CW - Steve Loney rumors...
- Thread starter SpokaneCY
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None of us have a problem with you asking why a retired coach is hanging out around our program; but when you ask why he "sucks" it's kind of a leading question; or, at the very least, disrespectful.
Everyone knows that great coached players magically over come physical short comings. Jimlad obviously.
kcbob79clone
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Thought journalism was just looking into old tweets, or since Loney is older then high school yearbooks
I think a news story on Loney's career, what brought him back to Ames, and what is current role is would be interesting and a good read. Spokane is insinuating that Loney "sucks" and shouldn't be around the program. Two completely different things.
I guess I'm not understanding the "sucks" part of this especially when the offensive line has had some of their best grades under Campbell, this year.
Campbell and Co wouldnt be where they are now if they weren't so humble and acted as a sponge to any information they could take from various coaches and consultants.
We've had some of our best offensive lines in the history of Iowa State football under Steve Loney. I for one am thrilled and thankful that he's willing to give us his time and knowledge.
Campbell and Co wouldnt be where they are now if they weren't so humble and acted as a sponge to any information they could take from various coaches and consultants.
We've had some of our best offensive lines in the history of Iowa State football under Steve Loney. I for one am thrilled and thankful that he's willing to give us his time and knowledge.
Thank you for clarifying. I agree with Spokane in the sense that I am interested in knowing more about Loney being on the sidelines. What is his role? Is he around the program all week? What room(s) is he sitting in on? Etc, etc.
He's not an official assistant, just a consultant. Pretty much doing what Hofner did before he left for the AAF league
Probably just a fan offering some advice like all of us. Let’s not turn this into something it’s not and a needless headache. At the most he’s an analyst- just a sounding board for the staff.
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article235530772.html
“This week, The Star found five instances of KU football analysts — prohibited from giving on-field instruction by NCAA bylaw 11.7.3 — appearing to coach players over the last five months. The game and practice video reviewed included multiple examples of a special teams analyst giving directions during drills on April 9 and Aug. 9 and also in KU’s 29-24 home loss to West Virginia on Saturday.”
Also, while the line was hot trash last weekend, before that, they’d actually been performing very well this season.
Boy, if a guy with a ton of experience helping with our often-maligned offensive line has you this riled up I'd love to see how you deal with actual problems.
Wow... someone's been eating their douche-flakes.
Without doing much investigative journalism of my own, I would imagine the answer would look something like this:
"Coach Matt Campbell has brought on Steve Loney, a former offensive coordinator under Dan McCarney, in an advisory role with his primary duties being development of the offensive line. When reached for comment, Coach Campbell had the following to say: "I think very highly of Coach Loney, and when I learned he was available and willing to help us out I jumped on the opportunity. Coach Loney has been developing offensive lines for decades and his experience will help us immensely."
What else do you expect? Dig up that Coach Loney, after coaching, took up a second life as a Pentacostal minister in southern Louisiana? That he started his own dance academy for little girls? That he's quietly gaining support from within to overthrow Matt Campbell as head coach?
He's a guy on the sideline helping with our offensive line. That's the story.
If you were Campbell and had a promising young offensive line coach and had the opportunity to bring in an very experienced and well respected veteran line coach to help in his development and the development of the young talent in the room, what would you do?
Smart move in my book.
Smart move in my book.
I never say that thread... Could you link?
I'm curious about his capacity because CMC doesn't seem to do anything without thought. I'm curious about his role, his responsibilities, how he's affecting the offense, really just curious. Whom approached whom? I'm curious how many people you can have on the sidelines whether it's just coaches, consultants or if anyone can hang down there if you have a pass. Is he wearing a headset? How much is he apart of our program? Curious if Loney has any impact on play-calling or any of that stuff. I'm curious if there is "official" word from our leadership on this. Curious if we're still using that O-line consultant too.
I guess if I was making fun of a guy wearing a hawk hat in some random airport or uniform colors there would be more interest and less snark but this is all I have for ya'll.
Are we using the other guy still?
Here's what's funny - I'm getting shade about asking about an old coach who many thought highly of but there are tens of thousands of posts on uniforms, old rock bands with no ties to ISU and hawks - ALWAYS about hawks. I'm personally interested in OUR program and those that touch it. Nothing more, nothing less.
Flame on I guess.
Isn't it possible that he's just a retired coach that loves football, has spent his entire career around helping young people learn the game and now just misses the game so he hangs around the program?
