Poignant Campbell story

[hoosman]

Hines: The lost cause Matt Campbell and Iowa State football are fighting for

Matt Campbell says college football "isn't professional sport." He's wrong, Travis Hines writes, but for the right reasons.

www.desmoinesregister.com

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

This seems like a d!ck article by Hines. That article reads like Campbell is absolutely anti pay players and I don't think that is probably the case. I imagine CMC is a "there needs to be balance" type guy and I think that's where most people are at. Hines seems to have an axe to grind and could you imagine what would happen if the Chadster put out an article about Iowa/Kirk like this one?

 

[CyDegen]

Hines was smiling ear to ear writing this hit piece.

 

[Mads4st8]

Ignore. No one reads the Des Moines Register anymore and Hines is a disaster professionally.

 

[Cyhig]

Can't believe I am saying this but here it goes . . .

I miss Randy

 

[CoachHines3]

no relation to travis hines

 

[Clone95]

Speaking of DM Reg. They've been posting articles with the title "so and so opens up about his commitment to ISU". Whenever I see that in my feed, I think of "opening up their recruitment", which is not a good thing. Didn't know if anyone else noticed that.

 

[RoseClone]

Speaking of DM Reg. They've been posting articles with the title "so and so opens up about his commitment to ISU". Whenever I see that in my feed, I think of "opening up their recruitment", which is not a good thing. Didn't know if anyone else noticed that.

Yes.

 

[goody2012]

This seems like a d!ck article by Hines. That article reads like Campbell is absolutely anti pay players and I don't think that is probably the case. I imagine CMC is a "there needs to be balance" type guy and I think that's where most people are at. Hines seems to have an axe to grind and could you imagine what would happen if the Chadster put out an article about Iowa/Kirk like this one?

Pretty amazing how all of our beat writers hate Iowa State, and all of Iowa's beat writers are just fanboys.

 

[NWICY]

Travis Hines has always kind of sucked it seems to me.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Travis Hines has always kind of sucked it seems to me.

It just seems like he hates it here. Going back to the coach Hoiberg days, he just always came across as sarcastic and bitter, especially on Twitter. And that was well before Twitter was a complete cesspool.

 

[spk123]

I guess I’m struggling to see how this was a “hit piece” on Campbell? It reads to me, if anything, sympathetic to him.

Hines isn’t arguing that Campbell doesn’t believe in paying players, but rather presents the culture of the program that Campbell has created as something very different from some programs where it is *all* about money. And limiting the ability to develop walk-ons goes against that culture - this is what Campbell is fighting against. Hines argues that is a valiant, if probably losing, battle - I tend to agree.

 

[cyclones500]

Hines — like numerous sportswriters — and plenty of news writers — seems to like the em dash — a lot — when, many times, a comma works just fine.

 

[cy4state]

I guess I’m struggling to see how this was a “hit piece” on Campbell? It reads to me, if anything, sympathetic to him.

Hines isn’t arguing that Campbell doesn’t believe in paying players, but rather presents the culture of the program that Campbell has created as something very different from some programs where it is *all* about money. And limiting the ability to develop walk-ons goes against that culture - this is what Campbell is fighting against. Hines argues that is a valiant, if probably losing, battle - I tend to agree.

I agree. I didn't read the whole article, though saw this and don't get the "he's anti pay players" comment earlier.

 

[MJ271]

I guess I’m struggling to see how this was a “hit piece” on Campbell? It reads to me, if anything, sympathetic to him.

Hines isn’t arguing that Campbell doesn’t believe in paying players, but rather presents the culture of the program that Campbell has created as something very different from some programs where it is *all* about money. And limiting the ability to develop walk-ons goes against that culture - this is what Campbell is fighting against. Hines argues that is a valiant, if probably losing, battle - I tend to agree.

I very much agree. Perhaps the beginning of the article wasn't sympathetic to Campbell--it seemed to be framing the piece as Campbell being wrong about the state of college football. But the rest expressed that Campbell is doing a service by talking about the opportunities lost in the current system.

Here's a worthwhile excerpt:

What specifically had Campbell irked was the likelihood of first cutting current walk-ons and then simply having fewer of them in the future should the House settlement and its roster limit pass later this year.

“It’s showing you where college football is football is today,” Campbell said, “and it’s criminal. It’s sad. It’s disappointing. It’s one of those things that is when your real responsibility is the development of the student-athlete, no matter where that student-athlete falls in your football program, that’s what’s really hard.

“A lot of things that you don’t believe in and you don’t stand for, and you just try to navigate your program the right way and benefit kids.”

Campbell can keep that fight alive because, first of all, I think he sincerely believes it. Or at least to the extent any hyper-competitive, incredibly-compensated college football coach can. That, to refute a phrase, winning is the most important thing, but it’s not the only thing.

 

[Cycsk]

I thought Hines did a pretty good job of capturing what Campbell said. Campbell's biggest complaint had to do with being forced to cut walk-on's without even having the rules in place.

 

[MTCyclone43]

Typical story out of the "Des Moines Rag." I have not red a story out of that Rag for years- I see the journalism has not improved.

 

[Frak]

Campbell is right and I don’t view this as a hit piece by Hines. It’s stupid that you can’t have walk ons any more. What is the actual benefit for anyone?

 

[CyState85]

Hines wrote an article 10 years ago about the audacity of Iowa State not getting another night’s worth of hotel rooms for the basketball team out in Hawaii the day AFTER they won the tournament. The team had to kill 5-6 hours until the team flight left in late afternoon, and he accused Pollard of nickel and diming the basketball program and Hoiberg which is what led him to leave Iowa State for the Bulls.

 

[FerShizzle]

no relation to travis hines

Your mom has relations with him.