Greg Davis To Iowa Is Apparently A Go. This Is Not A Drill
by Adam Jacobi on Feb 22, 2012 3:54 PM CST
in Iowa Hawkeyes Football
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PrintIf you were hoping that the Greg Davis rumors were nothing but smoke and disinformation, well, today is not your day. Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman, a gentleman who is about as well-connected to the Texas football program as Mack Brown himself, reported today that Greg Davis had accepted the Iowa offensive coordinator position.
I'm told former Texas asst Greg Davis has taken Iowa OC job; 247's Bobby Burton first mentioned Iowa's interest in GD. #ut
— kbohls (@kbohls) February 22, 2012
If there's any solace to be taken from this report, it's that it's just that: a report. Iowa hasn't confirmed this news yet (Steve Roe told me over email this afternoon that he couldn't confirm anything), and what with members of the football staff going all I'M ON A BOAT, there's a built-in excuse for delaying the announcement for about as long as they'd like.
Patrick ably summed up what kind of a coach Greg Davis is and how much sense he made as KOK's replacement (verdict: too much), so feel free to give that another read for a refresher on what Iowa's apparently getting itself into for the 2012 season and beyond. Past that, the undeniable takeaway from this alleged hire is this from Jason Kirk:
This would just about complete Iowa's coaching staff for 2012, and, despite all the upheaval, it's just about indistinguishable from last year, with 13-year Iowa vet Phil Parker taking over the defense.
Indistinguishable is a bit much, but only a bit. And as Patrick said yesterday: we should have seen this coming.
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Either do I
Anyone who can’t see he was a scapegoat for basically one bad season is not seeing the forest for the trees.
Put this stat in the old thinkin’ cap: Under Davis, Texas had nine of their top ten scoring offenses in school history.
And we are to be upset why?
Because we don't recruit like Texas.
by Lukateake on Feb 22, 2012 4:07 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Well, Texas doesn't wrestle like us.
and Davis is going to exploit the hell out of that fact.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
by StoopsMyAss on Feb 22, 2012 4:08 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Exactly my thoughts
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:08 PM CST up reply actions
This is true. But Texas doesn't develop talent like Iowa does.
Just sayin
I am drunk.., or I wouldn't be talking to you.
by codenameduchess on Feb 22, 2012 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
No shit.
But what relevance does that have on whether this guy can capably call an offense?
Clearly he can.
There have been (I’m presuming) more than 100 iterations of Texas offensive football – and this cat managed to have 9 of the 10 best in terms of scoring.
Still failing to see how this isn’t a positive.
Are you implying that he can ONLY call a good game if he has nothing but 4 and 5 star players at his disposal?
Well, if you're going to dust off some stats, Torbee...
… then in the spirit of journalistic integrity, let’s the see the stats of those Big12 defenses he put those points up against.
Were those defenses bad because the offenses were great?
Or were the offenses great because the defenses were bad?
Also, he won’t need to put up 40 pts a game to win if Phil gets the defense into shape.
He adopted Vince Young's high school offense
and won a National Championship with it, and the Texas defense that year was useless.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
As I recall
they were ranked higher than USC’s, and both were top 10.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Defense?
Because USC’s defense that year was putrid. Which made the run-up to the Rose Bowl all the more insane. ESPN was going on and on about how this USC was the greatest in football history. As more than a few people pointed out, 2005 USC wasn’t even the best team in USC history, that was the 2004 iteration which had the same offensive talent and just a brutal, shutdown defense
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
USC was on a 30-something game winning streak and discussed as best ever team
Texas was #2.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
SMA is correct
USC was a beast. The 2005 Texas team is the highest ranked team in the Sagarin archives currently available online.
I just wanna see Kirk Ferentz cry.
I was referring to just the defensive ranking
which I thought would be clear. But now I re-read it and it was most definatly not clear.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
You mean the Texas defense
That had 3 future first-rounders in the secondary (Huff, Griffin, Ross)? I don’t remember who else they had in the front 7 but, IIRC, they were far from useless.
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 5:35 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Was that the same secondary that Brodell torched?
Not a lot better than useless, in that Alamo Bowl.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 5:40 PM CST up reply actions
No
Ross was the only one left (though he is the one Brodell abused).
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 5:42 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
It's true.
Andy Brodell used to beat me to a pulp. It feels good to get that off my chest.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 22, 2012 6:01 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Wait, that admission
or what Brodell left on it…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:31 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Check out the opponent adjusted, tempo free stats at Football outsiders
Here are the national rankings in two different stats:
S&P+
2005: 1
2006: 19
2007: 26
2008: 6
2009: 18
2010: 102
FEI
2007: 23
2008: 2
2009: 14
2010: 105
These numbers show that he can coach offense. Period. Did he have elite talent? Sure, but no one is suggesting that he will duplicate those numbers at Iowa, just that he will be an improvement over the past 5 years under KOK (not a high hurdle).
Bottom line, he had an awful 2010 and was fired. I don’t know enough about Texas to say what all happened other than they were replacing McCoy. But all this hand wringing over a clearly very successful OC with lots of ties to Texas recruiting strikes me as way off base and unjustified by the objective facts that I am aware of.
I just wanna see Kirk Ferentz cry.
I find it interesting that he spend 2011
talking to different folks and apparently trying to get a new perspective on football. I’m not sure why he spent three days at ISU doing that, but even if he was just fishing for jobs, I think it shows a willingness to evaluate his failures and learn how not to repeat them. That bodes well.
He got confused by the uniforms
He thought he was observing USC practices.
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 6:40 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I'm guessing he was visiting the OC that Urban Meyer just stole from ISU
Seems like the football world is hip to what that guy is throwing down
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 22, 2012 7:37 PM CST up reply actions
Please
cue up CPR dismissive wank Austin pic
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Feb 22, 2012 8:56 PM CST up reply actions
Speaking of recruit and Texas
It will be nice to get a pipeline back to Texas rather than the handful of recruits we’ve been picking up there.
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
I read that too. Honestly, what do I know? That UT fans are, for the most part, entitled and never satisfied. So, I take some of the stuff coming from there with a squinty eye. Why does Mack get all the credit and none of the blame? So, I’m not exactly of the mind that he’s going to ZOMG open up a pipeline to Texas HS-ers. He did tutor some quarterbacks who turned out pretty well, even those not named Vince Young. What’s he likely to do? Run what Kirk wants him to run.
by txhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 7:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Fred Jackson @ Coe
equals awesomeness for Iowa. FACT
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Feb 22, 2012 9:00 PM CST up reply actions
Going off that I'm guessing that we can judge from Vince Young's performance in the NFL that his college coaches did a better job coaching and managing than his NFL coaches have.
Definitely not the only reason but something to consider.
In fairness,
it tends to be easier to manage a college kid with no cash than a man with $15 million to throw around.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 23, 2012 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
He has had some decent moments and stretches in the NFL
He wasn’t horribawful at Philly this year. Just mediocre to good.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Judging from the early voting on the poll, it's 1 vote for excellent and 1 vote for decent.
SRSLY people. Vote. It takes a click.
Poll wasn't there 5 minutes ago
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
and there's no "other"
I don’t like the hire, but I don’t want KOK back and I don’t want to fire KF.
I’d have liked to see Soup get a chance. He has done a world of good for our WR’s and I really don’t want to see him leave.
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
Can I SUPER-Rec this?
TAYLOR MARTINEZ IS AIDS ON TWO FEET -@DanBeebe
by The Nihilist on Feb 22, 2012 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
Plug this into your computer or mobile device
White Horn Gold Pants
by DM_Purp on Feb 22, 2012 4:31 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
This is where I set mine.
"West Texas seems to be full of fake boobs providing a comfortable shade for well-developed pot bellies" - Lycurgus (06/24/2011)
by BStylin Hawkye on Feb 22, 2012 4:34 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
The Power Glove was awful.
There. I said it.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 4:38 PM CST up reply actions
That tool kid (Lucas?) in The Wizard
would disagree with you. But he lost at Super Mario Bros. 3, so the point stands.
by Captain n Diet Coker on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Uh, that would be Fred Savage of Wonder Years fame.
He’s also a producer for Always Sunny, so there’s that.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:32 PM CST up reply actions
I think he only produced the first season.
But it was awesome, so your point stands.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:38 PM CST up reply actions
He also shot heroin through his big toe and could feel his dick
in the movie Rules of Attraction. So there’s that.
by Captain n Diet Coker on Feb 23, 2012 9:18 AM CST up reply actions
Um, no.
