2022 Football post mortem/looking forward
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those academic achievements don't automatically equal football IQ though. Maybe he doesn't see the defense as well? Maybe he goes into instinct mode before every snap? Don't know. I seriously doubt the coaches would let Becht audible, but not allow Dekkers to.
You want to run a true freshman out there next year with that offensive line and most likely Manning calling the plays again? Good luck with that.
Yep. Tbh is a great job. Good fanbase, good recruting area, his hometown, program is better than ours in terms of success and momentum, and he'll have extra time to figure things out with his friends as opposed to firing a few if he stays.
I just hope if he leaves that we hire someone who knows its 2022 and runs a system and program like it
CMC voluntarily to Cincinnati is the best possible outcome at this point. ISU gets out of this albatross contract and can hopefully find someone—anyone—who doesn’t make the same mistakes for 7+ years.
Becht is a dual threat. We have the JUCO championship MVP as a walk on who is supposed to be a runner, so we obviously have it. The question is, do the coaches want that. With a true freshman and a hurt walk on as the back ups, I am guessing the coaches were nervous Dekkers could get hurt running.
Harbaugh hired new staff, incorporated new schemes, and became a CEO, rather than micromanaging.
How Jim Harbaugh transformed Michigan into an annual Big Ten contender
Two years after his future was in doubt, Harbaugh has turned the Wolverines into a yearly playoff contender.
Correct, 2021 was absolutely a disappointment. I couldn’t possibly care less where “7 wins” ranks in our 100 year history. Because it literally has 0 significance. Roster construction matters. Talent matters. Expectations matter. Everything was in place for Iowa State to be really good, and it just wasn’t. It wasn’t very good (and not a real threat to play for a conference title) because of consistent schematic issues and coaching blunders, the same sh*t that’s been happening year after year.
If some here are obsessed with our history, then it should most definitely be frustrating to know that Iowa State is not losing specifically because of a laughable talent gap with our opponent like those precious 80’s and 90’s squads (and Rhoads squads) - we are lining up weekly against teams that, from a talent perspective, we can compete with (which is most certainly a product of us recruiting a bit better, developing better overall, being a better program overall, and the fact that the conference as a hole has a ton of parity with no freakish talent powerhouses). Yet now we lose because of coaching. Schemes. Play calling. (Lack of) Adjustments. Losing 6 games last year (and EIGHT in conference this year) with so many coaching mistakes is not acceptable, and it should not be acceptable to Iowa State fans “because we used to suck”. That’s ********.
CMC has some work to do to fix this situation. Our fanbase deserves it.
Maybe he'll be good? It's not like freshman quarterbacks never play around the country. So just stay with someone we know can't audible or throw an accurate ball?
I'd quit my job to be the Cinncinnati coach just to hang out with Travis Kelce at alumni events.
Be careful of what you wish for.
Honestly it blows my mind that there are people that want the best coach in modern Iowa state history to leave. We have to go back to the 70s to find the last truly successful coach we have had before Campbell. Yeah, McCarney had moments but overall, he pales next to Campbell's NY6 bowl win and matching 9-win season.
The reality is college football has down years and up years. Brian Kelly went 4-8 at Notre dame and followed it up with a 10 win season. Even bluebloods go into bad periods so why should we expect a program like Iowa State never to miss a bowl? Yeah, we sucked this year, but next year is a different season. I am confident that CMC will make changes this offseason like he did after the Notre Dame season.
The reality is college football has down years and up years. Brian Kelly went 4-8 at Notre dame and followed it up with a 10 win season. Even bluebloods go into bad periods so why should we expect a program like Iowa State never to miss a bowl? Yeah, we sucked this year, but next year is a different season. I am confident that CMC will make changes this offseason like he did after the Notre Dame season.
I don't think anyone REALLY wants Campbell to leave. They want him to make the changes necessary to turn things around. Some don't believe he will do it though.
