Coach Rogers Introductory Press Conference

[harimad]

What happens if they don’t hit their goal?

Then they’re going hungry I guess. All cutting all the time.

 

[12191987]

They only get whatever they fundraise is my understanding, but I'd love for someone more in the know to clarify.

What if they raise $2M? All the excess goes into the general fund and paid out primarily to football and mbb?

 

[BryceC]

Agreed. We are going to have to get the horses to play a 4-man front. It may sound promising to many, but won't be without the proper pieces. He may have addressed that a bit in disguising things. Will be interesting to see the roster, recruiting and results the next few years.

Yeah going to need some serious recruiting to happen in the front 7 to make that work at all.

 

[HighCyGuy]

What if they raise $2M? All the excess goes into the general fund and paid out primarily to football and mbb?

You'd like the think it would rollover for the program to the next year, but it quite possibly goes into the general fund. Maybe @Ryan Rohlk could clarify for us.

 

[BMWallace]

Interesting on the buyout being paid by coach. Is that common? So he's essentially giving up over a year of salary over the term of the deal?

That is super common, and usually the new school/team agrees to pay that buyout on the coach's behalf.

 

[bawbie]

I'm in my 14th year commenting here instead of working.

Newb

 

[mlendog]

That is super common, and usually the new school/team agrees to pay that buyout on the coach's behalf.

He's saying the opposite.
Penn State is paying ISU $2 Million which is what you're saying.
Pollard implied/unclear verbage that Rogers would be paying his $4Million Buyout with wazzu via his salary, rather than ISU paying another $4Million to Wazzu for Roger's buyout

Am I getting that right?

 

[ianoconnor]

Yea, how @mlendog explained it is how I understood Pollard's comment.

 

[SoDakCyFan]

I believe that’s his FIL also

Just to clear up Coach Stig is not his FIL

 

[isucy86]

"Somebody that WANTS to be here" has been said a couple times by JP lately.

Calculated words IMO.

Same thing he has said about every coaching hire. He's said that a million times about TJ. So I don't think that is a comment about Matt Campbell, but a statement about any new coach embracing the fact ISU needs to operate different than Big10 or SEC programs.

 

[isucy86]

He needs to give Wendy an Antonio Banderas style kiss and walk off stage

Don't give her a heart attack, she only has a few weeks left.

 

[BCClone]

Just to clear up Coach Stig is not his FIL

Ok. Thanks. Someone else had posted that earlier and I should have checked and just took it as truth. Thanks for the correction

 

[isucy86]

Not sure what I expected from all of this but a Tokyo Drift reference is a good start to winning me over...

Guess we know how he spent his late Saturday night. Doing figure 8's in the JT parking lots.

 

[isucy86]

FWIW, his attitude will NOT play well if he isn't successful.

No attitude works well if not successful. When Mac and PR teams were struggling, even being rah, rah happy rubbed fans the wrong way.

 

[isucy86]

Isn’t that going to be heavily influenced by who is hired for OC? I prefer for the HC with a defensive background to not decide how the offense is going to look. Hire the right guy and let them run their offense.

I am sure Rogers has a firm grip on what type of offense he wants to run, just like Campbell and Ferentz. So I would expect the new OC will be a guy who fits what Rogers wants.

I'd just look at his SDSU & WSU teams and looks like he wants an offense that is balanced run/pass. Seems like he like a QB that can run when needed. And in his presser sounds like he wants explosive plays out of his offense.

 

[Cyched]

Listening to Bill Seals on M&C podcast, another couple tidbits:

Beau Goodwin was committed to SDSU and Rogers before ISU flipped him.

After the players meeting yesterday there were players lining up wanting to have follow up/side conversations with him

 

[RagingCloner]

Listening to Bill Seals on M&C podcast, another couple tidbits:

Beau Goodwin was committed to SDSU and Rogers before ISU flipped him.

After the players meeting yesterday there were players lining up wanting to have follow up/side conversations with him

That cant be a bad sign at all

 

[Cyclonick182]

Guess we know how he spent his late Saturday night. Doing figure 8's in the JT parking lots.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Listening to Bill Seals on M&C podcast, another couple tidbits:

Beau Goodwin was committed to SDSU and Rogers before ISU flipped him.

After the players meeting yesterday there were players lining up wanting to have follow up/side conversations with him

He also mentioned in the press conference that he recruited Kooper Ebel but he lost him to us.

 

[isucy86]

Heacock started with a 4 man.

Changed it based on what would neutralize things and overall it was very successful if ran well like anything else.

He'll probably run with 4 at PSU if he's there.

Or a 3-4 defense. Heacock (or whoever the DC) will have the ability to recruit enough 4/5 star DL & LB's at Penn State that they can run any defense he want (3-3, 3-4 or 4-3).