Coaching Choice POLL

Out of the likely only four candidates, which one gets your vote?

  • TJ Otzelberger

    Votes: 237 59.1%
  • Brad Underwood

    Votes: 47 11.7%
  • Steve Prohm

    Votes: 83 20.7%
  • Bryce Drew

    Votes: 34 8.5%

  • Total voters
    401
The more I think about this and as the days progress, I'm really glad I'm not making this decision. Wow.

It's definitely a big one, and part of the reason the board is so divided. As bad as the bickering has been, the "I told you so's over the next few years will probably be worse.
 
I don't get the TJ love either----if he was such a good coach, why is he 8 games under .500 in his coaching stops when he didn't share the bench with Hoiberg. Plus, Pollard already had to run off our last ace recruiter that was hired as head coach

A lot of that is McDermott. He recruited athletic Big 12 players to Iowa State which couldn't relate to Mac. Its not TJ's fault that McDermott couldn't get wins with Wesley Johnson, Craig Brackins and Rahshon Clark on one roster.
 
It's definitely a big one, and part of the reason the board is so divided. As bad as the bickering has been, the "I told you so's over the next few years will probably be worse.

We should probably bookmark this thread to remind people just how hard of a decision this probably was. Personnel decisions are never easy.
 
I don't get the TJ love either----if he was such a good coach, why is he 8 games under .500 in his coaching stops when he didn't share the bench with Hoiberg. Plus, Pollard already had to run off our last ace recruiter that was hired as head coach

Because the Head Coach sucked despite Otzelberger getting decent players for them.

So Otzelberger is the man responsible for Fred winning in Fred's first 3 years at ISU.......and Mann and Matt A are responsible for Fred winning these past 2 years. The Assistant gets all the credit or the blame for victories or the lack of victories???
 
Re: Coaching Choic POLL

The other ISU site had a similar pole. OTZ won w/ like 60% of the vote.

It is all going as according to Pollard's master plan..... :jimlad: funny how the consensus when JSB was saying this in late March and Apri was "no way would TJ ever be our coach regardless if Fred leaves.."
 
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It is all going as according to Pollard's master plan..... :jimlad: funny how the consensus when JSB was saying this in late March and Apri was "no way would TJ ever be our coach regardless if Fred leaves.."

Your trying to influence the poll, we all live to disprove JSB's theories.
 
Kind of a depressing list.:sad: If none of the above was an option I would go for that and have Matt player coach since Georges described him as the next Hoiberg. Only sort of :jimlad: Guess I need to start following volleyball more closely.
 
I don't get the TJ love. Yes, he's a good recruiter and yes he knows a few players. That says nothing about how good of a HC he'll be (which he's never done before - unlike all the other candidates).

If this were a beauty contest this would be like comparing a "4" to a couple "3's"
 
I voted for TJ, only because the other 3 are underwhelming. There is no one on this list that gets me excited. I figure with TJ you have less money tied up that would make it easier to keep looking after next year.
 
For me (and it's not so much TJ love), the other 3 don't really do much for me. Records might be impressive - but look at the competition. Yes - it's very much likely I'm suffering from GMac syndrome. But right now, I'd rather have a P5 assistant than a mid major career guy. Underwood being the lone exception to that it would seem - but I'm concerned about his style, and the KSU connection.

I'd like to see some more action from top p5 assistants.
I think it's fairly likely that these types are in the mix but not publicly. Don't want to tarnish their reputation with their current school.
 
I think this poll is helping all the TJ haters realize what many already have: There aren't any other great options. And if you just attribute that to us not going after the right people, please tell us who it is that we should be going after, so we can point and laugh at you.
 

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