Paul Rhodes Fired....Finally

[Lone Clone]

Don't they already have a "newer" practice facility? Thought they built/remodeled something in recent years.

They have outstanding facilities, including a weight/conditioning room built three years or so ago that is among the best in the country. That isn't the problem.

As for new coaches, refresh my memory....is Kirk Ferentz available? I was thinking a lot of posters here were adamant about firing him a few weeks ago.....

 

[Lone Clone]

I would love to see someone run the wish bone there. They'd have a better chance recruiting that style than be the eighth choice for Texas spread recruits.

Jim Walden did that his last two years and was ridiculed from coast to coast.

 

[RocknRollface]

They don't need a gimmick, but they should take cues from the their geographic peers (Minn, Iowa, and Wisconsin) and adopt a power-run oriented team. They are never going to out athlete the southern schools and beat them in a pass-happy/blitz game. All the third-tier Florida recruits in the country won't help. So they need to play clock game, conservative defense, and develop strong lines. I think Minnesota is the blueprint. Get some lineman, a big and strong running qb, do a bunch of pre-snap shifting, and run the ball.

Shhhhhh

 

[hawkeye ball]

Very well could be somebody on the Iowa staff.Like BF

 

[swihawkeye]

bummer - i liked him there

THIS. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[TankHawk]

Lone, who are you expecting the candidates to be?

 

[Birky]

Lone, who are you expecting the candidates to be?

Somebody that teaches undetectable ninja holding skills...

 

[BigDelHawk]

You might

Openings: Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa State, Maryland, Miami, Missouri, North Texas, South Carolina, UCF, ULM, USC, Virginia Tech.

You might add LSU to that list

 

[RocknRollface]

I remember when the DesMoines media was so excited about this guy because he "wanted to be here" they were enamored with his nonsense of showing them how to tackle at press conferences and his teams were going to "hit you coming off the buss".

What a bunch of morons.

I am sad to see him go though.

 

[BulliesOfTheBigTen]

Hearing rumblings of a coach in Texas high school football by the name of Eric Taylor. He has taken his Dillon high school teams to state under extraordinary conditions. Might be a package deal with some elite kicker named Lance.

 

[bettyhumpter]

They have outstanding facilities, including a weight/conditioning room built three years or so ago that is among the best in the country. That isn't the problem.

As for new coaches, refresh my memory....is Kirk Ferentz available? I was thinking a lot of posters here were adamant about firing him a few weeks ago.....

I'll refresh your memory... Iowa is 11-0 and ranked in the top three, and ISU just blew a 3TD lead to a winless conference opponent resulting in your head coach being fired. Let me know if you need any other refresher courses. I'd be happy to help.

 

[Lone Clone]

I'lll refresh your memory... Iowa is 11-0 and ranked in the top three, and ISU just blew a 3TD lead to a winless conference opponent resulting in your head coach being fired. Let me know if you need any other refresher courses. I'd be happy to help.

Surely you aren't that dense. I mean Betty, not Shirley.

 

[Slappy Pappy]

Danny Mac is available. Best coach ISU's had in 35 years.

 

[StormHawk42]

Need an offensive minded coach, but one that prefers power style, a la Stanford lite. Never going to out-athlete the Texas schools.

 

[ThorneStockton]

Very well could be somebody on the Iowa staff.Like BF

Lol @ you

 

[greenelite]

Ken O'Keefe

 

[Lone Clone]

Lone, who are you expecting the candidates to be?

I know nothing. NOTHING!

Having established my creds........my sense is that it probably will be a head coach, since the last three were defensive coordinators and brought us varying degrees of pain as they learned on the job -- or in the case of Chizik, left after being unable to find his parking space or something like that. So you can start your list with everybody in the MAC who had a winning season this year. Add the Navy guy and coaches of southern second-tier teams with a history of success.

I would rule out Ferentz (both of them), Tom Herman, Mark Mangino and Bo Pellini.

 

[Birky]

Surely you aren't that dense. I mean Betty, not Shirley.

As dense as somebody that thinks Iowa has invented a way to keep officials from detecting all of the holds they are committing on every offense play? Surely he couldn't be that dense?

 

[WORTHYWISH]

I nominate Phil Parker.

 

[Lone Clone]

As dense as somebody that thinks Iowa has invented a way to keep officials from detecting all of the holds they are committing on every offense play? Surely he couldn't be that dense?

I would give you a "nice try" on that one, Birky....but it wasn't, and I cannot tell a lie.

 

[bagdropper]

I suspect Brock Spack at Illinois State might get a hard look. PJ Fleck makes sense too, although I think he'll be in line for higher profile jobs. Maybe a few pro assistants too. Missouri's staff is probably going to be looking for work, maybe collectively.

 

[Birky]

I would give you a "nice try" on that one, Birky....but it wasn't, and I cannot tell a lie.

You're right, he is definitely not that dense.

Any other guys out there that could teach these skills to the Cyclones? You remember don't you? Since you are the expert on figuring out which coaches have found a way for their teams to hold without the officials noticing, and not just figure it out, but keep the wool pulled over their eyes for 17 years!!! Even the Big 12 officials won't be able to screw you guys over when you have mastered the dark arts. So, genius. Who else has this figured out? Who should Pollard put the full court press on?

 

[gohawkz]

It was kind of mean to wait til now to do it. Too cold to ride off into the sunset on his Harley.

 

[CarterHall]

I would love to see someone run the wish bone there. They'd have a better chance recruiting that style than be the eighth choice for Texas spread recruits.

