The thing is as much as we all want a coach who can win history would tell us that the next hire will fail as a head coach. That's a negative attitude but it's true. It doesn't mean JP shouldn't try by any means but I think it changes what you look for in a head coach quite a bit.
Those that want Rhoads fired (at the end of the season)...
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The thing is as much as we all want a coach who can win history would tell us that the next hire will fail as a head coach. That's a negative attitude but it's true. It doesn't mean JP shouldn't try by any means but I think it changes what you look for in a head coach quite a bit.
Either:
1. "Hoiberg-risk" route (example: Rosenfels).
2. Someone with head-coaching experience who has built successful teams at multiple levels and is climbing the ranks. Bonus: Proves the ability to win at schools with spotty tradition. Then hire the best offensive and defensive coordinator role-playing coaches available.
(1) is much harder to attain in football, compared to MBB. But who knows?
Stop with the P5-coordinator-to-HC approach.
1. "Hoiberg-risk" route (example: Rosenfels).
2. Someone with head-coaching experience who has built successful teams at multiple levels and is climbing the ranks. Bonus: Proves the ability to win at schools with spotty tradition. Then hire the best offensive and defensive coordinator role-playing coaches available.
(1) is much harder to attain in football, compared to MBB. But who knows?
Stop with the P5-coordinator-to-HC approach.
It's got to be someone with HC experience I think that much is clear. I'd be all on board if we pulled a Hoiberg with Sage just for the novelty factor but football isn't basketball.
We not only need a guy with HC experience but we really need a guy that has experience rebuilding a program from a dumpster fire. Putting an Asst. in to this mess is a recipe for disaster. The "no experience" thing works as well for Rosefels in a weird way. It's either got to be something proven, or something no one has ever seen before. Desperate times.
He's always had a stutter when he interviews. Go back and watch his first press conference announcing he's the new coach.
How much head coaching experience did Bill Snyder or Dan McCarney have? Just saying. That being said, IF ISU could get a good hire that has head coaching experience I'd be all for it. I just think ISU needs to be more like Stanford and MSU and less like Baylor and Texas Tech.
... need to put on some rose-colored glasses and enter into that marvelous fairytale land where the season has never quite yet begun and the future is bright if we just stay the course a while longer with our indefatigable captain who bleeds cardinal and gold out of every bodily orifice.
No. Last thing I want is another cheerleader HC. Might as well keep CPR if that is what you are looking for.
My Top 5 Realistic List:
1. Rod Carey (HC No. Illinois, O-Line guy)
2. Doc Holliday (HC Marshall, Offense skills guy)
3. Calvin Magee (OC Arizona, helped the spread offense take off)
4. Bob Stitts (HC Montana - Offensive genius most of the time)
5. Sage Rosenfels (Go the Hoiberg Route)
1. Rod Carey (HC No. Illinois, O-Line guy)
2. Doc Holliday (HC Marshall, Offense skills guy)
3. Calvin Magee (OC Arizona, helped the spread offense take off)
4. Bob Stitts (HC Montana - Offensive genius most of the time)
5. Sage Rosenfels (Go the Hoiberg Route)
