A storm is brewing for Iowa State football (SI article)

[norcalcy]

What a difference a year makes. This time a year ago, at least a plurality (if not a slight majority) of people in the fanbase were saying we couldn't do any better than what we had. Nobody would come here. Now we're wondering what the ceiling is. It's really easy to get stuck in a mindset. Kudos to JP and Leath for trying something new.

The reality is that the playing field has never been more level for a place like ISU. Good TV money and exposure, social media, etc. have changed the game. Still need to see results on the field, but so far it's pretty exciting. In 3-5 years, I want other people trying to steal this staff away. That means we've gotten better.

 

[CYCLNST8]

Looking like everything worked out for the best and maybe we'll be lucky enough to have MC turn out to be the football version of the Hoiberg hire. Lofty comparison I know but why not just jump on the hype train at full speed and start chugging the red and yellow kool aid!?!?!?!

Bear in mind Hoiberg's first season was't exactly stellar. I hope all you excited posters don't turn around and crucify Campbell for dropping a few games next fall. I'm optimistic too, but let's wait to see how the enthusiasm translates to the field. It may take a little while...



That being said, Paul won a bowl game in his first season- so why not Campbell?? F- it. Pass the Kool-Aid! OH YEAH!

 

[fenton06]

I've been double fisting kool-aid for weeks. Get on my level!

 

[wclarson]

Bear in mind Hoiberg's first season was't exactly stellar. I hope all you excited posters don't turn around and crucify Campbell for dropping a few games next fall. I'm optimistic too, but let's wait to see how the enthusiasm translates to the field. It may take a little while...



That being said, Paul won a bowl game in his first season- so why not Campbell?? F- it. Pass the Kool-Aid! OH YEAH!

There is a lot of Kool-Aid going around this thread right now. With that said, I've been sipping on some for about 3 weeks now and fully expect all of CycloneNation to have a red stained mustaches by the time fall roles around! #CherryKoolAidisBrewing

 

[WrestlerJJE]

A storm is brewing! Chase Allen might be coming to Iowa state! 5 analyst predicted he will be coming here just today!!!

 

[ronandkay]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[cytown]

#53 in Nation and #8 in Big 12. Not too bad for a makeshift class. He's only been on the job for a matter of weeks. If we can haul in Allen, we will be in the top 45. Would be our best class since some of Danny Mac's.

 

[State43]

Huge profit on koolaid this month

 

[rholtgraves]

Probably the best coach ISU has ever had in any sport

 

[Cydkar]

MC has a great opportunity to start out well also. We were a run the wrong way on Toledo and a knell at KSU from 5-7. Not hard things to execute when yardage isn't so important or having to make sure work just right. Simple adjustments. That right there and having another year to develop we should have a bowl with no trouble.

Except we have no O-line at the moment.

 

[Cydkar]

Probably the best coach ISU has ever had in any sport

Based on?

 

[cyclones12321]

Good read! I am not one who typically follows recruiting for football and even I have noticed the efforts and results this year without a lot of work on my part. Simply by that alone, I can tell things are not the same old off-season goings-on. I already had my season ticket order placed, but I'm actually kind of excited for the games in the fall. It just all feels different to me right now (in a good way). I don't know how else to describe it. Hopefully, that's accurate and we see the results on the field in a half year.

No need to explain, I think most of us have the same feeling

 

[rholtgraves]

Except we have no O-line at the moment.

What? The oline is stacked and they have the best line coach in the country

 

[CysRage]

From the article:



Says a lot.

My main takeaway as well. He has already proven in 2 months he can recruit better than at least the last 4 head coaches, now if he can translate that success to the field, we are golden.

 

[Clone2Dbone]

I'm starting to get annoyed by all this hype surrounding ISU football. How the hell am I supposed to endure until September, when the storm hits in all it's fury? Seriously, I can't remember when I've ever been this excited about our football program.

 

[SCarolinaCy]

Anyone know how much (all?) of his marketing techniques are his/his staff vs others working under Pollard? You'd like to think Pollard's staff is learning a lot from MC that is being passed around to other sports.

 

[tolfbfan]

Great read. Pretty excited to see what Coach Campbell and this staff can accomplish. Seeing his efforts in recruiting and with the comments on how he could be putting together one of the best recruiting classes in ISU history is almost infuriating with looking at the previous staffs saying how difficult it was to get these recruits and really makes you wonder how much effort was actually being put in. Sure ISU is probably a tougher pitch than other schools may be but clearly the efforts that Matt and the staff are putting in are paying dividends so far. Hope it translates to the performance on the field.

Focused athletes who are used to winning want to be around hard working coaches who are winners. This has nothing to do with wins....it's all about attitude. Being a young staff doesn't hurt either.

 

[tolfbfan]

Based on?

HE IS FROM OHIO...........DUH!!!!!!

 

[AuH2O]

My main takeaway as well. He has already proven in 2 months he can recruit better than at least the last 4 head coaches, now if he can translate that success to the field, we are golden.

A lot of it is pretty simple and expected vs the last staff. At a place like ISU you have to have every coach busting it on the recruiting trail. I'm going out on a limb and saying Mangino and Wally, the two top assistants were not exactly recruiting road dogs.

 

[Spam]

A lot of it is pretty simple and expected vs the last staff. At a place like ISU you have to have every coach busting it on the recruiting trail. I'm going out on a limb and saying Mangino and Wally, the two top assistants were not exactly recruiting road dogs.

And the attitude of the Head Coach ...calculating airport distances etc didn't help either.