Ex-Iowa receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos to release tell-all book about Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz

Remember that time a few years ago when all those Iowa guys were pissing blood from "dehydration?"

That should be a fun chapter...

 

Sounds bitter to me. That doesn't necessarily mean that everything he has to say is hogwash--just look at whacko Jose Canseco, whose arrogance and attention-seeking nonetheless turned Baseball upside down. But I find it very hard to believe that the coaches could keep him completely out of the NFL without real reasoning behind it. Just to use one example, it's not like New England doesn't take the occasional challenge situation and it's not like they couldn't use a receiver right now.

It's one thing to rant about a coach and be bitter, but he is writing a book.  Although the twitter quotes seem like he is a bitter ex-player.

Some team will let you play in the NFL

Ferentz has been there for a decade and this is the only complaint from a former player that I can recall.   Seems like this may be more about a kid who is deflecting responsibility for his lot in life rather than a horrible person/Coach causing all of his troubles. 

Sounds like a Tom Cruise movie from the 80's, All The Right Moves.

"Kirk Ferentz Tell All" just doesn't seem like a compelling story.   I never thought I would see that 4 word combination used.  Who knew there was so much mystery and intrigue on the banks of the Iowa River?

Kirk F didn't make him do drugs and get arrested.  NFL teams don't want to waste a lot of time and money on a player who might cause too much trouble and never see the field.  This is the exact opposite of being accountable and handling adversity with class.

"Recruits need to consider this about KF before going to Iowa. It's all good when you're converting 3rd downs and touchdowns but don't F up."

Um......what part of that is incorrect?  I think that is 100% accurate and ALL coaches should admonish their incoming players with the same advice.

If he knew from the first conversation with Ferentz that it'd be a bad relationship, why did he go to Iowa and stay for four years?

 

I kind of agree with DJK about the adversity component. If a player is going through a difficult time I am
All for supporting them and getting them the necessary help. But then again if you completely screw over your team and coach with your actions it becomes more difficult to endorse someone to a future employer.

If I go out and get in trouble with the law today, and get fired from work Friday, you can bet I am not going to look to my former employer to vogue for me. Often these behaviors have become a trend and based off that trend you are judged as a repeater.

Tough situation but the coach has no obligation to stand up for you if you never listened/changed behavior. Tough lesson to learn but a lesson none the less.

Glad in similar instances Hoke has been supportive yet firm with expectations. If you are willing to work for it a second chance is available.

I guess the question I would ask is why does he not have his own pro day at his HS? Or just try to get an invite to the combine. E could even look to try out with a Canadian or arena team. They all seem
Like viable options to continue a career in football.

I'd be 1000 times more interested in reading a book about how those Iowa players stole all those hats. That's got the makings of a classic heist novel.

This should sell about 17 copies.

If, in the run-up to the most important event in my company's fiscal year, I got myself busted on numerous drug-related charges and wasn't able to contribute, I would NOT expect glowing recommendations from my employer.

Whatever bad things there might be to say about Ferentz and Iowa football, "no one at Iowa would say anything good about me" is at the bottom of the list. What the hell did he expect?

Sounds like KF didn't abandon him right away. In fact other player have had trouble at Iowa and been drafted. So this sounds inconsistent with that. Also, the NFL career of other Iowa players heavily depend on KF being trusted by NFL people. If you're a trusted supplier and you tell your buyer you have a great product by all accounts and then it fails, suddenly your good products aren't trusted either and you lost buyers. Besides that, if no one is saying nice things, people that look better to recruits by having you drafted, then that's probably a problem with you. This sounds exactly like a bitter player that wanted a letter of rec when he didn't deserve one and now wants a pay day because he doesn't want to take personal responsibility. I have a feeling if he shows this type of behavior, takes no accountability himself, gets in trouble multiple times at important times, doesn't appear to learn from mistakes, generally lets down his team, then I probably wouldn't have great things to recommend of him. I'm also of the belief that unless it's outside the norm completely that these things don't belong in public. Somethings remain in house or in family. Unless it's outside yhe norm this dounds like that kind of case

This guy is out of his mind if he thinks Ferentz ruined his NFL chances. The guy was a late round round pick to begin with.

That was before he got raided by the police and arrested for selling coke and prescription pills out of his house. Then he failed a drug test for coke.

Sounds about as exciting as a John Beilein tell-all.