His performance is overvalued by you, absolutely. Particularly jsb who is cliff diving without a parachute at the thought of CMC leaving. You have not been able to support your adornment without brining in irrelevant history.
He went 7-5 with a preseason top 10 team. Thats not incriminating based on how lowly you think of Iowa St based on a couple head coaches and ancient history. His record is only worth $7-$8 million if one thinks 7 wins at IowaSt is incredibly good. It’s not.
What he’s done is an improvement over DMac’s six year peak, as one would expect given the advantages he has. Unprecedented, but so is being this far removed from little ISC and decades of no support.
The same is true for Pollard. What he’s done is unprecedented as an AD at Iowa St, but it should be and doesn’t mean he’s doing a great job. There’s way more to work with, and he has little to do with it (growing alumni base, TV money, etc).
Yes, CMC gets little to modest credit for that. Those changes are generational types, due to more favorable demographics and due to DMac, Orr, etc. The great news is when CMC’s impact truly comes into play over the next decade, the growth will be even greater.
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