IF true.....this'll either be a brilliant hire and we got a friend's/family discount......or could reek of "hiring a friend" failure and many would lose some confidence in JP.
Report: T.J. Otzelberger headed for Iowa State
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I agree with the underwhelmed part. However not getting us into worse shape shouldn't be the bar. My 18 year old in her first year at Ames who is in the top %2 of her freshman class could meet that criteria. Might as well hire her......she could use the money. And I doubt TJ has any more love or passion for the university than her.
Congrats TJ! Any chance this kid follows you to Ames?
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Arthur Kaluma, Texas Longhorns, Small Forward
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Question for those who aren't happy if it's TJ. Would it change your mind if he brought on staff that consisted of someone like, oh Nate Loenser or maybe Danny Manning?
Not a good sign when fans from UNLV are happy that TJ is leaving...
Then you're just out of touch. For any other position of significance at this university, you had better search far and wide for minorities in your candidate pool, or you will suffer the consequences.
Don't know why athletics would be exempt.
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It's more of a windmill attempt from someone who doesn't leave the ground.
Hopefully we get the Thread Bump on the one year from today as a result of return to the NCAA tournament.
Are Jamie and TJ related?
Oh, I know...that was what the wink was for. If true, going to be weird to watch CW have to navigate it on the radio and on CF.
First, no, that’s a false dilemma.
Second, what is bad about getting turned down? It’s no worse than going straight to the family friend, .500 MWC contingency candidate.
JP playing darts again
Congrats TJ! Any chance this kid follows you to Ames?
Arthur Kaluma, Texas Longhorns, Small Forward
Arthur Kaluma is a Power Forward from Irving, TX.
No. But he might wind up at Kansas or Texas!
In 4 years we will be looking at hiring another head coach
No, that's just how it works in the real world when any form of corruption (yes, i know a powerful word) is at play. If you pride yourself on being some moral high character like JP, you shy away from it. I'm not saying it's going to always end poorly but it's an unfair practice.
JP is putting himself on the line here. If TJ fails their fates might be linked. CMC has obviously been incredible and JP’s vision for Iowa State has been amazing, but hiring a buddy without much of a process and having him fail would be a bridge too far for me. That would mean he’d hired 1 basketball coach who succeeded and 3 that failed, with 1 being a nepotism-type hire. How many ADs are hiring their 5th basketball coach in their tenure? For all of our sakes I hope TJ succeeds.
Congrats TJ! Any chance this kid follows you to Ames?
Arthur Kaluma, Texas Longhorns, Small Forward
Arthur Kaluma is a Power Forward from Irving, TX.
I'm sure he wants to come to Iowa!
It’s obvious TJ was not a “contingency”. This was his job as soon as it were to come open.
If this is truly the hire I am disappointed we did not hold a broader search for the job. TJ was assistant under GMac, Fred, and Prohm and hasn't exactly had that great of a run at UNLV so seems like we are just dipping back into the familiar with the hire if it is TJ instead of changing the direction of the program with someone more proven and doesn't already have ties to ISU. To literally turn around 24 hours after letting Prohm go and this is the hire you make, I sure hope this story proves to be wrong and premature rumors. Would be one of the few times I have been disappointed with Pollard if this was the hire he had in mind all along.