Fred Savage was Corey, the Wizard/Jimmy’s brother (the kid that actually won the Super Mario 3 challenge). The kid that challenged him in the arcade with the Power Glove and then later was in the final challenge with the Wizard, is Lucas.
by Captain n Diet Coker on Feb 23, 2012 9:17 AM CST up reply actions
Someone knows her Savage facts
Were you once known as Savage’sExGf?
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 23, 2012 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
But not while running, right?
Didn’t everyone that had a powermat cheat by sitting off to the side of the mat and using your hands on the giant buttons?
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 4:46 PM CST up reply actions
Of course
While my dumb ass brother would try to run.
"West Texas seems to be full of fake boobs providing a comfortable shade for well-developed pot bellies" - Lycurgus (06/24/2011)
by BStylin Hawkye on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
or Moore to give Soup the chance to learn playcalling
before handing him the keys. At least that would give us a better chance of keeping him long-term.
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:15 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Who's to say that they didn't try to do exactly this?
And Moore turned them down?
TAYLOR MARTINEZ IS AIDS ON TWO FEET -@DanBeebe
by The Nihilist on Feb 22, 2012 4:16 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, it's possible
This would mean Soup was the third option (or worse).
After all, it probably went down like that on the D-side of the ball, except rather than the second choice being another outside hire, it was Parker. Well, either that or both the first AND second choices turned down the DC position.
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:20 PM CST up reply actions
Vint was such a cocktease with this scenario...
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 22, 2012 4:19 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
This.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 4:20 PM CST up reply actions
And the Hawkeye players...
who were wrong again.
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
FIRE THE PLAYERS
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 22, 2012 4:22 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
If you make them do enough squats, they'll just leave on their own.
Or they’ll die.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 4:39 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Maybe Kirk told the players it was Moore
just to troll them (and us)
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
That's some PhD level trolling right there.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
FIRE VINT FOR GIVING ME BLUEBALLS
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 22, 2012 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
GrossWB
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 22, 2012 8:48 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
That channel plays only one show, non-stop
“You can’t do that on television”
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 22, 2012 11:53 PM CST up reply actions
Sounds like you should take this up with your human resources guy
Who is the HR guy around here? Wait, it’s Vint? Oh you’re so screwed.
Just got an android yesterday
Almost immediately DL’d the sbnation app, and realized I STILL can’t rec on my phone. The fuck?
Long way of saying, I would totally rec that, Hoya.
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 5:41 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Our overlords might banhammer me
but the SN Nation app sucks balls
Sure does.
Stopped using it.
More winning please.
by Loosemeatsammich on Feb 22, 2012 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
i actually found it useful
just to mark comments as read and whatnot.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
It works great for me.
But mine is the Trapper Keeper version.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:33 PM CST up reply actions
I've only one gripe with the app.
I wish comments that I read while logged in on the computer were already marked as read when I log in on my phone. It would help avoid confusion.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:05 PM CST up reply actions
This is my exact gripe with it
Other than that it’s just so much better than the mobile version of the website that I feel bad complaining about it.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Is that not useful?
Ceci n'est pas un blogue.
by Adam Jacobi on Feb 22, 2012 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
Are you
NOT ENTERTAINED?
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein
by Secondary Violations on Feb 23, 2012 11:59 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
That's preposterous.
It’s obviously H(FM)R.
… but I’m still screwed.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 22, 2012 4:26 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
It's probably HFMR. Just like in Archer it's Pam.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 22, 2012 4:27 PM CST up reply actions
I was going to say Toby from the Office, but Pam is way better.
HFMR totally has a full back tattoo.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 4:28 PM CST up reply actions
Fuck your dolphin, Gabe!
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:34 PM CST up reply actions
Talk to this guy.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
what a tease!
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 4:29 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Sorry, just added it and got distracted from announcing it.
So there’s a poll, everyone!
Ceci n'est pas un blogue.
I love that "I have no opinion" received votes.
“Hey, guys, I don’t really care about all of this, but I sure do love voting!”
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Full disclosure: That's where my vote went.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
THEY TOOK OUR VOTES
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Wait, is it legal for you to vote?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:34 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
I have so many relevant, funny adjoiners to this
that would all get me a stern email from AJ and/or Banhammer’d.
Curses!
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Only recently now that my father-in-law is the governor's right hand man.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:06 PM CST up reply actions
Is your father the governor's backyard man?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:07 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
If your father-in-law is also from Mexico,
I would have guessed “tambourine man.”
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:09 PM CST up reply actions
Hey!!!! I was one of those. It was the best option available. Adam needed to take a poll on what the poll questions should have been.
yeah.. Jacobi totally blew it
thats blogging 101.. poll for the poll responses
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 4:23 PM CST up reply actions
FIRE JACOBI
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 22, 2012 4:24 PM CST up reply actions 12 recs
TOO SOON
Ceci n'est pas un blogue.
by Adam Jacobi on Feb 22, 2012 4:29 PM CST up reply actions 25 recs
i rec'd both of them
no offense AJ, it was well played even if it was far too soon.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
I know
:-(
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
No, It was perfect
and led to my favorite one-two punch on this site in ages.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
word
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Feb 22, 2012 9:09 PM CST up reply actions
Blood on the blog floor.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 4:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Chazz Loves Micheal Jackson!
YES!
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Feb 22, 2012 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
You know I'm bad.
I’m bad.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
Poll Democracy NOW!
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 4:31 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Just like America!
Except for the actual voting.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 22, 2012 4:22 PM CST up reply actions
Think how many more votes the election would get if you could vote on the interwebs, though!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
If we could vote on the internet then WELKAH!!! would be POTUS
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
More like Larry the Cable Guy.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
And Tow Mater would be VPOTUS
More winning please.
by Loosemeatsammich on Feb 22, 2012 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
More like Jim Carey's Cable Guy
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Feb 22, 2012 9:12 PM CST up reply actions
If there were something between decent and excellent
I would have chosen it. Instead I went with decent.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
KF would frown on getting too excited and going with excellent
So I went with decent.
by PackerHawk on Feb 22, 2012 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I would also vote Decellent
I am drunk.., or I wouldn't be talking to you.
by codenameduchess on Feb 22, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
also
the poll doesn’t have an option for sideways move.
i have an opinion
it’s that this hire is basically finding kok all over again.
by jakeic on Feb 22, 2012 4:19 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ok,
so hash it out for us not familiar with Coach Davis, why does the majority on this site hate this guy? Because he’s too much like KOK? Because you wanted Campbell? Because you wanted Tom Moore (which I think was a pipe dream, but what are you going to do?)? He seems a capable replacement, what with Texas producing quality O #‘s and all, plus he taps them into Texas and hopefully Louisiana to recruit (from what I’ve heard). Granted he had much better athletes during his run at Texas, but if the Hawks had grabbed him before 2010 we’d all be wetting ourselves with glee, so what’s up?
TAYLOR MARTINEZ IS AIDS ON TWO FEET -@DanBeebe
I don't think anyone wanted someone unknown
do you? They wanted someone sexy and highly coveted. What were the chances at this point (or ever) of that happening? This guy is different. They ran a modified spread with him.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
This guy looks pretty sexy to me.
I just wanna see Kirk Ferentz cry.
by nattybumpo on Feb 22, 2012 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I didn't mean unknown in a literal sense
I meant unknown in a “we don’t know exactly what’s going to happen when he gets here” sense. Then again, I guess we can’t know for sure what he’ll do. Is he bringing the vertical game? The horizontal game? The backwards game? Dunno. It just concerns me when his opponents/detractors have labeled his playcalling as “painfully predictable.” That sounds familiar.
Texas fan opinion is about as compelling to me as Ohio State fan opinion
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
by StoopsMyAss on Feb 22, 2012 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I wanted Teddy Pendergrass.
But only for the sexy.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:36 PM CST up reply actions
There is a huge chasm
between being underwhelmed or meh about this hire and hating the guy
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I'm sorry that 5 levels of approval is not nearly enough to satisfy everyone's deep and nuanced opinions
If only there were a comment thread where people could expand on said opinions
Ceci n'est pas un blogue.
by Adam Jacobi on Feb 22, 2012 4:20 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
You forgot this option...
- I don’t like any offensive coordinator who would accept a job at Iowa.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
by StoopsMyAss on Feb 22, 2012 4:25 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
Holy shit this is the simplest distillation of Iowa fandom
(under Kirk Ferentz)
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 22, 2012 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
Fire all Offensive Coordinators!
I am drunk.., or I wouldn't be talking to you.
by codenameduchess on Feb 22, 2012 4:30 PM CST up reply actions
Is that related to...
