Why he hasn’t been fired for cause yet is beyond me.
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McD seems like such a good guy. My experience is I randomly saw
him once in Omaha and once at an airport. I had ISU shirts on both times, he pumped his fist and said "Go State" both times. Maybe he is a midwest guy at heart?
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It won’t happen mid season, he might get read the Harbaugh act in the summer and given one more year but most alums want him gone.
In all honesty, Ali Farokhmanesh would be they guy to look for there. Currently the top assistant at Colorado State and ready for the big chair.
Creighton's entire existence is built around support for the basketball program. That wouldn't be the case at OSU, particularly with regard to NIL funding all of which would naturally flow into their football program. I think Mac stays where he's at, retires when he's ready.
That is really underselling what OSU did during the Thad Matta years. From 2005 to 2015 they went to the tournament 9/10 years, made it to two final fours and a championship game as well as 2 sweet 16’s and an elite 8.
I hate OSU but to say they got middle tier results during that time is just completely false.
He punched his own S&C coach. With his history you can his ass the next day.
st depends on how you define it. I think there’s a better probability of winning a national title at tOSU than at Creighton.
Fair enough. But every single one of those years I felt like they should have gone at least another round with everything they had.
Since 2010, they have signed 50 recruits, of those 44 were at least 4* players. Almost every year, every single signee was a 4* or better player. Some classes were all 5* players.
I can't remember the years Thad was there, but he might have gotten some good results, but he certainly did not maximize the talent he brought in. There were tons of discussions on here at the time about it - I recall very well because of the comparisons to Texas in football.
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Disagree. Creighton is one of the top teams in the second best conference in the country. They now have the credibility to recruit at the highest level. Unless the Big10 has a renaissance in CBB, I don’t see it being easy to recruit players that want to play in the top leagues. You’ll certainly get players that chase the NIL, but that won’t win you a natty IMO. (see Texas)
TJ is also coaching in the premier college basketball conference in front of one of the most passionate college basketball fanbases and in arguably a top 10 arena. TJ is a ISU lifer, and we as fans couldn't be any happier
Another thing to consider is he is a 4 hour drive to be back where he grew up. and he has a TON of family (I grew up with two of his cousins living in our neighborhood in Dubuque--one now in his mid-80s, the other would be 90).
The Big10 hasn’t won a NC since 2000. You’re not going to win unless you’re playing in a legit power conference. I just don’t see that from the Big10 anymore.
It’s about the future. Creighton future is brighter than Ohio State’s.
Correct, I know plenty of Iowa fans who have openly stated they want Fran's tiresome coaching and antics gone. He peaked and just hasn't done much in their eyes.
Shaka probably should have already learned his stint with the premier basketball school of Texas wasn't a good move on his part. He exceeded expectations at VCU, vastly underperformed at Texas and is back to being head honcho at Marquette. His pitch and system just thrives more at little schools and it's like McDermott, you shouldn't ruin a good thing they have going. Sometimes the grass isn't greener on the other side.
That actually didn’t happen otherwise he would have been fired.
I probably was a little hard on him while his tenure was at ISU, he had good players just couldn't coach them to win in the big 12. But, we clearly have him to thank for bringing TJ on board.
I was actually wondering why that never happened the other day, but then, Alford has not been great at all his stops