Hoiberg to Huskers
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I think we probably overstate the allure of playing for Fred that a kid might have. Sweet 16 when these kids were 12 and since lost a bunch of games with the Bulls.
I’ve thought about this and;
Fred can’t get transfers to Nebbie and he hasn’t been too successful attracting quality high school talent, maybe one or two guys! So he’ll prolly not have a lot of success! And I was a huge fan of his!
Fred can’t get transfers to Nebbie and he hasn’t been too successful attracting quality high school talent, maybe one or two guys! So he’ll prolly not have a lot of success! And I was a huge fan of his!
I guess I don’t get it. CFH has done a ton for Iowa State and we have a coach that just won his second conference tournament championship in 4 years. Nebraska will certainly raise their profile with Fred but the Iowa State program isn’t going to fall apart because CFH moves to Lincoln.
So that Fred can continue to recruit Foster and Lipsey without restrictions. Perhaps things have changed, but that used to be a benefit of waiting.
My opinion on Nebraska basketball probably won't change at all. I just think people that think Fred owes it to ISU to not accept a job and do what he wants to do in his career are childish as hell.
What’s not to get?
How did you feel about NU becoming a top-25 program and recruiting the same group of recruits before this? And that’s just the on-court implications. He’ll steal some attention and exposure as he sells his largely ISU brand under the guise of NU. Nothing good comes from Fred having success at NU.
Sure, the ISU program is not going to fall apart, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t an impact.
In what sense? Fred the person? Absolutely, he can do whatever. By all means.
Fred the ISU legend? Well, no, you generally can’t do whatever, namely you can’t compete against ISU, on court or otherwise. And most people only know Fred the legend.
Fred should lose The Mayor status anytime he wants. Now seems to be that time. That’s the only Fred that existed for most. I don’t pretend to actually “like” any current or former player or coach. I root for them, and like what they do, or have done, for ISU.
Watching this cluster **** of you people trying to tell each other what to think or feel is going to be entertaining.
And ISU fans owe Fred even less, sorry. It’s not personal.
He’s Nebraska’s coach now. That’s close enough to home that Cyclones should hope he isn’t successful, and he’s no longer The Mayor.
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Except for the fast track he received to his coaching career. He used his stature at ISU to skip years of working his way through the ranks, so yeah, he may owe some things.
He was an nba player and a coach that literally rebuilt the program. If you still feel he owes ISU anything it’s a you problem.
That's the really crazy part for me. Roby probably leaves and JPJ, Watson + Copeland graduate. The roster left after that is crap. I can't believe he'd want to walk into a situation like that. Very little chance of success early on and will be at a place that is already a below average job.
Not to mention the $5 million from the Bulls he could sit back and pocket, with a mostly intact high reputation, until he is offered a good job.
Haha. This is great.
It's not Fred's fault ISU hired him.
That's probably the route most coaches would rather take so kudos to him.
Why not?
Job's a job. Maybe he realized he just likes coaching and would want to be somewhere where he's not under a magnifying glass all day every day.
Pretty sure he paid that back by rebuilding the program, taking them to 4 NCAA tournaments and 1 Sweet 16 and leaving the program set up to continue on to its best 8 year stretch in school history.
So going to UNC will be best for his brand.....
