Thank God. Kirk you lived and died with him. Good Riddance.

Every. Snap. Of. Every. Game.

#FireFerentz

Nice guy but completely failed and ineffective field leadership and athletic performance.

Thank you for you time and efforts! I wish you the best as you move forward in life.

I wish hunting was an NCAA sanctioned sport.  He'd be an All-American and the pride of our hunting team.

Hello,maybe he will get drafted. KF knows alot of people.

You have a good future.....in hunting. Thanks for trying and I feel sorry for you that KF kept believing in you all season!

mini14 wrote: I wish hunting was an NCAA sanctioned sport.  He'd be an All-American and the pride of our hunting team.

LOL

mini14 wrote: I wish hunting was an NCAA sanctioned sport.  He'd be an All-American and the pride of our hunting team.

He'd probably just keep handing his gun to the deer.

Replaced by someone who the coaches clearly deemed worse and without any experience. Next year is going to be UGLY!!!

3 years ago after the game in Columbus you guys thought you had a future All-American on your hands.

phdsvp wrote:

mini14 wrote: I wish hunting was an NCAA sanctioned sport.  He'd be an All-American and the pride of our hunting team.

He'd probably just keep handing his gun to the deer.

Ferentz gives his approval.  Asking mercy from a bear seems like a winning strategy.

I wonder when he's on the field does he think about winning the game...What goes on in his mind??

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3 years ago after the game in Columbus you guys thought you had a future All-American on your hands.

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Things change. Some of us thought he would improve this year.

Btw... How's that undefeated season working out for ya?

buckeyesbuck wrote: 3 years ago after the game in Columbus you guys thought you had a future All-American on your hands.

I seem to recall more than a few Buckeye fans being impressed with his performance, too.  Your defense must have been weak that season.

we needed to put antlers on our receivers......guaranteed 90% completion

Hope he enjoyed getting a free education.

buckeyesbuck wrote: 3 years ago after the game in Columbus you guys thought you had a future All-American on your hands.

I dont know about an All-American but I did expect him to get better every season.

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--- RJSimmons wrote:

buckeyesbuck wrote: 3 years ago after the game in Columbus you guys thought you had a future All-American on your hands.

I dont know about an All-American but I did expect him to get better every season.

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As a matter of fact, he has regressed every year since that performance in Columbus. He is now slower, less decisive, and gun shy.

KF essentially sacrificed an entire season out of loyalty to jvb (can't blame jvb. i'm sure he gave his best effort). What an insult to the rest of the team and the fans.

hawkfan1983 wrote: Thank God. Kirk you lived and died with him. Good Riddance.

Absolutely fitting how the three of them finished the season with being intercepted after one of the most poor offensive series three men, KF, GD, and JVB could have ever concocted.

I know VB didnt look all that great today or last week,  but how much of him not improving over the past 2 years has to fall on the coaching staff??    The play calling and clock management in parts of this game were very suspect.    I know I am an outsider,  but this game today was for the taking.  And it seemed to me that the coaches were playing not to win.   Protecting there 4-8 season.   What in the world did Iowa have to lose today when they got the ball at there own 40 with about 7 minutes to go?   The play calling was as bad as I have seen in some time...   Head scratchier for sure...

now you guys are down to making smart ass and bad jokes about our players.........

KF seems to be more interested in losing by a close margin than taking any risk that could go wrong. Seriously. In games where it was obvious that we had no chance of winning, he would continue to play the starters. For example, we are the only school in Div I that has had the same QB take every snap this year!

A good guy and he'll be successful in whatever he does AFTER football.  Just didn't seem to have IT, whatever IT is, no one can explain, but you know IT when you see IT.  Had all the tools, just couldn't put IT all together.  (not the 1st or the last QB fitting that description)  No shame in the way he carried himself as a Hawkeye.  Best of luck to him and the other seniors.

ON TO NEXT YEAR.

hawkeye83 wrote: A good guy and he'll be successful in whatever he does AFTER football.  Just didn't seem to have IT, whatever IT is, no one can explain, but you know IT when you see IT.  Had all the tools, just couldn't put IT all together.  (not the 1st or the last QB fitting that description)  No shame in the way he carried himself as a Hawkeye.  Best of luck to him and the other seniors.

ON TO NEXT YEAR.

well said

dzuetlau wrote:

hawkeye83 wrote: A good guy and he'll be successful in whatever he does AFTER football.  Just didn't seem to have IT, whatever IT is, no one can explain, but you know IT when you see IT.  Had all the tools, just couldn't put IT all together.  (not the 1st or the last QB fitting that description)  No shame in the way he carried himself as a Hawkeye.  Best of luck to him and the other seniors.

ON TO NEXT YEAR.

well said

Agreed. I wish him well in everything he does.

Martinez spent his summer with a QB coach in California and had a 70% pass completion rating, while jvb was out hunting bears! Who wants to be a real QB? Jvb is just pathetic!

Forgery5 wrote: Martinez spent his summer with a QB coach in California and had a 70% pass completion rating, while jvb was out hunting bears! Who wants to be a real QB? Jvb is just pathetic!

so are you..............

My biggest issue is not JVB being bad. It is the fact that KF kept putting him out there for every single snap! JVB is who he is. He is not going to change. And this team was what it was. It was clear very early. Why not think about next season?

ChurchOnSaturday wrote:

Btw... How's that undefeated season working out for ya?

Quite nicely so far.  Thanks for asking.  Just one more to go.

The QB isnt the problem. Its hard to gain yards and win football games when every defense knows what you are going to do. On every play.

It is a combination of many things. Bad play calling, bad QB decision making, and bad execution. Where to begin?

But it all took place under KF's watch.

Ferentz did an awful thing to this young man. Vb became his sacrifice so that he (Ferentz) could be seen as the "man in charge". Terrible disservice to VB. Can you imagine years from now how VB will  be remembered by Iowa fans.? What an ugly legacy... and he may also be he reason that ultimately Ferentz leaves. You did no favor for  this young man by allowing him to become the "reason" Iowa failed so miserably lthis year. VB was cleverly scapegoated by eidther KF or Davis. Not very nice.

floridahawk wrote:

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buckeyesbuck wrote: 3 years ago after the game in Columbus you guys thought you had a future All-American on your hands.

I dont know about an All-American but I did expect him to get better every season.

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As a matter of fact, he has regressed every year since that performance in Columbus. He is now slower, less decisive, and gun shy.

The Columbus outing was before the full impact of KFs game philosophy had done it's damage.

The regression of Vandenberg is 100% on the coaching staff and their scarred shitless approach to every aspect of the game.

Are you talking about JVB or Kirk.  Its to bad the quarterback had to play in the system he signed up for.  Loyalty can be a good thing if your loyal to the right thing.

hawkfan169 wrote:

floridahawk wrote:

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buckeyesbuck wrote: 3 years ago after the game in Columbus you guys thought you had a future All-American on your hands.

I dont know about an All-American but I did expect him to get better every season.

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As a matter of fact, he has regressed every year since that performance in Columbus. He is now slower, less decisive, and gun shy.

The Columbus outing was before the full impact of KFs game philosophy had done it's damage.

The regression of Vandenberg is 100% on the coaching staff and their scarred shitless approach to every aspect of the game.

+1

buckeyesbuck wrote: 3 years ago after the game in Columbus you guys thought you had a future All-American on your hands.

That's right!!

He made Jake C. look like an all-american. 
Bye, dont let the door hit you in the butt