He had the reputation that certain behaviors were allowed at ISU that got you kicked out of other schools. No one got in trouble at ISU because Hoyburger had the cops in his pocket. That was very appealing to some of the transfers who could really play. They didn't come to ames for the water.
Speculation. Entirely.
TJ O is the target but would he want to leave the appeal that is LV for Ames? DeVries is my worry especially with this kid who looks really good. Hoping Wayne Morgan wants to come out of Dish Network Sales retirement. Or hell, make a call to Scary Larry.
Fred didn't need the police in their pocket. The general consensus was they were already inclined to watch out for one of their own around Ames
This subject -- affordability -- always seems to arise when discussing possible coaching changes. And yet, in the final analysis unless you are a lower division school, money is never an obstacle if the school really wants the coach they are targeting. We've seen it over and over again. One way or another, they got the money.
Normally I might agree but right now, after a year of the economy in a downturn for many businesses, and uncertainty regarding ADs, I think it DOES matter. Iowa State lost their butts last year. They are hurting big time. Wrong time for a big payout and hire.
Seems like a lot longer than 3 years. Feels more like 5-7 years at least. I would never have guessed it was only 3.
LOL. Yes, but we have now all seen the older brother play, and meh. 10 ppg scorer on a terrible team! The rest of the team will be hot garbage, ala, the Cyclones last year with one great player.
The layout of the seats in that arena sucks. If you had seats in the corner you'd have a sore neck always having to turn it to see the court.Not sure they are at a resource disadvantage. Creighton plays in a larger and much newer arena than Iowa plays in.
Now we can start betting if this guy gets fired in 3/4/5 years and how much more ISU pays in a buyout.Looks like clones got their coach..
Yet McC consistently finishes in the top half of the conference. What is he, a recruiting genius or a coaching wizard?
You are talking about recruiting rankings when Iowa has the NCAA Player of the year.
I wouldn't say ISU fans (one myself) are thinking of him as a savior at all. I would assess it as luke-warm at best, a few are excited most are not terribly excited. I don't really know seems like he has a reputation as a good recruiter, but issues with X's and O's, seems oddly reminiscent of the guy they just fired. Who knows I guess, and I don't really know much about Jamie, don't really care, seems to be a bit of a tool at times but has done a good job of raising money. But regardless of how this turns out I think the optics were really bad. Well known fact Jamie and Otz are very good friends and Jamie wanted to hire him instead of Prohm. So again I have no great knowledge and maybe he will work out but not thrilled and it was kinda shitty in my view, Jamie came out yesterday with a webcast saying how we need to be patient and times are hard blah blah blah (yeah we know) and he will conduct a thorough and exhaustive search for the best coach they can get. Later in the day, although not official, it is leaked out that Otz is a done deal, I mean the same f'n day. I lost some respect for Jamie over that, i doubt he cares LOL. Anyway i guess questionable hiring/playing friends and family happens other places too ;-) but seemed like this was a done deal for a bit and Jamie just looked stupid talking about the thorough hiring process, should of just said yeah i make the decisions I hired my BFF, suck it!
