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Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz declines to elaborate on Marcus Coker suspension
IOWA CITY – Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz declined to offer specifics Wednesday night regarding the suspension of star running back Marcus Coker.
“There’s really nothing to add to (Tuesday’s) statement right now,” Ferentz told a SourceMedia Group reporter during a commercial break from his bowl preview radio show. When asked if the reason behind Coker’s suspension was a legal or academic issue, Ferentz added, “There’s nothing to add to what we released (Tuesday).”
Coker, a sophomore from Beltsville, Md., was suspended from the Insight Bowl next week after violating the UI Student-Athlete Code of Conduct. Coker was the Big Ten’s second-leading rusher last year with 1,384 yards and 15 touchdowns. He will not travel with the team.
Coker’s opening-day backup, Mika’il McCall, also will not travel to the Insight Bowl, Ferentz said. He was suspended from the Hawkeyes’ season finale for violating team rules. His future is undetermined.
“We’ll worry about that after the game,” Ferentz said.
In part to combat some negative feedback on the recruiting trail, Ferentz reaffirmed his commitment to Iowa in a statement late Tuesday night.
“It happens at times,” Ferentz said. “It’s fair to say it happens at times. When talk is out there early, it’s not beneficial for anybody.
“I’d rather not talk about it, but I think it’s probably beneficial to make a statement at this point.”
Ferentz said Iowa administrative assistant and former player Levar Woods will replace outgoing defensive line coach Rick Kazczenski through the bowl game. Woods filled in on Iowa’s defensive staff in 2010 when defensive coordinator Norm Parker missed most of the season. Parker had part of his leg amputated because of diabetes.
When Ferentz was asked if Woods would join the staff full-time after the bowl game, he said, “Basically all these questions right now, we’ll address all that stuff after New Year’s.”
Iowa also must replace Parker, who will retire after the game. Ferentz said with December recruiting and bowl preparation he has not had time to determine Parker’s replacement and would not say if it would be an internal or external hire.
“I really haven’t thought that much about that either,” he said. “Pretty much all that stuff’s on the docket for after New Year’s.”
Is there anything he can talk about?
The following is a Press Release from Kirk Ferentz, University of Iowa Head Football Coach:
“I wanted to thank Paul Davis for all his positive support in past, his intelligent insight (not to be confused with the Insight Bowl), and his charming wit. I have decided to reward him by sending him 3 lumps of coal for Christmas.”
Paul;
You make some points, however, none that I agree with, nor endores.
The bottom line is this just sport, about games, not life and death. Your point on government and war is weak and insulting to those that serve our country, both in politics and military.
Sport is suppose to be entertainment for the players, coaches, and fans. Yes, sport is more fun when you win, but in most cases you learn more about yourself and life from the losses.
“Little Mary Sunshine” and his/her “snarky jabs” about this subject have ended. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and more importantly, a happy and joyful day for every day you wake up.
Tom, I fail to see the reason for your hostility or your sarcasm, unless you are one of those guys who believed that criticizing the government when they invaded Iraq was treason because you did not agree with the criticism.
Ferentz does not care what I think, and why should he? However, I am an Iowa alum and I will maintain a lively interest in my school and in its welfare, which includes its image. That does NOT mean that I automatically endorse everything that it, it’s coaches, or its administrative personnel tell me, or that I will stop thinking for myself. That’s even if it makes anyone there uncomfortable, and I cannot imagine anything I have to say that would do that. You want to be Little Mary Sunshine, go right ahead, but spare me the snarky jabs.
Ahhhhh yes the little Mary Sunshine and I am a concerned alum bit. Yes, absolutely you are right, that’s what you are. Now with that said, the government did what they thought they had too, neither you nor any of us had enuff, nor needed to have enuff info to make those calls.
That’s the rallying cry of the critic, always and forever. We’d be waaayyyyy better off if the government stayed out of my way, and I knew less about what they were doing.
The critic is necessary, but more often detrimental than helpful in today’s gross media age..
Anything else Paul
Chad
In fact, Chad, yes.
When citizens do not question government and what they do, we are on a long slide into slavery of a kind. I spent 23 years in an organization that makes its oath to the Constitution, not to any one person.
If you can match that and criticize my right to make my statements as good manners and good sense dictate (You’ll notice I have refrained from calling you any names) then I will listen to you. Until then, you sound like one more apologist for whoever is in power. Thanks, I’ll stick to my “critic” and “concerned alum” positions. I have no desire to be a slave of the mind.
Actually Paul you now “labeled” two of us……as I said the critic has his place, but critique and critic are two different words and you are the latter not the former.
Critique is what I do every day in the mirror and on staff when I am trying to improve myself and my department. By the by hanging out on the message boards and loudly proclaiming that which YOU think is wrong doesn’t mean its right (it isn’t by the way) and it also isn’t terribly helpful. See Paul you can’t “constitution” or “prose” me into thinking you are some shinning beacon of the resistance.
You actually (as do so many) haven’t a clue who or what I stand for. We home school and I’m pretty anti-Government, don’t tell me what to do period. But more than that I don’t like the loud, hide behind a computer screen; never put himself out on an island critic!!
And I don’t like the Hero identity of the media and their theory that “the people” need to know. See Paul, it is you who are the slave. You are a slave to the thought that by God I have a right to stand up and tell people what I don’t like. You are a slave to the people who trick and convince themselves that somehow they are fighting the good fight and giving power to the people.
Paul, the people have no power, left to their own devices we are just criminals and murders and selfish liars. Once you begin to turn your life over to the fact that self is not important, but rather the bigger picture of life, THEN you begin to make good decisions and all this other crap just doesn’t matter.
And then you can take a sabbatical and come to these message boards and tell us all how to think, like we both already are……..:-) see how that works….LOL
Chad