Recapping the madness

By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher

The last four days have been a little bit wild. Have they not?

Who here is in need of a quick recap?

– Fred Hoiberg is Iowa State’s new head basketball coach. The Mayor retained T.J. Otzelberger as his associate head coach. Cyclone legend Jeff Grayer will be on his staff as well. Hoiberg signed a five-year contract at $800,000 a year.

– All five Iowa State signees/recruits in the class of 2010 still plan on attending Iowa State, despite the coaching change. Those men are Melvin Ejim, Jordan Railey, DeMarcus Phillips, Eric McKnight and Calvin Godfrey.

– There are no known defections coming from Iowa State’s current players after the coaching change.

– According to my sources, Chris Colvin will not be playing basketball for Iowa State next season.

– I’ve been told by multiple sources that Justin Hamilton is thinking about coming back to Iowa State next season. The Hoiberg staff wants him on the roster.

– Hoiberg has two assistant coaches to hire. He said to today that he wants to add someone with a lot of head coaching experience to his staff.

Stay tuned for a HOIBERG HIRED links compilation later on tonight.

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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