It sounds to me like Grayer is leaving on his own accord. ISU is not booting him. If that is the case then there would not be a asettlement.
GRAYER RETURNING TO MICHIGAN
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It is that simple isn't it? I don't get why people are saying ISU dumped on Grayer. Fred was hired and never intended on Grayer being an assistant. He was never led to believe he would be and they actually gave him a position. Grayer wants to coach so he is leaving. It isn't that hard ot figure out.
I am only speculating here - like everyone else - but Fred was the ballboy for ISU basketball at or near the time that Jeff was a superstar at ISU. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Fred might have even tried to emulate some of Jeff's moves when he was a kid.
Jeff may be even more of a legend in Fred's eyes than he is to us.
I seriously doubt that Fred would "throw Jeff under the bus". I think they worked this out in a way that was best for both parties.
Jeff may be even more of a legend in Fred's eyes than he is to us.
I seriously doubt that Fred would "throw Jeff under the bus". I think they worked this out in a way that was best for both parties.
Seriously, what percentage of assistant coaches keep their job when they were hired by the outgoing coach? And what is the percentage of assistants who keep their job when hired by the outgoing coach and they never even coached on that schools bench for a season?
I realize Jeff has a special place in your heart, as do many of Johnny's boys. He does in mine too. But to characterize the attempt to find a place for Jeff in the program rather than "throwing him on the scrapheap" right away as "using" him, is extremely unfair. Freddy is one of Johnny's boys, too.
I expected more out of you, cyclonenum1.
There might be a couple here who know what has been going on, but for the most part, you are correct. Yet, despite the fact that you probably don't know what was going on behind the scenes, you feel the need to proclaim:
Why do this? Do you have some inside knowledge of the circumstances and situation?
Firstly- all blame needs to be leveled at Mac for the situation.
Secondly-none of us will ever likely know what truly transpiried over the last few months. Seeing that Jeff is leaving of his own accord with a new job lined up tells me isu and the ath dept did everything they could and more to help a fellow cyclone out. He was by no means thrown to the scrap heap.
Secondly-none of us will ever likely know what truly transpiried over the last few months. Seeing that Jeff is leaving of his own accord with a new job lined up tells me isu and the ath dept did everything they could and more to help a fellow cyclone out. He was by no means thrown to the scrap heap.
My guess is that there is already an AC in place but ISU won't announce it until after awhile. It would be disrespectful to Grayer to immediately announce his replacement before he even has his bags packed.
Good points - I'm confused about this as well. According to the DMR, Grayer is not returning phone calls.
Perhaps he stuck around in the administrative role hoping that he could make a case for the assistant position. When it became clear that he wouldn't be getting it (perhaps Fred has started making calls about it or is preparing to announce or he and Jeff simply had a heart to heart about it) he decided he needed to move on.
I think a lot of people are reading a lot more into this than is there.
This is simply bass ackwards...the assistant slots are for the less experienced not the head slots in nearly all cases.