The Hawkeyes Name Defensive Backs Coach Phil Parker Defensive Coordinator

See former Oline now Dline coach Reese Morgan or college football LB, secondary coach Darrell Wilson

I mean he did play center under KF and has probably been shooting the shit about Olines with his dad for forever. I don’t think Kirk would put in a position where failure was an option or if he didn’t think his son was ready. Having his 1 son being the position coach for another son, that has to be something Kirk would revel in.

Reese Morgan coached for almost 20 years at multiple successful high school programs before joining the Iowa staff.

If you were in Iowa City during his time at IC West…man. That program was a DUMPSTER FIRE before he got there. total dumpster fire. Epic national embarrassment. I think he’s likely a lot more versatile than folks are giving him credit for.

I wonder if there’s a chance soup gets the OL and we have a dedicated QB coach.

what with the rumors that Reese Morgan was going to retire soon and Wilson, presumably, being less than thrilled about getting passed over.

In the On Iowa podcast, Morehouse mentioned how this is kind of Ferentz’s last shot, he has to get these hires right or he really risks the same fate that befell Hayden in his last years (best assistants gone, replacements nowhere near their level). Maybe, however, it is a multi-year/step (this year and next) process.

how the uncertainty could have been a positive. It may not have hurt us as some expected, but I don’t see how it helps us.

And it sets up Phil to look like a second-choice.

I don’t hate Phil, and I pretty much expected this in the week or two after Norm retired. I just didn’t expect it to take 2 months.

but he does post some interesting stuff sometimes.

I’m not a fan of his declarations of people being “passive-aggressive” or “apologists”, but he isn’t a complete troll jerk. Those people tend to be Nebraska or Ohio State fans.

just not for the reasons you list. Michigan? Not so much.

I hear you. But we aren’t privy to all the shit, man. I was pondering above if this isn’t a two part shakeup. Maybe guys agreed to stay another year and we’ll get more next year.

But I read “abosolutely no ‘new’ blood in the program” and about slapped my forehead because it hadn’t occurred to me. This is KF we’re talking about. Of COURSE he didn’t change any more than he absolutely HAD to. He’s KF.

Or, since he makes so much money, Barta said their budget for the Coordinator spots was really small.

and we didn’t.

I wasn’t arguing that it couldn’t be done. Of course it can.

I’m just arguing that they share very few similar techniques.

I understand it’s en vogue to read as much as possible into every comment I make, though.

I just don’t want people continuing to say he’ll be fine because they share similar techniques. He can be fine for a variety of other reasons, but that’s not one of them. Fair enough?

the key is that at this point in their careers, Wilson and Morgan have been coaching their respective positions for over a decade. That is a long time for things to get ingrained, and former knowledge to atrophy. It’s one thing to jump around from position to position as a young coach, you almost have to be flexible in order to get the job, it’s another thing entirely later in your career. That’s true of any job, the entry-level guy may jump around departments a bit, he has to in order to be hired and fill whatever need there is; but over time, you develop expertise in a particular field and tend to narrow your focus, which makes it harder to jump to a different department entirely later on in your career. Now, Wilson coached defensive backs at Rhode Island from 1996-1998 and Morgan has coached a lot of different positions earlier in their careers. There’s hope that they retained some expertise at these, but it’s a pretty big gamble. I hope it pays off but I’m not optimistic.

And hes not the only one. I honestly cant reach a more rational conclusion that KF tried & was rejected.
Unfortunatly neither can anyone else.
This makes KF & the program look weak.

There is logic in there. In fact, one can come up with this thought ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT of reading any rumors. Crazy, eh? How what one says could actually be the exact opposite of what is actually true.

Nobody told Hoya how to act except you. What we were doing was having a discussion. Hoya apologized (unnecessarily) because (as I understand it) he felt he was being misinterpreted. What you then did was tell him how to act. While on your silly little rant that does nothing to foster further discussion you told him “Don’t apologize…anyone that’s telling you you shouldn’t act a certain way is dumb.”

As has been pointed out, the people that you’re attacking are the ones that are NOT losing their minds over this move. Meanwhile, you’re upset. Your panties are in a wad because of the way others are acting in their fandom. You’re the one acting emotionally, which makes rationalizing with you an exercise in futility according to your counselor’s advice.

We’ve butted heads and you may just think that I’m being an asshole and have some vendetta, and if that’s how you feel, then I apologize. I honestly do try not to argue with you. I just think the “Fuck them” comment was entirely unnecessary and doesn’t make any sense.

how about this one?

had a major effect on ST, once we stopped putting our starters out there, when the younger guys weren’t getting that repetition and game experience over time because they were leaving.