Why ISU gets Gill....
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-Also, that was 4 years ago! AND, for an asst coaching position! Those are kinda big factors
I am not one who you speak of, but I honestly would not want a player or coach that is afraid to come here because of what they read on a message board.
I understand that Auburn is buying Chizik's house in Ames and that Mrs. Gill liked the listing. My proctologist told me and he knows all the Husker alums.:laugh:
I think most have a list of desirable coaches, and Turner Gill happens to be towards the top of most of them. I personally would be really happy to see Gill, but if not, on to the next coach!
CycloneErik
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Gill isn't an idiot...he knows his stock is very high right now. There is a possibility he regresses at Buffalo next year (there really isn't much of a chance to go up). He interviewed for about every open head coaching job recently and was passed up by all of them. Iowa State will be his last chance to land a BCS job this year. And who knows, maybe he falls off the map like Schiano at Rutgers did.
He gave 1.2 million to a guy that had never been head coach for a game in his life.
Tubberville stands to make more next year not coaching than what anyone would pay him to coach, from what I gather.
This has been my point for the last day or so.
We have a lot of those around here. Well, one stands out. :wink:
Quite true. Hopefully, this will cause him to listen hard to what Pollard has to say. I like Gill a lot and think he could be a great fit - but I also don't think he's the only guy out there.
Why don't you give your opinion on a solution instead of poking fun at other's suggestion of a good hire?
That's more level headed and won't fall on as many deaf ears as "You will not get Turner Gill". Which is it?
Not sure we'll ever know for sure who is or isn't the right guy for the job until we actually hire someone and they start winning 8 or 9 games a year.
I like Gill - but who's to say that he's actually the right guy for the job? We likely won't know that for several years. The same goes for just about any hire we make.
In the scope of ISU disappointments that's a tiny blip. BFD. So now we aren't supposed to wish for certain coaches due to fear of disappointment? Once again, BFD.
You and I don't agree on a whole lot, but I absolutely agree with you here. We should not be going after a coach that just committed to going to another school.
Say we do hire Gill tomorrow, and say just off the cuff that JoePa decides to finally hang it up two weeks from now and Penn St swoops in and takes Gill right out from underneath us. How would we feel? ABSOLUTELY PISSED! Not only that, but Gill would go from being one of the most revered men in Ames to likely being more hated than even Chizik is right now.
If we don't want that kind of thing happening to us, then we shouldn't consider doing it to other schools as well.
Besides, I wouldn't want a guy coaching my Cyclones that is willing to pull a stunt like that anyway.
Hoke isn't even in the conversation as far as I'm concerned (and it's too bad, as he's a really good coach).
I know you get it - I'm just reiterating a point that many around here just don't seem to get.