$Ferentz$ Update
Kirk Ferentz to make $7 million annually through 2029. His son and the punts are also being retained.
January 14th, 2022 at 4:52 PM ^
Ok cool.
Hook em ?
January 14th, 2022 at 6:15 PM ^
This is actually relevant news since he's the longest tentured HC in the country, in our conference, we are in contract negotiations with our head coach (who just beat him), and nepotism has him retaining his son...who runs a mid-90s offense, which is, on paper, awesome for us since we'll have a young defense and our game @Iowa (likely at night) will be the first big time test of the 2022 season.
January 14th, 2022 at 6:39 PM ^
Punting. Is. Winning.
January 14th, 2022 at 8:06 PM ^
That was so good…I am going to insist that you change your username to
Punting.Is.Winning
January 14th, 2022 at 6:52 PM ^
This comment made me think to look up whether Tom Herman is still coaching. Apparently he is, sort of. He's an analyst and "special projects coach" with the Bears (YTBs).
January 15th, 2022 at 10:14 AM ^
Look at how much UT is paying him to do that job and then be sad
January 14th, 2022 at 4:53 PM ^
In this era of free agent coaches and annual re-recruiting of rosters it is comforting to know that something in CFB is immune to change. I, for one, will sleep better tonight.
January 14th, 2022 at 5:29 PM ^
Name a more iconic college football pairing than Kirk Ferentz backing into a 10-win season and turning that into a raise with a multiyear extension. No, no, no, take your time, I can wait.
January 14th, 2022 at 5:39 PM ^
Hayden Fry and the same thing?
January 14th, 2022 at 5:43 PM ^
I was going to suggest backing into 10-win seasons and turning those into nepotism-drenched contracts for your underperforming offensive coordinator, but yours works too!
January 15th, 2022 at 8:56 AM ^
Hayden Fry took a moribund Iowa football program and turned it into somewhat of a power. Don't think he got $7 mill a year to do so.
January 14th, 2022 at 6:23 PM ^
In 10 years, the answer will be James Franklin
January 14th, 2022 at 6:31 PM ^
January 14th, 2022 at 6:41 PM ^
Name another coach anywhere close to Ferentz’s status that would be interested in the Iowa job or do better than what he has done? Iowa is absolutely hitting their ceiling most years. Looks like they know it.
January 14th, 2022 at 7:20 PM ^
Iowa is a really unique situation, kind of like Wisconsin.
When someone proposed Paul Cryst as a potential replacement for Harbaugh, I was like 1) no way and 2) it is weird that these highly successful Wisconsin coaches don't get pursued by bigger programs.
Wisconsin and Iowa are places where the way you have success is so unique to those places that I feel like it's nearly impossible to replicate elsewhere. You have to recruit well locally and develop the abundance of linemen and LBs over the course of 5 years and build your offenses and defenses around good line play. You don't have to be a good recruiter and they usually aren't so other programs aren't that interested.
January 15th, 2022 at 4:17 AM ^
Interestingly, do you think Kirk had any idea all this success was coming after going 1-11 in his first year?
January 14th, 2022 at 7:16 PM ^
Say what you will he’s a god coach. He regularly puts players in NFL and usually Iowa is a tough out,
January 14th, 2022 at 9:42 PM ^
I thought that was Dabo
January 15th, 2022 at 5:37 PM ^
I think he is a good coach. God coach - I wont go there. :D
January 14th, 2022 at 9:11 PM ^
How did he “back in” to 10 wins? Either you win them or you don’t.
I have a feeling that after he retires, Iowa’s going to take a fall and people will understand just why Ferentz was making that kind of money. They aren’t exactly sitting on a great recruiting base.
January 14th, 2022 at 9:36 PM ^
His DC Phil Parker is one of the best in the game.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:06 PM ^
1. No way they beat PSU without Clifford getting hurt
2. Avoided M, OSU, and MSU in crossover games.
3. in their final 7 regular season games (PSU plus the entire B1G west), they went 5-2 while being outscored by 7 points.
4. No Adrian Martinez for Nebraska, but still barely won. after entering the 4th quarter trailing 21-9, they were the beneficiaries of the following Nebraska possessions: Blocked punt for TD, fumble, safety, punt, interception.
There’s a good case to be made that Iowa was about the 7th-best team in the B1G.
January 14th, 2022 at 11:52 PM ^
...they were the beneficiaries of the following Nebraska possessions: Blocked punt for TD, fumble, safety, punt, interception.
Sounds like every game Nebraska played.
January 14th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
Is it 3rd and 4 from the opponent's 38 yard line? Ok, I punt. Kirk
Is it 3rd and goal from the 2? Ok, sad field goal. Frames
January 14th, 2022 at 5:00 PM ^
There are actually 4 downs in these scenarios
January 14th, 2022 at 5:54 PM ^
The refs for the Auburn-Penn State game would beg to differ
January 14th, 2022 at 6:04 PM ^
To be fair, I do think it’s possible Iowa would punt on 3rd down.
