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We are missing that attitude factor. We saw it at UT game and parts of the Tulsa game. George, Knott, Wash, Wimberly and Woody and Irving have the right attitude. Waiting for many others to get more attitude before we win.
Jesus, just quit.
You are wrong AGAIN and you got called on it AGAIN and now you try to spin it into a bash on the ad/coach AGAIN.
So much for always being positive. Took less than an hour. Just can't help yourself
I am truly shocked, that you would take Pollard's words out of a context...... Not.
That is a much cleaner explanation than anything I could muster, so I do thank you!
At the same time you cannot be out there telling me the Honda Civic you are selling is gonna turn into a Lexus or a Tesla. If you believe that you will be in for a huge disappointment.
Nothing wrong with expectations, as long as you can accept the pain that unreasonable expectations are going to bring.
I get where Pollard is coming from on this, if he is out there saying the program should win 9 or 10 on a consistent basis HCPR should have been axed after last year.
Like it or not sometimes people need to get a reality check. And the reality its Ames Iowa, not Ames Texas, not Ames California, not Ames Florida. Its the northern most school in a conference that has 6 of its 10 members located in or on the border of the largest high school football factory in the country. It has no true rival within its conference. The closest major conference schools are 3 Big Ten schools sitting to its West, East and North.
It plays in a state with a small population, and limited division 1 talent which it shares with a Big Ten affiliated university that has had moderate success over the year. Look on a map, I would bet that aside from WV, Iowa State is the only school in the nation where we do not have a conference affiliated school on the border of our state. (Talking major conferences ) How F'd up is that? I mean you trying to go into these states to recruiting knowing if they come to ISU they will never play against schools they are familiar with.
It hot and humid in the summer, its cold snowy and windy in the winter. And lately it seems to flood every other year
So tell me again what kind of advantages ISU has so it can consistently win 9 games a season year in and year out? I am all ears. Because 85% of the programs in the country do not win 9 games a year, year in and year out.
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I feel Gwad's pain, but not his outlook. I'm 54 years old and have been following ISU football since I saw Luther Blue return a kickoff for a TD against Kansas State when I was 11 years old. Johnny Majors and Clyde Williams Stadium days. That said, I came into this year expecting 3 - 5 wins with hope against hope we could get to six and go bowling again. We have not done as well as I had figured and I was shocked at the UNI and Baylor games.
Given that, I still think we're looking at a damned good team in 2014 and even better in 2015. That's assuming Rhoads doesn't lose these kids through this. I just believe that a lot of things conspired against our success including realingment scares, lack of facilities, etc... but have an undying faith and optimism that things will get better - and soon. I will be surprised if we don't get three wins out of this season. Even as big of a trainwreck as it is, that would still hit the bottom end of my expectations and given the injuries...
I loved the David and Goliath post somebody made in one of the multitude of threads diagnosing our problems. I am awaiting the day when I can be inspired. I believe it will happen, happen soon, and that Rhoads is the guy that will do a good job of maintaining it.
He's taken a big and calculated gamble with his recruiting approach. We'll see if my faith has been misplaced.
Given that, I still think we're looking at a damned good team in 2014 and even better in 2015. That's assuming Rhoads doesn't lose these kids through this. I just believe that a lot of things conspired against our success including realingment scares, lack of facilities, etc... but have an undying faith and optimism that things will get better - and soon. I will be surprised if we don't get three wins out of this season. Even as big of a trainwreck as it is, that would still hit the bottom end of my expectations and given the injuries...
I loved the David and Goliath post somebody made in one of the multitude of threads diagnosing our problems. I am awaiting the day when I can be inspired. I believe it will happen, happen soon, and that Rhoads is the guy that will do a good job of maintaining it.
He's taken a big and calculated gamble with his recruiting approach. We'll see if my faith has been misplaced.
This is a great point. Most on this board pooh-poohed Mizzou and Nebraska leaving the Big 12, saying "don't let the door hit ya," blah, blah blah. The reality is that it has hurt us. I have always said recruiting to ISU is not easy, and now the isolation of our school relative to other conference members make it even harder.
