ABC 5: Hoiberg - Done Deal
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I hope Fred is the answer to turn things around but I just have this feeling in my gut that we are now worse off then we were with GMAC.
Good Luck Fred.... we are going to need it.
Good Luck Fred.... we are going to need it.
Yea, because compared to 4-12 in the Big 12 we could win 1 or 2 or 3 games and that'd be way worse wouldn't it. We love locking in that 9th or 10th seed in the conference tourney.
This is a crazy hire. Only time will tell if it's good crazy or bad crazy. But for those of you bashing it - just try to stop yourself from cheering the first time The Mayor walks back out on the floor at Hilton.:biggrin:
I will support Fred no matter what. But guys he's never coached a single gosh damn game in his life.... Now we get to throw him in the big 12 conference.... Gotta ask yourself is it going to be Fred coaching this team or is it going to be Nick Nurse really coaching us next year?? Not a good hire at all. Mac would have been better than this. We lose one, and stick the exact same guy to fill the spot. Crappy job Jamie Pollard.
As others have said it really can't get much worse than it has been the last 4 years. I am not overly excited about the hire but, I will get behind it and support it.
Oh, so we'd only give him 4 years and JP was willing to give GMAC 5 even though the results and transfers got worse or the same every year?????
How can everyone not be pumped about this? How does he sell the program to recruits? Well, he is a top scout(or maybe an assistant Gm in the NBA) and could sell his knowledge of knowing everyone in the NBA that he can get them a shot at the next level. This is a great hire if true. Anyone who thinks otherwise is clueless. Top tier recruits would come here knowing that Hoiberg can give them a huge upperhand at getting to the next level. Not only that, but he played double digit years in the NBA and has played with or against some of the greatest to ever play the game so he knows what it will take to coach these kids up.
Interesting hire to say the least. I'm concerned about the lack of head coaching experience, but then again, maybe that is not such a bad thing. After all, the last ISU coach had plenty of head coaching experience and where did that get ISU exactly?
The thing I do like is that he is definitely ISU....his loyalty will never be in doubt, and hopefully that will translate into passion to his players.
I'm not worried about the administrative part of it if Otz sticks around. Not worried about the X and O's with what I understand about Nurse, and not worried about the recruiting with Fred, Grayer, and Otz around.
It will be interesting to watch. Give them a chance. After all, we gave GMac 4 years.......
The thing I do like is that he is definitely ISU....his loyalty will never be in doubt, and hopefully that will translate into passion to his players.
I'm not worried about the administrative part of it if Otz sticks around. Not worried about the X and O's with what I understand about Nurse, and not worried about the recruiting with Fred, Grayer, and Otz around.
It will be interesting to watch. Give them a chance. After all, we gave GMac 4 years.......
I'm a huge Cyclone fan and a huge Hoiberg fan, so I have to put my full support behind this hire.
However, I don't see how JP could ever fire "The Mayor". You just can't fire one of the greatest Cyclone icons of all time... it's impossible. So Fred had better be good.
However, I don't see how JP could ever fire "The Mayor". You just can't fire one of the greatest Cyclone icons of all time... it's impossible. So Fred had better be good.
This just in Jamie Pollard hates the basketball program.
Seriously I love Freddy but this is just asking WAY to much of a new coach.
Seriously I love Freddy but this is just asking WAY to much of a new coach.
I love Fred Hoiberg - even in high school and college, when egos get about as big as they can be, Fred was so humble and caring.
But this...I don't know. Fred's status as a Cyclone icon will be forgotten about in a hurry if losses start piling up. I think it's a mistake also.
I don't even know if Fred likes coaching...I don't think Fred knows...
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