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- Thread starter SoapyCy
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What an overly simplistic way of looking at the situation
Chizik left Rhoads with some big time players actually. There wasn't much here when Campbell came in. The fact he did what he did his second year was incredible
Outside of everything else that's been pointed out, Rhoads also coached in the B12 North for the first few years. This comparison is cherry picking at best.
I feel like we keep circling back to Hoiberg leaving prohms cupboard bare in his 3rd year.
Back to back 8 win seasons for the first time since the 70s
Winning conference records
Beat Oklahoma
Much better recruiting
I‘m good with Campbell
The highest ranked team we played in Rhoads first year was Kansas. They finished the season 1-7 in Big 12 play. True story
Paul Rhoads was a 3rd rate coach that can't stay employed doing anything. He's a loser.
Campbell is a better coach than Rhoads.
Campbell should have had his team ready to beat Louisiana.
Campbell should have had his team ready to beat Louisiana.
Did he slash your tires or something?
Rhoads followed 5 wins in 2 years Chizik and the final years of Mac.
I appreciate what Rhoads did in his tenure and he had some memorable moments but it is night and day difference how much better Campbell's teams play. We have a few stinkers for losses under Campbell but if you look over the game logs of both coaches Campbell's team usually had chances to win a lot of games they lost while Rhoads had some ugly blowouts we had no chance at winning.
Rhoads walked into a way better roster than Campbell did and had one of the easiest schedules in school history his first year on top of it
The cupboard wasn't entirely empty when Campbell came in.
He inherited some good players from the Rhoads era, include...
Allen Lazard
Cole Netten
Nick Fett
Demond Tucker
Jhaustin Thomas
Kamari Cotton-Moya
Patrick Scoggins
Willie Harvey
Brian Peavy
Jake Campos
Hakeem Butler
Joel Lanning
Marcel Spears
...and probably some others that I forgot. I just went off the top of my head for the above.
Rhoads obviously did not know what to do with much of that talent, especially on defense, towards the end, and the QB position was a goat rodeo underneath his tenure, but we did have some players.
Much of the early Campbell "resurgence" was led by the old Rhoads guys above.
I am not trying to trash Campbell here. I <3 him still. I just want those guys there to get their due for leading the program's turnaround and sticking it out through what was a difficult period.
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Well CMC did inherit Lazard, Ryen, Eaton, Cotten Moya, Peavy, Butler, Bailey, Lanning, and Spears.
Is there an echo in here? Also your list is wrong. Stay in yo lane
