Matt Campbell Watch

Source in the program just refuted the statement that Campbell was interviewing with the Jets per Cyclone Insider. Guys we don’t need to worry, our seniors wouldn’t be taking the extra year if Campbell was gone.
You have the source? Hopefully that’s the case!
 
Matt Campbell is not going anywhere, he is following RB recruit Eli Sanders that is all i have to know he is staying in Ames.
 
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I get that it may be foolish to assume Campbell will stay here forever, but it’s just as foolish to assume that he will be leaving for another job in the next few years.
 
Somewhat related ...I'd love CW or someone else to do a piece on sources,etc. It fascinates me...like clearly sometimes stuff gets out on purpose....but if a source shared stuff they shouldn't, you know CMC would be pissed.....we all remember the Hines vs Hoiberg beef....sources....lol
 
Somewhat related ...I'd love CW or someone else to do a piece on sources,etc. It fascinates me...like clearly sometimes stuff gets out on purpose....but if a source shared stuff they shouldn't, you know CMC would be pissed.....we all remember the Hines vs Hoiberg beef....sources....lol
I've honestly never understood what people get out of purposefully leaking info knowing their name isn't attached to it. Just an internal sense of ego?
 
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This is literally - literally - the exact thing Campbell said motivates him at Iowa State. Like, the textbook definition of literal. Literally.

The difference...

The Jets shouldn't be historically a basket case. They are in New York -- they should be a marquis franchise, just like all the major sports leagues want their NY and LA teams to be the best. They are the franchise that won Super Bowl III to legitimize the AFL and the AFL-NFL merger. This franchise is still defined by "Broadway Joe," one of the kings of 60s cool. They should be cool and they should be consistently successful like that.

Their ineptitude isn't sympathetic. Quite the opposite, really -- it is super funny.

Iowa State pre-Campbell save some rare moments in the 1970s and during the McCarney and early Rhoads tenures was awful but, frankly, given our local talent pool, geographic/weather constraints, and our financial resources compared to our peers, we probably should be a weak program.

There is nothing ironic or funny about our historical ineptitude. It is expected and pathetic. It is sad, too, given how loyal our fanbase is and how hard our teams are always trying, even if losing.

Going to the Jets would be like going to Michigan -- a team that should be competitive. Iowa State is more of a situation akin to Kansas State when Snyder showed up. Basically nothing to start with, same isolated geography and limited financial resources, but, miraculously, building a program that was respected nationally and often hung out in the top-ten despite having a stick of gun and a paperclip to work with.
 
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The difference...

The Jets shouldn't be historically a basket case. They are in New York -- they should be a marquis franchise, just like all the major sports leagues want their NY and LA teams to be the best. They are the franchise that won Super Bowl III to legitimize the AFL and the AFL-NFL merger. This franchise is still defined by "Broadway Joe," one of the kings of 60s cool. They should be cool and they should be consistently successful like that.

Their ineptitude isn't sympathetic. Quite the opposite, really -- it is super funny.

Iowa State pre-Campbell save some rare moments in the 1970s and during the McCarney and early Rhoads tenures was awful but, frankly, given our local talent pool, geographic/weather constraints, and our financial resources compared to our peers, we probably should be a weak program.

There is nothing ironic or funny about our historical ineptitude. It is expected and pathetic. It is sad, too, given how loyal our fanbase is and how hard our teams are always trying, even if losing.

Going to the Jets would be like going to Michigan -- a team that should be competitive. Iowa State is more of a situation akin to Kansas State when Snyder showed up. Basically nothing to start with, same isolated geography and limited financial resources, but, miraculously, building a program that was respected nationally and often hung out in the top-ten despite having a stick of gun and a paperclip to work with.
You said "Iowa State is more of a situation akin to Kansas State....."

You think that is where we are currently or did you mean Iowa State was....?
 
You said "Iowa State is more of a situation akin to Kansas State....."

You think that is where we are currently or did you mean Iowa State was....?

K-State pre-Snyder and ISU pre-Campbell is the analogy I'm trying to draw. Heck, you could throw Iowa pre-Fry onto that list. They didn't have much going until he showed up, too.
 
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