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CMC is rated the top coach in Big 12 and #10 in CFB.

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Interesting note on Scott Frost, he has been a head coach for 7 seasons and only has one winning season (which happened to be 13-0).

 

[jsb]

CW and Blum talked about this for a while on the podcast today. We take for granted what we have in Campbell. He’s been here 9 years and we’ve had 2 bad seasons. Forget how that’s never happened here, that’s extremely rare for almost ANY program. He’s stuck around longer than we could have hoped and has navigated the chaos of nil and realignment with Iowa State. Think of the Power 4 schools that have cycled through 2 or 3 or 4 coaches over this time. That could have been us if Campbell had taken one of the probably dozens of jobs he could have had.

We talk about the curse of Iowa State and the ******* nut cup all the time, but in this way we are EXTREMELY lucky.

(And TJ is very similar but he has a few less years and our basketball program historically has been solid.)

 

[HFCS]

CW and Blum talked about this for a while on the podcast today. We take for granted what we have in Campbell. He’s been here 9 years and we’ve had 2 bad seasons. Forget how that’s never happened here, that’s extremely rare for almost ANY program. He’s stuck around longer than we could have hoped and has navigated the chaos of nil and realignment with Iowa State. Think of the Power 4 schools that have cycled through 2 or 3 or 4 coaches over this time. That could have been us if Campbell had taken one of the probably dozens of jobs he could have had.

We talk about the curse of Iowa State and the ******* nut cup all the time, but in this way we are EXTREMELY lucky.

(And TJ is very similar but he has a few less years and our basketball program historically has been solid.)

Hate on me but it’s even crazier a small population state has two major conference coaches that consistent. It could be at least as likely both programs are at bottom of their leagues at same time.

 

[RonBurgundy]

Scary to think how many dumb fans considered the program was rotting under CMC just a couple of years ago.

 

[KennyPratt42]

CW and Blum talked about this for a while on the podcast today. We take for granted what we have in Campbell. He’s been here 9 years and we’ve had 2 bad seasons. Forget how that’s never happened here, that’s extremely rare for almost ANY program. He’s stuck around longer than we could have hoped and has navigated the chaos of nil and realignment with Iowa State. Think of the Power 4 schools that have cycled through 2 or 3 or 4 coaches over this time. That could have been us if Campbell had taken one of the probably dozens of jobs he could have had.

We talk about the curse of Iowa State and the ******* nut cup all the time, but in this way we are EXTREMELY lucky.

(And TJ is very similar but he has a few less years and our basketball program historically has been solid.)

And while I agree with the comp they made in the pod to Pat Fitzgerald being the best comparison for consistently winning at a difficult job without getting top prospects or using partial qualifiers etc, Campbell has quite a bit higher winning percentage both overall and in conference at Iowa St. vs Fitzgerald. And even if you remove Fitzgerald's terrible final year Campbell is still better overall and a fair bit better in conference.

 

[jsb]

And while I agree with the comp they made in the pod to Pat Fitzgerald being the best comparison for consistently winning at a difficult job without getting top prospects or using partial qualifiers etc, Campbell has quite a bit higher winning percentage both overall and in conference at Iowa St. vs Fitzgerald. And even if you remove Fitzgerald's terrible final year Campbell is still better overall and a fair bit better in conference.

Agreed. Campbell’s conference record doesn’t get talked about nearly enough. Since he’s been here it is almost a given we have a winning conference record. Before even a .500 conference record was a big deal.

 

[swiacy]

Like it or not, a good judge of a program is the number of players that make an NFL roster. CMC has steadily increased that number during his tenure. Ferentz has consistently sent linemen, tight ends, linebackers and defensive backs to the NFL. I doubt any two power 4 schools in a low populated state can match those numbers. Alabama/Auburn send a bunch but their state population far exceeds Iowa.

 

[danvillecyclone]

Scary to think how many dumb fans considered the program was rotting under CMC just a couple of years ago.

And how many a couple of minutes ago.

 

[ZorkClone]

Like it or not, a good judge of a program is the number of players that make an NFL roster. CMC has steadily increased that number during his tenure. Ferentz has consistently sent linemen, tight ends, linebackers and defensive backs to the NFL. I doubt any two power 4 schools in a low populated state can match those numbers. Alabama/Auburn send a bunch but their state population far exceeds Iowa.

I hate to say this, but Iowa's program is a big part of this. ISU is getting on board now with building players up though.

 

[swiacy]

I hate to say this, but Iowa's program is a big part of this. ISU is getting on board now with building players up though.
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Fantastic graphic! Where’d you find it?

 

[Aclone]

We take for granted what we have in Campbell.

“We” who?

The nutcases who post insanity on Gameday threads don’t count.

 

[CascadeClone]

Agreed. Campbell’s conference record doesn’t get talked about nearly enough. Since he’s been here it is almost a given we have a winning conference record. Before even a .500 conference record was a big deal.

The years I was in Ames, they were 14-39-2 (25%). But that doesn't even begin to quantify the badness.

Average loss was 15.5 points.
7 conference wins in 5 seasons.
Blown out by 21 or more twelve times - almost one blow out per win over 5 years.

They were hapless, helpless, and hopeless.

 

[Al_4_State]

I hate to say this, but Iowa's program is a big part of this. ISU is getting on board now with building players up though.
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Parkersburg alone has contributed dramatically to this.

 

[EnkAMania]

Parkersburg alone has contributed dramatically to this.

Mount Vernon has two.