Those that want Rhoads fired (at the end of the season)...

[awd4cy]

Maybe it's a separate thread but who in the P5 will be HC shopping at the end of this season?

I assume Illinois? Maybe they'll stick with the guy they promoted...

Washington State and maybe Rutgers? Not sure how long that coach has been there. There will always be more.

 

[jbhtexas]

I like everything I read about Justin Fuente.
Lots of Big 12/Texas ties. Took over a crappy Memphis outfit and his trajectory has been good.
Offensive minded coach, and competes for recruits in a state/area where he gets left overs from Tenn, and possibly even Vanderbilt as well. I think he knows how to do more with less at Memphis. obviously an easier conference to navigate, but no red flags that I see.

As long as ISU is going to be in the Big 12, they need FB coaches on staff with strong TX ties. Rhoads waited too long to get these relationships established. Fuente would fit the bill very nicely in this regard, and it looks like he's pretty good at coaching FB to boot.

Get athletes and mold them into your system. This has somewhat been the approach Gary Patterson takes at TCU. His recruiting classes have been good but not blockbuster in the rankings over the past few years (since 2010: 55,29,29,35,43,42) , but he gets enough athletes to make his system work. It takes good connections to find these "athlete" type kids who aren't particularly distinguishable in HS but can be developed into good college players. It sounds like Fuente would have the connections to do this.

 

[CyBobby]

Don't get me wrong I enjoy beating Iowa, but it's in Iowa States best interest to stop scheduling teams like Iowa, Toledo, NIU, UNI, NDSU.

Just schedule 3 EASY wins like many other schools do(well some can schedule 4 even). Get some easy early wins, boost confidence, make this team look like a winner to attract recruits.

Are U otta your mind..........That's the Bill Snyder model at KState, and we sure wouldn't want to borrow their winning philosophy now would we............lol

Rhoads Must GOOOOOOOOOOOOO