KCRG-Gazette webcast -- No improvement

So, what's broken?

You've heard Ricky Stanzi preach it. Offensive coordinator Ken O'Keefe referenced it on media day.

That whole improvement thing they constantly talk about hasn't happened, or it stopped happening on Oct. 30 against Michigan State. Improvement didn't happen, not by micro (special teams) or macro (wins and losses) measure.

Why don't teams improve?

Three theories: 1) Players aren't being taught the right things to help them improve or 2) players aren't listening or 3) they don't have the talent/skill sets to carry out what they're being taught to improve on and the coaches keep teaching them the same thing or don't hit on the right thing to teach them.

Those are just theories. I'm not at practice. I'm working with incomplete information. I would say that injuries have left a heavy mark on this team, beginning with Adam Robinson, Jeff Tarpinian and Tyler Nielsen. There are others. Injuries have factored, but most major players were in the game for yesterday's 27-24 loss at 2-9 Minnesota.

Iowa is a program that doesn't say much, looks inward and puts a great emphasis on improvement.

The lack of improvement is teaching, listening and doing what you're taught. It's a dirty sweatsock sandwich that everyone gets a bite of.