Iowa State Set To Introduce Brian Kelly Monday Evening

dmclone · 11-26-2006, 04:20 PM

As long as he can bring in some good assistants

letsgostate · 11-26-2006, 04:20 PM

Certainly not someone I would call the first choice from the beginning, but who knows. No chance for a surprise like Patterson, Jeremy?

loboclone · 11-26-2006, 04:20 PM

Do I get my life back now????

ISU BET · 11-26-2006, 04:21 PM

let the buzz begin about who will be our new coordinators. i think that on defense it will be bo pelini and on offense it will be norm chow.

9seven · 11-26-2006, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by loboclone

Do I get my life back now????

If you chose.... We could start tracking down assistants plane routes and things of that nature!

letsgostate · 11-26-2006, 04:23 PM

If he picks Barney Cotton as OC, I'll go to Drake games instead...just kidding. No chance of that pic.

loboclone · 11-26-2006, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by 9seven

If you chose.... We could start tracking down assistants plane routes and things of that nature!

That's a plan............by the way what does this guy bring to the table for assistants????????????

JCloned · 11-26-2006, 04:26 PM

From article about Turner Gill in Buffalo....

When Brian Kelly came to Central Michigan in 2004, he took over a program that had just two winning seasons over a 10- year span. Three seasons later, the Chippewas are participating in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game.

The biggest obstacle was changing the program's pessimistic culture. "You have to stop losing," said Kelly, who will lead the Chippewas against Ohio University in the MAC Championship Game on Thursday in Detroit. "You have to stop losing in terms of everything you do. You have to do all the little things right: Weight training, academics, off-the-field. We couldn't start winning until we stopped losing."

letsgostate · 11-26-2006, 04:26 PM

can he bring some of their recruits..I suppose that dicey.

woolbuyer · 11-26-2006, 04:27 PM

Now we must all show up at Hilton Monday night to show Coach Kelly what kind of fan support he has ........... exciting times to be a CYCLONE !!!!!

mt85 · 11-26-2006, 04:29 PM

The fact that two BCS schools had him at the top of their lists after interviews definitely speaks volumes about our new coach. I'm ecstatic about this guy because he's achieved success with out name recognition, big budgets, top programs etc.

The bottom line is that he's achieved sustained success in underdog circumstances, and that bodes well for ISU.

loboclone · 11-26-2006, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by woolbuyer

Now we must all show up at Hilton Monday night to show Coach Kelly what kind of fan support he has ........... exciting times to be a CYCLONE !!!!!

If I start now that 1200 miles won't be so bad

isuno1fan · 11-26-2006, 04:30 PM

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, but truthfully, he'll have to win me over.

JCloned · 11-26-2006, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, but truthfully, he'll have to win me over.

Why don't you start with an expectation of success, it makes for a much more enjoyable offseason. When is the last time we hired a football coach with the career winning percentage of Kelly? When was the last time we hired a coach who at won a national championship at any level? Kelly is a winner. He as been an a winner everywhere he has gone. One losing season in his career. No reason to expect anything but great results at ISU.

isuno1fan · 11-26-2006, 04:35 PM

We all expected success this past season. How did that turn out?...LOL...

Been following ISU for the past 20 yrs and I find it much more enjoyable if I expect the worst and then am pleasantly surprised instead. Makes life MUCH less stressfull being a Cyclone football fan.