Many through the first 7 games, all wins: 'I'm still not sure how good they are, but this is fun at least!'
2 losses later: 'Well there goes the ****ing playoffs!'
Asking again: Has the rot started to set in?
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Many through the first 7 games, all wins: 'I'm still not sure how good they are, but this is fun at least!'
2 losses later: 'Well there goes the ****ing playoffs!'
Yeah, justification for moving on from Campbell would be a really tough sell for me.
I love that he wants to be here, is good at his job, is a good human being (reportedly - never met him), and wants to teach kids how to be good humans.
Aside from that, I think you would have a hard time finding someone you felt super confident would win more if you were willing to pay twice as much…which Jamie is not.
If we can’t take the next step this year with the easiest schedule we have had since the modern Big 8 formed, it won’t happen with $30m. Money is not the problem.
Money is always the problem when it comes to college athletics.
Jamie has also had some bad hires and I'm thinking that the current era may not be a great idea.
I never said it was his fault that we dodged those opponents, but he hasn’t exactly taken advantage of the easiest conference schedule we have seen in decades. Did you praise McCarney for his 7-5 team in 2005?
I get it, you don’t have faith in Pollards hiring abilities. They are hit and miss. The Prohm and McDermott hire were terrible choices.
some people think mccarney walks on water. I don’t.
I am younger, and wasn’t a cyclone follower for his time.
One wouldn’t be very consistent to not praise him for that year. This season is looking very 2005ish
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Please edit the first sentence again. Is giving me vertigo. 2005 was painful as hell.
I believe he has a plan for that. It will start with consummate giving to our NIL. He now realizes the error of his ways.
I have a feeling ISU is going to thump Cincinnati in a get right game Saturday, and most on this site will be back on the “How does ISU get in the playoffs?” talk will be back in full force. These last two games have been beyond frustrating, and the same old Campbell mistakes have been made during those two games, but Campbell and staff have also had a trend of making the right adjustments after a trend of bad games in a row. Still a lot of football left to be played.
I'm curious to see who/if anyone is back from injury or if there are some personnel changes.
From what I've seen Cincinnati is more in a phone booth than KU so should at least be a more favorable match up.
I'm older. McCarney was the first light of hope we had in many, many years. Remember how he discovered he had a kid named Troy Davis who Walden had ignored as a freshman? Unfortunately, we took a step back after what I believe was his firing by immediately after the last game of the season. Losing track here, but didn't Gene Smith walk out onto the field to give Coach Mac the news? Mac didn't deserve that, but again I may not be recalling this accurately.
Pollard was hired in 2006 and was the one to fired McCarney. Hard to believe he did that a year removed from a magical 7-3 start.
Pollard and McCarney announced his resignation at a press conference. The following Saturday we played Missouri in an announced farewell to Coach Mac. 2006. I was there. We won.
Gene Smith was long gone as our AD when Coach Mac resigned. Pollard then hired Chizik. Smith left Iowa State in 2000. He was followed by Bruce Van de Velde. Then Pollard.