“I don’t like any offensive coordinator hired by Kirk Ferentz, because I’m a football hipster, not a Ferentz-apologist. Now bring me Dana Holgerson’s cell-phone number.”
?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 4:45 PM CST up reply actions
It is not just you.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You're asking whether the coach of a university in West Virginia looks like a hillbilly?
C’mon meow. They all look like hillbillies.
The guy is 3/4 of the way to a skullet
I mean really.
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 6:53 PM CST up reply actions
We're all aware he's from Iowa? Yes?
Stones, glass houses, etc…
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 6:54 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Skullet pretty much always = hillbilly, no matter where you're from.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, but the part of Iowa that he's from
(Mt Pleasant/extreme SE Iowa) is basically redneck central.
It far similar to Missouri than to the rest of Iowa, in many ways.
Careful! Carfino's Way may be lurking
She’s a SE Iowan.
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 7:18 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
She's not a SE Iowan
She’s from Fairfield
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Is this worse, or better?
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 7:33 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Resize and repost
Only shows western Iowa…
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
You mean Eastern Nebraska?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:47 PM CST up reply actions
I did not realize I could do that
Last week it was learning about “z-ing” through the comments.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
LAST WEEK?
How did you ever survive football game threads?
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:16 PM CST up reply actions
I avoided them
Usually because I was at the games when I lived in IC. And because I had a DVR this fall. Also, I have a temper that will likely lead to a banhammer during a loss when I feel the need to become an apologist and start ripping people’s heads off for calling for Ferentz to be fired when we’re up by two possessions in the 3Q against Missouri in the Insight Bowl.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
I avoid them
because I lose track of the game. You knuckleheads will be here after the game.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I have that problem a lot too
either I need to get my self-diagnosed in-game ADD under control or pick one or the other. I do enjoy the camaraderie they provide, though.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
And K goes reverse!!
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Feb 22, 2012 8:26 PM CST up reply actions
Holy Shit
That’s two things learned in one day. I should probably just stop for the day.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Can someone just list all the hot keys, please?
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
You mean,
just like in that box at the top of every comments section, ever?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
I'll go ahead and admit that I didn't know those were there.
Press C to tab to new comments, Shift-C to tab backwards, X to mark as read, and Shift-A to mark all read.
The best: Z will simultaneously mark and tab forward, and R will reply to the comment that has focus.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
Me too.
Welp.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 8:48 PM CST up reply actions
Chazz is droppin' knowledge-bombs.
BOOM
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I am used to bombing
with my humor.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 10:34 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Yes, but the "j" and "k" buttons
are the “secret” hot keys
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
The "Z" trick I learned by reading a new comment pop-up.
If you enter a thread late and don’t want to z thru them all you can hit shift+a to mark all comments as read.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
They're listed at the top of the comments section
And in the little popup that you see whenever someone posts a new post.
Dammit Polk County get your shit together
The first week I lived in Udale I saw kids smurfing for pseudo at Target. And once a month or so I would get a really strong ammonia scent in my apartment building’s stairwell. And it wasn’t even a shady apartment complex. Well, not terribly so.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Yes!
One for Crawford. I’m sure this poll really only highlights the capabilities of law enforcement in different counties.
"The more I get hit, the more they git hit" - Marcus Coker
It's better
Even though they will swear their sense of differentness has nothing to do with the Maharishis, it is likely related to the amount of money etc that has rolled through that town for decades going back to Parsons being a haven for wealthy kids kicked out of schools on the coasts.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Mi-ike Le-each!
Clap clap clap clap clap.
(Just for a year, for teh lulz)
You gonna line up with a dead man, Jimbo?
Yes, could you please implement the 1-100 answer poll?
I’m thinking I’m in the 64% range. Then again, I might feel a little optimistic at 67%.
I'm a solid 73% on board for the Greg Davis hire
I think Soup should have gotten the job, but Davis might actually be good. I know Texas fans hate him but that isn’t enough for me to ignore his statistical success.
I hope he comes into this thing ready to kick some ass! After all, he apparently knows how to beat Nebraska!
by HawkeyeRecon on Feb 22, 2012 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
Upgrade
I’ll take it. Dude has a pedigree. Texas didn’t beat a ranked team all year. They were better off with him. Just like we’ll be.
by Vandy's Mom Digs Me on Feb 22, 2012 4:04 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
"Kirk, the fans are not thrilled with Davis as a KOK replacement!"
“Well, let them eat cake.”
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
What kind of cake?
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 4:38 PM CST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs
Chocolate on chocolate is fucking delicious.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 7:10 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I regularly visit a website that confirms this.
I also like that dessert combination.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:37 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Well, it's a boom mic, so it can't really be dropped.
Accidentally ends up in a shot, yes, but not dropped.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:43 PM CST up reply actions
You should talk to your projectionist about that.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:07 PM CST up reply actions
I'm usually my own projectionist.
But in those occasions everyone near me should have a poncho on. Or at least goggles.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
You, too?
It’s a gift. And a burden.
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 8:15 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
You would make a poncho joke to me.
Racist.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:15 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ooooh, muy bueno!
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:17 PM CST up reply actions
When have I ever written anything racist.
Other than all the times that I have. Go ahead, I’m waiting.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:17 PM CST up reply actions
i shall refrain
from my usual muffin quote
from uncle fank
im in a bagel mode
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
by OhioHawk on Feb 22, 2012 8:36 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I hope it's the everything bagel.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
If you speak of cinnamon crunch bagles,
or cinnamon raisin, or blueberry, then that’s a rec.
Ah, hell. It’s OhioHawk. I’m rec-ing either way.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
Plain yellow cake. No frosting.
#NoSexyCake
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Well it started with frosting
Norm licked it clean.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 4:40 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Norm used all the frosting.
For his steaks.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 22, 2012 4:45 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
WELP LOOK IT'S A TASTE I KNOW NOT EVERYONE SHARES
BUT DANGIT I LIKE THE SEAR MIXING IN ALL NICE WITH THE SUGAR AND CREAM, IT’S LIKE HAVING A MEAT COFFEE
Ceci n'est pas un blogue.
by Adam Jacobi on Feb 22, 2012 5:46 PM CST up reply actions 8 recs
I am going to sell that idea to Starbucks.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Where can I go for #SexCake?
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 4:42 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Check out a bachelorette party
There are often these cakes at those
by Captain n Diet Coker on Feb 22, 2012 4:43 PM CST up reply actions
Germany.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Eewww
Don’t eat the yellow frosting
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Is that like Bu Kakke?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Isn't that a new show on the Food Network?
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 7:46 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Yes, fAce of Cakes.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:48 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
EN FUEGO!
BTW, I’m near Chicago. Drinking Goose Island 312 in honor.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Feb 22, 2012 8:11 PM CST up reply actions
I live in the 773 and hate that beer.
Where are you?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:12 PM CST up reply actions
He's within an hour of Bell's Brewery territory.
Suggest accordingly.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
Well, that whole state is overflowing (pardon the pun) with great beer.
Bell’s (obv.), Founders, Shorts, Jolly Pumpkin, New Holland, Arcadia…yeah, they’re loaded.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:22 PM CST up reply actions
Hmmmmmmmmm
I’ll have to see if this damn Applebee’s has any of that.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Feb 22, 2012 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Errr....I wouldn't bet on it.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:34 PM CST up reply actions
Nope, just checked. I haz a sad.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Feb 22, 2012 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
Which town are you in?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
You are beyond my powers.
Good luck.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
Sturgis, Michigan or Howe, Indiana... Depending on what I'm doing.
Eating or Sleeping or Working.
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Feb 22, 2012 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
Yellow cake is tasty.
Serve it on black paper plates.
/Hawkeye’d
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 4:46 PM CST up reply actions
Careful. If Bush were still President the U.S. would now be invading BHGP
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
EXPLOSIVO!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
We'll relocate to Scandanavia
Hawkeye friendly, they are!
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 4:51 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Iceland is Scandanavian the way Hawaii is American.
Hold on, Hawaii is American? Oh, fuck, I’d better call Sean Hannity.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
Don't drop that shit, Mexican't
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
L.A., I think.
Either way you’ll have to pass through that place that looks like that twilighty show about that zone first. Oh – and word of caution, you may look all bulge-y.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
meh
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Feb 22, 2012 4:05 PM CST reply actions
The Bohls piece linked in Hlas' blog post about Davis
keeps me from thinking the sky is falling
I am drunk.., or I wouldn't be talking to you.
by codenameduchess on Feb 22, 2012 4:07 PM CST reply actions
Im not as negative on this as others
Why is it that we assume that the coordinator of one of the best teams over the last decade sucks because he had good recruits at Texas?
we shal see.
