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He’s 100 percent correct. Campbell only cares about Campbell and his loyal circle.

My son knows two of the players transferring. One of them told my son that apparently Campbells staff is telling the ones they won’t bring to PSU they should be looking as it’s no longer the same ISU anymore.

I’ve posted in another thread about how the shine of Campbell went away after I learned about his fragile ego and many NDAs attached to former coaches. It would appear he ego is so fragile that he can’t handle a successful Iowa State without him if the above is true.

Now that he’s gone I hope people see that he really is no different than any other self absorbed college coach that is only in it for themselves.
Would upvote you a thousand times on this if I could. Freely admit I bought it all from him, hook, line, and sinker.
 
Is this too optimistic?

* On average, teams lose about 20 of 85 scholarship players each year when they've used up all eligibility. Thus, there's ~20 losses. (I didn't look up the actual number.)

* We have 29 players that have announced their intent to transfer.

* It's still early, thus one might assume another 20 players will enter the portal.

That leaves us with ~70 losses out of 85 scholarship players.

Then, on the bright side, we rebuild around those 15, plus 1-2 players who entered the portal but decide to stay, plus ~10 of our previously committed recruits who decide to stick with ISU, plus ~5 walk-ons who earn scholarships.

That gets us to 32, which means that the staff will need approximately 53 transfers and/or new HS commits.

Again, too optimistic?
Think of it as two full recruiting classes to fill. With just transfers. I would imagine he'll bring in a ton of seniors but I would hope he brings a fair share of underclassmen in to steady the ship for the future. I'd imagine they'll have an insane amount of work to do over the next two months.
 
Think of it as two full recruiting classes to fill. With just transfers. I would imagine he'll bring in a ton of seniors but I would hope he brings a fair share of underclassmen in to steady the ship for the future. I'd imagine they'll have an insane amount of work to do over the next two months.
Plus plus is everyone who has been around him says no one will outwork him. And, as he said, he “didn’t come here to lose.” He’s done this before and will do it again. Keep the faith.
 
Eh, NDAs aren't that uncommon in this profession. Neither are disgruntled former staff members. Not all that surprising.
The number of coaches that would be unemployable without NDAs in place would be absolutely staggering if it ever got out....
 
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People are foolish believe that any starters would return. Better to just assume they’re gone and be pleasantly surprised if a couple stay
Honestly I thought we would keep a few starters that Campbell didn't want to take with him. There are still some starters that have not announced yet - Ebel, McLaughlin, Brezina, Patton, Neal, Hawk, Gilbert (DE), Sowell - have all started at least one game. A few of those guys are Iowa kids who are probably not good enough to get a Penn State offer.
 
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Now you’ve intrigued me…

What portion of the US Constitution would you be referring to?
As it relates to a school official leading students in prayer and selecting team bible verses and books to print on team tshirts?

It might be a lot easier if you laid out under what jurisprudence you think this is a gotcha?

Otherwise the answer is pretty obviously the establishment clause of the 1st amendment, the due process (and equal protection) clause of the 14th amendment, and if you intend to take a trip down the rabbit hole to crackpot town Article III.

Keep in mind Prohm was at Murray State pre Kennedy v Bremerton, so despite how Old Neil put her down, Lemon was very much in place. Even that is likely irrelevant because it would be much harder to disingenuously describe what Prohm did as a personal act outside his actions as a school official.

What I was responding to was the comment that this was Kentucky. Regardless of what radical jurisprudence one subscribes to the fact Murray State allowed all this without at least putting together some kind of cover-your-ass in case a complaint was made was irresponsible, and still would be post Bremerton. Or, you know, they could have just used the conservative and common approach of erring on the side of protecting itself and its students.

Again, in contrast, when Toledo got wind Campbell was praying with his team they immediately shut that **** down. This wasn’t, and still really isn’t, controversial nor esoteric.
 
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Eh, NDAs aren't that uncommon in this profession. Neither are disgruntled former staff members. Not all that surprising.
Completely agree. To me it was more disappointing to see fans on here piling on that coach at the time and nonstop praise of Campbell. When in reality they were let go for doing exactly what Campbell directed them to do. The program needed a scapegoat for recruiting misses and bad coaching.
 

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