Thats why for me this screams money grab. He went with the highest bidder. Even if he didnt want to play against ISU in the future, Arizona is the choice if you are going by basketball, location, coach.
Milan Momcilovic commits to Kentucky
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The way I read it, young Milan spend days dreaming of the time he'd be missing that game-winning last minute shot, but still making sweet moola at his all-time favorite transfer school.
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Let's recap Iowa State's 2025-26 athletics year:
Football loses it's winningest HC in program history thus resulting in the decimation of our roster.
Gymnastics program gets cut...bad optics by JP and co.
Joshua Jefferson gets a no contact injury that possibly prevents Iowa State from going further than the Sweet 16.
WBB max exodus.
Milan opts for the draft, realizes he can make way more money by staying in college by going to a blue blood like Kentucky and he's now "Milan Momcilovic, Kentucky".
So yes, this athletics year has sucked. Our seasons weren't necessarily "unsuccessful" by any means but we've been kicked in the cojones repeatedly this year.
We had gymnastics? Should have been cut years ago.
The only notable thing is Campbell leaving, particularly leaving for another school, as it meant more transfers
This isn’t even on the list of most miserable years
Yeah, if only Campbell had taken one of those NFL jobs a few years ago, where our entire roster could not follow him. Our program would be in dramatically better shape right now.
I'll cheer for Milan just like I cheered for Caleb Grill when he was at Missouri. Wish the best for him in basketball as well as life. #jellybeans
Campbell leaving and Jefferson's injuries are the only real kicks in the nuts for a very large majority of Cyclone fans.
Sucks that Milan left, but TJ also brought in multiple players with the same money.
WBB blowup is disappointing, but in the big picture, I would guess the majority of fans would rather have more money for football and mens bball than trying to keep the wbb team together for another first round tourney exit.
Nobody cares about gymnastics, and they added women's wrestling, which overall is likely a net positive for for Cyclone fans.
Sucks that Milan left, but TJ also brought in multiple players with the same money.
WBB blowup is disappointing, but in the big picture, I would guess the majority of fans would rather have more money for football and mens bball than trying to keep the wbb team together for another first round tourney exit.
Nobody cares about gymnastics, and they added women's wrestling, which overall is likely a net positive for for Cyclone fans.
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Football was pretty miserable considering they returned almost everything from a team that “played” for a conference title and then proceeded to lose to Colorado, Cincinnati, and a team quarterbacked by Jeff Sims
Or you could look at the positives:
- We had another elite hoops season. JJeffs injury doesn't wreck what was accomplished over the entire season. And we'll be placing another outstanding, AA player in the NBA with JJeff being a 1st rounder.
- We just signed TJ to a huge extension that pays him elite money among all hoops coaches.
- TJ just signed what will probably be his best portal haul. And he did so batting 1.000 with all 5 top targets committing on the same weekend. Any other coach pull that off?
- We hired what most football insiders in the know consider one of the best young up-and-coming football coaches in JR. And JR went on to sign a lot of good players in the portal. And I'll add that I think we're a sleeper in football next season.
- We have a new president who's aggressively pursuing untapped revenue streams enabling us to pay out more in NIL. Obviously that played a roll in TJ's running the table.
- We have a lot coming back in hoops even with the departures. And that coupled with the new guys should make for another really fun, successful season with another NCAA Tourny and hopefully a deep run.
I'll finish by saying it's as if some on here really believe no other school deals with adversity of any kind with their teams (coaches and players leaving, a situation like we have in WBB, injuries etc). Every school has stuff like this to deal with at various times. And the way you know who the truly good programs are is if they keep the train a rollin'. The men's hoops train ain't slowing down because Milan Moneybags left. Our hoops brand is elite right now.
And I'll go on to make a somewhat bold prediction that when it's all said and done, JR will surpass what Campbell accomplished here. Book it.
Man, that's a lot of money. Being a hero at ISU would be cool, but if I'm Milan, I think I'm taking that bag as well, it's literally life-changing money. College sports and the NIL money is about to jump the shark I think, because this is unsustainable. So Milan's timing with this is ideal, he may end up being one of the highest paid college athletes of all time if they put the brakes on the runaway NIL train.
ISU won't see kentucky next year. Milan gave us a lot of wins and a lot of great memories. You're a pathetic fan if you wish him ill will
When you look at things impartially, Campbell was pretty overrated in the end. A good HC. Not a great HC. He had 10 years to finally get this program over the hump and couldn't do it. I'll never get over having a team with three NFL starters including an MVP-level QB and he couldn't manage more than 7 wins. Change is good.
Campbell, Milan, and Audi are all getting life changing money, but they all will have to meet what I'd consider unrealistic expectations. Don't blame any of them for getting the $ while they can, but I'm guessing all three will miss the true enjoyment of the game that they had back in Ames.
Insane cope. Good work.
Campbell wasn’t exactly doing it for free. These coaches long ago stopped GAF about fan-think.
I doubt Milan will have any regrets getting paid $6 million to play at a blue blood, while in a cushier role
Why would you cheer for someone who doesn’t want to be here?
I think Milan was a great player but I have maybe one specific memory of him that will stick. I guess I don’t care that he hit 8 3’s in a game we lost.
