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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.
Just curious how an NDA comes into play? Not challenging you at all, just genuinely curious.

And didnt CW indicate how helpful the old staff was to the incoming? Thinking he insinuated that on a recent pod. Guess not really true if they are telling players to hit the road.
 
Holy ****. Is it even possible to have 1 player leave that God didn't play a factor in their decision? I thought we were recruiting football players, not choir boys. Campbell is a total fraud if this is how he ran his program.
All these kids and coaches say the exact same things. No originality whatsoever.

I am 1000% committed to remaining an ISU fan.
 
Just curious how an NDA comes into play? Not challenging you at all, just genuinely curious.

And didnt CW indicate how helpful the old staff was to the incoming? Thinking he insinuated that on a recent pod. Guess not really true if they are telling players to hit the road.

I didn't listen to the pod

What did they say was the proof of this and did it come from a reputable source?

Seems the prior guy was good at protecting his brand and firebombing the rest
 
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It would be really disappointing if this is the case, but it doesn’t sound completely unrealistic. The number of players entering the portal and presumably not going to Penn State lends further support of this theory - whether accurate or not.

So many of the “build him a statue” crowd will never accept this to be true even if proven to be by those in the know.

I’ve seen this so many times with “leaders” in business. The way they choose to prove their worth is to let it fall apart when they’re not there. They don’t understand the true definition of leadership is to build it in a way that it runs without you there. Not hard to see an athletics equivalent here being a possibility
A lot of truth here.
 
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Yep, there is a reason we went from having nearly zero NFL players to what we have now. Hate what’s happening because we believed in Campbell, and it feels like a screw job now. But being realistic, it’s going to be a daunting task to get where Campbell had us. History tells us this.
You look at how many Jackrabbits are in the NFL? While Roger’s was not HC for all of them, he was around the program while they were there and assisted at minimum not a whole lot less than ISU. And I think getting players in the NFL as an FCS is more difficult than a P4.
 
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The math says otherwise:

5 home games * $8.15 (beers selling for $8.25-8.50) * 61.5k fans * 15 beers = $37.6M
61K fans each drinking three beers? Of course that is a little less than a kinnick crowd for the Minnesota game.
 
I didn't listen to the pod

What did they say was the proof of this and did it come from a reputable source?

Seems the prior guy was good at protecting his brand and firebombing the rest

You look at how many Jackrabbits are in the NFL? While Roger’s was not HC for all of them, he was around the program while they were there and assisted at minimum not a whole lot less than ISU. And I think getting players in the NFL as an FCS is more difficult than a P4.
Can’t argue that point. Hoping Jimmy can do that here to. We just don’t have a long history of NFL guys here. Until Campbell anyway.
 
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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.
Holy ****.

I hope those players were either messing with your kid or just vindictive little ***** who were bitter about playing time.

If this is true I’d think he is actually very different from most self-absorbed coaches. This would veer into personality disorder level of weirdness.
 
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.
Yep. I thought the same thing. I thought Campbell really cared about ISU and he might be more selective about who he takes to Pedo St and maybe advise them to give the new guy a chance. But I suppose the lure of a potentially large bag o money is too much to resist.
 
The guy has not even been here 1 month and you expect him to be reaching out to all future potential in state recruits already. I have no doubt that after portal signing day he will get to that but he has bigger fish to fry until then.

And even though this recruit doesn't know who he is, I would bet his HS coach knows who CJR is.
Nor has his staff. He has been focusing on building a staff and roster. Many who just started this week.
 
Just curious how an NDA comes into play? Not challenging you at all, just genuinely curious.

And didnt CW indicate how helpful the old staff was to the incoming? Thinking he insinuated that on a recent pod. Guess not really true if they are telling players to hit the road.
I’ve learned to take a lot of this “inside reporting” with a 2 ton grain of salt.

I learned this in 2022 when it was “reported” that the staff was saying they wished they had Dekkers in 2021 instead of Purdy (seriously). And that Reeder, the LB transfer was “Mike Rose 2.0.” Those two things were light years from reality.

And how many times was it reported (and said by Campbell himself) that “this is the most excited we’ve ever been about our OL coming into the year.”

Any reporting that we get about the Campbell staff should be treated accordingly.
 
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