Hard but easy question. For those that have watched UNLV this year does it appear they play hard and with a little fire?
It's one of the wives tales that spread like wild fire on this site. Right up there with Katie Prohm despising her existence in Ames, IA.
Hard but easy question. For those that have watched UNLV this year does it appear they play hard and with a little fire?
Looks like a little bit of Fred ball. They play about as hard as any other 8-11 team. Nothing stands out as.........WHOA! Jenkins is a good guard. Grill is .........Grill. Are they the absolute worst....no. But if T.J. wasn't already a known commodity in Ames you wouldn't see his games, read his resume, set aside and go........THAT'S OUR GUY!
His recruiting here gets much ballyhoo...and he did well. But no one wants to include his days of recruiting under GMAC. Maybe it's because GMAC wasn't a good coach. But results at Creighton might suggest otherwise. Then why did his recruiting not do so well with GMAC...but with Fred? Was it more thanks to Fred, Matt, Bobby, Doc? I don't know. So if you take everything as a whole...he has recruited at ISU with a losing regime.....and a winning regime. So I guess if you like T.J........you emphasize Fred and state he was a smashing success. If you don't you say pump the brakes......remember GMAC? If you are objective......it's a wash.
But like I have said in other posts...being a known, familiar and comfortable hire...and maybe the cheapest along with being a native Badger, JP will probably will pull the trigger sooner rather than later for his friend. Because if they hire someone else now and things go well for at least 6 years...there is no guarantee JP will be at ISU at the point and thus the friendly, familiar AD T.J. knows will be gone. And unless he just knocks it out of the park at UNLV, more than likely so will his dream of coaching at ISU next time the job comes open.
So in summation.......can Iowa State can do better than T.J.....yes. Can we do worse.....yes. So in the end if Steve is gone, you have to trust the judgement of JP and hope he is objective and thorough, and puts a little more into it than......."welcome home buddy".
Yes among other solid recruitsDidn’t TJ bring in Brackins and Diante?
Didn’t TJ bring in Brackins and Diante?
Buzz is one of the highest paid coaches in the nation..
He also brought us Terrence Lewis and Jakolby Long.Didn’t TJ bring in Brackins and Diante?
He also brought us Terrence Lewis and Jakolby Long.
Hey I'm just trying to make sure we're looking at both sides of the coin here. That's all.]
so we’re looking for a guy that has never missed on a recruit. Looking forward to the Coach K or Jim Calipari era at ISU.
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so we’re looking for a guy that has never missed on a recruit. Looking forward to the Coach K or Jim Calipari era at ISU.
I agree, while I don't necessarily want it to be TJ I will support him 100% if he's leading the program, same as I have Steve. I welcome him to prove my assumptions (weak x's and o's, no identifiable style of play, lack of evidence that he can build a program etc) about him to be false.Tj will be introduced as the new coach after the season. So I’ll be his biggest fan.
He’s still new enough at this, so there will be a learning curve. He’s going to get a lot of patience and goodwill from much of the social media sect, so he’ll have time to figure it out.
Tj had really good recruits under McDermott. Brackins, Johnson, Taylor, Garrett, Christopherson, Gilstrap,Looks like a little bit of Fred ball. They play about as hard as any other 8-11 team. Nothing stands out as.........WHOA! Jenkins is a good guard. Grill is .........Grill. Are they the absolute worst....no. But if T.J. wasn't already a known commodity in Ames you wouldn't see his games, read his resume, set aside and go........THAT'S OUR GUY!
His recruiting here gets much ballyhoo...and he did well. But no one wants to include his days of recruiting under GMAC. Maybe it's because GMAC wasn't a good coach. But results at Creighton might suggest otherwise. Then why did his recruiting not do so well with GMAC...but with Fred? Was it more thanks to Fred, Matt, Bobby, Doc? I don't know. So if you take everything as a whole...he has recruited at ISU with a losing regime.....and a winning regime. So I guess if you like T.J........you emphasize Fred and state he was a smashing success. If you don't you say pump the brakes......remember GMAC? If you are objective......it's a wash.
But like I have said in other posts...being a known, familiar and comfortable hire...and maybe the cheapest along with being a native Badger, JP will probably will pull the trigger sooner rather than later for his friend. Because if they hire someone else now and things go well for at least 6 years...there is no guarantee JP will be at ISU at the point and thus the friendly, familiar AD T.J. knows will be gone. And unless he just knocks it out of the park at UNLV, more than likely so will his dream of coaching at ISU next time the job comes open.
So in summation.......can Iowa State can do better than T.J.....yes. Can we do worse.....yes. So in the end if Steve is gone, you have to trust the judgement of JP and hope he is objective and thorough, and puts a little more into it than......."welcome home buddy".
Both top 150 recruits.He also brought us Terrence Lewis and Jakolby Long.
He also brought us Terrence Lewis and Jakolby Long.
Tj will be introduced as the new coach after the season. So I’ll be his biggest fan.
He’s still new enough at this, so there will be a learning curve. He’s going to get a lot of patience and goodwill from much of the social media sect, so he’ll have time to figure it out.
so who do you think will be the assistants. hopefully bryan petersongets a look
McKinley Wright had an offer. He went to commit on a visit. Staff wouldn’t take his commitment. AAU circuit in Minneapolis is tight. That decision screwed CSP’s chances of ever getting a commitment from that State.Thanks for clarifying. I just wasn’t sure how McKinley Wright made it so we will never be able to recruit in Minnesota.