Ferentz's Buyout

**Pitt_Clone** · 10-29-2012, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Clark

He won't be fired this year and doesn't deserve to IMO. He better not be struggling to make a bowl game next year though or he'll be out.

I agree he definitely shouldn't be fired this year. Like someone said, he's not that far removed from an 11-2 season. Is Greg Davis for sure coming back next year? Normally I would say that a coordinator should be given more than a year to establish his system, but what I've seen in the games I've watched this year would not make me optimistic if I were a Hawkeye fan.

**19210** · 10-29-2012, 12:27 PM

I just hope they don't miss out on the opportunity to get a guy who actually knows how to win a national championship. He knows how to line up helmets and I'm sure after this season he will work for a fraction of the cost. Look up "firmly entrenched" and you will see the CHIN!

**EvilBetty** · 10-29-2012, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Clark

He won't be fired this year and doesn't deserve to IMO. He better not be struggling to make a bowl game next year though or he'll be out.

not a chance with that buyout. what are they going to pay his replacement? peanuts?

so long as he doesn't miss a bowl game 3 years in a row, i think its safe to say he'll be there until his contract runs out or he goes by choice. although we have fared well against him, i would rather see him gone. despite the fact he is having a down year, he has proven to be a very good coach. not many out there could keep a team in iowa competitive year in and year out like he has. if iowa so much as shows a pulse, they will likely continue to out-recruit us in and out of state.

**gocubs2118** · 10-29-2012, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by benjay

He's 2 years removed from an 11 win season.

Chizik is two years removed from a National Championship and is about to get canned. It's all about what you've done for me lately. Iowa hasn't performed up the fanbases expectation two years in a row now. He'll probably survive this year but another year like this and he will be firmly on the hot seat.

**Aclone** · 10-29-2012, 12:41 PM

Just couldn't find the Instate Rivals forum, huh?

**jbindm** · 10-29-2012, 12:42 PM

No chance he gets fired until we start seeing empty seats at Kinnick.

**GMackey32** · 10-29-2012, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Aclone

Just couldn't find the Instate Rivals forum, huh?

**Clark** · 10-29-2012, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Aclone

Just couldn't find the Instate Rivals forum, huh?

You really are anal about that aren't you?

**thatguy** · 10-29-2012, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Rhoadhoused

Plus they will have to pay a new head coach as well.

are you sure? I'm under the understanding that most people would coach at Iowa for free, just to be part of that amazing program.

**thatguy** · 10-29-2012, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Aclone

Just couldn't find the Instate Rivals forum, huh?

Jesus, man get over it. Nobody cares what forum a certain thread is in.

**IcSyU** · 10-29-2012, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Clark

You really are anal about that aren't you?

I think you misspelled *** hole.

And if someone gets ****** off enough about Ferentz, they'll find the money to can him.

**gocubs2118** · 10-29-2012, 12:51 PM

There goes Aclone being Adouche again.

**Luth4Cy** · 10-29-2012, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by gocubs2118

Chizik is two years removed from a National Championship and is about to get canned. It's all about what you've done for me lately. Iowa hasn't performed up the fanbases expectation two years in a row now. He'll probably survive this year but another year like this and he will be firmly on the hot seat.

I'd say Chizik is in a much worse situation than Ferentz. Chizik I believe has three straight top 15 recruiting classes. Even in the SEC that should mean that you're competitive every year with the top of the league. Ferentz on the other hand is at a school that doesn't get that quality of recruits. Iowa should expect a bowl game most years under Ferentz and expect down seasons now and then. The way I see it, this is simply one of Ferentz's down seasons. For Chizik it's a down season, but besides the National Title year I'd say he really hasn't met expectations.

**stevefrench** · 10-29-2012, 12:51 PM

iowa deserves better than ferentz. I mean after all they're America's team in case you guys had forgotten!

signed,

the guy at the end of the bar **** drunk on schlitz at 10am on a tuesday.

**Clark** · 10-29-2012, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by EvilBetty

not a chance with that buyout. what are they going to pay his replacement? peanuts?

so long as he doesn't miss a bowl game 3 years in a row, i think its safe to say he'll be there until his contract runs out or he goes by choice. although we have fared well against him, i would rather see him gone. despite the fact he is having a down year, he has proven to be a very good coach. not many out there could keep a team in iowa competitive year in and year out like he has. if iowa so much as shows a pulse, they will likely continue to out-recruit us in and out of state.

I like Ferentz. I don't think he should be fired. The bolded isn't accurate though. I think that's the root of the some of the fans frustration. They've contended for a conference championship just once since 2004. The rest of the seasons are made up of 6, 7, or 8 win teams.

You act like Iowa is Indiana, where they don't bring in enough money to fire a coach with a big contract.

Also, you either have no idea what Iowa fans expect from their program or are a member of the Ferentz family. It won't take missing a bowl game for three straight years. He misses a bowl game next year, his *** is out.