Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz Apologizes for Rant About ‘Interrogation’ by Media

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz issued an apology on Wednesday to a columnist he ranted about throughout a Tuesday press convention.

The columnist, Doug Lesmerises of Cleveland.com, wrote a important article about Ferentz and the Hawkeyes’ offensive struggles after the group’s 54–10 loss to Ohio State on Saturday.

Ferentz referred to questioning by Lesmerises and different media members as an “interrogation.”

“I wished to take a second to apologize for my feedback in the course of the information convention yesterday,” Ferentz stated in an announcement, via Scott Dochterman of The Athletic. “I shouldn’t have been dismissive of certainly one of your colleagues — his questions have been truthful. I’ve a excessive respect for the work that you simply do, and I’m appreciative of the way you cowl our group. You ask powerful and pointed questions however achieve this with a excessive diploma of professionalism. I inform our gamers to take the excessive street and yesterday, I didn’t do the identical.”

Ferentz reiterated his apology whereas talking on his radio present Wednesday night time.

His apology comes after the Tuesday press convention, when he  ripped Lesmerises with a private slight.

“I complimented the blokes on Sunday simply because in the course of the questioning — and in some circumstances, interrogation on Saturday that I skilled — the one benefit of that, it dawned on me coming dwelling,” Ferentz stated on Tuesday, by way of 247 Sports activities. “‘As unhealthy as right now was, it may have been worse, as a result of I may have been that man.’ I may have been that man, had his job and needed to act like he did. So yeah, it could possibly be a helluva lot worse. Issues aren’t all unhealthy. However one factor I did on Sunday was simply praise our gamers, the best way they’ve dealt with it.”

The criticism comes from Iowa rating 128th nationally (amongst 131 FBS groups) in factors per recreation, one hundred and thirtieth in yards per play and final within the nation in yards per recreation. The Hawkeyes (3–4) play host to Northwestern (1-6) this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.

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