Ten wins may be a dream at this point.
IF Dendy really is in trouble. IF someone else leaves or worse yet two someones leave....
Heck we may be lucky to have 10 PLAYERS next year.
Assistant coach rumor I am hearing
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Ten wins may be a dream at this point.
IF Dendy really is in trouble. IF someone else leaves or worse yet two someones leave....
Heck we may be lucky to have 10 PLAYERS next year.
To be frank, with Grayer and Nurse I do like our chances in the next year or two better than I did before...but that is basically me going from believing we will finish last to second to last.
Sure player relations might improve but what does it matter if these guys aren't going to help us get the kind of players we need to win? It will be more the of the same except for a different problem.
He was probably smart enough not to extend Grayer's contract prior to needing to fire him.
I think we all know what Jeff's job was in that program. His job was to be Jeff Grayer and collect $66k a year. A former playground star who made good but was returning home to give back while doing little more than being a name.
I would guess nearly every city in America has a similar position. If he couldn't do that job right, I don't see what makes anyone believe that he could benefit our basketball program.
What do you know of Grayer's ability to interact with the players? I'd be interested in knowing what insight you have.
Well, it IS a public school system in Michigan. You couldn't save one of those systems if you were Jamie Escalante, that guy with the baseball bat in "Stand By Me", Glenn Ford in "The Blackboard Jungle" and Steven Freakin' Hawking all rolled into one.
We lost our best possible recruiter in Daniyal Robinson. If McDermott couldn't convince DR (a native Iowan) to stay one more year in Ames, who is going to want to relocate to ISU for what very well could be a 10-month stay?
There has to be somebody who has SOME recruiting ties right? Maybe somebody that has been involved in college basketball within the past five years..
Pollard definitely screwed us with the extension, but I'm wondering if you even read the article you posted. Jeff's boss was a woman named Gail! I wouldn't jump to conclusions here. It sounds like this woman could have been a real b****.
Flint School District's Mentors Committed to Excellence program continues after district fires well known program manager Jeff Grayer | Flint News - - MLive.com
Possibly, though I think Nurse may be a dark horse candidate where we get more than we bargain for. I just get a good feeling about him.
Just an impression. Jeff was a really, really talented player, and came off as really grounded and humble. And he's a Cyclone through and through. I'll take my chances with him.
What he said. Jeff Grayer is the sort of guy I'd trust to watch my cheeseburger platter while I made a quick trip to the restroom. Trusting GMac to do that would probably get my whole platter, fries and all, eaten up while I was gone; however, I'm sure that Jamie would come over to my table and assure me that some spoiled kid with a Syracuse BB jersey on ran into the restaurant & snatched up my burger, but that he's going to make it all better for me because he's had a talk with the restaurant manager and he's gotten him to agree to let GMac eat there for free from now on.
I am not going against any of you who are skeptical of this hire but answer this? Jeff has as much major college experience in coaching as does Nurse (whom people are insanely thinking could be our next HC) why is he a poor hire and Nurse is not? Jeff has minor league coaching experince in pro basketball just like Nurse.
I will promise you he has better recruiting connections that does Nurse.
I am not saying he is the next big thing in coaching but we have had worse on our bench. (Lance Irvin, Tres Chapman, the dude who admirable filled in for Bob Sunvold when he quit right before camp)
Jeff is so blessed that WM did not want him to work onhis staff. Otherwise he would be tainted worse than some of you make him out to be.
We could do better- we have done worse...
I will promise you he has better recruiting connections that does Nurse.
I am not saying he is the next big thing in coaching but we have had worse on our bench. (Lance Irvin, Tres Chapman, the dude who admirable filled in for Bob Sunvold when he quit right before camp)
Jeff is so blessed that WM did not want him to work onhis staff. Otherwise he would be tainted worse than some of you make him out to be.
We could do better- we have done worse...
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EXCELLENT POINT! The thing is that I have no real interest in the career of Nick Nurse. He seems like a nice guy, but what do I know? I feel like I have an emotional investment in Jeff Grayer, because of our shared ISU legacy.
If Nick Nurse jumps aboard the HMS McDermott and crashed into the iceberg with the rest of the staff, it sucks to be him but that's the nature of coaching.
If Jeff Grayer goes down with that ship, we run the risk of alienating a great former player and a good guy who still loves ISU and the fanbase. I really hate the idea of that being a possibility.
Just like, in your opinion, the team was going to be good this past year?
See you say a lot of stuff like this, but I have rarely seen and truth come of it.
You compared Mac to other coaches that you don't hate, you just hope they never win. I love it when our "fans" hope "our" teams lose so that their own objective is achieved. Classy...
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Nurse has been a head coach for several seasons, Grayer has not. Nick's coaching resume is more favorable.
The issue with adding Grayer is that you would now have two assistants who have been out of the recruiting loop for several years. I think you can survive with one, not so sure about two. For that reason, I will be mildly surprised if both end up on the staff.
I don't understand why you are so concerned, and Grayer obviously is not. It's his career and legacy, not yours. He is the one with something to lose. Not you. Why do you care so much??
You might want to reread my original post, Sparky. I said I HATE those people in question, except for Rick Neuheisel, who is just a sleaze who is beneath contempt. I HATE 'em. I'll admit it. The two people I mentioned are scum; HOWEVER, unlike those people in sports I admit to hating, I specifically said I DON'T hate GMac.
You see how it works?
Hate 'em = I hope they get hit by a bus.
Don't hate 'em = I hope they have a good life, but if they're doing an incompetent job coaching at my favorite University, I'd like to see them removed gently.
Am I going too fast for you? Would you prefer more pictures and smaller words?