Do you want Campbell gone?

[madguy30]

He has to quit playing Hawkeye ball. Open the offense up and make it fun and score some points. This crap is like watching Jim Cryner football. Just so annoying that we don’t even try anything different than last year

At least if you're going to choose Hok style be much better at the nuances.

 

[ghettocowboy4cy]

No - pending how the rest of the season pans out.

 

[cyatheart]

I don't want him gone, I want him to pull his head out of his ass.

I don't know how you recruit or keep anyone here at this point.

 

[jdoggivjc]

This really does feel like the end of the rhoads era. Matt has got to hire an outside OC this year.

Not just hire an outside OC, but turn the entire offense over to him. It does no good to bring someone new in if they have to bow to Campbell's gutless conservative approach to football.

 

[CYDJ]

Do, I want him gone? F no. Would I like him to allow the O coordinator to do his job? F yes.

 

[cyclonez7]

The mismanagement of this game was summed up in one sequence where we had 4th and 2 on Ohio's 46 yardline and then wasted a timeout, only to punt. First of all, we should have gone for it because playing conservatively had gotten us nowhere all game. Secondly, to waste a second half timeout in that situation is borderline criminal, either take a delay of game or go for it. You absolutely cannot waste a timeout on a punt, when we could have needed that timeout later. To see this level of poor game management in Campbell's 8th year is really concerning.

 

[Cyclones125]

He certainly needs to be on the hot seat after this season if it ends the way it is trending. His press conferences the past couple years show he’s either not self aware or not willing to publicly acknowledge deficiencies in the program. His early success bought him some good faith that is running dry. He’s had a superstar QB, RB, WR, TE for a majority of his tenure, he should get credit for getting and building those guys but now he needs to show the ability to win without those luxuries. I still think he’s the guy but maybe needs to become a little uncomfortable to get his edge back.

 

[Cyched]

Do, I want him gone? F no. Would I like him to allow the O coordinator to do his job? F yes.

What I don't understand is why head coaches have to have their finger in the pie wrt their offenses. Campbell does it, Rhoads did it, Kirk does it, and so on.

One of the pillars of good management: hire good people and let them do their jobs. Even more puzzling when Campbell lets Heacock have his way with the defense.

 

[simply1]

He’s going to have to scrap the entire offense and rebuild it in week.

 

[clonedude]

If I was a kid that played offense in HS, I would not want to play for Matt Campbell in college. At least give me a chance to go out there and play the game, have fun, and try to win the game. Playing not to lose would suck really bad. I'd want to play.

 

[StLouisClone]

The mismanagement of this game was summed up in one sequence where we had 4th and 2 on Ohio's 46 yardline and then wasted a timeout, only to punt. First of all, we should have gone for it because playing conservatively had gotten us nowhere all game. Secondly, to waste a second half timeout in that situation is borderline criminal, either take a delay of game or go for it. You absolutely cannot waste a timeout on a punt, when we could have needed that timeout later. To see this level of poor game management in Campbell's 8th year is really concerning.

Mismanagement of timeouts happens an average of something like 1.2 times per game during Campbell era. Sometimes when trailing late, he will save a timeout for the offense rather than using them while on defense. That should never happen.

 

[cyatheart]

I don't think he's truly on the hot seat until next year. Coaches who can win NY6 games are worth giving a longer leash to, and a lot of our issues are correctable. But I can't say I'm confident he'll do what it takes to fix the coaching issues at this point.

He does do a lot of things well. His recruiting and development has given us our most talented teams in my lifetime, and that's probably the hardest part of the job. The defense is elite, and while you can rightfully give Heacock a lot of credit for that he's probably only staying on staff with Campbell. The odds of getting a good developmental coach with a great defensive scheme that won't bolt at the first sign of success are very, very low.

But the offensive scheme is broken, and it doesn't look like we're trying to fix it. Campbell and the staff actually have completely reworked a scheme and had success with it, they did it mid-season in year 2 with the defense, but for whatever reason he's unwilling to try that with the offense.

He's also a terrible game manager, which is really the easiest part of the job. Just hire an analyst, play some Madden and figure out what works, or just go with the more aggressive option every time since that's usually correct. Even notoriously stubborn Kirk Ferentz has significantly improved at it since his early days. Just stop playing not to lose.

TL;DR I think this can largely be fixed if he stops being stubborn, but I'm not seeing any sign that's coming

Most of this is just stubbornness. He wants to win his way so bad, it's turned into him vs everyone else and he wants to be right....he wants to be right rather than do what needs to be done to win.

I think he started reading his own press articles. It's not good, everyone can see it but him. I feel bad for him honestly, he's being blinded by something.

 

[cyatheart]

After hearing is post game interview with Eric, I don’t care one way or the other

What did he say?

 

[Die4Cy]

He’s going to have to scrap the entire offense and rebuild it in week.

They did it with the defense that one time. But I won't hold my breath.

 

[ISU22CY]

This really does feel like the end of the rhoads era. Matt has got to hire an outside OC this year.

Why? What's the point of hiring an outside OC if he is just going to keep his thumb on the offense?

 

[Acylum]

Western Michigan has 200 yards offense in the first half.

 

[madguy30]

He’s going to have to scrap the entire offense and rebuild it in week.

Might have to do a '17 style shift like they did with the defense some how.

 

[Big Daddy Kang]

No, but...

 

[Cychl82]

I don’t want him gone but I want him to do a better job….he’s doing a terrible job currently

 

[Klubber]

This will be 3 seasons in a row of bad football. And bad football with the same problems showing up each season: Bad O-line (lack of running game), bad special teams, bad play calling. Everyone can see these things, yet they don't get fixed.

I like MC but the way I see it is simple: it's a results oriented business. If the results continue to be subpar, then he'll need to go. I'm not one of those fans who thinks no one good would want to come here and coach football. That's just ********.

TBH, I never thought we'd be this bad at this stage in Campbell's tenure. This Ohio loss could be a really bad bellwether for this program.