I am assuming the coaching search started when Matt negotiated his buyout to be lowered significantly. JP had to know there were signs then.
They have a good work around next year. They won't have to beat any Top 10 teams. Best team they play is Michigan. No Oho State, Oregon, or Indiana on the schedule. If they go 9-3 next year the Matt Campbell honeymoon at Penn State will be quickly over.
If they go 9-3 it means they've lost to a couple undesirables not great with an arrogant fanbase.
And a big pile of that came from within CF
I'm now looking at this whole CMC thing differently. I bought into the CMC "I love developing players", "the absolute best fans in the nation", "building something special". What I didn't expect was his own "character assassination" (strong words, but in the end he killed his own character). In the end, it really was all about winning and money. There's the whole closer to family thing, but let's be serious: his work hours will still be the same and that's a bigger obstacle to overcome than the hours to where he grew up. And, let's face it: 2.5 hours by car or 2.5 hours by plane ... too close to be the reason.
All this aside, I place the blame of my frustration all on myself for buying into coach speak. Which brings me to my final point: Rogers, being the quiet type, I don't have to listen to as much.
I don't get the hate that a lot of people are giving Matt for leaving for PSU. He owes ISU nothing. He rebuilt us into a respectable program and left it in a better place. I know many feel betrayed because of the mass exodus but there is the other end of the process yet to happen.
He's lost 90% of our returning players. I'm not going to say he's going to be a failure, but you can't say that this is looking like a home run hire.
Many thought the Chiz was a home run hire. Many thought Kevin Jackson was the home run hire. Let the process play out and it'll make sweet sweet love to you back.
Many thought TJ was not a good hire…….
I get it. It feels like it was a quick hire, and part of the reason is what done so quickly was to prevent a max exodus. If you still end up having the max exodus, i think it’s fair to ask whether it would have been better to take a little longer.
He doesn’t, but then Iowa State fans don’t really owe him anything either.
Finally a reasonable response. Matt took over one of the worst programs in CFB and made us relevant for 10 years. Since 1920, we had 20 coaches. One of them had a winning record. The players leaving now came to ISU, in many cases, because of him. They know nothing about Jimmy and have a chance for a do over. And the ones being hated on are the guy who is our winningest coach who was loyal for 10 years and the players?
Totally. CW and Blum both said on last weeks pod that they believed there's a world Jimmy and Co could've kept Rocco and Rocco might've stayed for less, but do you really want to blow 25% of your budget on a QB who doesn't fit your scheme and is leaving next year anyway, or can you spend that money better filling out the rest of the roster
Let me be clear. I don't 'hate' anyone. I'm just stating a fact that for all his speak, he left for the things he never spoke about. And, if you read my post, I blame myself for being so gullible.
