Kirk Ferentz of Iowa Football expresses his thoughts on Brian Ferentz not returning for the 2024 season.
On Monday, interim Athletic Director Beth Goetz stated that Brian Ferentz, the son of Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz, will not return next season. Kirk made his first public remarks on Tuesday.
IOWA CITY, IA – Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz met with the media for the first time since interim athletic director Beth Goetz announced that offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz would not return for the 2019 season on Tuesday. Brian will remain on staff for the rest of the season.
Kirk revealed his thoughts on how everything happened, his future intentions, previewing Northwestern, and much more inside the Iowa football facilities. This is everything he had to say.
First and foremost, we’re coming off a bye week, which is sometimes a good thing and sometimes a negative thing. It was very useful at this time of year. We’re a little bruised physically. It allowed us to rest our players who had been playing a lot, give them a mental break, cut down on what they did, and then move some of the younger guys forward. It is always a terrific opportunity for the team to progress. That’s what we hoped to do last week.
We’re back in game week mode, and our focus right now is on getting ready for the game in Chicago.
This week’s captains are Joe Evans, Jay Higgins, Luke Lachey, and Logan Lee.
T.J. Hall is still out, but everyone else should be able to play and be a little bit healthier than they were the last time we were on the pitch. That is unquestionably a good thing.
Northwestern appears to be a club that is playing well, playing with confidence, playing with enthusiasm, and improving week after week.
I think their head coach’s comments reflected that yesterday with his press conference, and I would verify that, just having a chance to watch them right now, They’re gaining momentum and playing with confidence. They have a new quarterback, who’s played the last three games. Seemed like a catalyst for them Saturday, doing a nice job out there.
If you look at last week’s game against Maryland, there are basically two things that stand out to me. They were up by seven points. Maryland brought the ball down to the one-yard line and attempted three shots from there. Northwestern received three stops, which is both spectacular and challenging. Northwestern, on the other hand, seized the ball and drove it, whatever it was, 77 yards for a field goal.
Basically, Maryland had a chance to tie it up, and the next thing you know, Northwestern has a 10-point advantage and has taken control of the game. That tells you a lot about them.
If you go back to the Minnesota game earlier, the fact they were down significantly, came back and scored 21 points in that fourth quarter and won in overtime, tells you a lot of people are doing a lot of things well up there, and their players are responding.
That being said, we look at this as another tough Big Ten road game, expect it to be competitive and really tight. I’m guessing both teams are looking at it that way as we go into it.
Lincoln Veach, a young man from Maquoketa, is this week’s kid captain. Lincoln was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was four years old. During his therapy, he contracted a potentially fatal illness. I spent about 100 days at the Stead Family Hospital. Ten operations, chemotherapy, and continuing on chemotherapy — that’s a long path. Moving forward and improving. He is currently in kindergarten. Incredible fortitude. We’ll be thinking about him and his family while we travel to Chicago this week.
A few of things about yesterday’s announcement: I’ll briefly discuss the announcement that came out of the AD’s office, and I imagine you’ll have questions. We’ll get a few of those later.
For the past 25 years, I’ve tried to operate with the primary goal of doing what I believe is best for the programme, which is primarily the players and everyone who works in this building. That is my primary responsibility.
Essentially, my thought and practise have remained rather consistent. Typically, we go through the season and then conduct a top-to-bottom appraisal of the programme. Yesterday’s statement is a deviation from that pattern, but it’s really what we’ve been attempting for the past 24 years.
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