Does Money = Wins?

[CarolinaCy]

I don't get the ISU, most financially irresponsible comment. Sure JP has spent some money that was not there, but so have lot of other schools. If his predecessor hadn't let the Cyclones get so far behind everyone else in the conference, then Jamie would not have had to make all these upgrades. If you can take any shots at JP, they are for hiring GMac and Chizik, and he came out of those better than anyone deserved to.

It wasn't BVDV that put us in our massive hole, it was whoever was at ISU before Gene Smith. Basically we just closed up the checkbook, put it in a lockbox, and threw away the key in the 80's and early 90's. That, and horrible hires such as Donnie Duncan and Jim Criner, absolutely killed any momentum we had started to build in the 70's.

 

[RING4CY]

Well, we didn't spend a dime on football in the 80's and half of the 90's, how'd that work out for us? You can't attract decent coaches or athletes to a school that refuses to invest in its programs.

Fair enough.

At the same time, breaking the bank does not guarantee the end result is going to be more wins.

 

[CyBobby]

Money buys the bells and whistles. Coaches use these to recruit. The better the bells and whistles, the better the caliber of player you can attract.

The better the caliber of player that you attract, the more talent you have. The more talent you have, the more you win. That creates a cycle.

Tressel is a perfect example of this. Rarely does he out x and o somebody. He wins because the players that he is able to recruit are better than most of the other schools in the country. Of course playing in the big 10 helps with that.

Your absolutely right on Bro...Just ask Dan McCarney what it would have meant to his tenure at ISU had he been able to keep guys like Steve Loney...Paul Rhoads....Larry Coyer.....


Without large amounts of athletic cash aka money ...Schools dont win for long ...

Just ask Jamie Pollard how another one hundred million a year would help ...Probably win a football conference champinship instead of being a perennial second division doormat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CarolinaCy]

Your absolutely right on Bro...Just ask Dan McCarney what it would have meant to his tenure at ISU had he been able to keep guys like Steve Loney...Paul Rhoads....Larry Coyer.....


Without large amounts of athletic cash aka money ...Schools dont win for long ...

Just ask Jamie Pollard how another one hundred million a year would help ...Probably win a football conference champinship instead of being a perennial second division doormat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It wasn't really so much that those coaches you mentioned left, it's that he replaced them with guys like Steve Brickey, Marty Fine, and Barney Cotton. It's actually a good thing if you have coaches that are coveted by other teams, it means they're good. They are going to move on to bigger opportunities. However, you need to have the funds available to entice good coaches to replace them, or you need to have connections to identify the good up-and-comers in the coaching ranks.