It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It: Moving On From Football To Hoops
by PSD on Jan 3, 2012 8:00 AM CST
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The book is closed on the 2011 football season. It's time to move hoops to the top of the jump. Before we do, there's plenty to look forward to 2012. I've been "live bloggin" for a couple years now; I think I have the schedule down. It goes like this; signing day and the NFL combine in February, Spring practice in March, Spring game and NFL draft in April. Nothing except recruiting nuggets and NFL camp notes in May-late July. Then the preseason becomes the 2011 season and the cycle begins again.
Some have already began to look ahead to Iowa Football 2012. Rob Howe, of Hawkeye Insider, provides his glimpse. Marc Morehouse, of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, does too. It's somewhat theraputic to look ahead, especially after being outclassed those last two games. But still, a lot can change, for the better, hopefully better and of course, for worse.
It sounds like Marcus Coker intends to be back for next year. Ferentz also said he believes McCall will be back too. The semester begins in two weeks, I'd think if they both are enrolled for Spring semester that's good for Iowa.
The Hawks went to the JUCO ranks to recruit a replacement for AJ Derby's quarterback spot on the roster. Iowa born Cody Sokol will be on campus for Spring ball and maybe will challenge Vandenberg for the quarterback spot.
The rest of this month is all about recruiting for Ferentz and company. How many more recruits Iowa will get verbals from remains to be seen. Ferentz has said "20," I hope for closer to 25. There's also the defensive coaching positions that need filling.
The defensive coordinator vacancy has been posted online by UofI. The close date is January 11th, so we may find out more next week. Ferentz isn't in a hurry and says, "If it costs us a recruit or two, we will make up for that next year."
On to basketball. The men's team may have given us fans some hope for the season. After a slow start it appears the Hawks are turning a corner, and at the right time. The players look like they have great chemistry and look like they have fun on the court. They may still not make a post season run but a team with good chemistry can be dangerous down the stretch of a season.
Iowa hadn't beaten a ranked team on the road since 2006 before defeating Wisconsin. They also were just the second unranked team to beat the Badgers at the Kohl Center while Bo Ryan has been coach. The Hawkeyes entered Saturday's game as 16 point underdogs.
Iowa currently sits at (9-6) on the season and (1-1) in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes next face the Minnesota Golden Gophers (12-3, 0-2 in the Big Ten) tomorrow night in Minneapolis. After defeating kenpom.com's #1 team Wisconsin, Iowa has moved to #100 in the rankings. Minnesota, despite losing two in a row, sits at #46.
Other links of interest:
- Will Iowa get a couple of football commits today?
- Time to move beyond ho-hum football seasons?
- A look inside Fran McCaffery's office
- Devyn Marble's big shot
- You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose too
- Kaczenski says Huskers impossible to turn down
- Adrian Clayborn, monster rookie year
- Mike Gesell sparkles in Arizona
- Cartwright is healthy again
- Possibly the worst thing from yesterday's football coverage
- Big Ten men's hoops TV schedule (Jan. 2-Jan. 8)
- Cody Sokol, inside the numbers
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"If it costs us a recruit or two, we will make up for that next year."
Am I the only one who thinks this is a ridiculous statement? Especially given the unsurprising nature of Norm leaving, the program has had plenty of time to find a replacement. Maybe it’s decided and they are going through the motions with the process here, but it doesn’t seem like it.
They say you're a pitcher, you're sure not much of a dresser. We wear caps and sleeves on this level, son.
Well, if they are going with a currently-employed outside hire,
and if that person wanted to coach at the bowl game with their current team, then Iowa really has no choice but to wait until January. That may not help recruiting, but what can we really do?
However, if it is “just” promoting Parker or Wilson, then there is no reason to let the uncertainty linger. And if this is the case, the effect(s) of that uncertainty on recruiting are needless, and we should be wondering why the heck it is happening.
I once thought that a promotion of Parker or Wilson was about 80% sure to happen. Now, I’m genuinely wondering who it will be.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 3, 2012 9:59 AM CST up reply actions
I'm with you 100% on this one Chazz
if it is an internal promotion, then there was absolutely no reason for an announcement to take this long, and we’ve shot ourselves in the foot for no reason whatsoever.
But, the longer this goes, the more convinced I’ve become we’re going outside the program for the hire.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Makes you wonder if it *is* Bradley, for example
That if he doesn’t get promoted from interim to permanent head coach at Penn State, that he’s coming here… (da da duummmmm its so fun hiding under this bridge…)
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by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
I've managed to convince myself
that it is Ron Aiken
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
The OTHER reason this has taken so long could be
that KF wants to legitimize Parker or Wilson by having a “full scale” search in which “after interviewing and considering everyone we thought we should or could for this job we kept coming back to….”