Didn't Walden try that near the end of his run? I don't remember it working out too well.

 

[Lone Clone]

You're right, he is definitely not that dense.

Any other guys out there that could teach these skills to the Cyclones? You remember don't you? Since you are the expert on figuring out which coaches have found a way for their teams to hold without the officials noticing, and not just figure it out, but keep the wool pulled over their eyes for 17 years!!! Even the Big 12 officials won't be able to screw you guys over when you have mastered the dark arts. So, genius. Who else has this figured out? Who should Pollard put the full court press on?

Quit while you're behind, Birky.

 

[Birky]

Didn't Walden try that near the end of his run? I don't remember it working out too well.

Yes, but I think ISU had Bob Utter at QB then. If you can't win running the triple option with Bob Utter, it can't be done.

 

[Run&Blade]

Power running is a gimmick offense in today's college football.

Might work if they embrace it.

 

[Lone Clone]

Didn't Walden try that near the end of his run? I don't remember it working out too well.

It didn't. Although he DID pull off the biggest upset in ISU football history, and one of the biggest in football history, period. Only time in his career that Tom Osborne lost to a team that finished under .500. Only conference loss Tommy Frazier ever suffered as a starter. Cyclones beat the crap out of them. Rushed for over 300 yards. Score was only 19-10, but ISU was taking knees on the NU 5 at the end.

Walden understood when it was wise to take a knee.

Outcome was totally irrelevant -- Nebraska had lost at Washington early in the season and wasn't in the running for the NC, and went on to win the conference -- but an amazing game to watch. Trev Alberts will never get over it.

 

[Birky]

Quit while you're behind, Birky.

Hahahahaha! You are telling people to quit while they are behind? You are the guy that wouldn't stop arguing that Iowa has invented a way to keep officials from noticing that they are holding every play. Yet, you continued. You were so far behind, Kansas football thought you should just give up.

 

[dirt33]

I hope the next coach swears off belt clips and has a kid shadow him all day. It is funny to see, and makes Iowa State immediately recognizable due to how lame it is (as if they needed help being identified as being lame...).

 

[iahawkeyes17]

They have outstanding facilities, including a weight/conditioning room built three years or so ago that is among the best in the country. That isn't the problem.

As for new coaches, refresh my memory....is Kirk Ferentz available? I was thinking a lot of posters here were adamant about firing him a few weeks ago.....

Best weight/conditioning room in the country. Remember you posted that before and quoted Seneca Wallace and someone else affiliated with ISU staff. Everyone school whose made upgrades past 10 years make that statement. As for KF firing by posters be pre season NO ONE was saying that few weeks ago.

 

[And1Hawk]

They have outstanding facilities, including a weight/conditioning room built three years or so ago that is among the best in the country. That isn't the problem.

If I had a dollar for every time some fan base claimed to have something 'among the best in the country' I would be a rich, rich man. Talk is cheap and anyone can make a claim like this. It's new that's the fact here.

 

[iahawkeyes17]

Worst thing that happened to Rhoads and ISU was big 12 going to 9 games. Use to be avoided OU and Texas every 2 years and have 3 easy non conf opponents and get 3 conference games to get to a bowl. Now only get 2 easy non conf games which Rhoads has managed to lose at least one last 3 years. Plus perennial cellar dwellers Kansas and Baylor is now just Kansas.

 

[IACentralHawk73]

If they don't get Niumatalolo, I would suggest Troy Calhoun from Air Force or Willie Fritz from Georgia Southern. Two guys that run option football very effectively, if ISU wants to win games in the Big 12 start doing something that is way different from everyone else. Get some of the best option football players year in and year out.

 

[And1Hawk]

Worst thing that happened to Rhoads and ISU was big 12 going to 9 games. Use to be avoided OU and Texas every 2 years and have 3 easy non conf opponents and get 3 conference games to get to a bowl. Now only get 2 easy non conf games which Rhoads has managed to lose at least one last 3 years. Plus perennial cellar dwellers Kansas and Baylor is now just Kansas.

I think there could possibly be another program that could take a huge nose dive in K-State. They were historically terrible prior to the 'Vampire' arriving. After Synder retired the first time they faded quickly. He cannot have too many seasons left and I do not think he is replaceable. He's a hall-of-famer for a reason. That could be another 'count on winning' game down the road to replace Baylor.

I agree on your points though. There's too many Texas/Southern schools to fight through year in, year out. The up-ticks will not last and a good coach will know to get the heck out of dodge or risk having his career end over time.

 

[herecomethehawkeyes]

 

[IamHawkeye]

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Pollard will do anything to deflect attention away from Iowa.

 

[SondyRules]

Hearing rumblings of a coach in Texas high school football by the name of Eric Taylor. He has taken his Dillon high school teams to state under extraordinary conditions. Might be a package deal with some elite kicker named Lance.

 

[srams21]

They have outstanding facilities, including a weight/conditioning room built three years or so ago that is among the best in the country. That isn't the problem.
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The problem might be that they don't use that facility enough. If the facility is as good as you say it is, it surprises me it doesn't show up on the field. ISU always has one of the worst and least physical offensive lines almost every year. Start by getting someone who can develop guys in the trenches. That's one of ISU's biggest problems.

 

[srams21]

Here is a beautiful post from a Cyclone fan:

"If it weren't for second half collapses this season we would be looking at CPR's best year. A winning regular season slipped through our fingers."

LOL, just a play or two away from a 7-5 season. 7-5 is honestly about the best ISU fans can hope for in their current schedule format. And that is being extremely kind.