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Feb 22, 2012 4:10 PM CST reply actions
It was a joke
Like “system quarterback”. I would hope just about any coordinator has a system.
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 4:14 PM CST up reply actions
No FL for me
I hear they have giant insects there. And escaped pythons gone feral.
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
And old people
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 5:47 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
What part of escaped feral pythons did you not understand?
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
This seems like an easy solution
pythons need food. Slow moving old people.
Problem solved. You’re welcome, Florida.
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 7:34 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
That's just a question of adjectives
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 7:43 PM CST up reply actions
I was thinking either senile old men + viagara
Or elderly people + dementia
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Eh, feels like a lateral move at the worst
and really. “Our new coordinator was at texas in the 2000’s” has a nice recruiting ring to it.
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Feb 22, 2012 4:14 PM CST up reply actions
Well I'll be....
You are the Kid.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion - however satisfying and reassuring."
by Bucketochicken on Feb 22, 2012 4:50 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Because
everything is bigger in Texas, including offensive statistics?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
It’s not like Iowa’s replacing an OC responsible for Iowa being in the top 3 of B1G offenses year after year. And maybe Ken took AIRBHG with him to Florida. Really, I think I’m more suprised by him hiring a guy with no obvious connection to him than anything.
HS/PV said
they were slightly connected through the Sherril days at Pitt. Not sure if they were on the same staff.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not excited about it.
Then again, it’s an OC hire, what’s to get excited about? KF’s still HC, so if you were expecting major changes, that was probably a bit naive. I’ll admit I did have a bit of a Tom Moore boner, but I was concerned about his age and level of commitment. And excitement over hiring Moore would’ve still been tempered by KF being HC.
I’m looking forward to reports from Spring Football.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
i would say
no one is looking for major changes, just not to fall into the same pitfalls that we have been falling in offensively for the past 13 years.
greg davis seems to be a kok+, does that mean we’ll be the same team on offense, time will tell.
Let's not overstate the case against KOK
From 2001-2005, KOK did a very good job.
I just wanna see Kirk Ferentz cry.
This.
We led the B1G in offense in 2001 (with Kyle freaking McCann at QB) and 2002, and the 2005 group was ranked #22 nationally I think. 2004 might have been some of the finest coaching work in Iowa history when the completely retooled the entire offense in the middle of the season during a bye week.
Let's not forget that KOK also had an assistant coach who is superb at game planning and in game adjustments
Which is why he is now KOK’s boss. Yes, KOK called plays, but Philbin’s ability to scheme and adjust in game can’t be underestimated.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
He was only on the staff for 2 of the years being discussed here.
And if you are going to give Philbin much credit for the offense other than the fact that he produces outstanding OLs, then you have no idea at all what you are talking about.
So now we've got
“YOU DON’T KNOW SHIT” and “SHUT UP ABOUT THE REFS, ALREADY”
Did someone shit in your cereal bowl this morning, angry sir?
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
I had started to sense a trend as well
What are the odds?!?
"Well, he's not crazy enough to get thrown into the asylum. But once he got there, they'd never let him out." - Norm Parker on Matt Roth
Well he DID snipe someone (Hoya I think) in another thread
And never came back to explain himself. No one likes a sniper. Just look at what they did to Lee Harvey.
Was that just the "You're wrong" post?
Sniping at its finest
"Well, he's not crazy enough to get thrown into the asylum. But once he got there, they'd never let him out." - Norm Parker on Matt Roth
"They" being
the CIA, FBI, Free Masons, Trilateral Commission, Bildebergers, and Reverse Vampires.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Reverse vampires
Thank you
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 10:29 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Don't forget Colonel Sanders before he went tits up.
With his wee, beady eyes. “Ohh you’re gonna buy my chicken…”
I am drunk.., or I wouldn't be talking to you.
by codenameduchess on Feb 23, 2012 8:53 AM CST up reply actions
Funny story
I did fall out of bed this morning. Literally thought I was closer to the center of the bed when I rolled over to hit snooze and fell out onto my dog. Nobody was happy.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
I'm going off of what McCarthy has said about him
In addition to what Jennings, Rogers, Finley and Driver said about how valuable he was at GB in terms of game planning and adjustments when asked about what it would mean if he wasn’t in the booth during the playoff game. And what has been echoed in GB since he left.
Sorry if I conflated what he’s shown at GB to what others have said about his contributions to Iowa on here in the past. It was admittedly a bit of a rhetorical stretch, but since I’m a humble reader of a sports blog I went ahead and did it.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
really should have seen it coming.
at first i saw some guys be like
but then i saw the texas dudes talking about hyper-conservative tendencies like
and now i’m really not sure what to think. i’m back to square one, I think we changed as little as possible but
1- no official word and
2 – there’s obviously no way to know until after the next couple seasons.
Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins.
@keepitupguys
No. Greg Davis must be judged now!
I am drunk.., or I wouldn't be talking to you.
by codenameduchess on Feb 22, 2012 4:20 PM CST up reply actions
I hate him for the play he hasn't yet run against Northwestern.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
That's where Ferentz was doing his research before interviewing GD.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
Remember most of the opinions we are hearing about this guy are from Texas fans.
I can’t stress this enough Texas fans. (Read Flag) We shouldn’t stand on the shoulders of mental midgets and proclaim me are tall. I’m willing to give this guy the benefit of the doubt for at least a season.
Davis seems to fit in culturally. Doesn’t read press clippings (or mail apparently), a steady maintained laconic presence on the sideline, can run a bit conservative in his play calling. Plus the last coach we got from The Republic of Texas worked out alright, right?
by Clint Barton on Feb 22, 2012 4:17 PM CST reply actions 5 recs
I'm rec'n it for the mental midget reference proclaiming
ME are tall.
/my emphasis.
"West Texas seems to be full of fake boobs providing a comfortable shade for well-developed pot bellies" - Lycurgus (06/24/2011)
by BStylin Hawkye on Feb 22, 2012 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
Ah man, my hypocrisy is showing. :(
Spelling is hard.
by Clint Barton on Feb 22, 2012 4:38 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I bet we'll see Davis on the sideline
scratching where it itches on more than one occasion. Not looking forward to that.
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
At least one season?
C’mon, let’s not be those fans. Even if he runs the playbook exactly as it currently stands we have to give him at least a couple of years so the players and other coaches learn his tendencies and he learns theirs
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
Iowa gets its own Gerg.
//Man, i hope this is not true
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Feb 22, 2012 4:22 PM CST reply actions
Maybe this "leak" is KF's way of asking the fans if they approve
and this thread will cause him to reconsider.
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:28 PM CST reply actions
this is about as plausible as
the plot to bill and ted’s bogus journey.
obviously not bill and ted’s excellent adventure, because that is a documentary i’m pretty sure.
here is a theory
Texas fans hate this guy so much because they have to blame someone for what has happened recently and they don’t want it to be Mack Brown. This guy played the scapegoat after having one bad year of 13. Now Texas fans are all coming out saying “That idiot is the reason we were terrible” and by doing this are reassuring themselves that everything will be fine at Texas. Not a good theory but I really don’t understand how a guy that finishes with offenses that statistically good in all but one season is hated so much.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 4:29 PM CST reply actions
Hayden Fry came from Texas.
It’s all good, y’all .
by 2LastNameWideReceiver on Feb 22, 2012 4:29 PM CST reply actions
Texans are the lowest form of white man there is.
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
by Lycurgus on Feb 22, 2012 4:37 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
I don't sound like Robert Duvall?
It is like climbing a high mountain and finding nothing at the top except a restaurant where they sell ginger beer, surrounded by fog but equipped with wireless.
by Lycurgus on Feb 23, 2012 8:08 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Greg Davis Review
OMG!! One of my Texas friends just sent this to me
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 22, 2012 4:32 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Meh.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 4:36 PM CST up reply actions
if you need a negative 2 yard pass i'm your man.
that is the difference between kok and davis, kok would rather run a run play for negative 2 yards.
I kind of like the hire, but that video was goddamn hilarious.
I completely lost my shit when he said that Mack tells him about the rabbits when he’s sad.
NBC Sports
Is now running the story that it’s a go for Davis. Although they throw a few “allegedly” and so forths around to save face, just in case…
by Vandy's Mom Digs Me on Feb 22, 2012 4:37 PM CST reply actions
The Texas guys hate him because he went, according to them,
horizontal not vertical.
On it’s face, that’s a pretty stupid criticism, given his objective outcomes.
Anyway, welcome to IC GD, get a house in town so you can walk to a decent restaurant or bookstore. Next controversy.
