Zombies in Iowa

The University of Iowa says 12 football players have been hospitalized for symptoms likely related to offseason workouts.  Tuesday's announcement that a dozen players had been hospitalized was just the latest bad news to hit the program that just wrapped a disappointing 8-5 season.Senior wide receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos was suspended for the Hawkeyes' Insight Bowl win over Missouri after an arrest on drug charges. Johnson-Koulianos pleaded guilty to marijuana possession while other drug charges against him were dismissed.

Running back Adam Robinson was dismissed from the team after being arrested for possession of marijuana in his hometown of Des Moines while on suspension for violating team rules.  Several players wrote on their Facebook pages that the workouts involved intense weightlifting. Freshman linebacker Jim Poggi wrote Saturday that he had done 100 squats and pushed a sled 100 yards.  He said he was having trouble walking. His uncle, Bo Poggi, said his nephew remained hospitalized Wednesday and he had not heard an official explanation of the illness."All of us are extremely concerned," Poggi said.

"We're hoping for the best and this is a temporary situation and he'll make a full recovery. And then we'll get to the next steps on how this happened, why it happened."Another player, freshman defensive lineman Carl Davis of Detroit, wrote Sunday that he couldn't walk or feel his arms after performing 100 squats and 100 bench presses, and had "a whole weekend of soreness." A third, freshman defensive back Tanner Miller of Kalona, Iowa, wrote on Tuesday that he had a "night in the hospital .couldn't be a worse day." http://www.kcci.com/r/26613508/detail.html

So my question is who do we throw the blame on? I believe its this man:

Having players do those types of workouts in the off season is absolutely disgusting.  I used to be an athlete played college baseball and I will admit that off season workouts were never fun but to physically put your players in the hospital is absolutely in moral Great Job Kirk you sure one hell of a coach.   

Maybe they should take examples from Dawn of the Dead on good ol Kirk Ferentz