Without Jim Walden we wouldn't have had these little gems in the 80's.
(Bartles and James, kids)
I have a picture of this framed in my basement.
McCarney, Walden, Majors Recognition - Outstanding
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I have a picture of this framed in my basement.
Not surprising that you would slither in to trash Walden. Despite being "lazy", somehow Walden had a winning season in his third year and beat several rated teams along the way, all with a reduced-scholarship team coming off of probation, and practicing on grass fields that doubled as parking lots on game day. Switzer routinely made ISU's facilities during that era the butt of his jokes.
Perhaps if Walden would have had the benefit of an AD who racked up a bunch of debt building facilities (to the point of facilitating the need to cut sports half a decade later), it might have gone differently for him.
Don’t be so fast on dismissing a welcome back (for some reason) for Chiz.
Eustachy was canned for some obvious issues but there was video of him a few years back shown on the Hilton scoreboard and he was emotional and thankful for his time here. I can’t remember off hand what the reason behind it was for.
Eustachy was canned for some obvious issues but there was video of him a few years back shown on the Hilton scoreboard and he was emotional and thankful for his time here. I can’t remember off hand what the reason behind it was for.
I was able to get Mac to take a photo with my daughter on the way out during halftime. Bill must have been thirsty since he was really trying to get him moving. I was really appreciative of him taking a minute to do it considering that his last game was the day my daughter was born. And also the last home game I missed.
Ha ha. I knew you would respond
And when Walden finally accumulated his "own" players, (you know, with bigger squad numbers), his record got worse. Oh and then the off the field issues with his players. Oh and also his famous presser where he complained that people took football too seriously here...
Not gonna argue with your silliness. I know that your paradigm requires you to present Walden in the worst possible light whenever an opportunity presents itself, and that's what you will do...
The pissing match CF didn't know it needed
Then you have a cool basement, even if it does smell funny.
I appreciate what Majors did but he left when he got a better offer. I think Mac got the reception he did because he did everything he could and had some great accomplishments but then lost his job. Also doesn't hurt that he was here more recently.
Hopefully they spell his name right in the flyers and pamphlets that weekend.
Wrong. Walden has worse facilities than Valley high school has now. I was in the old Olson building locker rooms and they were horrible. I also had been in Nebraska’s at the same time. Walden has no chance to win. Mac started horrible but the facilities at least started to improve. Walden was not the best coach but Iowa state football was never above ground to be ran into the ground.
Johnny Majors' success is one of the main reasons we still have football.
One of the things he did was to put 1st stringers with special plays on special teams and then charge the special teams with getting one or two touchdowns per game with the leverage generated as most teams were putting 3rd/4th+ stringers on special teams.
When Walden was introduced, two guys in our section went absolutely ballistic on him. Yelling at him to go to hell, he's the worst coach Iowa State ever had and something about Walden burning records.
It was...something to witness. They kept yelling at Walden even after the ovation for McCarney had finished.
It was...something to witness. They kept yelling at Walden even after the ovation for McCarney had finished.
They literally changed NCAA rules about how many scholarships you could give out in a single year because of the mess that Walden walked into. Couple that with the resources provided and nobody had a shot in that environment. Same budget the day he got fired as the day he was hired.
I remember after he lost to UNI in '92, he said something to the effect of 'Of course they beat me, they have better players and better resources'.
Great guy. Just didn't work. I don't think there's any need to bury him 25 years later.
I remember after he lost to UNI in '92, he said something to the effect of 'Of course they beat me, they have better players and better resources'.
Great guy. Just didn't work. I don't think there's any need to bury him 25 years later.
Oh, man...I LOVED those commercials. I had one of the full sized posters in my office for a while...Without Jim Walden we wouldn't have had these little gems in the 80's.
(Bartles and James, kids)
Mac used to light up Walden when speaking about his hire. Mac did not care for him while at ISU.
My dad said he was the worst coach in ISU history but even he clapped for the guy. That’s uncalled for
Glad to have them back. Wish someone in the local media would have got an interview with them.
You mean practicing in a parking lot and road ditch was not common in the 90s.
