To their credit, at least the first 2 guys said they hoped they were wrong. (and they were!)
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To their credit, at least the first 2 guys said they hoped they were wrong. (and they were!)
It's fun reading old threads about coaches and recruits. Few are going to get it right. I've admitted not being excited about Hoiberg. I did read a couple posts from posters that talk a lot on here. One was excited about more 6-7 seasons with Campbell and the other called Campbell a paper tiger.
Jeesh no kidding. Mods please modify these rebooted threads in the titles by adding FUN BUMP or something so we don’t have strokes.
Love or hate him, Urban knows football and he knows coaching.
I forgot that he
I forgot that he said North Texas might be a better job.
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/157906966/iowa-state-fires-football-coach-paul-rhoads
it’s hilarious reading this junk article from David Ubben back then. He was always a joke. He got it totally backwards. Future was bright for Iowa State and less so for Paul.
it’s hilarious reading this junk article from David Ubben back then. He was always a joke. He got it totally backwards. Future was bright for Iowa State and less so for Paul.
Didn’t he never set foot in Ames, despite being the Big 12 reporter?
So incredible that schools like Clemson are coming in during summers to learn Campbell's schemes (drink)
There is probably a post in here from me wishing we hired row the boat.
what a dumbass
what a dumbass
I remember when Campbell still hadn't picked his DC yet. When he did announce that Heacock was going to be the DC, seemed like more fans than not, were upset that he didnt go after someone else or a bigger name. Turns out Campbell knew what he was doing.
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This was some time ago, obviously, but I remember thinking with Hoiberg something like "this could go either really well or really badly, but we kind of suck right now anyways, so we might as well have some fun with it. Fred will make things fun!"
He did.
With Campbell, I do not remember thinking more highly of him than any of the other MAC coaches and P5 coordinators on the list. I remember hearing the choice and being pleased enough that we got somebody from our "A-list," and I am sympathetic to those who had reservations at the time. All of the coaches on our list came with their caveats, and the worries that Campbell had no P5 experience, did not have Iowa, Big 12, or Texas roots, and that he had merely "maintained" an established program of pretty good quality (and Tim Beckman, his old boss, flamed out badly in Urbana-Champaign) instead of building one himself were fair points.
He has obviously succeeded far beyond our wildest expectations. If somebody told me that Campbell would be going 6-6 consistently when we hired him at this point, I would have said that was pretty good. That is going 8-4 consistently is pretty amazing.
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Now that you mention this, I still have never seen a post from @Tornado man about how Matt has 100 x’s more knowledge than the posters here.
he’s said it repeatedly about McCarney, even though he never ever achieved what Matt has here.
Christ he said it about fleck, whose beaten no one.
I wonder why he hasn’t been on here defending Campbell when people were upset about something he did on the sidelines. Very curious
I've learned with coaching hires, that the "big names" almost never work out unless its Urban Meyer or Nick Saban.
@tolfbfan helped us grow in our appreciation of Campbell. Not sure when he started posting, but it made a difference.
What Campbell has done here in a relatively short amount of time has been amazing. I remember when we couldn’t field a competitive D-Line and all we heard were excuses. Now Leo, Johnson and Petersen are the back-ups. Yes I know Petersen is a starter but that was before an injury to one of the best D-Ends to ever play here. It’s absolutely crazy to think about. Big 12 road games used to help me get the yard raked because we would get pisspounded. I’d be pissed and I would take it out on the leaves. Not anymore.
It made a huge difference because we all had PTSD from the beatings we took. We needed Campbell to get it going for our well being. I hate to think of the level of apathy that would have set in if Campbell had failed and we were in year 4 looking for a new coach at the end of this year.
Reading through this thread I forgot how much I dislike David Ubben. He's the reason I don't use the ESPN boards anymore.