short, this guy's kid was at a baseball showcase with current Iowa pitchers. They were talking about how much Brecht dislikes Brian and how much the players dislike playing for him. They also mentioned Brian is very much against a QB change.

Then I read this ^^ part.

 

[Geese]

Again, all the poster pretending to be insiders on HawkeyeReport have been wrong when it comes to the QB situation, so take with a grain of salt.

Long story short, this guy's kid was at a baseball showcase with current Iowa pitchers. They were talking about how much Brecht dislikes Brian and how much the players dislike playing for him. They also mentioned Brian is very much against a QB change.

Now, is this something a WR would really know (I doubt Brian would openly go against his dad to the players), let alone a couple of guys that play baseball with said WR.

But I bet the players hate Brian. His demand perfection bullshit doesn't work when you are an incompetent entitled dipshit.

I would be shocked if there was a WR that didn't hate playing for Brian. Maybe get 1 target a game with his shit offense

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

I would be shocked if there was a WR that didn't hate playing for Brian. Maybe get 1 target a game with his shit offense

Monte has a 30% hit rate in the blocking game, but gets more touches than the WR. FUCK.

 

[thrawn]

I hate Brian because his scheme has no rhyme or reason to it. Nothing sets up anything else. Play action is a joke, and formation dictates plays. I’ve NOTHING wrong with having a fullback and grinding teams down. I appreciate it, but do it well within a coordinated structure that’s efficient and not predictable. And when not being predictable, don’t be dumb as shit. Tennessee ran a shovel pass close to goal off some play action where their qb could keep it, Iowa’s tried that exact play to spectacular failure, because everyone knows to ignore Spencer, Brian’s job is to be aware of that, and to bring in someone who can’t be ignored. THAT is why he sucks so bad.

Brian’s biggest problem is this scheme is just plays but not a system. He thinks QB mobility is a gimmick instead of a way to help the run game by making the defense account for all 6 skill players. He treats counter andWR runs as trick plays instead of a way to punish teams who crash the outside run. They have formations that they run minimal variety out of. Now and then they’ll run something that was great play design, but they’ll also run something unusual that they looked like they aped from someone else (like rye RPO v Illinois or the two back shotgun they ran some in 2019) but then only implement 60% of it so it doesn’t work without perfect execution.

 

[maintain242001]

The o-line coach will be sacrificed at seasons end so we can say we made an off-season change, that will be the extent of it

 

[maintain242001]

The o-line coach will be sacrificed at seasons end so we can say we made an off-season change, that will be the extent of it

Then my pipe never going to happen dream is you pick up the phone and ask Yanda if he wants a job. I'm assuming he's probably happy doing nothing though and may not want the headaches.

 

[HzzzHawk]

Mouse is right. Charlie Jones is a douche who wears eyeliner and Bert is too fat to be next Iowa coach.

 

[Hawkstrat]

a douche who wears eyeliner and catches touchdowns*

 

[Kerky]

I don’t think it’s suddenly gotten mediocre. We’ve had absolutely studs on the OL very recently.
Recruiting misses and injuries has created a temporary weak point. The OL will be fine but right now it’s B-A-D.

I can see some of the reasons why Linderbaum is the stud he is/was as I sat behind his Father at church yesterday. Father is a large man's man.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I can see some of the reasons why Linderbaum is the stud he is/was as I sat behind his Father at church yesterday. Father is a large man's man.

Huh? Lol no.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Huh? Lol no.

Unless that was sarcasm

 

[Kamala]

Then my pipe never going to happen dream is you pick up the phone and ask Yanda if he wants a job. I'm assuming he's probably happy doing nothing though and may not want the headaches.

Why? Has he had success coaching an OL?

 

[Kerky]

Unless that was sarcasm

No, not sarcasm. Just from my perspective at the moment and perhaps comparable to those around him including me.

 

[BngHawk]

If you are a WR and you think it’s awesome to play for iowa right now, you are a fucking idiot who has no place getting even the faintest sniff of the NFL.

 

[maintain242001]

Why? Has he had success coaching an OL?

I'd accept the risk on that one

 

[Herbie2]

No, not sarcasm. Just from my perspective at the moment and perhaps comparable to those around him including me.

He’s like 5’10

 

[Kerky]

He’s like 5’10

Ok, this was a different guy clearly. I just looked up the picture online and was not the guy I saw. Maybe an uncle or something?

 

[Creed]

Any sort of next hire whether it be a position coach, coordinator or head coach needs to come from someone outside the program. Fresh blood is 100% needed.