GRAYER RETURNING TO MICHIGAN
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you are a mod, ban him from the site if you don't want him posting.
I just reread the thread, and kg didn't "bring up" any garbage about McDermott.
That is the statement I remember from the intoduction presser. Sucks that he won't be part of the program but we need the experience in Assistant Coaches.
Kinda saw this coming though:
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Isuaggie writes: Why do you think there is still a job posting for an Associate/Assistant Mens Basketball coach? Is Grayer still going to be an assistant or be on the staff “in some capacity†as we’ve heard Coach Hoiberg say before?
CW: I don’t know any specifics about this, other than the fact that Grayer is listed as an assistant coach on cyclones.com and that he is in Ames. Could the staff be reshuffled at some point? Sure. Fred Hoiberg can do anything that he wants. It is his program. Really, that is all I can tell you. I know that Hoiberg is going to lean on Grayer to mentor Royce White. He mentioned that in a teleconference on Monday.
Because those big meanies said bad stuff about McDermott, and therefore obviously think that Fred Hoiberg is the Second Coming.
In actuality, Otz was the real recruiter before and he is the main recruiter now. I don't have any trouble believing that.
Jeff Grayer is one classy guy. He has always been committed to his hometown of Flint, MI, as well as Iowa State. I wish him well and hope he has a great opportunity ahead of him.
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The recruits originally told McDermott thanks but no thanks as they did not want to jump onto a sinking ship on Friday night. McDermott then told the recruits Saturday morning before they headed to the airport that he was going to Creighton and Pollard was looking to hire Hoiberg. This is when the recruits verbally committed. At least that is what I heard..... :wink:
God, yaman. How could you be so stupid? The program WAS fine. Greg McDermott could do nothing wrong and it was all those stupid players faults.
Greg McDermott was the best thing to happen to ISU Basketball. Damn you Creighton for stealing him away!
Sorry, but this whole situation is GMac's fault for hiring two new asst coaches the day before he left for another job. That guy absolutely messed up Iowa State during and after his time there. Any Cyclone fan that isn't still mad about the whole situation around his time coaching and departure just doesn't understand everything that went on.
FH tried to find a way to make Grayer fit into the staff, but Jeff's lack of experience just didn't qualify him for an asst. position, especially under a head coach with no experience. I FH had even 5 years experience as a head coach Grayer would have been a fine coaching hire.
I'm a little confused by this. We only have 2 coaches hired... but we can have 3 assistant coaches.... and that is a reason we are not retaining him and he's going back to Michigan. ???????? That doesn't make sense....
Either way, it's unfortunate to lose a Cyclone legend from the staff...
Either way, it's unfortunate to lose a Cyclone legend from the staff...
That still doesn't explain why he has to be brought up in mostly every basketball thread. He's gone, why do you people want to continue to talk about an era of Iowa State basketball that just sucked?
CycloneErik
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Maybe the third assistant has been located/hired.
That would be my assumption.
I wish it had worked out, but I totally understand the desire to have all the experienced coaches we can have.
So, basically, GMac made a PR move (that I'm fond of) while taking another job, and now Jeff loses out. Nice job outta the old coach.
Any Terry Carroll sightings? Seems a bit late to hire a currently working coach without screwing over somebody else. I would think there is somebody on their way in though.
TC would be awesome :yes: Agree though, it's late to leave your team in a lurch unless something has already been worked out a while back...