National Perception

[DhaCheann]

I know we are still mid-season here but with all of the coaching changes happening, thought this was relevant:



We all love Iowa State but we have a highly inflated perception of ISU football. Not only are we one of the worst Power 5 jobs, there are several non-Power 5 jobs better than this one.

There have been calls for Fuente from Memphis. Let's drop those hopes because 1) he already makes $1.5 mil and 2) he is in line for a much better job. Mike Leach? Come on, the guy makes $2.6 mil at Washington State. Some national people even PJ Fleck isn't attainable for Iowa State.

What would people think about this?

Am I the only one asking "who is Bryan Fischer?"

 

[jburke]

Iowa State
Status: 90% chance of opening
Breakdown: This is Year 7 for Paul Rhoads, who hasn't won a bowl game since 2009 and is 7-24 the past three seasons. He's a good fit and the administrators like him, but he simply hasn't won enough. Has there been enough progress to sell hope for the future? Probably not. The only wins this season are against Northern Iowa and Kansas. And rival Iowa's revival in 2015 certainly hasn't helped matters.
This will get repetitive in this lower-tier section, but there are a lot of bad jobs destined to open this year and many coaches skeptical to fill them. Iowa State is particularly tough to figure, as it's the worst job in the Big 12, has little local recruiting base and a limited history of success.
Names: Dino Babers, David Bailiff, Brady Hoke, Houston Nutt, Ed Warinner, Troy Calhoun and Bo Pelini.

Though minus Dino, this list is ridiculous..... Bo Pelini's cat would make me chuckle.... When I saw Troy Calhoun I puked in my mouth again, throwback offenses bore the hell out of me....

 

[Yellow Snow]

Same reason we know Hoiberg will succeed with the Bulls. Those guys, especially Harbaugh, and just plain winners. Look what Harbaugh is doing at Michigan with Brady Hoke's players. He also turned Stanford around.

Nothing is guaranteed but I would have bet a bunch of money Harbaugh would have won here. And big (big according to our standards).

I understand what you are saying but disagree with it. I believe that ISU as a football institution has been the problem (throughout history) and not who the AD picks in any specific coaching search.

Do you honestly believe that EVERY SINGLE football coach we have ever hired was the wrong choice? Because the results have been pretty much the same for all of them (when at ISU). This goes back forever... many AD's... many coaches... many school presidents. Same results. Sure we have had many go on to win elsewhere (big in some cases), but they all seem to do about the same at ISU. That tells me it's an ISU problem and not a coach search problem. I think JP is actually making an attempt to fix the ISU problem.

I'm not saying keep Rhoads at all. I would prefer it, because it would mean he won a few games down the stretch and I like us to win, but if JP fires him I'd be meh. Bring on the next guy.