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Post by Gumbyhawk on Nov 28, 2010 10:46:13 GMT -6
Are you guys interested in what DJK will have to say after the Disappointment Bowl?
I have never really followed Twitter but I think I will check in to see what DJK has to say. It could be very telling.
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Post by Solar Stud on Nov 28, 2010 11:06:06 GMT -6
Yes....I will be interested...something was brewing all season....
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Post by The Bluzmn on Nov 28, 2010 12:25:17 GMT -6
On his Facebook page, he was promising a press conference in January. I am VERY interested.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Nov 28, 2010 12:58:29 GMT -6
Here is what needs to happen to make Iowa football the consistent top 15 or 25 program we are paying for.
1) Keep the general defensive scheme, yes it gets picked apart sometimes, but it has been good enough to keep us in every game we have played the past three years and other than yesterday's performance, hasn't been that bad. Creep the CBs up in games against spread teams that don't generally throw deep, like NU and Minnesota. We don't need a wholesale change and our base defense is fine for competing against the more conservative power type offenses that we will encounter in the B10, especially as the weather turns in late October and November. We just need some tweaks, not wholesale changes to the defense.
2) Fire O'Keefe and move Campbell up to the O-Coordinator position if he is ready for the job - we need an African-American high in the program for recruiting purposes, getting talented kids to come here is an uphill battle, but a guy like Campbell being senior in the program would help tremendously in that regard, similar to how Locksley helped Illinois tremendously in recruiting (I only want this if Campbell is really ready for the clipboard, though)
3) Fire Erb. Enough said.
4) Better transitional planning for graduations. We were woefully underprepared at CB this year and it hurt us. We were woefully unprepared on d-line in 2005 and it killed us despite lofty expectations. There are a few other examples, but it is one thing the staff needs to focus on to tighten up the program, but it is pretty hard to fix.
Talent wise, I think we're right there, but I think we can upgrade the talent. The fact is, if you're a star QB or wideout, barring some massive allegiance to the Iowa program, would you really trust Ken O'Keefe to be your offensive leader? Would Iowa ever stand a chance of landing a 5 star WR or QB who didn't grow up an Iowa fan with this staff?
There is no excuse for this team to be 7-5. None. Fucking god damned NONE. I interviewed a kid a few years ago who was a backup offensive player on the team. I asked him what he and the players thought of O'Keefe and he told me (despite the fact he was on the team in the great run) that the general consensus amongst the players was the O'Keefe was a shitty coach and an even shittier motivator. I am dying to hear what DJK has to say - DJK is a guy who should have gotten 10 touches a game between screens and attempts at deep passes, he was truly a once in a generation kind of talent, but no, fucking O'Keefe only uses WR screens when he has bad asses like Andy Brodell or Ed Hinkel in there. If DJK got 3 or 4 additional touches on screens, I think we'd have seen him crack an extra 4 or 5 TDs over the course of this season, which given our close games, could have made big fucking difference. But any opposing coach who is recruiting that level of talent at WR can just pop in DJK's game film and point out the criminal lack of touches he received and we will be shut out of getting a top flight WR ever fucking again. That is a damn shame.
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Post by Plez Azkins on Nov 28, 2010 19:11:14 GMT -6
It seems like KF and O'Keefe sit down in the off-season and decide what plays they will call the following year.....and then never deviate from those plays. I agree about DJK not getting enough touches this year. You run all sorts of shit his way and that ends up opening shit up for Marvin as well. They could have thrown 20 quick slants against Minnesota. Those DB's were 10 yards off the ball and that field was a fucking hockey rink.
