Thank you to Mike Hlas for writing about this first and bringing it to the nation's attention.
We at BHGP have guessed, from time to time, that Kirk Ferentz's stock has dropped among Iowa fans. Yes, it seems like a safe guess, but that's what it is, a guess, and usually the closest we can get to realizing a consensus is the "anecdata" of people's comments here, or callers-in to Gary Dolphin's show, or random grousing from friends.
Rare is the opportunity to hear impromptu, consensus opinions from large, essentially random cross-sections of Iowans on a subject like this, which is why we so richly enjoy the fact that comedian Lewis Black stumbled into a great many audience members' opinions on Ferentz a couple weeks back.