Totally agree on needing an X and O guru. If we aren’t going to pay for assistant coaches then the HC needs to be a brilliant strategist. Ideally you find someone who meets this criteria and is a HC on a lower level team with a bunch of talent willing to follow him, if not settling for a...
I heard him on the radio today saying everyone has to take accountability for the loss, he said he takes the most, but everyone needs to be held accountable.
To be fair, Iowa went 6-6 in Ferentz’s 9th season and missed out on a bowl. Didn’t get blown out as bad in any games, but they did lose to a Western Michigan team that finished 5-7.
It’s a fine goal, but hard to accomplish when you’re in the worst recruiting turf of anyone in the conference. It’s the same goal everyone else outside the top quarter of the conference has.