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He coached the TE's under Bill Belichek when Gronk and Aaron Hernandez were there. I don't think Bill Belichek would hand over a position to just anybody. He is an up and coming coach that, unfortunately, will probably take over at Iowa when Kirk retires. If he has success as OC of course.
I'm ok with the style of football Kirk brings, but he needs to update it. Brian seems to have brought a new flavor in the past 4 years to recruiting, etc. Heck, he even had two 1,000 yard rushers in his first (maybe 2nd) year being the run game coordinator.
He got the job because his dad coached with BB. Come on man, if he's Brian Smith he doesn't get a sniff there.
I stopped here because I agree. It is your staff's job to use the NU brand/tradition to sell the program. It's why a staff leaves one place and comes to a school like NU. It gives them more tools to use to recruit and build a program.
You're saying the best coach in the NFL gave a position coach seat to a guy SOLELY because of his last name? Come on man. He played in the NFL for gods sake. Did it help that Kirk and Bill have a connection? Probably. But to say that he isn't a quality coach isn't being very thoughtful.
The WR position is in big trouble. Brian has come out and said it. Don't even get me started on the QB position. Supposedly Nathan Stanley was good enough to burn his redshirt because he was better than the redshirt sophomore. So they put him number two. He got mop up duty and didn't even play until the last series of the bowl game when CJ was hurt badly. Fast forward to this spring and supposedly neither one of the two have separated themselves as the #1. Neither one looked good in the spring scrimmage. Which hopefully can be blamed on the horrible WRs and new offense.
Good outside view. It's one that we as Iowa fans wrestle with. IMO, Kirk has a style of play that has kept him employed for 19 years now. His style of play is great with "lesser talent" because it keeps games close. Iowa has won or nearly won a ton of games that it shouldn't have. (I.E. Michigan last year).
Good post. I totally agree. I think Brian F. probably gave a good synopsis of what he tells recruits when they're considering Iowa's recruiting neighbors too. I also understand not wanting a rival to be a marginally successful/above average but not national championship caliber opponent. So I ask this: Given Nebraska's current position, if Iowa shouldn't be Nebraska's rival, who should be?
The simple answer right now is no one. Let it develop... The 'hatred' between fan bases of Iowa and Wisconsin with NU is there, but that doesn't make it a rivalry. I personally hate ND, Miami, and Texas more than both and we aren't rivals with them. Just as tradition takes time, so do rivalries and forcing them doesn't work. Not saying we won't become rivals with both those schools, but I personally wouldn't call either or then a rival. Just my two cents.
Ferentz the elder is old school enough that he hates to lose in-state talent to anyone.
Honestly, if im an iowa fan, hich im not, it would be like this.
This is the struggle. Sometimes it seems like Kirk is what is keeping the program back just by being stubborn.
This coming from a fan base with a starting 2 star QB from that powerhouse Tulane! Good luck this year you will need lots of it.
Love the ignorance of Iowa fan... Tulane was his only offer out of high school...
Fine, you don't like Les. What about Archie Manning? He seems to like Lee pretty well...
Iowa sucks
