Great hire. This guy has coached at the highest of highs. Has a national championship and molded offenses around much different types of QB’s. He was the scapegoat and nothing more.

I may not love the hire, but he is better than KOK. I look for things to improve a little.

Were there ethical/judgment/player management concerns with the offense during his time at Texas?  I don’t follow non-Big Ten teams enough to know, but it seems like I remember Texas having its share of scandals.  Is my memory wrong?

Snore.

Live in Austin so I was inundated with the Davis story. He is a pass first OC. Mack Brown wanted to be a power football team, like Alabama, & that conflicted with Davis’ philosophy. Would be the same with Ferentz. Could Kirk be looking for a warm (older) body to until Brian is ready to step in?

I was really in the Erik Campbell camp, wanting him to have a shot. I hope we don’t lose him – he has done a ton of good things for us. Having said that, I think this could be a great hire, not sure what we are going to see from the offense. I guess we will see how much Kirk dictates to the OC when the offense takes the field. Was KOK really muzzled by Kirk as much as I assume he was? If the offense is no different we will have to say yes.

KF demands loyalty and a quiet tongue.  That much we know is true.  How many times has something happened in the Hawkeye family and we never heard a word about it or what happened? 

My question is this, if KF did give a prelim nod to hiring GD, would he pull it knowing that it had to be GD that leaked the info to someone, who told the Austin Stateman?

Does anyone know what is being said on the Hawkeye Cruise?

What many folks don’t seem to get is that not everybody aspires to eventually become a head coach.  When you start shooting for a head coach or OC/DC gig … all of a sudden you’re in a much higher profile position and your job security tends to to WAY down.

For anybody who has actually done their homework on Campbell, there is a pretty long string of evidence that suggests that he’s a pretty low key guy who likes teaching kids.  It doesn’t seem like he likes to muck around with all the politics crap that goes along with the higher positions.  Many, many Michigan fans are on record stating that Soup seemed content to remain a career assistant coach.  Given the observation that he’s turned down several opportunities for head coaching and/or OC gigs, I’m inclined to believe that rumor mill.

Thus, I’d suggest that many Iowa fans entertain the very real possibility that Soup simply doesn’t want the OC gig.

And, even if the above were not so, it also seems pretty clear that Ferentz wanted a guy with a track record of developing QBs.

 Really?  Which star players are you talking about that left because of the coaching?  It couldn’t have been because they got into trouble with the law and didn’t want to have to work there way back up the ladder. 

Agreed.

He got blamed for the overall record of the team at Texas just like KOK did here.  KOK was a good coach and I’m sure GD is a good coach as well.  Texas fans, much like Iowa fans, think that they are entitled to 10 win seasons every year and if they don’t get it they want everyone fired.  Idiocy.  Sometimes it doesn’t break your way.  As I like to say, the other team has coaches and players that are trying hard too.

People need to realize that expecting 9-10 wins a year (or more) EVERY year is unrealistic.  Iowa has to overcome a lot just to compete with the likes of OSU, PSU, Michigan, etc.  I believe that Iowa has one of the lowest D1 athlete production rates in the nation, yet we still manage to compete with the big boys.  Under Hayden Fry, a winning season and a bowl game was a good year.  Under KF, it’s grounds for termination.  It gets old.
Fans are holding Iowa to a standard that is too high – and they don’t even realize they do that BECAUSE of the success that KF and company had in the past.

I just wish fans would support the coaches and drop the constant criticism.  One day, you will look back and realize how good you had it.  (See:  Iowa Basketball)

I agree with you. Ferentz should have been let go as well. I mean, he’s been at Iowa 13 years and what he’s accomplished is about the same as Hayden Fry. His teams win enough games to get into a bowl game. No conference championship in HOW many years? No appearances in the national championship game. The door was left wide open with Michigan and Ohio State being down and once again Iowa stumbles to another 7 win season. And just like Chicago Cubs fans, the Hawkeye fans raise their beers and say “Wait till next year.” I guess Iowa football fans must enjoy mediocrity. 

Just because I choose not to spout off constant negativity and criticism of things I don’t have expertise in doesn’t mean I “support mediocrity”.  It means I understand, just like any good coach does, that everything has to roll right for ANY team to win 9-10 games or more a year.  It hasn’t gone our way 2 years in a row, but the year before we won the Orange Bowl.  Same coaches, same system.  And from ’09 to ’10 many of the same players.  But people say “well, we should win like that every year.”  Well, winning is not a birthright, every team has to go out and earn it and sometimes you fall short.
I bet you could make more at your job, or be a better parent, have more success, etc, but if you don’t does that mean you “support mediocrity” in your life?  No, because you don’t control every last thing and not everything will go your way despite your best efforts.
My point is this – trust the people that got us to this point.  Support them.  Reinforce them.  Help them.  The criticism and negativity helps no one and only tells our players and potential recruits that Iowa fans are actually only going to support you if you win.  That’s not what Iowa is about.  We are bigger than that. 

You assume that because he makes a lot of money that he isn’t trying hard anymore.  My point is, you equate wins to the coaches effort level, and that is a logical fallacy.  We lost a trap game by 1 point and another in 3 OT (both rivalry games).  If we win those we aren’t even talking right now.  Are you going to tell me we lost because KF didn’t try hard enough?  Please.  Spare me.  You and I both know that is asinine, and if you don’t, you should know better.

Criticism and negativity rarely beget positive results.  Our coaches know that.  Most good leaders know that.  Our fans – they obviously forgot or don’t know that.  Think about it. 

Hawk fans are simply being realistic.  It’s not like Iowa pumps out a bunch of 5-star studs every year.

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