Time for a Change

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Time for a Change

And this kind of post is exactly why I get told by many people that they can't stand to read this board anymore. Get a clue or keep your thoughts to yourself.

The problem with this board is that it's just too damn negative.

[DomeIsHome]

Re: Time for a Change

This post is spot on. Really, really good.

Another thought I had watching last night is that Farley either needs to decide if he's the head coach or the defensive coordinator. Either way is fine. If he wants to call the defense he needs to do what Mike Gundy does. Work on the D while the offense on the field and all Salmon to be head coach on offense more or less.

Just my thoughts...

I agree. (Good comment, right?)

[TH1974]

Re: Time for a Change

The problem with this board is that it's just too damn negative.

LOL. "Many people" think so!

[Mountain Panther]

Re: Time for a Change

I'm changing my handle on this board to "2NDN10," because this team is always in it. Seems to be NO jazz on our first possession, ever Opposing team's intensity makes us look asleep.

[msppanther]

Re: Time for a Change

This post is spot on. Really, really good.

Another thought I had watching last night is that Farley either needs to decide if he's the head coach or the defensive coordinator. Either way is fine. If he wants to call the defense he needs to do what Mike Gundy does. Work on the D while the offense on the field and all Salmon to be head coach on offense more or less.

Just my thoughts...

Did you watch the brutal 76 YD TD and another 49 YD TD respectively last night with no safety in sight? This is the most mismanaged Linenbacker and Defensive back positions that I have ever seen. Lining up mediocre players as first string and providing no grooming/playing opportunities for others with talents to build position depth through out the season. Could somone explain to me:

(1) Why would the Free Safety and Strong Safety of the team be placed at the mercy of two "true freshmen", Kilfoy and Hall?

(2) Why Farley burned the eligibility of Kifoy and Hall where they are certainly other defensive configuration with the current personnel?

(3) With SS Scott on injury list, why would a team pull seasoned FS Wellington to Strong Side LB where LB Edem who performed spectacularly against Central State and Southern Illinois respectively and was named the defensive player of the game at Southern Illinois is still sitting on the sideline with little playing time?

(4) Why the better Weak side LB Busher is sitting on the side line while an okay weakside linebacker , Jake Farley, the Head Coach's son, is getting all the playing time?

With Wellington back on the FS and Busher and Edem elevated to more playing opportunities could be a game changer to our current awful , sluggish and inconsistent defense.

It's sad, "politics' is taking priority over talents. Are we are surprised with the current 2-6 record?

[BCPanther]

Re: Time for a Change

Yeah, maybe you should sit the next one out.

Everybody on this board knows I am not the biggest Farley fan on the planet and even I think you're way off the deep end...

[4N6]

Re: Time for a Change

Um, No. I think i'll go look for a different thread now.

I was thinking the EXACT same thought.

[Silent Earl]

Re: Time for a Change

It's time, time for a change
'Cause I'm tired of that same old same
Same old words, same old lines
Same old tricks and the same old rhymes

Days, precious days
They roll in and out just like waves
Got boards to bend, planks to nail
Charts to make and I got seas to sail

So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
'Cause I got me boats to build


Note: Title just made me think of this song, I'm not agreeing with the OP.

[northwest iowa panther]

Re: Time for a Change

Did you watch the brutal 76 YD TD and another 49 YD TD respectively last night with no safety in sight? This is the most mismanaged Linenbacker and Defensive back positions that I have ever seen. Lining up mediocre players as first string and providing no grooming/playing opportunities for others with talents to build position depth through out the season. Could somone explain to me:

(1) Why would the Free Safety and Strong Safety of the team be placed at the mercy of two "true freshmen", Kilfoy and Hall?

(2) Why Farley burned the eligibility of Kifoy and Hall where they are certainly other defensive configuration with the current personnel?

(3) With SS Scott on injury list, why would a team pull seasoned FS Wellington to Strong Side LB where LB Edem who performed spectacularly against Central State and Southern Illinois respectively and was named the defensive player of the game at Southern Illinois is still sitting on the sideline with little playing time?

(4) Why the better Weak side LB Busher is sitting on the side line while an okay weakside linebacker , Jake Farley, the Head Coach's son, is getting all the playing time?

With Wellington back on the FS and Busher and Edem elevated to more playing opportunities could be a game changer to our current awful , sluggish and inconsistent defense.

It's sad, "politics' is taking priority over talents. Are we are surprised with the current 2-6 record?

