No, but I'm putting it into perspective. They barely lost to a team who also barely got knocked out a few rounds later by the eventual national champs. It's a way of showing how good Utah actually was last year and SFA came damn close to knocking them off.
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No, but I'm putting it into perspective. They barely lost to a team who also barely got knocked out a few rounds later by the eventual national champs. It's a way of showing how good Utah actually was last year and SFA came damn close to knocking them off.
I'm sure I'll get some hell for this but if that last sentence is true then it might serve us best to bring in someone new at the AD role. Love the enthusiasm JP brings to the role but if he cannot evolve just as our athletics department is evolving we will never reach the next step we all want to see happen.
At one time ISU made both Orr and LE one of the highest paid coaches in the country, with less revenue than ISU has today.
No one will agree, and he won't get the job, but Moton would be a great hire, dude can coach, would love to have him. Whoever gets him in the coming years will have a good one.
I do think JP does a pretty good job of having "across the board" success in athletics at ISU, which is his job.
However, I think there is a segment of the fanbase that really only cares about MBB and Football, and want JP to spend nearly all the money on just those two. That's kind of what Iowa seems to do.
I know JP is putting a decent amount of money into track and cross country, which is somewhat controversial since his son is going to be running track and cross country at ISU.
Football is still the king and the big moneymaker though, so JP wouldn't be doing his job if he wasn't considering right now how much it might cost to get rid of Rhoads and make a new football hire as well.
Don't these donors know that they are welcome to contribute more at any time to make these things easier?
Fact is, ISU gets good bang for its buck, but to get our programs where we all want them to be everything will need to cost more, and giving out extra millions to high profile programs has ripple effects through other programs trying just as hard to succeed without the public recognition. I don't envy JP one bit.
If they have success we celebrate. Not many schools will are really willing to pay more. Factor in revenue and we don't have the budget to miss on cheap candidates either. I am sure JP could use the extra annual 2 to 2.5 million on some non-revenue sports though.
If you can get a proven P5 coach why not do what it takes to get him? Sure if you are looking at lower level coaches you can go a bit cheaper. The goal should be to get the best coach you can to Ames, not who will work the cheapest.
I think TJ has the highest ceiling of all known candidates but he also has the lowest floor, which is what scares me the most about him. Can't afford that with the potential team we have for next year.
Don't provoke Stormin, trust me. Thread is unreadable when he hijacks the threads.
If you go with a lower level coach you still have to worry about the low floor. Unless you go with a proven P5 coach that worry will be there. To me having a good team can cover up a lot of mistakes TJ will make. There is more room for error than if you had a bubble team.
That's always been my big concern with him. He hasn't made it a secret that he ultimately wants the KSU job and we know it'll be open in the next year or two. You could certainly try the buyout language, but you get into the same issue as Fred - if a guy wants to go, you have to let him go.
I certainly think Fred added wins to our success the past few years. Hiring the wrong coach could make next year a bubble team though. We out-play teams just as much as out-talent teams. Hiring the right coach could make next year a FF team (with luck).
Imo TJ is a much safer candidate had we had the opening next year.
Hypothetically speaking, maybe one of the candidates know of a transfer or player that could end up at ISU on short notice.
Nor knowing who it is I can not say whether you back up the truck to the bank. I hear what you are saying. But what if it is a coach perceived to be very similar to the other candidates? Then it makes no sense to shell out a couple million more per year. IMO, to shell out that kind of money has to be a home run hire.
Football must be relevant if we want to stay in our P5 status. It isn't a luxury. It's a necessity
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