Bothers me the most
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I assume that he interviewed with the Pelicans and Orlando just to get as much from the Bulls from as he could. Basically, if the Bulls knew they had him, than why not pay him as little as possible because he's not going anywhere else. Hoiberg was just keeping them honest. This is just my opinion. I don't think he wanted to 'get the hell out of here.'
What bothers me the most is the way we heard about all of this and how long it took. I am not sure how I could have expected different in this day and age. I knew Fred was going to go the NBA at some point, I guess I just expected it to be a cleaner and more transparent break instead of this cloak and dagger method he has put us through. I am starting to think this was starting to go down last season and may be one of the reasons our players were quitting on him.
Seriously ... the Chicago Bulls ... of the NBA ... just called you up and said I want you to coach this team and you think that most rationale people would not be hard pressed to strongly consider that opportunity?
Iowa State is a great place, but it is NOT a top 20 collegiate destination.
Take off the rose-colored glasses for a moment.
I'm sure many of us including the Hoiberg's could have envisioned him in Ames Iowa for life and still consider it a chance of a lifetime but when life brings opportunities you have to consider them. Especially if that opportunity is a lifetime goal of yours.
He's not leaving I-State for Nebraska or K-State or Iowa ... he's leaving it for the NBA. For the Chicago Bulls, a pre-eminent franchise of that league.
I don't see how anyone could blame Sanderson for leaving. Even while wrestling is dying all around the country, Penn State built a state of the art wrestling facility. He uses it to train wrestlers for international competition also. I don't think Lied had the same appeal, and JP was not going to spend millions on wrestling.
I almost did that at Hilton Madness but was too much of a tightwad. I feel for you. Wonder what they do with the ones still in the store, send them to disadvantaged people somewhere?
When I was at ISU, my time there wasn't an employment or guarantee of future employment as long as I wanted.
Harold Nichols had built ISU into the most powerful wrestling program in the country, how do you fire an icon like that when he wants to continue to run the program? You don't, it was just bad timing with Gable. In Cael we had another ISU icon in place but lost him.
Clone fan brothers...do not go full Cleveland Cavs fans dumb here, we don't want to look like those idiots did burning LBJ jerseys and even their owner acting like a complete fool. There's a good chance Fred is right back on the market in a few years and who knows if he'd like to coach again.
Be like Naz Long, not Cavs fans.
Be like Naz Long, not Cavs fans.
Have you thought about whether he was contacted by the Magic and Pelicans and he just said he would listen to what they have to say? I don't think anyone said he contacted them about the job. If someone cantacted me about a job I'd probably at least listen.
I guess I'm in the minority but the interviewing thing doesn't bother me at all. Presumably any agent would encourage their client to interview for any NBA job even if (and perhaps specifically if) it were another NBA job they wanted.
I love Ames and ISU too but my best career moves weren't there either. The only loyalty in this world is to perform the job in which you are hired, and for the employer to pay you for such work. That's just the professional world.