Logic, grammar and punctuation: much preferred!
by I_am_Querulous_Yellow on Feb 22, 2012 4:38 PM CST reply actions
Hey baby, let's get horizontal
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 4:43 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Thats what she said
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 4:45 PM CST up reply actions
The future sucks.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
OMG I WANT THAT
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
I know I'm being unmature,
but it looks like one of those is coming right out of her… well… you know.
by TwistConePlease on Feb 22, 2012 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
No, the Hayden advice is get a house in the country and try to keep a low profile
I’m pretty sure that’s what he told KF which is why he doesn’t live in town.
Going horizontal in itself isn't a problem.
It’s when you go horizontal and can’t get it up(field) that it becomes a problem.
Yes
but if the TE is the Polish Hat, he’ll then proceed to bulldoze the poor sap left covering him and rumble for another 15 yards.
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 4:58 PM CST up reply actions
As long as he doesn't do it before he catches the ball.
I’m not wearing underwear…what if I pre my pants?
by three and out the kok story on Feb 22, 2012 5:32 PM CST up reply actions
You know
The defense knows the down and distance too, right?
by Vandy's Mom Digs Me on Feb 22, 2012 5:00 PM CST up reply actions
On to the important stuff
What does this guy look like and how can we refer to him in an amusing way?
Here’s a photo:
I can’t think of a good name, though. “Old jowly”? “Droopy dog”? “Greg ‘Jefferson’ Davis”? “G_D”?
I’m actually okay with the hire, though. Let’s give Old Jowly a chance!
by Horace E. Cow on Feb 22, 2012 4:58 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
yeah whats the dog with the droopy face and sad voice in the cartoons.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 5:04 PM CST up reply actions
oh.. his name is droopy dog.
carry on
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 5:05 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, Droopy Dog Davis
Droopy Dog enthusiasim will fit right in with Ferentz’s sideline demeanor
by PackerHawk on Feb 22, 2012 5:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Droopy Dog Davis
I like it . DDD or D3 or 3D. so many options.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Feb 22, 2012 5:07 PM CST up reply actions
DDD
Sort of a faux-HHH. The Coordinator of Coordinators.
by the notorious r.d.m. on Feb 22, 2012 5:11 PM CST up reply actions
That might even be his manzier cup size, too
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 5:12 PM CST up reply actions
He's all gut
Doesn’t look like much man boobage going on there. Unless you’re one of the people who made fun of Ferentz for his alleged man boobs after the polar plunge. Then anybody whose pecs aren’t rock hard has man boobs.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
I was just making a generic fat joke
/hangshead
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 6:00 PM CST up reply actions
Packer's a little sensitive today
because apparently a co-worker is in serious need of a personality transplant
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Yeah
And because I have gynecomastia like the rest of my paternal male family members. Moobs are a tender subject around me. (yes, that last line was a joke).
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
L'il cosmetic surgery might help
Worked for Tom Cruise.
More winning please.
by Loosemeatsammich on Feb 22, 2012 7:45 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, it's something I've considered
But it won’t happen until I’ve dropped 90# and kept it off for two years. No point lopping them off while I’m 90# overweight.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
It's false advertising
He’s wearing a Bro
BOOM 4-3 cover 2! Deal with that!
by 99playsNAblitzaint1 on Feb 23, 2012 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
That would be cool if he hauls a sledgehammer with him to the sideline.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 5:42 PM CST up reply actions
We'll call him GD4
/BW3’d
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 5:31 PM CST up reply actions
I see a little Tom Bosley in him
Howard Cunningham? Mr. C?
A real easy one is Greg O’Davis.
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 5:04 PM CST up reply actions
The Texish Bulldog
You know, the British Bulldog from back in the day. Then I put Texas in…ok that sucks. It’s all I got though.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Feb 22, 2012 5:29 PM CST up reply actions
What about some play of a manatee or walrus?
I think the droppy dog things works for the jowls, but it almost seems too easy. Also, it fails to portray the fact that he is somewhat rotund.
I’m not wearing underwear…what if I pre my pants?
by three and out the kok story on Feb 22, 2012 5:31 PM CST up reply actions
Koo Koo Kachoo (in Droopy Dog voice)
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
by PackerHawk on Feb 22, 2012 5:32 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ken O'Beefe
"I'm like a tornado, wrapped in a hurricane, nestled in a box of tsunamis."
by Ed Podolak of Good Judgement on Feb 22, 2012 6:17 PM CST up reply actions 13 recs
That is a winner.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I don't often comment on BHGP...
But when I do, it’s awesome to get rec’d.
"I'm like a tornado, wrapped in a hurricane, nestled in a box of tsunamis."
by Ed Podolak of Good Judgement on Feb 22, 2012 6:34 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
You earned this.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 23, 2012 8:16 AM CST up reply actions
I had Major Applebite
But that’s way better.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:50 PM CST up reply actions
booo broken picture link
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Weird, I can see it.
It’s a pig with an apple in its mouth.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:54 PM CST up reply actions
hmmm
Chrome hates you apparently
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Fire Fox digs me, though.
And if I were to think of those names in terms of strippers’ I’d be alright with that; red heads are great, the former sounds like a retiree.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:57 PM CST up reply actions
Chrome is clearly a shaven head muscle daddy
Which might not be much better from your perspective
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Winnar!
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 6:34 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Well, simply getting him out of burnt orange will be an immense improvement.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:45 PM CST up reply actions
had he not be dressed in orange he is a dead ringer for my Uncle Jerry
who for reasons unknown to me in my youth
was not present for a couple of christmases
and only as an udult was it revealed to me
he really wasn’t an uncle at all
alas the ignorance of yourth
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
by OhioHawk on Feb 22, 2012 8:44 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm disappointed with the hire, but trying to look at the bright side...que.Monty Python
The good news is he has a lot of experience developing(albeit highly regarded recruits) QB’s Texas averaged a very impressive, 50 points a game in 2005(VY was their QB). The offense wasn’t likely to be significantly different regardless of the hire so, the important thing is he should be good working with the QB’s.
He may be predictable, but he’ll be(marginally) different than KOK, and sooo he’ll be different than KOK.
OK, that’s about it.
it'll be nice
To have a guy on staff who’s been to the big games, and won.
Heck, didnt this guy win the rose bowl AND the national title in THE SAME GAME?!?!
by Chabdul Hodgeway on Feb 22, 2012 6:08 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions
Yep. And didn't they also win the Rose Bowl the year before as well?
How many coaches on the Iowa staff have actually won a Rose Bowl? I would say Soup and Phil Parker, and that’s probably it.
And he beat Michigan at the Rose Bowl (the year before).
Good to have another guy that can help beat Big Blue on our team.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:18 PM CST up reply actions
I'm going to assume
that KF called his good friend Bob down in Norman to get his take on this, seeing as Bob has played against a few of Greg’s offenses. If Bob thought it was a bad idea, it probably wouldn’t have happened.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I'd prefer that your offense was led by KOK.
But a Vince Young-less Greg Davis will do just fine, I guess.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Feb 22, 2012 7:05 PM CST reply actions
Sorry, but you're going to hate him.
This is long, and I apologize, but you guys, I know you’re trying to talk yourselves into this right now, and as a Texas fan, I know what it’s like to try to talk yourself into a Greg Davis offense. Here’s the gist of what he’s about, from someone who watched him for 13 years and is absolutely not the kind of person who blindly hates him (and has even defended him on occasion in the past).
Some of the criticism of Davis at Texas is actually criticism of Mack Brown’s tendency towards offensive conservatism, which Greg Davis implemented (GD, given his druthers, would pass every single down and has said as much). Despite what some UT fans will say, the man is not incompetent, he’s just mediocre. And he is definitely willing to overhaul his offense to fit his personnel (see the ‘04/’05 VY offense, which he essentially just stole from various Texas HS coaches (after it became clear that VY in Davis’ offense wasn’t going to work), and the ‘08 Colt McCoy offense necessitated by disastrous injuries and a hideous OL and stable of RBs). He’s not stubborn in that respect.
But he is stubborn in EVERY SINGLE OTHER RESPECT. He likes to get data on the percentage of times an opponent blitzes and then refuses to adjust his gameplan once it becomes clear that the opponent is blitzing more often than usual. Seriously, his favorite comment post-game is that “they really blitzed a lot more than we expected them to.” Left out from that statement is “and I did absolutely nothing to counteract it.” He makes no in-game adjustments, so sometimes his gameplan works well (like in ‘08 against OU), but if it doesn’t, well, you’re screwed. For instance, against UCLA in 2010, his gameplan consisted approximately 100% of throwing bubble screens in order to “wear out UCLA” in the Texas heat (flash forward to a 34-12 loss, in which his offense turned the ball over 5 times — he never changed the plan).
