Quit hating Kirk H.
- Thread starter Cydkar
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Sure, it's a compliment to our coach, but an obvious set of slights at our University. And still is, when he implies that the main reason Campbell won't be leaving is simply due to cost.
It’s because he was dead set 100% sure it was the other way. He was a **** about it too. I’m fine with him but some people will take more to forget.
I think he backed off his comments soon after he even made them two years ago so not that big of a deal, and his words have no bearing on what ISU actually does anyway.
He should still get some **** for it but going overboard makes it look like ISU fans are just as surprised that CMC is still there.
He should still get some **** for it but going overboard makes it look like ISU fans are just as surprised that CMC is still there.
Also, Kirk Hardcastle writes for the Mason City newspaper and graduated from ISU.
Gameday Sign:
ISU Power Rankings of Kirk H.'s
1) Kirk Haaland
2) Kirk Hardcastle
3) Kirk Henrich (i know)
d) Kirk Herbstreit
Reminds me of the movie Burn After Reading.Agreed. Would like to give him this bike to do it on.
I don't get he's 'back tracking'. I think it's more of "If he 'could' leave, he would". And instead uses the 'buyout' as his fall back. And, infers 'in time' (after the foreseeable future) he will leave.
Do you really not think that's at least somewhat true? If you looked at say, Oregon St, and they had a new coach who looked like they were going to be really good. Would you think they were going to stay if OSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, etc came calling? No. You wouldn't. No one in the world except for their own fanbase would think that. I mean ****, we're only a few years removed from Hoiberg leaving to go into an awful situation in the NBA.
My point is that he just says what everyone else outside of ISU thought, especially at that time. The infatuation with hating the guy for that is just weird. It's right up there with Iowa and Cowherd but Cowherd is trying to illicit that response.
Oh brother. It was a throwaway comment. It's not like he rode that horse all season long.
Put Campbell’s face on Leo from Wolf of Wall Street with the saying “IM NOT ****** LEAVING”
Depends on the situation but I don’t think I would automatically think they are gone.
I believe his comments weren't just for blue bloods, but rather really any other AD's looking for better coaches. I'd like to think we've elevated ourselves past the point of Oregon State by now (and some of that is recency bias, back then maybe it didn't appear so). I don't presently see a reason why we'd be outside the "average, non-blood P5" group now, but I felt like that's what he implied at the time. Again, he's a hot-take monger --, it's good to rub it in their faces when they're wrong, same with Cowherd.
Anyway, I still think what he said today is just a convenient backpedal leading up to the game Saturday that he would not have said otherwise had Gameday not been coming.
When Klatt and Herbstreit say that, I think that's just an easy excuse for ADs to take the heat off themselves. It might be true on their end, but that doesn't mean Campbell would take the job if offered anyway. That said, Herbstreit doesn't specifically mention a buyout; it might be that it would take an enormous salary/asst. coach salary pool on top of the buyout to make Campbell think about leaving.
It may have happened, but I can very rarely remember national media telling Power 5 ADs to go after another Power 5 coach. (James Franklin at Vanderbilt is the only one that comes to mind).
Group of 6, or lower, yes, this happens all the time. But not Power 5.
Plus, he doubled down when local media questioned the tweet, basically saying enjoy the season, CMC is already gone.
I think he still writes occasionally. Maybe not. I guess the point is that he's named Kirk H and he doesn't hate ISU. Maybe he can be the celebrity picker.
I'm not a fan of Herbstreit, but I don't get the intense hate. If you're doing signs, stick to hammering the Hawks or the entire state of Nebraska. Acting nasty towards a National Media voice isn't really productive imo. Change his mind/narrative with a W and mindblowing fan support instead.