I think it’s going to be Parker or Wilson, and then that means a position on the staff opens up and that might be the real reason for the delay, to get the house in order so that position is filled ably. I think KF hates disruption, especially when things are not going well (like now). Which is, of course, the opposite of how the fan base thinks. They think, “things are going bad, let’s have lot’s of disruption, let’s clean house!”
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Has anyone considered that he may be waiting until all the NFL firings and staff changes shake out?
Is it possible he wanted to see who might be available from the pros?
It's so sad how a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.
by FiveSecondRuleChef on Jan 3, 2012 2:21 PM CST up reply actions
Not sure that would be a great strategy.
How many NFL DCs are going to take a college DC job when they’re just as likely to get a position coach offering in the NFL?
by The Mexican't on Jan 3, 2012 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
I really didn't think that a pro DC would be available.
I was thinking more along the lines of a position coach who has been around a while who Kirk knows from way back. A real up and comer who is ready to take us to the next level and unleash holy mother-fucking-hell on the Big Ten. That or bend but don’t break.
It's so sad how a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.
by FiveSecondRuleChef on Jan 3, 2012 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
A position coach who Kirk knows from way back
who is also a real up-and-comer? These things seem contradictory.
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
yes - a poor choice of phrases.
I should have said maybe “a guy ripe for the job” – I realized my blunder shortly after writing it. I’m not really good at this word thing.
It's so sad how a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.
by FiveSecondRuleChef on Jan 3, 2012 3:46 PM CST up reply actions
You know, I'll bet Kirk doesn't like it if the toilet paper is turned the wrong way at his house
“waaaaaa?”
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
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by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
I sure as hell don't
Over the top, not under.
by Captain n Diet Coker on Jan 3, 2012 3:06 PM CST up reply actions 9 recs
toilet paper under
is horrible. Indication of an inability to plan and/or execute.
"40 MINUTES OF MEH!" - djwoody
by The Bacon Explosion on Jan 3, 2012 3:46 PM CST up reply actions
I've always been an over man.
But I seem to remember an episode of Mama’s Family where the plot was that there was a burglar called the Courteous Crook who cleaned homes he burgled. I think he did it under. Maybe a signal of a criminal mind.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 3, 2012 3:51 PM CST up reply actions
I go left or right
depending if I am feeling whimsical or not
Parsimony methods are the easiest ones to explain - Felsenstein
YOU ARE RIGHT SIR
Everyone else is doing the wrong way, and under is not the Iowa way. You see our plays coming. Its all about execution, no trickery, we run straight at you.
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
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by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 7:23 PM CST up reply actions
ma'am, not sir
The user name should give her away if you’re not familiar with her work.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 3, 2012 9:30 PM CST up reply actions
I once accidentally installed it so that the paper came from under, I had a shit-fit when I realized that it was under.
I immediately changed it to the top and I was happy again.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Jan 3, 2012 8:20 PM CST up reply actions
Plus
it’s not exactly like the D has stockpiles of talent due to recent attrition. I don’t think losing 1-2 recruits is the end of the world, depending on the position they play, but I’d rather Kirk not be so blase’ about it.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I think his point is that a DC hire is more important in terms of long-lasting impact than a few recruits.
Which is probably true.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Few coaches troll their fanbase as effectively as Coach Ferentz.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 3, 2012 11:36 AM CST up reply actions 7 recs
Let's not rush things
The spring semester doesn’t start next week. First day of classes is Jan. 17. Please let me enjoy my uncrowded downtown lunches a while longer!
whoa, my bad
Thanks for pointing that out
seriously?
by PSD on Jan 3, 2012 8:38 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Blew Out My Bag
I cannot belive that line made it onto national television.
That commercial is just horrible.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Getting the right DC in is far more important
than “a couple of recruits” so I don’t have a problem with KF saying it. I’d be more nervous if he was sounding desperate.
Wow, McCall coming back...
That would be surprisingly good news. And the fact that Ferentz actually made the comment is encouraging.
BORK BORK BORK
The fact that he also made that comment regarding Coker is even more encouraging...
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
So was he released from his scholarship?
or what’s his next move?
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Jan 3, 2012 7:53 PM CST up reply actions
He's still got a redshirt, so it won't matter.
No idea where he’ll end up, though.
by The Mexican't on Jan 3, 2012 11:18 PM CST up reply actions
Not BCS-level, I'm sure
It’s alarming how often these kids transfer without realizing it’s almost always a huge demotion in program
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 3, 2012 11:29 PM CST up reply actions
I'm cautiously optimistic.
It would be great to have those two pushing each other through the spring. I mean, we really could have a back up running back? Even saying it feels too good to be true.
"Woody Orne with the one-handed grab!"
by One_ill_KevinJ on Jan 3, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
Well, if Mas Casa is right, your optimism (along with mine) is totally fucked up now.