His best offenses have always been when he had playmakers as QBs (VY, Colt and, to a certain extent, Applewhite). Those guys could all freelance and make plays happen when the called play broke down. Go watch a Texas game in ‘08/’09. Three quarters of our good plays were Colt McCoy running for his life and making a ridiculous pass to Jordan Shipley. Greg Davis had nothing to do with that.
And for those of your claiming he develops QBs well: no he doesn’t. Go back and look at VY’s high school tape. Looks a lot like him against USC, right? Colt McCoy is a coach’s son and came in as a fully-formed QB who only needed to put on a little weight. His other starting QBs? Major Applewhite (offensive wunderkind, benched for Chris Simms); Chris Simms (#1 recruit in the nation, mediocre college QB); Chance Mock (started OVER Vince Young for half a year, sucked, lost his job to VY); Garrett Gilbert (national high school player of the year, now at SMU). That’s it. A few others to mention just for fun: Jevan Snead (4*, terrible); GJ Kinne (transferred because he was buried on the depth chart, starred at Tulsa); Matt Nordgren (star of a Bravo reality show); Adam Dunn (terrible baseball player).
Speaking of which, the man is a terribly lazy recruiter. You guys hoping for a pipeline into Texas? Greg Davis isn’t getting on a plane to recruit anyone. He barely even recruits at all. In fact, you probably don’t want him anywhere near recruits because he is the least engaging person you could possibly imagine.
He succeeded at Texas for so long because of a few things: (1) Mack Brown’s perpetual motion recruiting machine, (which I should note got really lazy in the last few years until the recent staff shakeup) and was the reason that Texas’ offensive talent was non-existent in 2010 (it was non-existent in 2009 also, save for Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley, whom Davis rode to the national title game riding, in case you need a point of reference), (2) six and a half straight years starting superhuman QBs and (3) gameplanning to win games solely talent rather than scheme. It worked against terrible teams and, on rare occasions even worked against good teams (though we routinely used to put up 70 on Baylor and 14 on OU, but when you look at just the stats, WOW, 47 points per game!).
I just mean to say that you can’t dismiss what Texas fans are saying because we know EVERYTHING about Greg Davis. And we all knew he wasn’t very good LONG before 2010. 2010 was just the first year he was exposed by not having more talent than most of his opponents. I mean, people threw parties when he was fired! How would you feel if another fanbase was trying to talk themselves into being excited about hiring KOK? You’d probably be writing one of these posts on their SBN site right now.
Trust us, you’re going to hate him. At least get it started early.
now (periodically) tweeting @BZatBON
by billyzane on Feb 22, 2012 7:11 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
If we have to live with him
I’m just going to start off hoping he learned something in his year of reflection. Because you have to have hope sometime, and better in the beginning of the season than in the 4th quarter down 14 to ISU.
Gary Davis went to the mountain top, and there he found meditating, Gus Malzhan.
Who preceded to get “promoted” to HC of Arkansas St. because his wife called Auburn’s players’ stupid.
Gary Davis asked him about trying to find another Vincent Young(or failing that another, albeit cheaper, Cam Newton).
He said, try not, only do.
He then realized he hadn’t gone to the mountain top but had passed out after a three day margarita binge and had left Star Wars playing on his DVR, but the wrinkled green little hairy-eared Norm Parker had spoken the salt-rimmed truth to him.
Then the phone rang and it was Kirk Ferentz and it was right then that he realized that he was never really searching for Malzhan. No, not at all. He had been searching for his inner Ken O’ Keefe all along.
And that, that is exactly what he had found.
by Steven Dailey on Feb 22, 2012 8:05 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Man, I wish I knew statistical analysis well enough to compute r2 stuff and all that.
Was he 40-60 pts per game in most games or was he, as you said, outside of 30 and 70. That does make a huge difference in my perception of him.
OTOH, Ferentz’s offenses have been so flat the past two years, that if the Hawkeyes could get 40+ (pre-OT) on Iowa State, Minnesota and jNW, that’d be an improvement.
meh
You can take a look for yourself:
http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html
2005 and 2008 were exceptions because those were legitimately great offenses (which GS does deserve some credit for, obviously). But look at the other years, paying attention to when we played good teams (especially OU, who always has a legitimate defense) vs. really bad teams.
now (periodically) tweeting @BZatBON
That's not what I'm talking about.
I can see the results, but they aren’t quantified, and I’m not adept enough at compiling stats to see what I want to see.
meh
Oh come one.
Every single fanbase in organized athletics feels this way about specific assistant coaches, particularly when the head coach is relatively popular among the fanbase. It’s called “transference of hostility” and is extremely common in all walks of life.
As one of the very few Iowa fans that actually like KOK, respected his work, and understood that he was marching completely in step with everything that KF wanted done, I can recognize this post for what it is.
We had a legendary coordinator just retire from the defensive side of the ball that possessed basically every single flaw enumerated in the OP, and yet was universally loved here. Why? Because he defenses were routinely filled with NFL players and put up excellent statistics when they contained large numbers of pro prospects. Yet there was still a vocal minority of the fanbase that couldn’t wait to run him out of town due to his perceived “lack of creativity” and seeming refusal to change the gameplan was circumstances dictated during the course of the game.
You’re going to have to do a hell of a lot better than that if you want to sew the seeds of disapproval in a permanently jaded fanbase such as this, pardner.
Greg Davis was certainly the coach that everyone loved to hate.
I’ll give you that. He compounded that, however, by not being very good. I’ve laid out only the surface level criticisms of him. I think that’s all you need, but if you want to get deeper into how back of a schemer he is, then I encourage you to do a search for Greg Davis on Barking Carnival and read through their archives.
He was acceptable for a team with Texas-level talent. 2010 proved what most of us already knew or suspected from years of watching us play OU: that without that overwhelming talent advantage, he was not acceptable.
now (periodically) tweeting @BZatBON
I'm not doubting what you're saying
I am saying that we had KOK. At the end of the day, he’ll be able to do what KF allows him to do. He’ll take the blame for that, and, in the rare cases that it consistently works, he’ll get the credit.
We know this game, we’ve been playing it for a long time already.
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 7:53 PM CST up reply actions
Also
KF has said that he’d be happy not having coordinators recruit, so Davis being a lazy recruiter really is no more of a hindrance than what we’re used to
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 7:54 PM CST up reply actions
Fair enough.
But those hoping for a Texas pipeline need to readjust their expectations.
now (periodically) tweeting @BZatBON
That's reasonable
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 8:01 PM CST up reply actions
Based upon what I saw on Rivals
Doesn’t look like he did much recruiting. And the guys that he was recruiting were probably going to Texas anyway.
We've got years ahead to hate him
Let us have a little bit of a honeymoon, such as it is. There’s plenty of time yet to turn on him.
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 7:54 PM CST up reply actions
How do you know this?
understood that he was marching completely in step with everything that KF wanted done
meh
How many NC games has Texas been to without Vince Young?
How many conference championships did North Carolina win in the 1990’s? Maybe Texas fans need to look to the top of the food chain when addressing coaching problems (especially given the talent at their disposal). Say what you will about Ken O’Keefe, but the buck stops with Ferentz. I don’t know why Mack Brown gets a pass.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 7:53 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
1 and 1?
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
He generally doesn't with most Texas fans.
There’s a perception that Mack Brown is beloved by Texas fans; he is not. He resurrected the program from utter mediocrity and won a national championship. For that, as long as he gets out of this swoon and back to being competitive for national championships, he gets to coach until he decides to retire. But he is far from beloved.
And he’s been to 1 NC game without VY (which we almost won despite our starting QB getting knocked out on the 5th play) and should have been to another (in 2008) but for a ridiculous tiebreaker system in the Big 12 that was later changed. And in 2001, we were a roughing the punter penalty away from going. Details.
now (periodically) tweeting @BZatBON
Except from what I can tell
Mack Brown’s function is essentially as super-recruiter. He’s likable, charismatic and folksy. Hell, he got himself on Friday Night Lights just to prove the point. With all that talent (and unlike Florida, Texas is the unquestioned No. 1 program every year in the minds of its states’ high school recruits) I find it inexcusable that Oklahoma has even won half as many Big XII titles as they have under Stoops.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:03 PM CST up reply actions
Along those lines
How did they ever let Adrian Peterson get out of the state? I remember reading a criticism of Brown a few years back that, basically if a kid doesn’t come out & say he loves Texas, they don’t go after them. Not sure if that was the case w/what Peterson, but what a talent to let get away
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 8:26 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
We're still mad about that one.
