Barry Alvarez to retire this summer.
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Honestly thought he was older. He was the head coach at my mom’s high school and she graduated in 1978.
Not worried, loyalty to Campbell and just hired close friend TJ.
Given Pollard's tension with ISU faculty, who knows.
I would imagine there is some tension between AD’s and some faculty at every major University. Especially the places where an insane amount of $ is spent on athletics. Alvarez had his fair share at Wisconsin too.
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Who knows? I think his last kid is graduating from high school this year, so they could be looking to move.
It would be nice if we could keep him and Campbell for 20 more years....
Pollard legacy is and will be ISU...He's not going anywhere. His stress level would be higher at Wisc and given his health history I'm betting he has zero desire to leave isu. He might be from Wisc but he raised his family in Ames and been in Ames 20 years.
Aside from that there is no way he's leaving ISU right before ISU football really does something special..
Aside from that there is no way he's leaving ISU right before ISU football really does something special..
They’d be dumb not to look him. I think he is an ass but he is pretty good at his job.
I do wonder if the whole: “I’m the smartest in the room” would work at an actual big time school
I heard Pollard give a talk to a small audience years ago at a professional conference. It was more about leadership than athletics specifically. But somehow the topic of Wisconsin came up and he talked about how they've changed, they forgot who they are, etc. I was surprised both at the disdain he seemed to have for Wisconsin and that he would talk publicly about it, even at this low-visibility event.
That's just one data point (which is now very dated), and obviously things can change. But he's talked numerous times in recent years about not forgetting who we are as we grow and experience more success, and whenever he does I can't help but think of that speech. Whatever happened when he was at Wisconsin, or since he left, appears to have had a real impact on him.
That's just one data point (which is now very dated), and obviously things can change. But he's talked numerous times in recent years about not forgetting who we are as we grow and experience more success, and whenever he does I can't help but think of that speech. Whatever happened when he was at Wisconsin, or since he left, appears to have had a real impact on him.
Anyone going to take Barry's place will be under a big shadow for a long while.
He's the king of football and face of UW athletics and was in charge largely during some of the UW's best years in the big sports regardless of actual influence.
He's the king of football and face of UW athletics and was in charge largely during some of the UW's best years in the big sports regardless of actual influence.
Some Wisconsin fans think it’ll be the current assistant which I think is a definite possibility and makes sense.
They already have the perfect in house replacement
Very good point. Pollard seems to have a lot of worshipers.
Appears to me that you're lobbying for that title.
You may have to change your name to bannedman2.0.
