In memoriam of Brian Ferentz as Iowa's OC
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I think it is cool that old Section 8 himself remains riding the gravy train and reports directly to Barta. That way he can get some big extensions sooner.
lol at the Iowa fans on here trying to spin this as a good hire. This is a terrible hire on paper. He could be successful but everything indicates Iowa having the same offense as the previous 15 years of the Ferentz regime.
You sure you're not a Hok fan? Just checking, since you seem to have a boner for all things Iowa in every thread.
I don't like the hire as an ISU fanbc Brian is the only one not afraid to challenge ol Capt Kirk. He might throw some good things in there.
Brian has done some things with the running game the last couple years that Iowa wasn't doing before- more inside zone, tosses/sweeps, pulling centers, some misdirection, etc. There is no reason to believe he won't make similar tweaks to the passing game.
His success in improving the run game speaks for itself. Iowa has averaged 4.5 yards per carry both years he has held the run game coordinator title, which is better than every year since 2008 when Shonn Greene was the best RB in the country.
His success in improving the run game speaks for itself. Iowa has averaged 4.5 yards per carry both years he has held the run game coordinator title, which is better than every year since 2008 when Shonn Greene was the best RB in the country.
They don't play good teams. Like they just don't. They got exposed by a very average florida team.
So John Miller thinks that if Brian has success he wouldn't be surprised at all if he becomes the head coach in a few years, with (get this) Kirk being the offensive line coach under Brian. That guy says some of the stupidest **** I've ever heard.
Lol, the air raid will never work against those stifling B1G defenses!
Have you heard about those defenses yet!??
Funniest thing I heard was Murphy et al on sound off talking about integrity of the hiring and his character. 1st thing I thought of was Rabdo and subsidized housing to each their own.
Wisconsin, Penn State, and Michigan were all very good teams, and even though they got pummeled by Florida they still ran the ball fairly effectively against them. I'm not sure what your point is.
He knows his audience
The only bad news here for ISU is Brian wears his little brother mentality on his sleeve so like his dad he'll put extra emphasis on beating ISU. Of course he's a terrible hire who would have been laughed at if he had a different last name, so I'm not sure it matters.
Maybe he'll be a good OC, but there's very little that points to that in his resume. Iowa fans will build him up in the offseason with optimism that only comes with knowing they have no other options. See this thread for the textbook examples.
Maybe he'll be a good OC, but there's very little that points to that in his resume. Iowa fans will build him up in the offseason with optimism that only comes with knowing they have no other options. See this thread for the textbook examples.
Well, it looked different (and a helluva lot better) under KOK than it ever did under Davis. Is Iowa going to turn into Oregon under BF? No, of course not. But I do think he can do a much better job than Davis. For one thing, I think we'll see more crossing routes used for the receivers (that's how you can get slower receivers open, yet Davis practically abandoned them). And I'd certainly like to think BF will utilize the tight ends as more than just a check down option, given his time with New England's tight ends.
He doesn't have to make the offense elite. If this year's offense had even just been ranked in the 50's, they would have been a helluva lot better and probably win a couple more games.
"I think he knows what works here and what doesn't work" - Kirk Ferentz
Not much is going to change.
Not much is going to change.