He grew up a Texas fan, but back then OU was destroying us every year. He decided to go to OU to “play for championships.” He did. And lost championships. We won one without him (he could have been in the same backfield as VY in 2005). Not that I’m still bitter or anything…
now (periodically) tweeting @BZatBON
Well, with a state like Texas that can be a bit tough.
There’s so much talent that inevitably a kid will get away and make a splash somewhere else. It’s a pretty great problem to have.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
It's a lot like Iowa high school basketball, really.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
Roy Williams doesn't coach every other team in the country.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
KU, and UNC.
And that’s just the beginning of the list, my friend.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:40 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
But he was very much a known quantity (#1 recruit in the country I think). But I get what you’re saying
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 8:37 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Oh, we went after him.
We usually don’t lose the top recruits in Texas that we try to get (there are a few every year that we don’t actively pursue for various reasons — Mack doesn’t generally like messing with kids who will have trouble qualifying or who have other issues). But we tried to get him and lost.
now (periodically) tweeting @BZatBON
I don't doubt you did
And I really didn’t mean it as critically as it came across. I am, admittedly borderline obsessed w/what him due to the fact that I feel he’s the best RB of the last 25 years. I loved watching him play no matter where it was, but I also loved watching that USC offense & can only imagine how amazing they would have been with him in addition to what they had.
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 8:53 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Barry Sanders played in the last 25 years.
Just sayin’
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
You are correct sir
My mistake. To be fair, I’m just barely too young to remember him in college
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 8:59 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
To put it in perspective
he’s better in retirement than 99% of backs will be during their careers.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
Absolutely
My pick (well, him or Jim Brown) for best back ever
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 9:10 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
And Brown probably fits your statement too. Even now he is not a man to be trifled with
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 9:12 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Particularly if you're a woman.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 9:47 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I never saw Jim Brown play
but there are plenty of people who feel he’s the greatest player ever. And that could be said for either sport he played.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
That was always the story/rep about Brown
as good a RB as he was, arguably one of the best ever, he was an even better lacrosse player
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Yes
But he was also a known quantity (#1 recruit in the country, I believe). But I get what you’re saying.
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 8:40 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I'm not sure I get what you're saying.
I’m not sure I get what you’re saying.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:40 PM CST up reply actions
I'm assuming he's saying that missing out on the nation's top recruit is a little worse than "Meh some Texans will get away"
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
I was making a joke because he double-posted.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
It's alright.
I was kind of being an ass.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:49 PM CST up reply actions
It was important enough I felt the need to post it twice
OK, not really
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 8:55 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Apparently the championships were important
I remember reading that his final 2 were USC & OU. It’s astounding to think how unreal that USC team would have been (would have been a soph in the title game vs Texas).
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
by Brock8144 on Feb 22, 2012 8:34 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I think Texas chased Peterson pretty hard and simply lost out to OU.
Bomar was another big time Texas HS player that OU was able to steal. I think at that point most were saying that Texas was in deep trouble.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
All I know is when we played Texas they won on a bad call and we were a .500 team
and they were a couple of turnovers away from 10 wins. I will say this though. That Vince Young win over USC is one of the greatest performances I have ever seen in a bright lights game and that GD let that happened is pretty heady stuff in my book. Ken O’Keefe would have lost that game by 20.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
So your angle is that Davis gets credit for just letting Vince Young do his thing?
I’m not saying I disagree, I’m just saying that’s interesting.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:06 PM CST up reply actions
The hardest thing to do as a coach
is let the players decide the game.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Again, I'm not saying you're not right.
Still, though, it’s hard to know how much of that actually falls under “coaching” and how much is a single element of that job description known as “game management”. I would say that in doing so, Davis showed an ice-cold composure. However, when given lesser talent I don’t know what to think of him.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:09 PM CST up reply actions
So let's fantasize for a bit and assume Iowa wins or at least
makes a serious run at the NC sometime in the near future. You don’t think such a team would be loaded with at least a couple of once-in-a-lifetime/difference-making talents?
Would it then be fair to criticize the Iowa staff (maybe KF, maybe the next coach) by saying, "Oh yeah, they played for the NC, but let’s see him do it without Nile Kinnick, Jr, the greatest Nebraska-Back in the history of the program?
Of course they would need seroius talent.
I’m simply saying that Davis’ coaching “method” for much of the Rose Bowl Game was to simply let Young improvise. You’re clearly saying I have an opinion and I’m saying, whole-heartedly, that I don’t. I am literally trying to decide if that is good coaching.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:15 PM CST up reply actions
I thought VY was brilliant in that game
It looked as if Brown/Davis/whomever said “Kid. This is all you. Go for it.” And he came through.
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 22, 2012 8:20 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
To billy’s point, I live in Dallas and didn’t know Mack is held to count. They win plenty, but seemingly should have won more. It is an interesting thing going on down there, but then many UT football-y crowds are pretty somnolent. It’s weird.
their ire seems fixated on losing to OU
but how many times did Davis lose to OU? Other than 2010 I see 2004. The rest of the time, OU was a fucking juggernaut. It’s not like losing to Minnesota.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
You must have been in the booth or listening in the play calls
on the coaching headsets. Thanks for your brilliant analysis of that game.
So if you can take a break from getting emotional, sarcastic and insulting
allow me to say that I simply watched the game like everyone else and drew my own conclusions. I’m sorry if an observation contrary to yours grates on your nerves. Or better yet, chill the fuck out you self-important internet tough guy.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:27 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Ah, it's the old "You don't really know anything because you're not a collegiate football coach" critique
I always like where these arguments head.
It's somewhere I'm not qualified to comment on.
I WASN’T THERE!
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:32 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
If only we could all just discuss the inpatient anti-infectives market
I could actually have real authority to discuss
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
That is not true
I lived in my sister’s basement.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I live in a garage
in my landlord’s basement. Does that count?
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
For some reason
I want to see a floor plan to know how that works.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Well, it's a tri-level. So one wall of it is at ground level, one faces the driveway, one is below ground and the other leads into the house
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
That makes sense
And I’d say it mostly counts. I always assume Mom isn’t charging rent in the scenario though. You pay rent. So did I.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Yes
And I could rent a two bedroom apartment in Iowa City for what I pay to rent a converted garage and share a kitchen and bathroom here.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
That's not fair to these guys.
Some of them live in their father’s basement.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
THEY GOT A DIVORCE OK KYLE?
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?!
by mikjones24 on Feb 22, 2012 8:38 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Are Ross and Patrick fighting because of me?
I’ll be better commenter, I promise, just don’t get a divorce.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
It's your fault, Kyle!
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 22, 2012 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
Whatever happens,
they want you to know. You had everything to do with this.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
This is how
prostitutes/drug addicts/political pundits are made.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
Rather than saying all three of those categories of people, you could just have typed “Dick Morris.”
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
How am I the first person to rec this
Ceci n'est pas un blogue.
by Adam Jacobi on Feb 22, 2012 10:44 PM CST up reply actions
Speaking of, anyone else notice the KCJJ link on INP today?
I think it was the Paul Chaney link
"Well, he's not crazy enough to get thrown into the asylum. But once he got there, they'd never let him out." - Norm Parker on Matt Roth
Still in Iowa City looking for a job
Granted, I’m a stats nerd. I know very little about the biology and chemistry of the drugs, just the usage of them.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
Oh, I didn't want information
I just spent half of rhabowatch hoping no one came down with a staph infection, that’s all.
Yeah, well I overshare.
And occasionally answer rhetorical questions to do so.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
No
Market research analyst.
"Shh, I don't want this notion that I can be level-headed getting around it will totally ruin my online rep" - HoyaGoon
meh, that's only one aspect of coaching.
I want him to turn a players with mediocre talent into a routine Top-half B1G talent (since he won’t be recruiting any top talent, it seems).
As an Iowa fan, a Top 3 defense and a Top 6 offense is pretty satisfactory with occasional forays into Top defense, top-tier offense. Seems like too many people would settle for bad offense with a great defense, resulting in 6-8 wins most years. I mean, fuck it, we’re Iowa. We don’t deserve better.
meh
Let me ask you this...
if Iowa had GD for the last 13 years and just hired Ken O’Keefe to replace him because GD left to the Dolphins and you analyzed KOK’s offenses and looked at his body of work. How would you feel? That’s where I am coming from. This guy has a resume. We can all debate where his role and responsibility begins and ends with that resume but it’s pretty goddamn good.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
I am not unhappy with the hire.