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Post by lpcalihawk on Nov 29, 2010 9:42:23 GMT -6
Here is what needs to happen to make Iowa football the consistent top 15 or 25 program we are paying for. 1) Keep the general defensive scheme, yes it gets picked apart sometimes, but it has been good enough to keep us in every game we have played the past three years and other than yesterday's performance, hasn't been that bad. Creep the CBs up in games against spread teams that don't generally throw deep, like NU and Minnesota. We don't need a wholesale change and our base defense is fine for competing against the more conservative power type offenses that we will encounter in the B10, especially as the weather turns in late October and November. We just need some tweaks, not wholesale changes to the defense. 2) Fire O'Keefe and move Campbell up to the O-Coordinator position if he is ready for the job - we need an African-American high in the program for recruiting purposes, getting talented kids to come here is an uphill battle, but a guy like Campbell being senior in the program would help tremendously in that regard, similar to how Locksley helped Illinois tremendously in recruiting (I only want this if Campbell is really ready for the clipboard, though) 3) Fire Erb. Enough said. 4) Better transitional planning for graduations. We were woefully underprepared at CB this year and it hurt us. We were woefully unprepared on d-line in 2005 and it killed us despite lofty expectations. There are a few other examples, but it is one thing the staff needs to focus on to tighten up the program, but it is pretty hard to fix. Talent wise, I think we're right there, but I think we can upgrade the talent. The fact is, if you're a star QB or wideout, barring some massive allegiance to the Iowa program, would you really trust Ken O'Keefe to be your offensive leader? Would Iowa ever stand a chance of landing a 5 star WR or QB who didn't grow up an Iowa fan with this staff? There is no excuse for this team to be 7-5. None. Fucking god damned NONE. I interviewed a kid a few years ago who was a backup offensive player on the team. I asked him what he and the players thought of O'Keefe and he told me (despite the fact he was on the team in the great run) that the general consensus amongst the players was the O'Keefe was a shitty coach and an even shittier motivator. I am dying to hear what DJK has to say - DJK is a guy who should have gotten 10 touches a game between screens and attempts at deep passes, he was truly a once in a generation kind of talent, but no, fucking O'Keefe only uses WR screens when he has bad asses like Andy Brodell or Ed Hinkel in there. If DJK got 3 or 4 additional touches on screens, I think we'd have seen him crack an extra 4 or 5 TDs over the course of this season, which given our close games, could have made big fucking difference. But any opposing coach who is recruiting that level of talent at WR can just pop in DJK's game film and point out the criminal lack of touches he received and we will be shut out of getting a top flight WR ever fucking again. That is a damn shame. BTR....this needs to be submitted to the IC Press Citizen, DMR and any other publication in the state of Iowa. Great post. |
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Post by NotMyKid on Nov 30, 2010 13:55:43 GMT -6
There is no excuse for this team to be 7-5. None. Fucking god damned NONE. I interviewed a kid a few years ago who was a backup offensive player on the team. I asked him what he and the players thought of O'Keefe and he told me (despite the fact he was on the team in the great run) that the general consensus amongst the players was the O'Keefe was a shitty coach and an even shittier motivator. I am dying to hear what DJK has to say - DJK is a guy who should have gotten 10 touches a game between screens and attempts at deep passes, he was truly a once in a generation kind of talent, but no, fucking O'Keefe only uses WR screens when he has bad asses like Andy Brodell or Ed Hinkel in there. If DJK got 3 or 4 additional touches on screens, I think we'd have seen him crack an extra 4 or 5 TDs over the course of this season, which given our close games, could have made big fucking difference. But any opposing coach who is recruiting that level of talent at WR can just pop in DJK's game film and point out the criminal lack of touches he received and we will be shut out of getting a top flight WR ever fucking again. That is a damn shame. Isn't at least some of this on Stanzi? Look I think KOK isn't the greatest coach in the world but wouldn't DJK in theory be getting those 4-5 extra touches if we had longer sustained drives or if he didn't drop 10-15 balls when they did throw to him? Fuck in the 3rd quarter we ran 15 plays for 39 yards before his 20 yard catch to end the quarter. I don't know what the hell happened to Stanzi? It's 3rd and 9 let's throw a 3 yard swing pass and pray that we can break 12 tackles to get the 1st down? As far as the whole DJK vs. KF thing I think there is something there but also think it is way overblown. As for the proles on the other boards bitching about KF not letting DJK do what he wanted and or that he is one of the best players so he should get special treatment give me a fucking break, tuck your shirt in, show up for meetings on time, shut your mouth and play football, is that really that hard to do? Don't get me wrong I love the kid as a player but needs to grow up. |
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Post by Plez Azkins on Nov 30, 2010 14:23:15 GMT -6
I agree that something happened with Stanzi. Be it coaches putting the handcuffs on Rick, or Rick not wanting to make mistakes, he didn't have "it" this year.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Nov 30, 2010 14:36:11 GMT -6
I agree that something happened with Stanzi. Be it coaches putting the handcuffs on Rick, or Rick not wanting to make mistakes, he didn't have "it" this year. Yeah, because O'Keefe neuters fucking quarterbacks guys. I guarantee you he and Ricky had long chats about how important it was not to throw picks, and if that ball in the AZ game doesn't bounce off McNutt's hands, Stanzi would have had three all year. But the guy was so freaking gun shy about throwing anything in danger of getting picked that it hurt his overall performance. I thought we were going to see second half Stanzi from 2009 appear in 2010, but we didn't. Face facts, we got lucky as shit we beat Indiana, MSU and UNI last year, probably should have been a 9-4 or 8-5 team, we just got a lot of breaks and this year we didn't get those breaks. We had a good ball club, but we had a lot of luck, too. But, when games with Minnesota, Indiana and Northwestern come down to a lucky drive, there is something wrong with the coaching staff because similar teams in the B10 dispose of those teams with ease. |
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Post by Plez Azkins on Nov 30, 2010 14:39:42 GMT -6
BTR- I can't argue with any of that. O'Keefe is a cancer to QB's. We saw it when Drew Tate went mental ape shit his last year and we saw it again this year.
