Absolutely horrible video. Not all publicity is good publicity. And that coaching record/stat sheet/whatever it's called is even more open to ridicule. I believe we were all laughing at Tim Brewster when he released the same type of thing, now we appear to have Timmy Brewster Jr.
Matt Campbell "Grind to Greatness" video
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ok people yes it's not the greatest video, but it's not that terrible. Yes it's bad enough for others to mock us, but it's not like we lose anything out of it. Every university puts out sub-par videos, it'll be forgotten by those who want to mock it before the end of the year, and will serve a decent purpose for what they were intending for it.
WGAF? You're being way too sensitive to what idiot hok fans think. It was supposed to be funny and it was.
I actually kind of liked the video. It was made in fun, and if other people make fun of it, so be it. It gets people talking about Iowa State.
I'd rather have the staff put out bad videos than to not try at all and let Iowa State fall into even more obscurity. At least they're trying.
I'd rather have the staff put out bad videos than to not try at all and let Iowa State fall into even more obscurity. At least they're trying.
This is the exact same loser mentality of the Rhoads era. "we get our publicity on the field"...except that means that on top of losing during the football season, you're also losing as other programs are keeping themselves in the front of recruits' minds year round. Yes, they'll have a miss here and there, but it's better to try and miss once in a while than to sit stoically by yourself with your dignity fully in tact and say how you're doing it your way and keep losing.
This is goofy but that's the intent. I don't particularly care about it.
The tweet with his "record" on it is far worse. So disingenuous that it's flat out embarrassing.
I've seen far worse stuff come out of Iowa City than that video. You know, you should go to hawkeye report and comment about how embarassing they are to your precious university you didn't attend.
I haven't been on the boards much since he was hired. What's been so great about what he's done so far? From what little I've seen his biggest accomplishments have been landing a bunch of low rated recruits where ISU is their best offer, many of whom are JUCOs (all very much like CPR's recruiting) and rehired his Toledo staff. Now, it might all work out and if it does that would be great but from what I'm seeing it's all been rather ho-hum. Maybe I'm too much in "wait and see" mode but I'm not seeing a lot of big improvement.
Rhoads staff was about 1 recruit away from completing the class, with a recruiting ranking of 92. Since Campbell has come in he has only kept a handful of those guys (most of which are the "no P5 offer" kids) and rebuilt the class back to the number Rhoads staff was at (15). His class ranking is now 69.
I hope I don't need to explain to you how big of an improvement that is. Additionally, Campbell has come in and not once made an excuse for what Iowa State isn't, and has only overly emphasized all the things that it IS. The exact opposite was true of Rhoads. All you ever heard Rhoads and staff talk about was, "Well ISU is hard, we can't get good kids, its cold here, blah blah blah." They were a bunch of losers and whiny crybabies. That trickled down to the players. If nothing else, that mentality being gone will help tremendously.
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I guess some people just like to ***** about everything. I thought it was a fun little video that is meant to be just that - fun. Also, big fan of the Sopranos tune they used as background music....
I was pretty indifferent about the video until it started driving Hawk fans crazy. Now I love it.
One of his last press conferences after Texas. "If I asked those guys to come, they wouldn't come." "We shouldn't have won that game." "This is a tough place to recruit."
I mean that is just 1 press conference showcasing his poor attitude about the school, players, etc. I'm sure if you go through 7 years worth of press conferences you will find plenty more examples of this kind of ****** attitude with plenty more finger pointing and excuse making.
Love it, although I doubt any of us are the target audience.
Of course Hawk fans don't get it, as a group they have even less sense than CF.
Of course Hawk fans don't get it, as a group they have even less sense than CF.
I don't get the criticism from both Hawk and Clone fans. Anytime I see something new like the coaches meeting room or the Cesna Turboprop I like it. Catchy tune.
What's wrong with the info graphic? Just show he comes from a history of winning both as a player and a coach. Data on it is accurate and correct.
The he only thing embarrassing about any of this is those that chose to nitpick.
The he only thing embarrassing about any of this is those that chose to nitpick.
