Report: T.J. Otzelberger headed for Iowa State
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Yeah, no one but us is chomping at the bit for TJ.
Hearing so much of this chat being against this hire has my confidence growing that this will end up being a great hire.
T.J. was my first choice and I am thrilled by this hire. For those concerned about his record at UNLV, he booted some players because they didn't fit the culture. He is not going to be a quick fix. There will be growing pains, but I think he is the best coach for us to build long-term success for this program.
Why is hiring your BFF a great hire? And I hope you are right that it is a great hire.
TJ did ok his 1st year(s) with SDSU & UNLV with the former coaches players...
Things got worse the next 2 years at SDSU and this year at UNLV.
If he's such a great coach & recruiter, why couldn't he improve on his initial seasons? Why weren't other schools beating the door down for his coaching excellence?
Why did Jamie "have" to move so quick on this hire? I'm a patient man... I don't think it would've made a difference had he waited for a tournament team to end their run to talk to a coach, or his assistant.
I just have to hear it from Jamie 1st as to why this is "the man" for the job.
Things got worse the next 2 years at SDSU and this year at UNLV.
If he's such a great coach & recruiter, why couldn't he improve on his initial seasons? Why weren't other schools beating the door down for his coaching excellence?
Why did Jamie "have" to move so quick on this hire? I'm a patient man... I don't think it would've made a difference had he waited for a tournament team to end their run to talk to a coach, or his assistant.
I just have to hear it from Jamie 1st as to why this is "the man" for the job.
Hope you are right. I still don't get the hate on here for TJ. I am fine with TJ.
In 2014 and 2015, ISU Basketball was nationally relevant, Hilton was ROCKING, and we at one point achieved a 3 seed. In 2014, ISU got beat in the Sweet 16 by UConn (eventual NCAA champs) by only 5 points. We were on the verge of creating a consistently relevant program. Fred left, but JP made the crappy CSP hire. We've gone from the penthouse to the outhouse in a relatively short time, and JP deserves to be accountable for that. A TJ hire would cement a second tier non relevant status for men's basketball. It screams, "Well, eventually maybe we can turn this around....maybe..."
Using 2 years at any program as a data point is as inconclusive as you can get. I wouldn't be surprised if year 2 is worse than year 1 at Iowa State too. It is years 4+ that I am concerned about.
Sounds like Norlander confirmed this on his own, separate of the earlier report. But the sources seem like they might be the same. So hard to gauge if this more substantiation or not.
Mark this now. Total garbage hire. Only way Pollard gets a pass on this is Matt mother ****** Campbell. Unacceptable, disturbing, an quite frankly lazy.
Did JP even interview any coaches? Total ******* fail...
He had 3 teams with elite 8 potential and he won a combined 3 NCAA games with them.
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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.
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I really thought this would be the main reason Pollard would not hire TJ. Too risky. Too many people would cite this, and say, see I told you so, if TJ does fail to turn ISU around.
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.
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I really thought this would be the main reason Pollard would not hire TJ. Too risky. Too many people would cite this, and say, see I told you so, if TJ does fail to turn ISU around.
No one hates TJ.
Questioning the wisdom of rushing to hire someone literally no other P5 program would be interested in isnt "hate"
If the reports are true, I hope like hell he can turn this around.
