Report: T.J. Otzelberger headed for Iowa State
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Well said. It’s a f***ing disastrous hire.
Sorry you misunderstood what I was inferring. The process is not necessarily better just because it takes longer. There is a lot that happens with these coaching searches that the average Joel’s not privilege to. if it is most likely going to be TJ, might as well get on with it.
The difference of course is that Chizek was considered an amazing hire at the time and you wouldn’t find one fan not excited. If anything, it is a reminder that rarely do people have any idea what they are talking about at this point.
And where do we recruit? I’ll give you a hint. Hunter, Haliburton, McKay, Burton, Garrett, Thomas
That's called a "job". Just like UNLV. Stop trying to make this more than what it is. That is the problem people are having.
That's a very obtuse way of looking at things. Who's to say Pollard didn't check with other candidates to gauge interest and see what a buyout would be? You can have a coaching search without having formal interviews. There are these things now called phones and actually computers where you can do a video conference.
Hope you're right. I could definitely see UNLV fans wanting to get rid of TJ, that's for sure.
He did recruit at ISU well but Prohm actually had a couple of classes that were equal to what TJ did.
In the end it is going to come down to x's and o's, conference as a whole will always recruit well.
It will be his coaching that will decide things. How he does against Huggins, Self, Beard, Kruger is what it is all about.
If he cannot stand toe to toe with them he can bring in a bunch of 4 star kids, it won't matter the results will mostly be bad.
I hope they don’t trot this guy out during one of the football games this fall. The lack of enthusiasm will be obvious.
Agree....called a few agents (including Devries) just to get the feel for potential interest....maybe be did the last two weeks.
I also wonder..if JP.has wanted TJ, why extend Prohm a couple years ago?
I would love to hear you expand on the talent he had at UNLV this year. I certainly see the talent due in next year, but his team was not talented this year.
Not a hire at least not yet. Maybe wait to have a stroke once it is official?
How much of it was talent winning in spite of bad coaching? 2019 sticks out as a good example of this, not to mention we weren't all that good last year with a lottery pick on the team
A couple of points... One, UNLV could have leaked this to let it get out there that the job might be available. Gotta believe that if they wanted to keep him, they would have been in the process of putting together a counter.
Two, the possibility of this happening surfaced not this week or even within the last month. It started at the end of last season. Anyone who doesn't believe agents representing the interested haven't been sending feelers out to Pollard over the last year are naive. I have no doubt that the interested have sent feelers to Pollard even before Prohm was released.
If it is TJ, it's anything but a hasty move. It's one that's been long planned.
All I know is that for what we can, or more appropriately, what we will spend, he as good or better than anyone else we would get.
We can get him on the (relative) cheap and he'll trust Pollard to take care of him.
With all of that being said, I'm ok with the hire. I'm not super excited, but I am excited to see what he can do. He's a great guy, he's one of us, and unlike 6 years ago, is now ready for the opportunity.
Two, the possibility of this happening surfaced not this week or even within the last month. It started at the end of last season. Anyone who doesn't believe agents representing the interested haven't been sending feelers out to Pollard over the last year are naive. I have no doubt that the interested have sent feelers to Pollard even before Prohm was released.
If it is TJ, it's anything but a hasty move. It's one that's been long planned.
All I know is that for what we can, or more appropriately, what we will spend, he as good or better than anyone else we would get.
We can get him on the (relative) cheap and he'll trust Pollard to take care of him.
With all of that being said, I'm ok with the hire. I'm not super excited, but I am excited to see what he can do. He's a great guy, he's one of us, and unlike 6 years ago, is now ready for the opportunity.
You know this jsb, nearly all will give TJ a chance. If he hires an OVC quality staff and struggles to add anyone, that will change quickly. At least he has the cover of inheriting a 0-18 roster.
JP is a true friend. He helped gut a program to a level in which even the most average coaching friend can succeed. He even told the fans it’s a long rebuild.