January 14th, 2022 at 7:27 PM ^
I actually saw this in the 80s. They were backed up against their goal line and Hayden Fry had the QB do a quick punt on third down. There was no returner (obviously) and it turned out to be a huge flip in field position.
January 14th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
I don’t understand why Ferentz doesn’t get more credit for what he’s done. Sure he’s completely out of sync with modern football, but he’s averaged 9 wins a season for the last 7 years at IOWA. People forget how terrible Iowa has been for most of their existence. I guess he just keeps a low profile, but it would be really interesting to see what Fetentz could do with real talent.
January 14th, 2022 at 4:58 PM ^
Punt, a lot
January 14th, 2022 at 5:11 PM ^
Yes, just north of Camelot.
January 14th, 2022 at 5:01 PM ^
The most talented individual in the B1G remains Ferentz’s agent.
January 14th, 2022 at 6:30 PM ^
You win!
January 14th, 2022 at 10:29 PM ^
Charlie Weis and Ferentz have the $ame agent!
January 14th, 2022 at 5:04 PM ^
Was Iowa that terrible for most of its existence? I actually don't know, I just remember that they've won a national championship at some point and also had a pretty good coach I think in Hayden Fry?
There's some tough, hard-nosed Midwest farm boys in the area (I grew up there with them) that you can make a team full of 4th and 5th year seniors from and be competitive, especially in past decades when Bama-level pay-for-play wasn't yet the standard. So I haven't thought of them as a particularly structurally disadvantaged program or anything, certainly not on the level of say Iowa State.
January 14th, 2022 at 8:19 PM ^
I feel like historically besides Minnesota and Nebraska (though different conference obviously), Iowa actually has the best history. I could be wrong on that, but when people talk about old Michigan teams they talk about Iowa and Fry a lot, not so much Illinois or Northwestern or Purdue. Even Wisconsin was absolutely terrible until the 90s.
January 14th, 2022 at 8:31 PM ^
Hayden Fry was a great coach, but definitely did not win a National Champion ship
January 14th, 2022 at 5:16 PM ^
How many wins would Ferentz have in the B1G East?
January 14th, 2022 at 5:18 PM ^
7.6 per season.
January 14th, 2022 at 6:34 PM ^
January 14th, 2022 at 5:29 PM ^
Because he does it in the shitty B1G West.
January 14th, 2022 at 5:30 PM ^
"People forget how terrible Iowa has been for most of their existence".
Hayden Fry was a monster to deal with...
January 14th, 2022 at 6:31 PM ^
Bo and Hayden had matching sun glasses.
January 14th, 2022 at 7:18 PM ^
He does have the big ten west figured out.
Let the other teams play worse than you. It's bound to happen
January 14th, 2022 at 8:23 PM ^
I think it’s analogous to that old saying about a good coach “who could beat you with his guys or beat you with your guys”
only he could win 9-10 games with your guys or his guys
January 15th, 2022 at 12:34 PM ^
Hayden Fry would beg to differ
Conference records:
- Fry: 96-61-5 (59%)
- Ferentz: 110–79 (58%)
And, Fry built Iowa from nothing.
And, Fry's coaching tree (which includes Ferentz) may be one of the best out there: Bill Snyder, Barry Alvarez, Kirk Ferentz, Bob Stoops, Mike Stoops, Chuck Long, Bret Bielema, Jim Leavitt, among others.
January 14th, 2022 at 5:04 PM ^
Ehhh Iowa is not going to do any better. They been pretty competitive the past decades and put kids in the NFL. I dont see this as a bad move. Is it sexy? No Does it make sense? Yes
January 14th, 2022 at 5:09 PM ^
That's an absurd new contract. Nobody knows how to play his athletic dept quite like Ferentz does. They gave him a 40% increase in his annual salary for having the worst offense in Division 1. Not to mention, he's 67 years old and absolutely no one else is threatening to poach him. He's got Barta firmly in his pocket. But Iowa says there's not enough money for a swimming and diving team!
January 14th, 2022 at 5:15 PM ^
I’m sure the athletic departments phones are blowing up in regards to the swimming and diving teams.
January 14th, 2022 at 5:31 PM ^
But don't you think that's a little fucked though? The department announces it will cut six sports and less than two years later, they give the head football coach a $2m/year raise? Barta is also famously chummy with Ferentz and his own misconduct and poor management of the department has already cost the university millions.
And actually there has been a fair amount of outrage out here when they announced the cuts to swimming and diving and there's been an effort to save the program. It's not uncommon to see "Save Iowa Swimming and Diving" signs in Iowa City.