How will the players react??

Georgios signed a 4 year letter of intent to play for the Cyclones and said he wanted to end his career hear.

Hmmm, I wonder who was the last person I heard that from... /s

No validation whatsoever, but I've been hearing rumors that the Euroleagues are looking at GT. Could go either way.
 
If you haven't been on Twitter today, you should go read Naz's letter that he tweeted to Fred. Gives a pretty clear indication of how he feels about it.

Spoiler Alert: He's a lot more mature than some of our fans...

Edit: It appears it's also on the front page of CF.
 
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Fred goes, Hilton Magic stays!
I can't wait to see what the guys can do this year.


Full disclosure: I reserve the right to meltdown after our first bad loss.
 
If you haven't been on Twitter today, you should go read Naz's letter that he tweeted to Fred. Gives a pretty clear indication of how he feels about it.

Spoiler Alert: He's a lot more mature than some of our fans...

Edit: It appears it's also on the front page of CF.

meh...you might find some different verbage going on in the weight room this summer. I'm glad that our guys are mature enough to do what they have to do and put on the face when the face needs to be put on.
 
meh...you might find some different verbage going on in the weight room this summer. I'm glad that our guys are mature enough to do what they have to do and put on the face when the face needs to be put on.

Way to say something that can never be proven.
 
90% of what has been said through this process has been lies. If he knew Fred was leaving what was he supposed to say when asked? Probably didn't want to start a frenzy like Pollard did with his semi honest statements on the tailgate tour. Same with TJ's song and dance when he said he didn't know Fred's plans, he is still in charge, etc when he knew Fred was leaving.


Agree there has been much 'less than truthful' commenting on the exit. For me the frenzy started with Romar. Up to this point, it appears he has been the only guy who has not pulled punches.
 
meh...you might find some different verbage going on in the weight room this summer. I'm glad that our guys are mature enough to do what they have to do and put on the face when the face needs to be put on.

Not buying it. Hoiberg obviously has the respect of those kids, and the wishes look heartfelt to me. Otherwise, we'd see a few "congrats coach" tweets that would ring hollow.
 
@IASTATEAD: Just met with @CycloneMBB players. What an awesome & mature group of young men. Appreciate their input. We are in this together.
 
@IASTATEAD: Just met with @CycloneMBB players. What an awesome & mature group of young men. Appreciate their input. We are in this together.

I agree. If there's one positive we can take away from the situation at this point, it's that the current crop of Cyclones is a pretty awesome group of guys. Color me impressed.
 
I would have expected him to tell the truth. If he knew Fred was leaving what motivation does he have to not tell the truth? If one of the football coaches would have pulled this stunt when I was playing and I was asked about it, I would have told the truth. Why protect a coach that is abandoning you. For the record, when CPR left ISU to go be the D Coord at Pitt before my Junior year I was pretty ******. Then we got to play them in the bowl game and it made it sweeter to beat them.

Yeah, I would be ****** too if my position coach turned down a promotion to a coordinator position at my school so he could take the same position at another school. What? He wasn't offered the coordinator position at Iowa State? Yeah, I would still be ****** that he left to get a promotion. SMH

I'll bet your parents were ****** when you abandoned them to go to college.

Good grief, the incessant whining over this is ridiculous.
 
meh...you might find some different verbage going on in the weight room this summer. I'm glad that our guys are mature enough to do what they have to do and put on the face when the face needs to be put on.

Of course they're not happy about it. Nobody is. That doesn't mean they can't be happy for him. I bet you're right though, Naz and Georges went out of their way to thank Fred on Twitter, instead of not saying anything, which would have been perfectly acceptable, because they secretly hate the man now. Seems plausible.

Even pretending that IS the case for a second, your statement makes even less sense to me. Are you saying that publicly showing support for someone that you are ****** off at is NOT a sign of maturity?
 
Good sign for next year, players approaching this situation with much more maturity than some of our fans.

Players are here for 4 years max and get schollies. Fans spend a lot of money and have to deal with the bad years over a lifetime.
 
Players are here for 4 years max and get schollies. Fans spend a lot of money and have to deal with the bad years over a lifetime.

Now I have seen everything. This affects players much, much more than fans. If you can't see that you really need to grow up. Your pity/hate party is comical.
 
Memo to our new coach...recruit more guys with the character of Naz, Monte, and Georges!
 

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