Agreed. The other aspect that gets overlooked with Fred's teams, his guards were solid rebounders. Monte was a great rebounder for a PG. Naz, Matt and Babb were also good for 4-5 rebounds a game.
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Agreed. The other aspect that gets overlooked with Fred's teams, his guards were solid rebounders. Monte was a great rebounder for a PG. Naz, Matt and Babb were also good for 4-5 rebounds a game.
Sorry Phil Jackson wasn't interested but who did you want to get instead?
There ended up being many jobs at programs in alot better shape than Iowa State right now and all of the hires are extremely underwhelming if you ask me.
Indiana, Penn St, Minnesota, Texas Tech are all better programs right now and hired coaches I've never even heard of.
So who are the coaches that we all “would’ve liked”? I don’t think any of them ended up being realistic and / or they ended up going to a worse school than Iowa State.
If Prohm is coach this kid doesn't come here - not bagging on him but his last couple years in the transfer market has been rough and that's putting it nicely.
Good work TJ! I see a real plan starting to formulate.
I don't know about that. JCL, Hinson & Bolton were all fairly comparable transfers to Kalscheur.
I think Fred designed it that way. Get your bigs running and your guards/wings to rebound and get the fast break pass moving down court. I don’t think the rebounding ability of his guards or the fact that most of his bigs could run the court was a coincidence.
It’s sad when national guys put a greater value on the job than our own fans. Sometimes you have to take what Pollard says with a huge grain of salt.
It doesn’t matter anymore anyway since TJ’s the coach. So far, I’ve liked how things have went. Still way early obviously.
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On any of Pollard’s hires what indications were there of other coaches being contacted or interviewed? Pollard has always been very secretive on coaching hires and I think it’s better this way. Concluding that Pollard didn’t talk to anybody just because he didn’t make it public doesn’t make sense. It’s clear Pollard doesn’t care what we think of how he does things.
Another way to look at this instead of names, is hiring process.
I don't see the ISU, TT, UNC, UNLV and Gopher hiring processes any different. Each focused on a coach with a prior relationship at the school as an assistant coach. Even Texas was laser focused in on Chris Beard an alumnus, In none of the situations did the AD interview a large group of candidates.
In the cases of Minnesota and Texas- it seems like the interviewing of Jacobson and Ivey were formalities to allow the AD to say they cast a small net. So not sure why people are upset that Jamie didn't go through a FALSE process.
I agree. And...hoping we can put this conversation behind us now. Look, think, and move forward everyone. We had awesome news on the recruiting front today and there are still spots to fill. Hiring process does not matter. TJ is our guy and so far, he is delivering.
Altman was ready. We never reached out to Coach K or Mark Few, so how do we know? Hell, we should have talked to Beard--he's already pretty good at winning games in Hilton.
I didn’t mean those guys, but more Craig Smith (who’s now at Utah), Gates from Cleveland State coach (didn’t get hired anywhere), the Winthrop coach (hired at UMass?).Altman was ready. We never reached out to Coach K or Mark Few, so how do we know? Hell, we should have talked to Beard--he's already pretty good at winning games in Hilton.
Either way, I think that Porter Moser would be the only viable option considering he took the OU job, but who knows.
So what’s your basis for concluding he wasn’t the best option. Not a rant about what you think the process should have been.
It would be nice if people would enjoy the hire, and root for the team. We all want ISU to do well.
What if I don’t like the hire but still root for the team?
Maybe you guys can start a new thread if you really want to hash the hiring process out some more?
Valid points on both sides, maybe. But this is, or should be about Gabe Kalscheur. Agree or no?
Valid points on both sides, maybe. But this is, or should be about Gabe Kalscheur. Agree or no?
I could live with that, as long as you give the coach a chance to prove themselves before you burn at the stake.
I don’t think my opinion will make much of a difference on it TJ keeps his job or not.