Didn't Bill say early in the seasons that he handed off responsibility for coaching the defense to his assistants? He was going hands off with it this year and letting them coach?
Bill Fennelly
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I’m not opposed to Bill staying to see the seniors off, but I want a new coach afterwards, not just giving the job to Billy. If that’s the plan, then Bill might as well stay and ride the bus down the hill, because IMO nothing will change if Billy is the new coach
LOL no way in hell JP is handing the keys to Billy. That ship has sailed.
That's a testament to how good of a player she is. Just imagine if we could actually use her efficiently.
I feel a little better about JP making the next hire, and not having it be Billy, after seeing how the Jimmy F'n Rogers hire went down.
I seem to recall you being one of those who shouted people down who were pointing out the very things that could (and did) cause this program to struggle down the stretch, telling them to just enjoy the wins against poor competition.
You can't have it both ways. You can't come after people for having criticism after wins and criticize them if they only share their criticism after losses. You just don't want to hear anything but positive comments regardless of how things are going.
At one point in time I think he would have. He’s already set the precedent with TJ and JFR that he wants head coaching experience- if he went back on that just to make Bill and Billy happy, there will be a pretty significant backlash to that decision
Shouldn't we see growth from her freshman year to her junior year. I understand her injury affected her numbers this year, but it is hard to say this group of players have improved significantly over the last two years. After Audi, Addy, and AJ's freshman season we all expected this group to grow and do remarkable things. It just hasn't happened to this point. I feel bad for them.
They don't really have much to work out. The money is the same whether:
- They come to an agreement for him to retire at the end of March 2027 with full bonus payment
- ISU lets him go in March 2027 against his will, and he contractually receives his full bonus payment
- ISU waits until his contract expires at the end of June 2027, and he contractually receives his full bonus payment
The only difference is whether he "retires", he is "let go", or he is "not renewed". I assume everyone involved here wants this to end with a retirement.
Haha I didn't realize my take was so bad. I want BF gone but would love to retain most of the players that see minutes. Thought maybe Billy might be able to change some things. I don't feel that strongly about him being a quality head coach though.
Also, eww Tom Manning
Jack Easley (sp?) went to Oklahoma State. If I remember correctly he was the associate head coach when he left.
Edit: didn't seem him mentioned until a few pages later.
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There is 0.0% reason to keep Bill Fennelly, period... Allow him to retire with grace after March Madness and have Jamie hire the replacement THIS OFFSEASON.
Anyone who says we should see let Bill coach the team one more year with the soon to be seniors... What in the past two years leads you to believe that a third year is going to be different? At least give the new coach a chance to have a decent foundation to re-recruit with a more structure.
Both the NDSU and SDSU coaches should be high on the list. NDSU coach would likely bring the summit league player of the year with him and the SDSU coach has been outright DOMINANT in the conference, including two NCAA wins in 2023 and 2025.
Anyone who says we should see let Bill coach the team one more year with the soon to be seniors... What in the past two years leads you to believe that a third year is going to be different? At least give the new coach a chance to have a decent foundation to re-recruit with a more structure.
Both the NDSU and SDSU coaches should be high on the list. NDSU coach would likely bring the summit league player of the year with him and the SDSU coach has been outright DOMINANT in the conference, including two NCAA wins in 2023 and 2025.
Per this very site, she has at least this many offers….
The 5-foot-10 prospect chose Iowa State over offers from Drake, Butler, Belmont, DePaul, Marquette, Bradley, Eastern Illinois, South Dakota, Utah State, Cleveland State and Fairfield.
So yes, I would assume she probably has 14 15 16 offers from various programs
Easy fir internet fans to say let Bill go now, but not so easy for the AD. 30 year head coach at ISU, winningest ISU head coach, winningest Big 12 head coach, currently top 15 in all time wins, I think currently 3rd active in wins. Easy for us to say let him go, doing that in reality is a bit more difficult.
Johnston has been successful for a VERY long time at SDSU. You'd think he's already had plenty of chances to move up. I suspect he's an SDSU lifer.
I don't know much about Collins at NDSU, but he's certainly done a good job there.
Women’s basketball is by far our biggest “money loser” among all sports.
It loses over $4 mil every year. Last year it lost $4.5 million.
Average record of 20-12 over the last 15 years. Take out Poppens' senior year (24-9), Carleton's senior year (26-9), & Joens' true senior year (28-7) that average drops to 19-13 over 12 years.
