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None of these specific losses “hurt”. Stop saying that.

The correct assumption has always been they are ALL gone, so the hurt has already happened.

And… this is ok. It’s all ok. We are moving on and it’s ok if players do too.
Wise advice. It can be especially hard to do with the guys you have seen grow up within the program. But I will view any returning players as a bonus.

Like somebody said - “ Moberly vs the world.”
 
Jeezus ****. Can't CMC find anyone else to recruit??? It's not like these are lights or recruits. They're 3* solid players that will need to be developed. For ***** sake, he's at a goddamn blue ish blood!!!!
Well, we shall see just how well his strategy works or doesnt in about 3 years. Hope he fails miserably with our recruits.
 
Maybe this will be like Tim Floyd's 2nd year. Everybody graduated and he brought in a bunch of jucos/transfers. Had no idea who was on the team. Picked last in the Big 8 and the team kicked ass, won the conference tournament. TJ's 1st year also but he was able to keep top recruit Hunter. Of course easier with basketball I assume but let's keep it positive. We may have a bunch of Alabama/Ohio State transfers coming our way first week of January.
 
Maybe this will be like Tim Floyd's 2nd year. Everybody graduated and he brought in a bunch of jucos/transfers. Had no idea who was on the team. Picked last in the Big 8 and the team kicked ass, won the conference tournament. TJ's 1st year also but he was able to keep top recruit Hunter. Of course easier with basketball I assume but let's keep it positive. We may have a bunch of Alabama/Ohio State transfers coming our way first week of January.
Alabama is still going to be playing, but Indiana transfers would be nice! :)
 
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I think everyone just needs to support the basketball teams over the next few months and worry about football in August.
Loyalty in college sports is dead. Buy jerseys that say Iowa State and support the players that want to be here in the fall.
 
It's like some of you have never seen a coaching change before...
We’re getting fleeced like a G5 or FCS school. It’s tough for a loyal, grass-roots fanbase to witness a decade’s worth of culture that had finally established consistent success on the field be so heartlessly deconstructed. To make matters worse, there’s no loyalty to Iowa State from the team. They say they love us- really? Buy my NIL swag. Attend my camp. Nevermind. See ya! It’s a one-way street.

Haven’t we suffered enough? Spare me lectures about how we haven’t donated like we need to. Iowa State doesn’t have an army of doctors & lawyers or an oil tycoon in our corner- because that’s what it takes.
 
If you follow the players on social media there are at least a couple (I saw Cummings-Coleman and Daniel Jackson) posting their tape. I assume that means they haven’t been invited to Happy Valley but still chose (or were asked) to leave ISU.
Jackson still has eligibility?
 
We’re getting fleeced like a G5 or FCS school. It’s tough for a loyal, grass-roots fanbase to witness a decade’s worth of culture that had finally established consistent success on the field be so heartlessly deconstructed. To make matters worse, there’s no loyalty to Iowa State from the team. They say they love us- really? Buy my NIL swag. Attend my camp. Nevermind. See ya! It’s a one-way street.

Haven’t we suffered enough? Spare me lectures about how we haven’t donated like we need to. Iowa State doesn’t have an army of doctors & lawyers or an oil tycoon in our corner- because that’s what it takes.

The "culture" was science fiction and talk, what's happening now is proof of that.
 
We’re getting fleeced like a G5 or FCS school. It’s tough for a loyal, grass-roots fanbase to witness a decade’s worth of culture that had finally established consistent success on the field be so heartlessly deconstructed. To make matters worse, there’s no loyalty to Iowa State from the team. They say they love us- really? Buy my NIL swag. Attend my camp. Nevermind. See ya! It’s a one-way street.

Haven’t we suffered enough? Spare me lectures about how we haven’t donated like we need to. Iowa State doesn’t have an army of doctors & lawyers or an oil tycoon in our corner- because that’s what it takes.
It's your fault you fell for coach speak.

There's nothing about Iowa State or any other place that makes it immune to this. This is a business and you'll feel so much better if you just realize you're cheering for your favorite laundry and that these 'kids' are just like anyone else and will jump to whatever place offers them the best deal.

I'm not telling anyone what to do with their money but you'll feel a whole lot better about what you're doing with your dollar if you're not using it to pay 20 year olds to play on top of getting benefits that no other students get.
 
The "culture" was science fiction and talk, what's happening now is proof of that.

a super refreshingly honest coaches and players would be the only thing that can salvage CFB for me at this point. “We’re here to get that money, probably gonna leave for a bigger job as soon as I get hot/trying to pad my stats to get Big 10/SEC schools to look at me.”
 
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a super refreshingly honest coaches and players would be the only thing that can salvage CFB for me at this point. “We’re here to get that money, probably gonna leave for a bigger job as soon as I get hot/trying to pad my stats to get Big 10/SEC schools to look at me.”
**** that, I just want to be lied to, tell me sweet little lies baby. Natty inbound, firmly entrenched, all of it.
 
**** that, I just want to be lied to, tell me sweet little lies baby. Natty inbound, firmly entrenched, all of it.

Can we at least get a “The Decision” style program where CW hosts Rocco Becht and he tells us how special Iowa State is for 29:50 and then puts on a hat that says “Transferring” right before the credits roll?
 
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Can we at least get a “The Decision” style program where CW hosts Rocco Becht and he tells us how special Iowa State is for 29:50 and then puts on a hat that says “Transferring” right before the credits roll?
I mean, we're getting a variation of this on the regular anyway.