ISU Fball Head Coaches
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In fairness that might’ve been the first D1 OT game? I was there and remember it being being a cluster.
When we played in Clyde Williams, our coaches had offices in the old State Gym. It boggles the mind to think about it.
Tweet from Brent Blum that seems very appropriate for this thread:
"Times Iowa State has ever started 4-1 in Big 12 play: 2023, 2020, 2017. Thank you Matt Campbell."
"Times Iowa State has ever started 4-1 in Big 12 play: 2023, 2020, 2017. Thank you Matt Campbell."
He proved that you can be successful at Iowa State. That was a huge contribution.
Mac deserves credit for reviving the program and making the CyHawk rivalry competitive again. Love Mac.
Agreed,
I have a hard time thinking one play would make a difference in that decision, regardless of how bad it was. I think Jamie utilized the climate that mistake created. Firing him the next morning made Jamie look like a hero and decisive. It also mitigated any kind of negative response from Rhoads apologists.
I'll never forget being at the game, deciding to walk out when it should have been "over", only to be lured back by the erupting crowd. I don't think I've ever been so shocked by a coaching decision, nor as apathetic to watch the end of the game.
Sometimes change is needed, simply because the voice has grown old and/or the coach's perspective becomes less objective.
When a new coach comes in they tend to look at the program with objective and fresh eyes. Over time they sometimes become defensive when it's THEIR mistakes, lose objectivity when assessing coach performance due to nepotism, and simply get stuck in their own rut. I think it's fair to say Campbell has fallen victim to 1 and 2 to at least some degree, and that's not a positive thing. Saying so doesn't mean he's not a good coach or wasn't the right man for the job when he was hired.
I dislike Ferentz with a passion but it's hard to say he hasn't been a great football coach for Iowa. He's been wildly successful on the overall and they couldn't have hired a better coach for that job (at the time they hired him). But it's been obvious over much of the last decade that he has issues with nepotism and fixing the mistakes within his program. When a coach gets to the point of choosing those things over his job (consistently) it's time to go. Campbell (finally) fixing special teams and making some changes makes me feel a little better about his program objectivity. But lets not act like some of the criticism wasn't warranted (it was).
That was my sophmore year. That win was over a horrible Baylor team and the last time the goal posts ever got taken down by fans too. The administration beefed up the posts. Fans have bent the bars but never broken them since.
What's crazy is we have had 7 winning conference seasons in 60+ years before CMC, and he's on the cusp of accomplishing it in 6 of 8 years.
We literally had the most distracting offseason that I can ever remember. AND it all played out like a month before the season started. One of our losses was due to a lot of players being extremely sick. Adjustments may have been made but I don't attribute any of the early season failures to Coach Campbell. I for one hope he stays at ISU for a very long time.
It's splitting hairs, but 4-3 is slightly better % than 5-4. But on the other hand 8-1/6-3 added to the 5-4 seasons and that's overall more consistent success (Bruce going 4-3/5-2/4-3 is closest).