Your opinion is equal to your intelligence. Both are horse shit.
ISU was UL's 3rd easiest game, math major. They beat Ga State by 3, ga southern by 2, UAB by 4, texas st by 10, and ark st by 7. LOL, please tell us about this powerhouse. Big 12 is garbage, half the conference is awful.
When Johnny retired, I wrote a column about it, starting by saying "Trying to explain Johnny Orr to a non-Cyclone fan is like trying to explain sex to a virgin."
You think? Maybe that Meeeechigan job isn’t as good as one might think? Their glory days were with Bo....they had a solid run with Moeller and Carr but they have struggled mightily since...Rodriguez, Hoak and Harbaugh have not been the answer...yet each one was their “ target” hire...
When Johnny came to ISU, he was two years away from being national coach of the year and playing for the national championship. He was the lowest paid coach in the Big Ten.
It would be a very bad business/professional decision on his part.
Now Campbell might be a solid fit for USC. He’d have access to tons of athletes within 100 miles of campus. His offense has some flair...but it is based on a solid running game, something USC pines for. Also, his defenses are fundamentally solid....something foreign to the Pac12.
On whose behalf cid? Mine or Meeeeechigan fans? My perspective is pretty much where it need to be...I suggest Meeeeeechigan fan needs to figure theirs out. Meeeechigan fan...Nebby fan....even Iowa fan....sometimes they need to reassess where they are, and celebrate the good times and exercise patience in the not so good times.
From the horses mouth...Johnny was asked by the ISU AD and President to outline what was needed to make a ISU a basketball power (in an “ advisory” role)...According to Johnny he gave them some stuff that was needed, plus “a lot of fluff”....At their meeting, he presented and the ISU reps were receptive and didn’t see a problem with his proposals...Johnny was shocked and told them, “He’ll, if that’s the case I am your man!” The ISU folks were surprised...went home that night and offered Johnny the job the next morning...Johnny said the look on Michigan’s AD, Dave Canham’s face was priceless when Johnny told him he was leaving AA and going to Ames....and gave him the contract details. And Johnny liked Michigan...but he always thought they did stuff with coaches on “ the cheap “...Johnny got his payday in Ames.
Don’t try and tell that’s why Coop got run!
Got to know JO quite well after he moved to DSM after coaching. He used to drink coffee at the Dahl’s on 8th St in WDM a couple of days a week. Unassuming and profane as all get out.Played some golf with him...he loved golf, I think more than he loved coaching BB! He was an assistant FB coach, asst BB coach and head Baseball coach at UWisconsin back in the day...and he had some stories to tell! He always had a bit of an edge towards UIowa and he loved beating the Hawks! He did get ISU basketball into the 20th century and laid a solid foundation for their successes after he left. Oh, BTW, he really had a strong dislike ( hatred) for Gene Smith, the current tOSU AD, who fired Johnny from Iowa State. They didn’t exchange Christmas cards.
Thanks. I thought it had just been two years. It had been four.
Texas hasnt been a major player in years to say they get what they want is just ludicrous.
Good stuff, what made him have an edge against the Hawkeyes? A good story or two?
