Those that want Rhoads fired (at the end of the season)...
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The last question in the coaching interview should be:
What are your long term career plans?
If the guy says "I want to retire at ISU", then send him packing.
If he says "I want to move on to an elite powerhouse program", then put him in the serious contenders pool of CVs
What are your long term career plans?
If the guy says "I want to retire at ISU", then send him packing.
If he says "I want to move on to an elite powerhouse program", then put him in the serious contenders pool of CVs
Greg Schiano.
Won at Rutgers. HC at the highest level. Available candidate thats probably looking to get back in the Power 5, but not many of the bigger programs would consider him.
Won at Rutgers. HC at the highest level. Available candidate thats probably looking to get back in the Power 5, but not many of the bigger programs would consider him.
I say Rhoads won't last the whole season if he loses to KU he needs to be gone right away. I would say get a guy with smaller town routes but big time coaching and recruiting capabilities. We need to regain our footing into Texas! I like the DC for Utah! He is energenetic and explosive with his guys! Other than that go SEC assistants
Besides the losing, what would keep an up and coming coach from wanting to come to ISU? In the past it was the following:
-Poor facilities - which has since been corrected. We are on par with the rest of the Big 12 now
-Mediocre fan support - ISU fans are the best in the country if we continue to put up with crap coaching and underwhelming performance yet we still fill JTS...even after expanding our capacity. KU won't be a sellout but if it is decent weather, there will be more than 50,000 fans yet again.
-Poor university support for football - I don't think Iowa State University has ever put near the amount of resources into the football (and basketball) team as they are today. In the early 2000's when we had top 10 teams in both sports but the university and AD did nothing to sustain it. Now, we have an AD and university president that have an idea on how to spot success and give the resources to sustain it.
I really think we can get an up and coming coach to come here. He would have everything he want except a winning program but that can be corrected with the right coach. If KSU can turn their program into a winner not once but twice, why not ISU? I love CPR but he has lost his mojo. ISU football needs a clean slate.
-Poor facilities - which has since been corrected. We are on par with the rest of the Big 12 now
-Mediocre fan support - ISU fans are the best in the country if we continue to put up with crap coaching and underwhelming performance yet we still fill JTS...even after expanding our capacity. KU won't be a sellout but if it is decent weather, there will be more than 50,000 fans yet again.
-Poor university support for football - I don't think Iowa State University has ever put near the amount of resources into the football (and basketball) team as they are today. In the early 2000's when we had top 10 teams in both sports but the university and AD did nothing to sustain it. Now, we have an AD and university president that have an idea on how to spot success and give the resources to sustain it.
I really think we can get an up and coming coach to come here. He would have everything he want except a winning program but that can be corrected with the right coach. If KSU can turn their program into a winner not once but twice, why not ISU? I love CPR but he has lost his mojo. ISU football needs a clean slate.
If JP hires another defensive coach he should be shown the door, we NEED an offensive HC. A decade of Chizik, CPR and the worst offense in the country is too much. He needs to find a guy who can find a QB to run their system or that can develop a QB.
I agree because if we aren't winning at least have an offensive identity and play an exciting brand of football.
Some of you are blind if you can't see that ISU is a better job now than even when CPR took over and drastically better job than when Mac took over.
I can say this because I was an Iowa fan growing up...my first ISU game as a freshman in 1997 as I tried to embrace "new team" the place looked like a joke. It was half empty and even if it was full it would have looked small time.
Our home games against UNI and Iowa this year...it's a completely different environment now that looked closer to an NFL game than ISU football of '97...an environment half of P5 schools do not have, that's P5, not FBS. We should be able to recruit significantly better now than we did 10-20 years ago. Just because the current staff isn't taking advantage of MASSIVE upgrades to the facilities and gameday experience doesn't mean other coaches won't or can't.
I can say this because I was an Iowa fan growing up...my first ISU game as a freshman in 1997 as I tried to embrace "new team" the place looked like a joke. It was half empty and even if it was full it would have looked small time.
Our home games against UNI and Iowa this year...it's a completely different environment now that looked closer to an NFL game than ISU football of '97...an environment half of P5 schools do not have, that's P5, not FBS. We should be able to recruit significantly better now than we did 10-20 years ago. Just because the current staff isn't taking advantage of MASSIVE upgrades to the facilities and gameday experience doesn't mean other coaches won't or can't.
I think it is time to change (at end of season, unless we lose to Kansas again). The job is way better now than it was when we hired CPR. Better support and facilities. Is sad to me because Paul played a big roll in getting those things and won't be able to reap the benefits long term.
