Mark Farey = Ron Zook

[SteinPizza]

Re: Mark Farey = Ron Zook

Back to the title of the thread. The analogy is flawed, but I can't think of a better one. Someone mentioned Frank Solich. Not sure I see that either, but maybe it's better than Zook. The only real similarities are that Zook has a defensive background, although Zook's resume is far more impressive (largely due to age, SEC experience, and having coached in the NFL).

Zook's rep was that he was a master recruiter, but couldn't put it together on the field. That was largely born out by Illinois having mediocre to bad teams, with several guys getting drafted each year. Farley does a decent job of coaching up some players, but it's not like UNI is playing in a talent rich area to begin with, nor are we widely recognized for blowing away our peers in recruiting. If Farley was at Georgia Southern, Sam Houston State, etc., then the Zook analogy might be more applicable. Farley has also consistently won, and Zook's coaching record was spotty. Urban Meyer won a NC at Florida largely with players recruited by Zook, which just adds weight to the recruiter vs. game day argument.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Mark Farey = Ron Zook

He recruited skill position offensive players that made it to the NFL. With the team down the road in Iowa City sucking for the past several years ears the players we signed back then are now going to iowa to play in the Big10. I believe Terry was better at developing players at the skill positions.

I have to disagree with this. Some of our best players or kids I'm excited about are guys isu and Iowa recruited but passed on. DJ, Rohr, lemaster, Shaw, kilfoy, Farley, gaeta off the top of my head. Iowa only has a couple kids that would have gone to uni (Miller, jewell) but not sure about isu.

[12thFloorBender]

Re: Mark Farey = Ron Zook

Ron Zook is a terrible comparison, Farley actually wins games.

If you want to make any comparison, it's Frank Solich. And look what happened to Nebraska after they decided that wasn't good enough.

Farley has earned the right to decide when his time here is done, within reason of course.

He's not really doing that as of late.

Farley is a crappy coach and it's showing more now than ever.