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
It would be nice to keep McCall,
but Canzeri had a nice bowl game. Also, I still want to see DeAndre Johnson get more carries.
Priority one will be to get Coker completely healthy and focused.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 3, 2012 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
Meh, football. Yes, basketball.
I will now spend a good portion of the rest of my day looking online for the velour track suit McCaffery was wearing in that video. I must own one.
I am drunk.., or I wouldn't be talking to you.
by codenameduchess on Jan 3, 2012 10:06 AM CST reply actions
Hey did BTN ever do an episode of that "inside the office" thingy with Ferentz?
Pretty sure all 11 other coaches did one.
"WELCOME TA EARFF!"
Great question. I have never seen it.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Jan 3, 2012 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
“step into my office”? If that’s what you mean, looks like everyone but Joe Pa and Kirk did it.
Yeah, that.
And hey, color me shocked…
"WELCOME TA EARFF!"
by Bucketochicken on Jan 3, 2012 7:26 PM CST up reply actions
Nolan MacMillan
I noticed neither of the previews for next year mentioned him in the running for guard. I know he’s had injury issues – did he decide to hang them up?
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
Pretty sure I saw him at the bowl game.
I’m guessing it was just an oversight.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 3, 2012 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
he was practicing in Tempe last week
If he isn’t a sure fire draft pick he could petition for a medical waiver for the 2011 season.
seriously?
Sure hope not. He was by far our best OG when healthy
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 3, 2012 12:48 PM CST up reply actions
PSD, you combined the new QBs
You have Cody Sokol listed as Jake Sokol.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 3, 2012 12:17 PM CST reply actions
McCaffery spoke today
RT @RickBrownDMR: McCaffery said he won’t change the starting lineup for Minnesota. Cartwright will cotninue to come off the bench.
seriously?
If it ain't broke...
They say you're a pitcher, you're sure not much of a dresser. We wear caps and sleeves on this level, son.
...take it up to Minnesota and bust some ass.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 3, 2012 12:49 PM CST up reply actions
Two wins in a row would definitely turn some heads.
Not counting on it, but man would that be nice.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 3, 2012 12:54 PM CST up reply actions
I was fully expecting to start Big Ten play at 0-6
so to actually have some hope at the beginning of conference play is a welcome surprise
"He lowballed us and said: 'Take it or leave it. If you don't take our offer, you are rolling the dice.' I said: 'Consider them rolled.' " - Jim "Huge Brass Balls" Delaney
by ClaybornSmash on Jan 3, 2012 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
thanks for the heads up
just got my app in for Football Defensive Coordinator, wasnt sure what to put down for requested wages, do you think 15$ an hour is to high? Also asked for weekends and holidays off, wish me luck..fingers crossed
"Black is a color of power and strength, and to see all those players, with the captains linking their arms in front-it's a powerful picture."
...Hayden Fry
by chuck longs mom on Jan 3, 2012 12:34 PM CST reply actions
You'll at least het a courtesy interview
due to your birthing of an all-time Iowa great.
by txhawkeye on Jan 3, 2012 1:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You wrote in your cover letter that you despise the blitz, social media and fedoras
and see football strictly as a game of attrition. Right?
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
I considered it
but they wanted 4 references and I only know 3 people so…. I have to stay in the data mines.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
You sound like a prime candidate for GA.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 3, 2012 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
I'll take the data mines over the salt mines anyday.
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
NERD JOKE
is funny
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 3, 2012 4:43 PM CST up reply actions
Hey! At the quantum level things have spin and flavor and color
Them quarks are tasty!
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
Thanksgiving might be a problem, but lately it hasn't been a problem to take New Years off.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Um, if PomPom rankings still have 12-3 Wisconsin as #1
isn’t it time to stop pretending they have any credibility?
While I appreciate computer and result based rankings (making the fact that the ranking is absurd based upon evaluation of talent and/or actually looking at their games irrelevant), I can only think that somehow the PomPom ranking system gives big bonus points if a coach of another sport is a BoogerEater.
Okay...we'll use Sagarin's predictor # instead
In which Wisconsin is #2.
Some of you might find this interesting
John Raymon really didn’t care for Coach K
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
oop shit, just saw this
I WILL LOOK BEFORE LINKING
seriously?
by PSD on Jan 3, 2012 4:43 PM CST up reply actions
Not a popular guy on the team. I do not miss him.
"Woody Orne with the one-handed grab!"
by One_ill_KevinJ on Jan 3, 2012 4:49 PM CST up reply actions
I love how it makes it seem like he just suddenly had a kid
Don’t those things normally take about 9 months to show up?
Maybe he just found out he was the father?
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 3, 2012 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
John, you ARE the father!
