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**Official "What will/is Jamie up to" thread in regards to the Iowa State Basketball Situation**

Jamie has already been associated with sightings at a few airports within the last 24 hours. I assume he he has consulted Gary Thompson for advice in this situation, and if there will be a need for a coaching search, in addition to other former players and people associated with the program. Since no news is breaking, he is either:

A) Courting donors to get Fred a raise;
B) Beginning a coaching search to find ISU's next Head Basketball Coach.
 
Guessing Gary Thompson is no longer in the loop on coaching searches for Iowa State, but I do think Jamie is beginning a coaching search with a firm...B
 
A is pointless and doesn't really take any work.

B (in my opinion) has been going on for a couple weeks.

Regarding B, I expect Jamie will talk to Hornacek and a couple others whose names will float. After a bit of time, but not real long, he'll name Otz the coach.
 
bawbie said:
A is pointless and doesn't really take any work.

B (in my opinion) has been going on for a couple weeks.

Regarding B, I expect Jamie will talk to Hornacek and a couple others whose names will float. After a bit of time, but not real long, he'll name Otz the coach.
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Agreed. My thoughts exactly
 
Cyclonepride said:
Yes, me too. I would imagine that this is a long shot, but it's worth hoping for anyway.
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It's the only name that I think is at least a remote possibility that I can see coming here that I like better than Otz. Archie Miller, Gregg Marshall, etc aren't coming here.
 
CloniesForLife said:
If we can land Hornacek somehow that will be about as happy as I can get if Fred leaves.
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I would love it but I don't see him moving back to Iowa unless we pay him in the $3m (at least $2.6).

Not sure why JP would be able to pay him more than Fred.

Worth a call obviously but I don't see it.
 
I think Otz is Option 5, but the most sure-thing option. Options 1 and 2 have to be somewhat long shots, just to gauge interest, and Options 3 or 4 have to be where Jamie most expects to land a HC.
 
Jamie has hired 2 head football coaches and 2 head men's basketball coaches at ISU. Only one of those has a winning record. A .250 batting average for an athletic director is pretty bad. If Fred does leave, he really needs to get this pick right.
 
I managed to have a post that neither violated or circumvented the language filter, and didn't use combative or threatening language deleted. That has to be a first, right mods? (although I was stunned that it didn't result in language filtering).

The jist:
Pollard is going to make a mess of this. He'll probably have an embarrassing press conference at some point, and mail in the coaching search, effectively handing the job to TJ.
 
CyCy said:
Jamie has hired 2 head football coaches and 2 head men's basketball coaches at ISU. Only one of those has a winning record. A .250 batting average for an athletic director is pretty bad. If Fred does leave, he really needs to get this pick right.
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Search firm must be placing some calls to potential coaches if they might be interested. Otz may be just the assistant.
 
CyCy said:
Jamie has hired 2 head football coaches and 2 head men's basketball coaches at ISU. Only one of those has a winning record. A .250 batting average for an athletic director is pretty bad. If Fred does leave, he really needs to get this pick right.
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We love mediocrity at ISU so, don't bet on it.

He gets credit for the B12 contract money and the fact that to a lesser extent than basically all other B12 schools we had a few facility upgrades, people think he walks on water.

He seems to struggle with hiring and retaining coaches though.
 
acgclone said:
We love mediocrity at ISU so, don't bet on it.

He gets credit for the B12 contract money and the fact that to a lesser extent than basically all other B12 schools we had a few facility upgrades, people think he walks on water.

He seems to struggle with hiring and retaining coaches though.
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Some coaches we cannot get rid of.
 
Al_4_State said:
The jist:
Pollard is going to make a mess of this. He'll probably have an embarrassing press conference at some point, and mail in the coaching search, effectively handing the job to TJ.
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I really hope there aren't tears that Fred was his friend and he betrayed him, like with Gene. That presser was beyond unprofessional.
 
bawbie said:
It's the only name that I think is at least a remote possibility that I can see coming here that I like better than Otz. Archie Miller, Gregg Marshall, etc aren't coming here.
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Do you honestly think that those guys would not consider coming here when they can double or triple their salary and get a roster that has the potential to be a NC team?

Honestly, we have a better hand than that.
 
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