In fact, from what I heard on the On-Iowa podcast this morning, I’m somewhat enthused.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:16 PM CST up reply actions
I didn't mean to suggest you were. I am trying to make the point that Iowa
does not let players play often enough.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
This is chaning on the basketball side of things, though.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:23 PM CST up reply actions
agreed
an example of letting the players play to me was Pitt last year. But, it took a dire circumstance to let it happen.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
UGH.
Changing. And I totally agree with the Pitt analysis. One has to wonder if a head case like Vandy would be better served to have less coaching.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:29 PM CST up reply actions
Well, when we let our WRs "play"
they responded by dropping one out of every 9 balls.
I’m not sure the answer to Iowa’s woes is “moar improvisation,” even if Michael Scott would love that.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 8:29 PM CST up reply actions
Well, I don't know that there's really another position in football
that you can truly “cut loose” the way you can a quarterback. Basketball is an easier example but it doesn’t translate exactly on the gridiron.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
The illegal formation penalty on Scott Chandler was not a bad call.
It was absolutely correct. Stop crying about the refs 5 years after the game, plz.
Absolutely the right call.
Still, Texas did nothing to make that penalty happen and defended it to the point of getting scored on no matter where Chandler lined up. That was a 14-point swing (Texas scored on the next drive) and produced a narrow Texas victory out of what was essentially an Iowa blowout.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:11 PM CST up reply actions
Obviously a key point in the game, but the tendency of the Iowa fanbase
to cling to the fantasy of bad officiating causing pretty much any loss is nauseating.
Sorry, just a touchy subject for me personally.
That is utter bullshit
There are a couple games we complain were influenced pretty heavily by shoddy calls, but only a couple. We usually blame the coaching.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I wanna know who Jake's talking to...
"You want an honest answer? I have no idea."
-Kirk Ferentz
by KF Bubblegum on Feb 22, 2012 8:21 PM CST up reply actions
He thought KOK was in the booth.
Boy did he feel silly when Ken tapped him on the shoulder.
by The Mexican't on Feb 22, 2012 8:22 PM CST up reply actions
He's pointing at the WR he's going to throw to
Section 119, Row Q
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on Feb 22, 2012 8:22 PM CST up reply actions 8 recs
If he were pointing to his intended target
he’d be pointing down.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
You should at least get a free steak for that.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:40 PM CST up reply actions
Were you watching JaVale McGee goaltend or something?
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
The other JC.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Clearly he's trying to get Tacopants' head in the game.
"Hi, I'm Bob Executive. Which way to business?"
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Feb 22, 2012 11:08 PM CST up reply actions
They're playing a Black Sabbath video on the Jumbotron
Rock and roll! Woooo!
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 11:17 PM CST up reply actions
Hey it's the Panchero's Burrito lift guys!
"You want an honest answer? I have no idea."
-Kirk Ferentz
by KF Bubblegum on Feb 22, 2012 8:26 PM CST up reply actions
There was also an unneccesary roughness call
that made a huge difference. That was one of the few games that had me yelling at the refs.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Hell, Chris Speilman was yelling at the refs.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:23 PM CST up reply actions
If Chris Speilman were yelling at me
I would just start running. I do remember him getting upset.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I think this is the video I remember watching before
Highlights several bad calls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBroOeFWlN8
This video doesn’t capture the myriad horrible spots (which, admittedly, sometimes favored us…free first downs!) and other stuff that happened. I was there, and nearby Florida fans agreed it was awful. The conference that provided the refs (Sun Belt? C-USA?) later apologized. And didn’t they adopt a rule (for at least a while) where tiny conferences couldn’t provide refs for bowl games? That last one could be a lie.
by Luke Recker No-Look Pass on Feb 22, 2012 8:31 PM CST up reply actions
Just actually finished re-watching that
My god, those are some terrible calls. The Solomon facemask one is just inexcusably bad. They’re all bad, but were the refs color blind? I wish I were joking.
by Luke Recker No-Look Pass on Feb 22, 2012 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
There's a conspiracy theory
that ESPN was not happy the game was taking so long and told the ref’s at half time to move things along, and that that led to them burning Iowa to avoid OT.
I’m not saying I believe it, I’m just saying it’s out there.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
That's pretty tin-foily
At the time, I’m not sure why ESPN would care. The outback bowl started at 11a.m. Eastern, and would be done with OT still well before the Rose Bowl would start (which was on ABC at the time, anyway). The refs were as incompetent in the 1st half as the 2nd.
The internet is full of interesting, uh, ideas.
by Luke Recker No-Look Pass on Feb 22, 2012 8:45 PM CST up reply actions
The comments on that video are amazing
Seriously? 8 back-and-forths about the pushout/carryout rule?
I prefer the Real Refs of Genius video
the audio makes it at least possible to watch the replays. I had forgotten how upset Speilman was.
See here.
"You want an honest answer? I have no idea."
-Kirk Ferentz
by KF Bubblegum on Feb 22, 2012 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
The really incredible thing
is that it probably wasn’t the worst officiating performance of that bowl season. Remember the Michigan-Nebraska game where they ended it in the middle of a play that was still going?
by Brock Sampson on Feb 22, 2012 9:57 PM CST up reply actions
Didn't they end it because one of the teams' (Nebby?)
players from the sideline ran onto the field?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEXBPwF9_g
/stupid Huskers.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 22, 2012 10:38 PM CST up reply actions
It does matter where Chandler lined up
Because it’s one of the keys that the defense reads.
I just wanna see Kirk Ferentz cry.
They read a one-foot difference?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 22, 2012 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
Yep, Mack gets far from a free pass
(Except for the joke that is the Statesman’s sports section***)
that I used to work for
by George Washington Eagleclaw on Feb 22, 2012 10:26 PM CST up reply actions
Wait, what? You said...
And he is definitely willing to overhaul his offense to fit his personnel
I fucking love the guy. End. Stop.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Not in the huge douchebag sense
But I wouldn’t mind if KF was more like Brown in the sense that he’s willing to let the OC design an offense that suits the players he’s got. But as much as I’d like to hope that this specific hire is an indication that he’s loosening up like that, my gut tells me that there’s no chance.
Having read the scoring offense reports from Texas..I'm feeling a little better.
Yes, he had ridiculous gobs of talent to work with but he had some really impressive offensive teams.
If you throw out 2010 as an outlier. He had a lot of really high scoring offenses and most of his year’s as OC there his team(the last 8 or so seasons) Texas’s offensive scoring rank was better than their defensive scoring rank. Yes, that’s an awfully raw number to look at but, it makes me think that if Mack’s teams have underachived it’s mostly been on the defensive side of the ball. A couple of years ago Texas played Alabama in the MNC game, and Colt McCoy was injured very early in the game, and Gilbert took over and he wasn’t exactly Vandy at OSU in 99. Argurably, Davis’s offenses, and some ridiculous Texas recruiting, led Texas to the MNC game twice. Colt McCoy wasn’t the highly-regarded stud prospect you’d expect from a Texas QB. Yet, he had a terrific career there. I’m not quite at cautiously optimistic but, my pessimism has diminished enough where I’m ambivalent about the hire.
It's win, win for you.
If GD is a bomb they’ll be able to emphasize. If he’s good you’ll be able to rub it in their noses.
by Steven Dailey on Feb 22, 2012 7:40 PM CST up reply actions
Look, okay, I really don't mean to be a Debbie Downer
I want Iowa to make it to the Rose Bowl every year.
All I’m saying is, to MY eyes, this is at best a lateral move. I’m so fucking frustrated (and quite drunk right now) that I have to watch a Greg Davis offense again (EVEN WHEN THEY’RE SCORING POINTS). His lack of adjustments in games is absolutely infuriating. He doesn’t recruit, he’s a curmudgeon. DAMMIT I THOUGHT I WAS DONE WITH HIS CRAPOLA.
These are my top two teams; no one comes close to Iowa, but I love the Horns. Mack Brown gets far from a free pass from me and the Texas fan base (really), Davis was not JUST a scapegoat for one season of problems — the talent band-aided his deficiencies plenty over the years.
Look, I hope this works. I really do. But dammit what a weak hire. There’s a reason Davis has been linked with next-to-no jobs the last 14 months or so. Anyways, long post up there much more soberly echoed my thoughts, just wanted to get that out. Go Iowa Awesome.
by George Washington Eagleclaw on Feb 22, 2012 10:41 PM CST reply actions
Meanwhile, somewhere, mobile quarterback AJ Derby:
“MOTHERFUCKER!”
by Third Generation Hawk on Feb 22, 2012 11:25 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
lulz
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 22, 2012 11:33 PM CST up reply actions
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