Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

[06panther10]

They're not SOLELY responsible. That's my point. People who know nothing about the game are the ones who place it ALL on coaches.



The coaches don't play the game, and the coach CERTAINLY didn't throw that reckless interception last night that ended all of our chances.

Its obvious that your mind is incredibly dense if you think this conversation is actually about a single play or even a single game.

[TH1974]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

Of course we won't call for their head when they are winning, but my point was to ask how he went from being a great coach, and still considered to be "doing a great job" when we played Iowa this year, to being someone who needs to be fired in just a few years.

My question has always been, has he somehow gotten worse as a coach? When we start winning again, will he have gotten really good as a coach again?

"Just a few years"? When those few years are ones without playoff appearances, the seat ought to get warm. It's retarded to think it shouldn't.

[Alum 99']

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

If you are a fan and cannot see we need a change of coaches you don't know much about football....look at what th off coaches are doing.....2 qb system is horrible......best player on the field on every sat doesn't get the ball anymore....line doesn't block anyone....we never throw to our tight ends......and we are predictable beyond belief......hell....i don't remember the last time we ran an offensive trick play....it is getting really old...ands a fan base we know if it is a close game we will lose it.......someone tell me the last big game that we won where it was a close game????

[Trapped in California]

What is disheartening is that the playoffs has gone from 16 teams to 24 in the time we have failed reach them. The last time we were in the playoffs, we backed in, if memory serves correctly.

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

[harry joy]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

We have been a ball less, anemic and predictable offense for too long.

[panther1]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

They're not SOLELY responsible. That's my point. People who know nothing about the game are the ones who place it ALL on coaches.

The coaches don't play the game, and the coach CERTAINLY didn't throw that reckless interception last night that ended all of our chances.

Losing in sports from the college level on up is entirely on the head coach once he has his players. This isn't high school where you work with who happens to live in your district. College athletic coaches are CEOs and paid accordingly. If the work product isn't there, they are replaced. Coaches control who they hire, recruit, retain, develop, and ultimately let go. If the assistants aren't getting the job done, and the head coach doesn't address it, it is on him. If the players that are hand picked don't get the job done, it is on the head coach.

If you think college coaches should keep their jobs when they are failing to perform up to expectations, then why hire a guy like Farley in the first place? He isn't exactly the nicest guy to pass through campus or the smartest, but he is expected to know more about winning football games than the smarter or nicer guy.

My vote starts with Farley replacing Nelson, Verduzco, and Salmon before next season. I'm sure all three of these guys are probably nicer than Farley, but our oline, QBs, and offense in general are continually underperforming. This goes back way beyond the past three years, for anyone who's been following closely.

[harry joy]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

Losing in sports from the college level on up is entirely on the head coach once he has his players. This isn't high school where you work with who happens to live in your district. College athletic coaches are CEOs and paid accordingly. If the work product isn't there, they are replaced. Coaches control who they hire, recruit, retain, develop, and ultimately let go. If the assistants aren't getting the job done, and the head coach doesn't address it, it is on him. If the players that are hand picked don't get the job done, it is on the head coach.

If you think college coaches should keep their jobs when they are failing to perform up to expectations, then why hire a guy like Farley in the first place? He isn't exactly the nicest guy to pass through campus or the smartest, but he is expected to know more about winning football games than the smarter or nicer guy.

My vote starts with Farley replacing Nelson, Verduzco, and Salmon before next season. I'm sure all three of these guys are probably nicer than Farley, but our oline, QBs, and offense in general are continually underperforming. This goes back way beyond the past three years, for anyone who's been following closely.

Since Sanders graduated.

[Cat80]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

My understanding is that all is well for him at the Mudd Group, but I wouldn't know.

I'll keep you in mind too when we start having some down years in the future with the wrestling team, which will eventually happen.

You're sure enjoying riding the bandwagon though now, aren't you? Nice fan support.

I'm not much of a wrestling fan, but then I don't have a screen name called Ban Wrestling. I'm glad UNI has a successful wrestling program, but it took a coaching change for it to happen; something you disagree with. So, are you enjoying the wrestling program now? Or have you stopped going to matches since Penrith was relieved of the job?

[SteinPizza]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

One other thing that is apparently going unmentioned. Xavier Williams cost us two picks with offsides penalties that had no bearing on the play. Not trying to pile on the negatives, but that's huge. He was benched (at least temporarily), after the second.

[06panther10]

One other thing that is apparently going unmentioned. Xavier Williams cost us two picks with offsides penalties that had no bearing on the play. Not trying to pile on the negatives, but that's huge. He was benched (at least temporarily), after the second.

He was also dominant and basically single handedly shut down their running game.

[havok58]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

Dannen should sit down with Farley this week and put him on the hot seat. Get rid of a few assistant coaches either now or in the offseason. If he can't do that, then Farley should go too.

We have a very fickle fan base. We are use to success and the fans show up when UNI is highly ranked. If UNI keeps finishing at .500 or worse, and missing playoffs, how will that affect our attendance, let alone the donor participation.

If Farley manages to get rid of some coaches, how much time do we as fans give him to turn around the program? Everybody had high expectations this year only to be disappointed again.

I took a look at who UNI loses after this season and there are some big names: Johnson, Carnes, Busher, LeMaster, Owens, Vereen, Williams, and McNeil to name some. Do we have the talent behind those guys to reload? Or will next season be looked at as a rebuilding season with even lower expectations and giving Farley even more time to provide a playoff team?

I truly hope that things turn around, but it starts with the coach to implement the change.

[pantherfansince92]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

I noticed we lose 3 starters to graduation on what is already a poor offensive line. The offensive line will be even worse next year. Time to find some FBS transfers o-line help instead of running backs.

[BCPanther]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

McNeill is already done. That injury was ugly yesterday.

[ban basketball]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

I'm not much of a wrestling fan, but then I don't have a screen name called Ban Wrestling. I'm glad UNI has a successful wrestling program, but it took a coaching change for it to happen; something you disagree with. So, are you enjoying the wrestling program now? Or have you stopped going to matches since Penrith was relieved of the job?

Of course I did. I pulled ALL support for UNI and UNI wrestling when Penrith was released, and have never been to one single UNI event since!

[ban basketball]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

Its obvious that your mind is incredibly dense if you think this conversation is actually about a single play or even a single game.

Or, is it that that there's more to winning and losing than one person, especially the one who isn't on the field?