Does Pollard Belong On "CyRushmore"? Hell No*

I get the point of the article, but I think it was an odd way to present it. Whether he deserves some other honor or not is irrelevant. Last time I checked, Washington was on Mount Rushmore, even though he has a “better” monument on the national wall. Perhaps it would be good to go back to the intention for Mount Rushmore, namely, to present oversized people who will make future generations interested in why they were commemorated. I certainly think Pollard fits that … and more.

The OP presented a dichotomy that isn’t necessary. Let’s just give Pollard his due in whatever ways we can.
It’s not that deep…the point is that pollard has been so important that his honor should standalone not be “squished” amongst others.
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Does Pollard Belong On "CyRushmore"? Hell No*

I get the point of the article, but I think it was an odd way to present it. Whether he deserves some other honor or not is irrelevant. Last time I checked, Washington was on Mount Rushmore, even though he has a “better” monument on the national wall. Perhaps it would be good to go back to the intention for Mount Rushmore, namely, to present oversized people who will make future generations interested in why they were commemorated. I certainly think Pollard fits that … and more.

The OP presented a dichotomy that isn’t necessary. Let’s just give Pollard his due in whatever ways we can.
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Does Pollard Belong On "CyRushmore"? Hell No*

I do apologize for maybe it not being as polished as I would have written 20 years ago on here, but it took half of Friday to write on my current meds. That’s why I was gone for the past month. Hoping to find something different.

But ultimately I wanted to say that what I’ve always felt - a person and their contributions are far more than a few words here or a topic there. I’m 44, I can tell you the last 22 years have been a hell of a lot more fun than the first 22 years (we’re limiting our discussion to ISU here, lol)
I’m 41 and couldn’t agree more.

The 90s had some great memories and flashes of brilliance.

But Jamie has built a rock solid foundation that outshines any prior accomplishments in sports in ISU history. The easiest way to see this is through the Chizik and Prohm periods. I have no doubt: in prior eras, those hires/fires would’ve led to at least a decade (probably more) of complete devastation for those sports. Jamie was miraculously able to work through those 2 ‘mistakes’ and keep moving forward without skipping a beat.

Pollard announces his retirement

The Pollard haters are having a field day on Socials with this. The haters lack of anything resembling common sense is insane. The people that believe Pollard could have done anything to keep Campbell here are insane. The people that think its Pollards fault we are not keeping up with the money at TT and others is ridiculous, if anything Pollard has done more with less and made it work when others could not.

I havent read all of this thread today, been too busy, but woof there are some real idiots out there with some of their takes on Pollard. Some even believe he was going to be fired if he didnt retire. Seriously that one is one of the dumbest takes out there.
Fired? Whoa thats a take.

Does Pollard Belong On "CyRushmore"? Hell No*

It was well written, there are people around here with low reading comprehension skills.

Irony is best understood when delivered orally with facial and intonation clues. No need to insult people when they take a text literally.

For instance, a "Correct me if I'm wrong" opener would have signaled that the reader's personal interpretation should come into play. The "Hell no" signaled that an irate diatribe was probably forthcoming, since that particular expression isn't usually meant as praise.

In the larger context, Pollard has not often been on the receiving end of lots of praise, especially on this forum. So, again, no need to insult people who took the opening literally and then maybe decided not to finish the piece.

Yes, the piece is well written and well developed. It is a wonderful tribute to a deserving individual. It is good and right to praise Caesar, rather than to bury him.

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