Lets see:

90 players on roster: split evenly 45 offense, 45 defense

20 freshmen redshirting: above 35 offense, 35 defense

1 punter, 2 placekickers, 3 longsnappers: above 32 offense, 32 defense

4 qbs: above 28

injured: 2 wide receivers, 2 lber, 2 def linemen

Get my jest here "slick" it's a numbers game and we are losing. You think somebody is better on the sideline--maybe but you're not the coach.

[panther1]

Re: Time for a Change

Did you watch the brutal 76 YD TD and another 49 YD TD respectively last night with no safety in sight? This is the most mismanaged Linenbacker and Defensive back positions that I have ever seen. Lining up mediocre players as first string and providing no grooming/playing opportunities for others with talents to build position depth through out the season. Could somone explain to me:

(1) Why would the Free Safety and Strong Safety of the team be placed at the mercy of two "true freshmen", Kilfoy and Hall?

(2) Why Farley burned the eligibility of Kifoy and Hall where they are certainly other defensive configuration with the current personnel?

(3) With SS Scott on injury list, why would a team pull seasoned FS Wellington to Strong Side LB where LB Edem who performed spectacularly against Central State and Southern Illinois respectively and was named the defensive player of the game at Southern Illinois is still sitting on the sideline with little playing time?

(4) Why the better Weak side LB Busher is sitting on the side line while an okay weakside linebacker , Jake Farley, the Head Coach's son, is getting all the playing time?

With Wellington back on the FS and Busher and Edem elevated to more playing opportunities could be a game changer to our current awful , sluggish and inconsistent defense.

It's sad, "politics' is taking priority over talents. Are we are surprised with the current 2-6 record?

I do agree that having Wellington at LB is a mistake with Scott injured. I somewhat agree about burning redshirts, although that could be to have kids ready to step in next year when our entire secondary will need to be replaced. The rest about the linebackers, I haven't watched the three mentioned enough to draw a fair comparison.

[clenz]

Re: Time for a Change

I do agree that having Wellington at LB is a mistake with Scott injured. I somewhat agree about burning redshirts, although that could be to have kids ready to step in next year when our entire secondary will need to be replaced. The rest about the linebackers, I haven't watched the three mentioned enough to draw a fair comparison.

Kilfoy has played in every game this season...FWIW. His redshirt wasn't burned yesterday - it was against Wisconsin

[FMPanther]

Re: Time for a Change

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Time for a Change

Work on the D while the offense on the field and all Salmon to be head coach on offense more or less.

Just my thoughts...

I haven't liked this idea since at least 2008.

[msppanther]

Re: Time for a Change

I do agree that having Wellington at LB is a mistake with Scott injured. I somewhat agree about burning redshirts, although that could be to have kids ready to step in next year when our entire secondary will need to be replaced. The rest about the linebackers, I haven't watched the three mentioned enough to draw a fair comparison.

I've been following DL and LB progress since Boothby and AJ- glad to see AJ at Cleveland Browns.

DL Coach Entz so far has done a great job developing depth where he can easily rotate 7 players in one game. With Albrecht on injury list, he can easily start/rotate Clark, Xavier, Ales, Mohammed, Jepsen or Peiffer. It was nice to see Peiffer as a starter on one of the games.

After 8 games in the season, LB Coach Williams is still unable to figure out the talents he has in order to build reilable Two-Deep. The problem? It looks like at the start of the season either LB Coach Williams or Head Coach Farley decided to build the entire LB postion around three players only for the season: Gacke, Farley and Tim. Where as Gilson, Busher and Edem if given playing time opportunities like the DL are as good as or even better than Gacke, Farley and Tim.

I've watch Gilson and Busher play briefly, and both are solid LBs at their respective positions. Now let's compare the Strong side LB stats between the starter Sam Tim after playing most of time in 7 games before injury and his backup Dan Edem with limited playing time in 2 games ( Central State and Southern Illinois):

LB Sam Tim 7 games: 7solo 10ast 2.0-5tfl

LB Dan Edem 2 games (Central and Southern): 8solo 6ast 1-19Int 1bu 2pd

HC Farley, in his press conference spoke highly of Edem's stellar performance against Southern Illinois- Edem stepped in after Tim was injured. Guess who was brought in at the Strong side LB position in the next two games? Wellington. Edem is now only playing on special teams while the Safety postions, are left in the hands of 2 true freshmen, Kilfoy and Hall.

Won't common sense tell you the current state of LB management is a total mess? We need a new LB coach!

[Cat80]

Re: Time for a Change

We need a new head coach. Players do not respect him (and never have), other coaches laugh at him, and he continues to place blame on everything but himself. He is responsible for two of the three losing seasons that UNI has had since the 60's. Wish Dannon had the stones to do something about the sad state of UNI football.

Start again, sport. 3 of the 4 years I was at UNI in the 70's, we had losing records.