tasty CMC anecdote

[CySoup]

I guess I've been offered jobs without it being in writing until I said yes, but maybe that's just me.

Most employers will take your word that you can really clean a toilet, so it makes sense they would offer you a job without an interview. AD's on the other hand, hiring guys with salaries of 2-4 Mil, and who's results can make a break an athletic department generally want to meet them and interview them face to face before offering them a job.





I of course was just kidding on your job. :smile:

 

[NickTheGreat]

Wait . . . . . . Campbell is leaving!?!?!

 

[Cydkar]

Three other standing offers, no way. Three other schools probably showed some interest, which is completely different than "standing offers".

This has what to do with Iowa?

 

[BCClone]

You think CMC had standing P5 offers without even interviewing for the job? I will guarantee you that he didn't have another offer in writing, that just isn't the way these things work.

Call me skeptical of some buddy of your who supposedly talked to some unnamed assistant coach who said he had 3 "standing offers" from other schools. LOL.

Know what, I never have signed a document or ever gotten an "offer" sheet before saying yes

 

[RustShack]

Most employers will take your word that you can really clean a toilet, so it makes sense they would offer you a job without an interview. AD's on the other hand, hiring guys with salaries of 2-4 Mil, and who's results can make a break an athletic department generally want to meet them and interview them face to face before offering them a job.




I of course was just kidding on your job. :smile:

I'd say pretty much every employer meets or knows someone before offering them a job...

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Most employers will take your word that you can really clean a toilet, so it makes sense they would offer you a job without an interview. AD's on the other hand, hiring guys with salaries of 2-4 Mil, and who's results can make a break an athletic department generally want to meet them and interview them face to face before offering them a job.





I of course was just kidding on your job. :smile:

Holy semantics Batman! Our little brains can't wrap around anything other than wax on wax off.

Some seriously insecure people in this thread.

 

[AWOL2000]

I make $90.00/hr from home in my spare time. I never got an offer letter just this nifty envelope in the mail...

 

[ICHawk24]

This has what to do with Iowa?

Iowa and every other FBS school in the country that did not extend a "standing offer" to cmc.

 

[NetflixAndClone]

Iowa and every other FBS school in the country that did not extend a "standing offer" to cmc.

Source?

 

[amishclone]

I make $90.00/hr from home in my spare time. I never got an offer letter just this nifty envelope in the mail...

Why would I wanna take a pay cut

 

[CyValley]

I'm sure some coaches look at CPR's record and think "It may be a tough place to win, but look at how ******* low the bar is!". If you go to a bowl game it's considered an amazing coaching job at ISU.

Yeah, a bowl game is the first big step. Expectations rise, though. They did for CPR, didn't they? Fans always want more, after the first hurdle is behind them. I'll bet we're no different. We'll see.

 

[CySoup]

Holy semantics Batman! Our little brains can't wrap around anything other than wax on wax off.

Some seriously insecure people in this thread.

I'm insecure because I don't believe some crap that someone posted about a friend of theirs claiming they were doing work for an assistant coach, and the coach confided in the person that CMC had 3 other "Standing offers"? CMC didn't even interview with another school, so there is a 100% certainty that he didn't have any "standing offers".

Now I'm sure he had TONS of interest, but to claim he had "standing offers" is just silly.

 

[KnappShack]

I'm insecure because I don't believe some crap that someone posted about a friend of theirs claiming they were doing work for an assistant coach, and the coach confided in the person that CMC had 3 other "Standing offers"? CMC didn't even interview with another school, so there is a 100% certainty that he didn't have any "standing offers".

Now I'm sure he had TONS of interest, but to claim he had "standing offers" is just silly.

Why bother interviewing at places where he had a standing offer? Would the standing offer be just that?

 

[00clone]

Why bother interviewing at places where he had a standing offer? Would the standing offer be just that?

I have no idea whether he did or didn't, but I can imagine a scenario where one did...yeah, you wouldn't interview until you decided to take the standing offer, then they'd 'rooney rule' some other candidates to make it look like it was a selection process, and bumpitty-bump, we have our candidate.

 

[CySoup]

Why bother interviewing at places where he had a standing offer? Would the standing offer be just that?

LOL. Are some of you guys serious? You really think some AD is gonna just offer someone a 2-4 million dollar contract to run a multi million dollar football program that depends almost solely on said football programs success without ever even interviewing them?

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

standing offer was my term, not his. he was offered 3 jobs and he turned them down.

 

[RustShack]

Maybe he meant were interested in him, but didn't get as far as it could have because Iowa State.

 

[CyValley]

Gives me hope that even with good success, he may love it here and want to stay. It was the great fan support that got him here and great fan support could help keep him here if he's a hot prospect in a few years. It's up to us fans to pack The Jack all game long and make it our football version of Hilton every week.

Hope. . . .

The thought just crossed my mind that in some ways, CMC and CSP are two peas in a pod. Both possess calm, cool demeanors; each said money isn't the reason they came to ISU (both are paid near the bottom of Big 12 football and mbb coaches, respectively, so maybe it's true), but rather the opportunity to work with the people surrounding ISU athletics was a key factor. Both emphasize family – unlike some wild freaky coaches out there (Harbaugh, Knight . . .) – our instincts tell us CMC and CSP mean what they say.

I recall CMC saying, at his intro press conference, he was in it for the long haul; I don't recall, did CSP say something similar?

We fans will do our job, won't we? We'll pack the Jack! We'll be fillin' the Hilton! We'll be amazin' the nation (ok, I'm reaching . . .).

I was thinking about not renewing our season football tickets for 2016, not because I do not like CPR (I still think him a good man, I'd be a hypocrite if I allowed his ISU record to change that opinion), but because I have deep affection for the Cyclones and could not bear witnessing more of the same sad results.

Now? Ten John Deere tractors could not pull me away from the ticket renewal box office. Well, they could – maybe a 1 or 2 hp kids' toy might do the job, but you get the idea.

I have high, higher, sky high! hopes for both CMC and CSP. And, unlike a few here, I give great credit to JP for a powerful values leadership that created an environment attracting such men as Matt Campbell and Steve Prohm to Iowa State University.

(CMC and CSP work directly for JP, does anyone here think -- really deep down believe -- that either would be in Ames today if JP or someone very much like him were not the director of athletics?)

 

[CyValley]

Three other standing offers, no way. Three other schools probably showed some interest, which is completely different than "standing offers".

Please site your sources. . . . That is, put up or shut up.

 

[ICHawk24]

Please site your sources. . . . That is, put up or shut up.

My source is having a ******* clue about how the world works.

I guess you should all go ahead with the belief that your coach was offered 3 different P5 jobs (I will no longer say "standing offers" because the OP has already backed down from his opening post) and turned them down due to the specialness of ISU.

Given the OP is already changing his tune, we can't believe anything happened.