*** COACHING SEARCH THREAD: Thursday, June 4 ***
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Why the **** is Tad Boyle even in the mix??? What is it about a guy who's finished 5th or below on average in some pretty ho-hum basketball conferences that I'm supposed to be excited about? YAWN.
I think it's possible that ISU will hire a new head men's basketball coach in the next few days or weeks. It will probably be someone who has coached before (head, assistant, or both), who knows where Iowa is and what teams play in the Big XII, and will get a pay raise. Whoever it is will probably have a bunch of fans who are sure it is a great hire, and others who are sure it isn't. The coach will likely win 20+ games next year and make the NCAA tournament, then will have a less successful year or two afterward. Also, I predict TJ Otz will remain as assistant, be chosen as the head coach, or leave the program. I have a source close to Iowa State who has told me all of this, so you can mark it as 100% accurate. And since none of you have any clue who I am or who my source is, I expect that you will believe everything I say, and I might even see my information cited on the major news outlets in Iowa, as well as ESPN, CBS Sports, etc. Yuo are all lucky to have me on your forum. Glad you all got a chance to benefit from my nowlidge.
Kirk Haaland's article has data that shows SFA is not an extremely up-tempo team. AdjT column shows they were 86th in the country last year, and 319th the prior year (ouch). However, they managed to score more points based on great offensive rebounding, great 2P%, and a high assist percentage. So if I interpret the data correctly, they are a very efficient scoring team, but not quite as up-tempo as we're accustomed to with Hoiball.
http://cyclonefanatic.com/basketball/mens/news/encyclonepedia-profiling-the-candidates/
What's all this talk about a rift between Pollard and Leath? If this coaching search began weeks/months ago, wouldn't Pollard have to be a total dunce not to get feedback from the university president until now? That seems really hard to believe...maybe the two are acting in concert to make it seem like Pollard's unwilling to shell out the big $ for the "splashy" hire that Leath wants, in an attempt to rile up boosters and get them to open their checkbooks?
100% how I feel. I'm not nessecarily for TJ being hired (I have other coaches I'd like ahead of him), but if he gets the job, and does well, that doesn't mean I enjoy the success any less.
I don't think that's completely true. JP has increased facilities, expectations, enhanced the public profile and in many cases the success of the traditional non-revenue. MBB and FB move the bank account the most, that's for sure. But all around success draws it's own interest and a decent number of otherwise less interested fans and donors. WBB is a perfect example of an easy opp for young fans to attend ISU events and become more fervent big money fans in the future. At the very least - many programs are contributing to their own costs more than they did prior.
Hornacek allegedly declined to interview. Agent claims Isu went through wrong channels. Source insists story is true. Per jerm, Isu nor firm contacted Phoenix directly. Something about a genie in a bottle. ******* contest ensues.
I think it's more, "hey Jamie, let's see who's interested?" rather than a rift.
If it's low 20's, take the top 65 schools that means we can pay in the top third of P5 schools for a coach. That's pretty darn good. Remember if we bring in a coach that keeps winning, we will only be able to offer more money.
Lol.
WBB attendance has nothing to do with JP, and the success of the program is at best static to where it was pre-JP.
I'm cherry-picking with the bolded parts, of course ... but those are good traits. Up-tempo or not.
And SFA was first in D1 in assists per game last season and 5th in FG% last season.
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