Norm Parker

**CyberJJJ** · 09-10-2010, 05:48 PM

Seriously, he is a great coach. One of the things that has helped Ferentz the last 12 years is continuity in his coaching staff. That also plagued Hayden in his later years, in that so many of his great assistants had moved on to their own head coaching gigs.

**crash_zone** · 09-10-2010, 06:00 PM

Got to give the guy props. Great coach who'd I'd be proud to have on the Cyclone side any day. Hope he's well.

**sdillon500** · 09-10-2010, 06:20 PM

Norm & Wally should have a contest to see who's the best grizzled, hard-*** defensive coordinator in the country.

**Stormin** · 09-10-2010, 06:25 PM

Norm Parker is a BIG reason for the Hawkeyes' success. Hope he is okay. And I hope he isn't a motivation for the Clones-Hawks game.

**Illiniclone** · 09-10-2010, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneErik

I hope he's OK.

The man's got every team figured out (except maybe Northwestern). Really a coordinator legend.

But most importantly, I hope he's OK.

And to think he was d-coordinator at Illinois in the early 80's. Yet another brilliant move by the football side of the athletic department at Illinois.

**StPaulCyclone** · 09-10-2010, 07:25 PM

I hope he is okay and out soon. In fact, I fully expect him to game coaching in the game tomorrow, it's their "superbowl" after all.

**burky247** · 09-10-2010, 08:20 PM

Norm will be fine. This isn't something that is rare. He's at the hospital quite a bit for his foot. And I wouldn't expect Norm to go anywhere for a while. It sounds like he has no plans to hang it up. I imagine one reason is because he has no recruiting responsibilities. I heard him say at fanfest one year that he has no reason to retire because his job isn't very strenuous. Then he followed it up saying the coach's cruise was more tiring and draining than the whole season had been. Good ol' Norm.

**Bigbuck31pt** · 09-10-2010, 08:55 PM

OK, this is my 1st post, I have lingered here for a long time. I'm a huge Hawkeye football fan and have been a huge Cyclone basketball fan, as you can see I follow the teams that have been succesful. I'm just proud to be from the state of Iowa. I just hate seeing the negative crap from both fan bases regarding both teams but I must say It's nice to see Clone fans giving props to coach Parker especially the night before the big game. Thank you Clone fans and may the best team win tomorrow.

**farewayfool** · 09-10-2010, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Bigbuck31pt

OK, this is my 1st post, I have lingered here for a long time. I'm a huge Hawkeye football fan and have been a huge Cyclone basketball fan, as you can see I follow the teams that have been succesful. I'm just proud to be from the state of Iowa. I just hate seeing the negative crap from both fan bases regarding both teams but I must say It's nice to see Clone fans giving props to coach Parker especially the night before the big game. Thank you Clone fans and may the best team win tomorrow.

I'm sure the Iowa fans would do the same for Wally, especially if he was one of the main reasons you have had limited success against the other team

Dang, my pirate didn't come up. How do you get those things?

**Bigbuck31pt** · 09-10-2010, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by farewayfool

I'm sure the Iowa fans would do the same for Wally, especially if he was one of the main reasons you have had limited success against the other team

Dang, my pirate didn't come up. How do you get those things?

I'm a huge Steeler fan farewayfool, so we have at least one thing in common.

**ripvdub** · 09-10-2010, 09:10 PM

Better go back to the printer and change it to 7 toes.

**RandomFan** · 09-10-2010, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by Bigbuck31pt

OK, this is my 1st post, I have lingered here for a long time. I'm a huge Hawkeye football fan and have been a huge Cyclone basketball fan, as you can see I follow the teams that have been succesful. I'm just proud to be from the state of Iowa. I just hate seeing the negative crap from both fan bases regarding both teams but I must say It's nice to see Clone fans giving props to coach Parker especially the night before the big game. Thank you Clone fans and may the best team win tomorrow.

Really hard to dislike Norm. His defenses are fun to watch and his sound bites are always fun.

I would say most Hawk fans seem to like Rhoads too, but we'll see if that changes once he beats them.

**Lyon309Cy** · 09-10-2010, 09:58 PM

It's always easy to like a guy that gets the most out of what he's dealt. Iowa generally is relying on in-state guys on D (especially up front), guys that aren't necessarily highly recruited, and they turn into solid players. In an era of gimmick defenses and extensive game planning, Iowa runs just a handful of plays and does them well. They win by out executing the other team, and ultimately that goes to how well the coaches prepare them. Execution has become a hallmark of Iowa's D, and that credit goes to Parker as much as anyone.
Hopefully at the end of Saturday he'll be able to move on to worrying about why ISU was able to carve them up. I also hope this doesn't become one of the featured story lines that gets brought up every time Iowa is on D, mention once at the start of the game, and let it go.

**Scotttyd** · 09-10-2010, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by edr247

This shirt says it all, IMO...

that is so true. Norm's strengths are in his game planning, on game day he is very vanilla, and that is why the D is so impressive that they do as good as they do when the opposing team knows exactly what they are going against with very little blitzing.

Norm will be at the game unless he is very sick. He will check out for the game, come across the street, and return after the game - he has done it in the past. You gotta love the guy.

**jmb** · 09-10-2010, 10:36 PM

i can't hate on norm, and he has turned out quite a few pro players...for the most part I can't hate on kirk(as most d1 coaches are horrible, i don't think that of kirk even after some things i disagree with).