If Fred doesn't care then why should the average Cyclone fan care about his legacy?
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If Fred doesn't care then why should the average Cyclone fan care about his legacy?
He has made that abundantly clear, so why should we root for him at Nebraska? I will never root for Nebraska, so I will never root for Fred while he is coaching there.
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I didn't take that as the inference. Just that, Blue Bloods recruiters may evaluate Foster differently than recruiting services and not see him as a priority over other big time recruits. He is without a doubt the best the state of Iowa produces and likely a very good recruit for any Iowa School.
I figure up to 5th grade. I realize he's more aware of Prohm and his team's, but I was 5th and 6th for Floyd, Cato, Willoughby, Jacy, Pratt, Bankhead. Those guys are legend to me.
Didn’t say that at all. And the Weiskamp reference was to highlight that Iowa produces that top 50-100 kid pretty rarely so the recruiting battles that Fred could potentially be involved in with ISU and Iowa will by proxy be pretty rare which isn’t what the post Inoriginally responded to I was concerned about.
The overall point is I don’t really give a **** about recruiting Iowa because it’s not going to make or break recruiting classes or the program.
That’s all true. But we also should not give a **** the Nebraska coach was formerly a Cyclone and once carried The Mayor moniker. Just like every Nebraska coach before him, I hope he fails and gets zero positive attention in Iowa and recruiting areas.
Lipsey (sp) has been quoted that Fred is one of his basketball idols (saw it in an interview he did).
So then why not hire recruiting assistants to do the lifting while in Ames? Look, there is nothing wrong with doing what is best for you and your family, I have no issue with that. But those actions have consequences beyond your family. If you want to say Fred doesn't give a **** about what I think about his legacy what you are really saying is Fred doesn't give a **** about his legacy period. Your legacy here isn't just stats, it is the hearts and minds of the fanbase. If you want to rise to the status of golden child or ISU Mt Rushmore or whatever, there are things you just can't do. Ditching your school for the next "better" opportunity to come along and then shacking up with a hated rival when it doesn't work out is one of those things that you can't pull off without tarnishing your perfect image.
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Agree with the last point, but he will be recruiting against Iowa St, there's no doubt. Lipsey, and Foster in the future, and it's difficult to project future recruits, so looking at the past, he would have recruited Carton and Weiskamp as well. All guys that I would love to have at Iowa St.
Wellll... if he's **** stompin' Fran's Iowa teams, I wouldn't complain though.
Moreover, Iowa hasn’t taken more than a couple Iowa recruits that we have wanted, and we’ve clearly been successful despite not having Iowans. But We still compete with them, and I generally want to see them lose. That would not change if a former Cyclone coached Iowa.
UNL isn’t Iowa, but there’s still market share and it’ll likely increase with Hoiberg there.
It's probably pretty difficult to not know who Fred is when you attend Ames High.
Screw you. You jinxed the MBB team out of the tournament with your dumbarse Houston thread
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Well Fred’s supposedly on vacation. Or they could be waiting until his sons team is done with the ncaa Tournament
Weiskamp was an Iowa commit at 15 there was no recruiting of him. Look where Carton ended up OSU is down a little with their coaching change but they get big time kids there all of the time and have a big history.
Lipsey I can see but again if he goes 5 star then Nebby is probably the least of our worries in that battle. Now if a guy comes along from Iowa that starts off slow in the 200’s and then starts working his way up to get in the top 100 yes then I’d agree Fred would probably be a player against us and Iowa for that kid.
Fred won't be recruiting against Steve. Steve like kids who play defense 
Look, it's not good for Iowa State basketball where a guy that we know is a great coach, with deep Iowa roots to be at Nebraska. We want them to suck, and they won't now most likely. Same for Iowa, same for Minnesota....etc. It is better for Iowa State if they suck. By the way, this is not good for Iowa or Creighton either. (You want to play for Fred, Greg or Fran? Easy question.) Now it's not the end of the world, each coach has to have their own inroads to recruits and there are plenty of good players out there. My guess is there won't be a ton of overlap, but take Xavier Foster...does he take a look at Nebraska now? I have no idea, but it's not crazy. My guess is Fred puts in a call. But if things ever get sideways on Prohm here, and Fred is winning at Nebraska, it's going to get toxic very quickly. I am not of the opinion anything could be done about this, at any point. It is what it is.
I am not one who wants Fred back, it is better if Prohm keeps improving as a coach, keeps recruiting at a high level and stays. But it would be better if Fred were not 200 miles down the road, as it just makes this ghost impossible to shake.
I am not one who wants Fred back, it is better if Prohm keeps improving as a coach, keeps recruiting at a high level and stays. But it would be better if Fred were not 200 miles down the road, as it just makes this ghost impossible to shake.
I mis-read the tweet, deleted my post. Moos expects to take 7-14 days to hire someone. Said he's talked to Fred (and others) but hasn't met him in person in Lincoln.
I thought the tweet read that they were going to have a coaching firm do research for 7-14 days.