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LeVar Woods has 3 years of offensive coaching experience in his life and that was a a TE coach. I have no idea what would make Doug think he should be OC.
Certainly have a few things to clean up.Underdressed for Minny game and overdressed for Illini game. End of the season and I’m out there making rookie mistakes guys
Overdressed is never a mistake. Take that extra shit off.Underdressed for Minny game and overdressed for Illini game. End of the season and I’m out there making rookie mistakes guys
Oh, he isn't my ideal scenario, just was trying to be semi-realistic of how to get Brian out of there.LeVar Woods has 3 years of offensive coaching experience in his life and that was a a TE coach. I have no idea what would make Doug think he should be OC.
I see you’re still a miserable fuck@AZmess still defending ‘Brian?
Our best and only hope is that Brian has some pride and seeks some assistance.
I felt like early on in Brian's tenure there was way more KOK influence (which is why they brought him in), but the last 2 years nearly all of that has been removed in favor of whatever the fuck Brian has been trying to do.As long as the basic principle of the offense is built around the zone scheme nothing will change. They brought in Polasek after NDSU beat Iowa because they loved what they saw in his scheme when he was OC there. And they changed nothing.
I can answer that.Remember when we were running all sorts of weird fucking trick plays? I think it was like 4 years ago and I think they said that Levar and one of the other coaches came up with them.
What happened to that?
and I got my windows cleaned during the game.Reading some of these posts you would think Iowa lost. Jesus, relax and enjoy the win and the 9-2 record.
lol Brian has literally said publicly that he’s likely not getting the head coaching jobLeVar is going to be an excellent head coach someday. I think he should get a serious look when Kirk retires.
The O-Line looked better today. Goodson was good but Williams is clearly a better compliment to this line.
Padilla is fine and clearly a better option than Petras but that pick was awful. Petras was given the benefit of the doubt for 16 games so they better be patient with Padilla but I get the sense they’ll pull him as soon as he throws a couple of picks in a quarter/half.
Brian isn’t going anywhere. Kirk isn’t pushing him out and Brian doesn’t possess the awareness to realize he’s not getting the HC job.
is a MAC type head job better?Brian also cannot get anything near as good as the job he presently has anywhere else. So with him we are indefinitely stuck.
He's infuriating this year. So much potential for talent, but he clearly is much more concerned with not taking any contact or hard hits. I think that mindset has led to him running "safe" and causes him to miss holes. On the one drive I mentioned earlier, he missed a 30+ yard gain, then missed another huge hold and then eventually saw a hole and slipped and fell down and it killed the drive.Goodson is an average back. Missed holes all day yesterday. I thought that was the best the OL has looked all year.
“New Kirk” had a lot to do with the best quarterback Iowa’s had in quite some time. Trusting a guy like that is a fuckton different than trusting Peaches.I can answer that.
Kirk was forced to become "New Kirk" after the 2014 season and became far more aggressive. They started going for it a lot more on 4th down, opted to go for a TD instead of FG, were willing to run a bunch of trick plays on special teams and in general played with much more abandon.
It worked and the program also rose to another level in that time, but it feels like the last 2 years Iowa has slowly reverted back to the previous ultra conservative "Old Kirk". This year they opt to settle for a FG even before the drive starts. If they do run a trick play, like they finally did yesterday, it is usually half assed.
My guess is because of all of the success, Kirk feels a lot more comfortable just going back to what he is comfortable with, and that is playing a brand of ultra conservative football that he adores deep down.
AbsolutelyGoodson is an average back. Missed holes all day yesterday. I thought that was the best the OL has looked all year.
Then you get a bye week and it looks like they spent it thumbing their own assholes
He always hesitates in the backfield and occasionally cuts from his inside foot. He would be so much better running straight downhill the majority of the timeGoodson is an average back. Missed holes all day yesterday. I thought that was the best the OL has looked all year.
Gavin also missed one on the short yardage 3rd down play after Alex slid early. He slammed ahead and got the 1st down but if he would have just cut left he could have scored.Goodson is an average back. Missed holes all day yesterday. I thought that was the best the OL has looked all year.
I appreciate the recap. I havent watched any games.IowaFan is PISSESD!! today and if you read the boards you would think Iowa is the 6-5 team and not the 9-2 team. Include me somewhat in that with my bitching this morning.
It's dumb, but I think it is a bit understandable. The last 5 games over 6 weeks have been really hard to watch and enjoy as a fan.
You start out with a blowout at home against a slightly above mediocre Purdue team mostly because Phil Parker refused to do the most obvious thing in the history of football. Had to watch a guy that had torn up Iowa the previous 2 years tear them up yet again for 240 yards and Petras throws 4 INT's.
Then you get a bye week and it looks like they spent it thumbing their own assholes only to turn the ball over at will and get beat down by Wisconsin. The offense was terrible and Petras was an embarrassment.
Northwestern finally saw Petras get replaced and Iowa looked wonderful with Padilla for about 3 possessions and then Kirk and Brian went completely conservative and had to sweat out an ugly 17-12 win.
Minnesota game should have been over but a combo of terrible tackling and some bizarre play calling means another boring game where you have to also sweat out a final drive.
Illinois was an ugly clusterfuck of garbage to start the game and then infuriating play calling leading to a way too close game late until they finally pulled away with less than 2 minutes left.
I love winning, but the second half of the season has been some of the ugliest, most boring wins that you can have.
Maybe we are spoiled, but the reality is Iowa is not a lot of fun to watch.
Ray Brower?
We're at least at the level we're at. Wisconsin has really replaced Michigan as the no #2 team in the BiG. They've taken the NY6/BCS type games that Michigan would have gotten in the comparable period of the 80's into the 90's, or even the late Lloyd Carr era. As the only state school in a state that size Wisconsin always had the potential to establish a Michigan/tOSU/Penn St type advantage over us.For those of us who grew up in the 80s, it’s really hard to accept that fucking Wisconsin is now, somehow our white whale.
Easy there @Shawneemicks.I am in favor of killing Brian.
He throws a bit of a wobbly ball as I recall. Seems like he has been overthrowing it at times to compensate for that. Is this simply a receiver issue or are they having a difficult time adjusting to his throws. He needs to get all of the 1st team reps in practice which I assume he is getting.
I understand where Stink is coming from.Easy there @Shawneemicks.
Nice pull.Ray Brower?
I think it’s more to do with the fact Nico can’t catch the fucking ball no matter who throws it to him.He throws a bit of a wobbly ball as I recall. Seems like he has been overthrowing it at times to compensate for that. Is this simply a receiver issue or are they having a difficult time adjusting to his throws. He needs to get all of the 1st team reps in practice which I assume he is getting.
when did I miss this?lol Brian has literally said publicly that he’s likely not getting the head coaching job
i wouldn’t think sois a MAC type head job better?
Consider the source. Also, no way would he say, "of course, I'm just waiting for my daddy to hand me the keys".when did I miss this?
before the season. I can’t remember his exact wording but I believe it was “that ship has sailed”.when did I miss this?
this sounds different from “that ship has sailed”. he’s probably right that going back to the NFL (probably as an OL coach) at some point would have been the best play for the development of his career and career options, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he doesn’t have hope that he’ll be the next head coach at IowaIn the off-season podcast with Leistikow he admits that he stunted his coaching career by staying at Iowa.