They have not had much of an offense with him running it, He was maybe OK as OL coach but as OC.... Ferentz could maybe move him to a different position but as OC he makes Jake look descent.
Actually, the acting-AD fired him:
Wait, weren't you NJCat then Fitzphile then NJCat again. If so, you were not nee (born) Fitzphile. More like fka Fitzphile.
As mentioned it was the AD, but I doubt Kirk is going to blow up about it. It’s the best thing for his son’s career. He won’t be coaching under his dad forever, and the longer he goes coordinating bottom of the barrel offenses, the less employable he will be, except maybe as a punter coach! Getting out from under Kirk will force him to learn, change, take an analyst position somewhere that he can get new ideas and mentorship, and take his career in a different direction.
Yeah I think their challenges on offense start with lack of inventiveness, but lack of quality personell is a big issue as well (especially at QB). If they want to try trick plays, I like our chances to maybe get some turnovers. I hope.
I worked with Beth for several years. She is top notch A+. I would love to see NU hire her as it’s AD. She is a rising star and will end up as AD at a top program, so why not at NU?
Pretty nice of Kirk to allow his son to steal a paycheck for all these years. Way more upside than downside for the Ferentz family here.
This is a cutthroat business, and by any reasonable measure, Brian Ferentz was not performing to a P5 level. I think Kirk probably knows/knew it but was willing to expend some of his own political capital to give his son the opportunity. If Ferentz wants to coach college football, there's an opportunity somewhere, whether at a lower college level or do it in a high school and prove yourself/work your way back up.
Sounds like a good plan to me. She's gotta be better than shifty Shill. Her 1 good decision to step in here already puts her well ahead of Shill or Gragg in the "# of good decisions" race, and on a "good decisions per time spent in the role" it's a landslide.
I knew Beth at butler. Weird career arc. Meteoric rise then just kinda bouncing around for quite awhile now
I don’t know Beth at all, but I would take her over Gragg in a NY minute.
Not really bouncing around - moving up the ladder in a volatile business. I think she went from associate AD at Butler to senior associate AD at Minnesota (second in command), then became interim AD at Minnesota for a year; then went to Connecticut as senior associate AD when the new Minny AD came in, then went to Ball State as AD and did a great job of turning their program around. Then she moved last year to senior associate AD at Iowa, which should give her more P5 experience and exposure. I expect that her next job will be as an AD at a major school, assuming Iowa does not keep her as permanent AD.
Great user name, I remember the first time I had a big ass turkey leg when I went to the horrific NU loss in Iowa City in 2002. The food was significantly better than the game.