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Post by NotMyKid on Nov 30, 2010 15:22:13 GMT -6
I agree that something happened with Stanzi. Be it coaches putting the handcuffs on Rick, or Rick not wanting to make mistakes, he didn't have "it" this year. Yeah, because O'Keefe neuters fucking quarterbacks guys. I guarantee you he and Ricky had long chats about how important it was not to throw picks, and if that ball in the AZ game doesn't bounce off McNutt's hands, Stanzi would have had three all year. But the guy was so freaking gun shy about throwing anything in danger of getting picked that it hurt his overall performance. I thought we were going to see second half Stanzi from 2009 appear in 2010, but we didn't. I don't disagree with you but it is kind of funny that one of the few picks he threw this year did indeed lose us a game. If he doesn't throw that horrible deep ball vs. NW we win that game by two scores. And if we do win, does the team have another level vs. Ohio State and or show up vs. Minny? One will never know. |
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Post by twine on Dec 2, 2010 12:24:59 GMT -6
My buddy told me over the weekend that there was a fight between Binns and DJK in the locker room the weekend of the game against Ohio State. Supposedly there was also a highly rated recruit from Wisconsin visiting and was planning on going to Iowa who withdrew a commitment. Has anyone else heard of this? I may be reapeating common knowledge amongst Hawk fans but I didn't know too much about this situation. Anyone have any more information on this?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2010 12:29:52 GMT -6
There is a huge thread over on AssKissMiller.com about DJK being suspended for the balance of the season (bowl practices + bowl game). The usual suspects are engaged in a flame war about the whys and what-ifs.
It's a difficult read, as you might expect.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Dec 2, 2010 13:51:57 GMT -6
My buddy told me over the weekend that there was a fight between Binns and DJK in the locker room the weekend of the game against Ohio State. Supposedly there was also a highly rated recruit from Wisconsin visiting and was planning on going to Iowa who withdrew a commitment. Has anyone else heard of this? I may be reapeating common knowledge amongst Hawk fans but I didn't know too much about this situation. Anyone have any more information on this? Yes, there was a comment by Melvin Gordon about a supposed fight in the locker room. He later retracted his statement (after his decommit) siting that distance was the main factor of his decommit, but of course by that time the damage and rumors were already abound. |
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Post by lpcalihawk on Dec 2, 2010 16:12:04 GMT -6
Yeah....Gordon said he didn't know anything about a fight after the OSU game.......I sure as hell hope there was one......DJK wants to win and he puts forth the effort game in and game out.
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Post by NotMyKid on Dec 2, 2010 16:18:10 GMT -6
My buddy told me over the weekend that there was a fight between Binns and DJK in the locker room the weekend of the game against Ohio State. Supposedly there was also a highly rated recruit from Wisconsin visiting and was planning on going to Iowa who withdrew a commitment. Has anyone else heard of this? I may be reapeating common knowledge amongst Hawk fans but I didn't know too much about this situation. Anyone have any more information on this? Yes, there was a comment by Melvin Gordon about a supposed fight in the locker room. He later retracted his statement (after his decommit) siting that distance was the main factor of his decommit, but of course by that time the damage and rumors were already abound. Gordon never was quoted as saying there was a fight it was a douchebag from one of the Wisconsin websites that posted that on his twitter account. Morehouse or Scott D from the CR Gazette asked him who his source was for that info and he said it was a family member. Even after both Gordon and KF said it didn't happen the guy said he was standing by his source. |
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Dec 3, 2010 19:29:06 GMT -6
Didn't happen. These pussy momma's boys haven't put up a fight all season. Not against anyone... much less themselves.
Fuck 'em all quite honestly. I hope they did get into a fight and someone's face got busted up.
Sadly, the closest thing to a fight would have been someone running out of hot water in the shower and getting their feelings hurt.
Fucking pussies....
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