Argued with my son (he's 29 so has watched a lot of football) last night, we sounded like a "Tastes Great, Less Filling" beer commercial. He said "poor coaching," I said "poor recruiting."
The Iowa game, did Mangino attempt to make adjustments in the second half, when our offense performed so poorly? My son said Mangino failed to adjust (for one thing, he wanted more deep balls to open up UI defense), I said maybe Mangino attempted to adjust but we don't have players talented enough to execute.
My son believes we have the players to compete but are being held in check by poor coaching. I believe coaching isn't neuro science and our coaches have been successful elsewhere, recruiting is the key to success and ours hasn't been good enough.
Anyone here who has coaching-level knowledge of the game who would care to comment? Thanks.