Washington's Lorenzo Romar on TJ Otzelberger's Departure
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I wish someone would tell me why the Bulls job is so special - just because he played there I suppose. He could ask Tim Floyd. Anyway he, (here we go) in my view given his recent medical issue is not going to jump to the NBA right now. He's got a heck of a teaming coming up, his twins I think are in middle school now and he has said many times he wants to coach them so I think we should all just chill out and set our sights on some great transfers.:yes:
Don't want to read all these threads, but just want to post that I think Romar's quote about the next few months is:
1. More likely about him leaving Washington than Fred leaving Iowa State.
2. More likely about Iowa State being great and Washington not.
3. More likely about TJ having something personal happening here in Iowa.
1. More likely about him leaving Washington than Fred leaving Iowa State.
2. More likely about Iowa State being great and Washington not.
3. More likely about TJ having something personal happening here in Iowa.
So people inside the program are uncertain about his future, what you posted is speculation and its 50-50 he leave for the NBA at some point.
So basically only Fred knows and has really said nothing about going to the NBA.
CycloneErik
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Regardless who is our coach this coming year, or what conversations TJ & Fred may have had, or TJ subsequently had with Romar, ... Romar should never had said what he said. Look, I know he doesn't owe ISU anything. But you just don't tell a reporter, "you'll see in a couple of months" and "I'll leave it at that". To me, that was pretty unprofessional, regardless of what angle you're interpreting it from. Even if its nothing to do with Fred. Its almost like using it as negative recruiting. We don't need all these new scholarship players we're trying to sign in the next few weeks to be wondering if their future coach is who they're expecting it to be.
If Fred leaves this year his legacy as a coach at ISU will be half baked. He'll always be a beloved figure at ISU, but it will always be about what may have been rather than what was. Depends on how important that is to him.
So you think Fred admitted to a HS recruit that he wasn't 100% sure on next year and that young man has kept that to himself? But the Washington coach didn't keep that private and threw Hoiberg under the bus? And our coach-in-waiting is a guy who cant get a mid-major job?
If you think ISU fans are bad, you should see what fans of pro teams are like. We treat Fred with kid gloves here. At the slightest bit of adversity the fan base in Chicago will crucify him. He knows that. He's not stupid. Don't give me this "coaching at ISU is too hard on him" crap. If he goes to the pros, especially a market like Chicago, he is signing up for scrutiny and pressure that is orders of magnitude higher.
He also thinks that the Bulls already guaranteed him the job while the season is ongoing and not interviewing any other candidates and is kept quiet from everyone. He then thinks that Fred is keeping it quiet from JP, yet convinced JP to hire TJ "just in case." He then thinks JP doesn't know anything, quickly hired an assistant, just in case, to guarantee a job that isn't open and not considering any other candidates, but again, doesn't know anything. He then thinks TJ kept it quiet to all but Romar, who then spilled the beans and it "makes sense" it's all coming together.
They then spin it like the rest of us are in complete denial that Fred will never go to the NBA, when most of us know that will happen someday, and definitely not coming from Romar of all people.
This thread keeps getting more and more insane.
If you can't trust a high school boy to keep his mouth shut who CAN you trust?
Signed,
Every teacher that screwed a high school boy.
Are you assuming Bulls fans will be more patient and kind to Fred?
If Fred took the Bulls job, he just became the HC of the only NBA team in the 3rd largest city in the United States. With a metro of 9.5 million people, he will be under a microscope.
If you think we were hard on Fred, just wait until he has a bad season in Chicago. The media that are begging for him and praising him now? Those same people will be calling for his head after they see it might not work out and he should have stayed in College.
Fred has it good now and he knows that. He could also have it good in Chicago, but he could also have it 10x worse than it would ever be at ISU.
Public Policy Polling has a poll in the field this week and of the 125 Iowa State fans they surveyed on the first night 0 disapprove of the job Fred is doing.
Smoke usually equals fire around here. Fred leaving would pretty much devastate me. Hoping for the best but this Otz thing is weird.
I hate to say it, but I think he's gone. I don't have any information, other than in the last month, what affirmative talk has there been (other than Pete selling papers) that he will be around next season? Even TJO rebuttal in the rag was very noncommittal.
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