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 3, 2012 6:51 PM CST up reply actions
Huh, his hand-fighting technique looks pretty good there.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 3, 2012 6:53 PM CST up reply actions
You know what, scratch that. I like this one even better
Even if the dude looks nothing like a DL
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 3, 2012 6:53 PM CST up reply actions
That's just wrong
This is correct, however.
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
As far as Cody Sokol goes, I am totally on the bench Vandenberg bandwagon.
Vandenberg is a good backup, but I don’t think he has the stones to win road games as a starter consistently in the B1G. If anything comes from Sokol his first year, I hope he pushes Vandenberg to step up statistically and mentally.
or, better yet
Ruddock outperforms both and is 4 year starter.
by Sky High King on Jan 3, 2012 5:02 PM CST up reply actions
Statistics are a funny thing
if you look at Vandenberg’s numbers this year they are very, very ,very similar to those of Aaron Murray from Georgia. And Murray was second team All-SEC. But here is the rub, no one thinks that Vandenberg’s year was anything like Murrary’s.
In fact, I expect Ferentz to look at anyone who suggests there should be an open competition as though they are INSANE. Because, on paper, Vandenberg had a better junior year — despite Iowa being last in rushing in the Big Ten — than did Stanzi and had a slightly better year than Tate did in his sophomore or senior year (Tate’s junior year being much better statistically) and a similar year to a guy who was second team All-SEC. Again, this is all on paper.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
And you can argue that if we'd played better on defense in the ISU and MN games we wouldn't be having this discussion at all
And we probably would’ve played a bowl opponent we matched up better with at 9-3 vs. 7-5.
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 7:19 PM CST up reply actions
I can't yet support benching Vandy.
He’s played quite well in a few games. That’s something we couldn’t say about Jake C.
However, we definitely need to give some backup minutes to Rudock next year. I don’t want to go into 2013 with a redshirt soph who has NEVER seen the college field. (Thinks about Stanzi’s first few games in 2008, considers retracting my statement. Decides not to.)
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 3, 2012 10:32 PM CST up reply actions
Regardless of who the starting QB is next year
you’re right that it is imperative that the backup get some actual, quality in-game experience, whether that be Rudock or Sokol (assuming VDB’s the starter). It has been rather mind-boggling for the past few years KF’s complete unwillingness to sub out the QB (and starting RB) in games where the outcome is no longer in doubt, until very, very late in the 4th quarter where the backups are lucky to get an entire 4-down series in before time expires.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
some mid-afternoon linkage
Hawkeye football players,
Quanzell Lambert to decide Thursday
Greg Garmon will announce his decision tonight
John Raymon hated coach Kaz
seriously?
here is the link to that all-star game Garmon is playing in
supposed to announce around halftime, I think.
you need a password, it is: gobears
seriously?
by PSD on Jan 3, 2012 5:25 PM CST up reply actions
others players of note:
- Faith Ekakitie on the east team
- Quanzell Lambert on the west team
- Greg Garmon on the west team
seriously?
by PSD on Jan 3, 2012 5:27 PM CST up reply actions
Strike up your latest Gone Baby Gone
Mods over on Hawkeye Report saying McCall is a goner.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
Well, that was quick
I guess I’m always a little wary of guys that “switch” their school choice after committing somewhere else for anything other than a coaching change. I’m not motivated enough to see if that actually bears out more often than other recruits, but maybe that’s in play here.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 3, 2012 6:45 PM CST up reply actions
I think this is a bit specious
and searching for justification after the fact with McCall.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Well, we get very few inputs on these young guys.
Maybe it’s not a correct assimilation, but in my mind it seems to make sense.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jan 4, 2012 6:19 PM CST up reply actions
Golf clap, KF. Golf clap.
Well played.
by Nyghtewynd on Jan 3, 2012 10:50 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Well I don't care for this one bit
Reiff entering draft, according the NYT. Can’t say I blame him, though.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
He's also unlikely to get a better grade than he'll get this year.
by The Mexican't on Jan 3, 2012 7:18 PM CST up reply actions
Don't blame him. You just can't walk away from the money
And he’s 23… er, that’s already been said :)
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
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by The Bird Cult on Jan 3, 2012 7:20 PM CST up reply actions
Skip the hoppyball
It is RASSLIN’ SEASON. Now with more intensity.
Bethany: Were they sent to Hell?
Metatron: Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history.
by kurthy on Jan 3, 2012 10:38 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Nitpicking.....
“They also were just the second unranked team to beat the Badgers at the Kohl Center while Bo Ryan has been coach.”
You forgot to add Big Ten between unranked and team. Some unranked non-Big Ten teams have knocked off Wisconsin in Madison under Bo…..not many, but just correcting.
/nitpick over
by The Barea Bunch on Jan 4, 2012 12:55 AM CST reply actions
MS paint
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull." - W.C. Fields
by rockyh on Jan 4, 2012 10:07 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
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