A lot of noise coming from Iowa that Brian Ferentz is being let go today
- Thread starter Obliviax
- Start date
They still should have won that game against Minny - what a horrible call.
he gone.. at least at the end of the year.
Which is probably the worst decision. Fire him now or wait. How is he supposed to coach when the team knows he's been fired?
Which is probably the worst decision. Fire him now or wait. How is he supposed to coach when the team knows he's been fired?
It was the correct call. As painful as it was for Iowa fans, it was right.
A little bit surprising but their first call today was to Matt Canada.........don't know that this will help.....
That's a pretty bold step either way. I don't expect her to be interim for long.he gone.. at least at the end of the year.
Which is probably the worst decision. Fire him now or wait. How is he supposed to coach when the team knows he's been fired?
I'm hearing the Steelers called Beth Goetz for her input on how to handle an underperforming OC.
This is the key. It's not that they aren't a great offense. It's that they're one of the worst. MAC schools have better offenses.
They want 10-13 in whatever game they go to. And truth be told, pop may have spoken up about it. He's the reason he's still there.
Mike Tomlin will probably hire him to replace Canada
That’s not even funny….even though it made me laugh.
Who knows, maybe like RMN, Brian makes a big comeback after wandering around in the assistant coach desert for a few years. Stranger things have happened.
I have read that he was a very good OL coach. If so, he will always have a 6 figure income in FB.
Kirk saw no problem with that then, why would he have a problem with this now? Too bad that meddling Beth Goetz had to stick her nose in to matters.
That makes more sense, must have misheard the podcast I was listening to. Still mind boggling given the ineptitude. My dad got into the wrong profession.
Well if it’s true that he lived in Section 8 housing years ago, then that alone should enable the NCAA to divert any resources dedicated to the UM scandal into resolving the Nation’s federal housing problem. Finally, a big sigh of relief from the suits in Indy.
Word is that Iowa now has a short list of people for next year's OC:
- James Ferentz
- Steven Ferentz
- Matt Canada
My math is off....it's $7 million year/12.....less than $600k per month for Kirk. Brian might be at $850k for this year - he had to take a $50k per year pay cut.
Agreed. Keeping him when everyone knows he's gone is really bad. Even worse than setting a 25 point per game goal in his contract in the first place.he gone.. at least at the end of the year.
Which is probably the worst decision. Fire him now or wait. How is he supposed to coach when the team knows he's been fired?
The 25 points per game thing is especially ridiculous because he gets credit for even the defensive and special teams TDs.
yep...and it takes the notion of "complementary football" out of the equation. Iowa leads with defense and their offense is designed to be complimentary = meaning the offense is a ball control, low-risk concept. Making PPG a false out-of-context goal, it disallows the staff to be free to set overall strategy. Its like giving a home run hitter a goal of hitting 40 home runs to start a season, then giving him the bunt sign down the stretch when you are digging for a playoff spot and asking for situational baseball.
This was their way of giving him another season (which keeps pa happy), no more, no less. 25.0 ppg would be good enough for 85th in scoring offense today. Heck, you could even say that they weren't even demanding an average offense (65th would be 28.1 ppg today). It was basically, we need to see something or ya gotta go.
This is Kirk handcuffing a program he's sustained.
This is Kirk handcuffing a program he's sustained.
The really amusing part is that there isn't a single team in the West division that is currently on a 25 points per game average. Last week's and this week's Iowa games set the record for the lowest ever over/under lines in NCAA history. I can't believe it has taken Iowa this long to take action. Given that the AD made an announcement on this I'm wondering if they had to force Kirk's hand. I've seen rumors that Kirk would retire if Brian were to be removed. Interesting times ahead for the Hawks. On the plus side, he was so bad that just about every single possible hire would be an improvement so it can't really get worse.
Just a point of clarification - Brian reports to the AD to skirt Iowa’s nepotism laws.
Good point. Clearly no nepotism happening here thanks to that reporting relationship. 🤣
