Have a great season Hawkeye. You usually do. :toast:
Sports Illustrated did an article on the 5 worst college football coaches--Kirk made it:0074
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130708/best-worst-college-football-coaches/
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Kirk Ferentz, Iowa. The 2009 Orange Bowl proved an aberration in Ferentz's otherwise unimpressive recent tenure. Take away that one 11-2 season and the Hawkeyes are 47-41 since 2005 under their $3.6 million-per-year coach." :facepalm:
Comments: ospbaboon:
Mandel seems to make two arguments against Ferentz.
The first argument is a cherry-picked 47-41 record that omits his best recent season. In other words, if you take away his best work, his record is only a little above average. Pedestrian? Yes. Worst five? Hardly.
Mandel seems to realize that this argument alone does not hold much water and so he offers up the context of Ferentz' large salary as the second argument. While this might hold sway if one were to claim that Ferentz were one of the most overpaid coaches in the game, it is not relevant to whether or not he is a good coach. This distinction appears to be too subtle for Mandel.
Ferentz is hardly above criticism. But don't call a coach with a recent average record one of the worst in the game just because he is overpaid.
GL