Should Paul Rhoads be fired?

[Cy$]

So right now it is 287-11 in favor of firing. Margin of error - 11 voters.

2 of the 12 voters are trolls, so 10.

 

[00clone]

So right now it is 287-11 in favor of firing. Margin of error - 11 voters.

They say there's a sucker born every minute. Apparently only 12 of them are posting today.

 

[khardbored]

I never post, but seriously can't see how anyone can argue to keep him...

1. 6-21 (Tulsa, Kansas, WVU, Iowa, toledo, UNI, not exactly murderers row).
2. Offensive line progressively worse since Osemele left.
3. Kickers cannot make kicks OR kick the ball into the end zone on kick offs (seriously? Should be able to at least do one or the other).
4. 113 yards in penalties tonight (just tonight's snafu, last week it was second half adjustments, last year it was locker room cancers and injuries)
5. When was the last time you saw a good block on a WR screen despite running at least 10 of them per game?
6. Yet to develop a QB.
7. Teams get worse as year progresses.
8. Never tackle well.

These are just what I came up with off the top of my mind. Not sure next guy can do better, but sure think we should try.

Also, don't blame players. Just kids doing the best they can, but fighting an uphill battle due to being saddled with the current coaching staff.

1st post 8 1/2 years after joining?

Impressive!

 

[Spanky]

Paul is a good guy....but not good enuff for me to retain our family's tickets I'm afraid.

 

[cyclones500]

No people where happy with that season. He blew it by having a mess of a team that last 3 years.

The past two seasons were bad no matter what, for sure. But climbing to at least 8 wins during the upswing would've earned a small amount of extra slack. 9-4 would've been even better, since there were 3 additional wins for the taking — Tech, KSU and WVU (bowl game might've still been a loss, but it would've come in a higher-quality matchup).

I chose 8-5 because obviously the Iowa game could've been a loss.

Plus, if you're an ISU football coach, maximizing those rare seasons when there's a seriously competitive team is a necessity; there could be a drop-off and retooling could take a couple years. I think Iowa State fans can accept that ebb-and-flow to some extent.

If 2002 and 2005 had been maximized, McCarney might still be coaching for us, even if 2003 and 2006 happened the way they did.

 

[LindenCy]

They say there's a sucker born every minute. Apparently only 12 of them are posting today.

Was 11 when I posted. I guess support is gaining ground.

 

[TensasCy]

Was 11 when I posted. I guess support is gaining ground.[/QUOTE}

Because he is a noice goiy, CPR should be given the benefit of the doubt with 12 supporters.

 

[cyclones500]

Last night was just a repeat of a movie we have been seeing for quite a while. Going back to 2012, here's the track record in winnable, or what should be competitve, games. Paul Rhoads teams rarely miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. I will grant that there have been a couple of fun wins mixed in over those four years, but it's just been blown opportunity after blown opportunity and it isn't going to change. In these games, ISU scored 23.5 on average, opponents 32.2. None of these results have anything to do with ISU being a "tough place to win". If Paul's teams pull out even one third or one half of these games, this thread doesn't have 130+ responses today.

2012
(L) Texas Tech 13-24
(L) K State 21-27
(L) WV 24-31
(L) Tulsa 17-31

2013
(L) UNI 20-28
(L) Iowa 21-27
(L) Texas 30-31
(L) T Tech 35-42

2014
(L) NDSU 14-34
(L) K State 28-32
(L) T Tech 31-34
(L) Texas 45-48
(L) KU 14-34

2015
(L) Iowa 17-31
(L) Toledo 23-30

Good list.

Some fans (in various threads on the current subject) think we’re flipping out because of an isolated OT loss at Toledo (which honestly may be a decent team this year, although didn’t look like it in the second half Saturday). Similar thing re: last week's loss to Iowa.

But it isn't knee-jerk. It's cumulative.

We could also “pile on†and add a few more that fit your criteria (KSU in 2009, 2010 and 2011; Rutgers ’11; Nebraska and CU in 2010, for instance) — but in ’11, ISU pulled out the Iowa & OSU wins, and survived vs. KU; ’09 had the Nebraska shocker — so some of that washes.

In the past 36 months, ISU has won only 3 games in a down-to-wire situation vs. a P5 conference team: Iowa (2012), West Virginia (2013) and Iowa (2014). Add to that two FCS losses, a loss to a bad Kansas team, and the Blowout Barrage of 2013.