Greg Gard - the next ISU coach?

**cycloneML** · 04-10-2010, 08:31 AM

Makes more sense each passing day as the current regime slowly fades away:

he comes highly recommended from Bo Ryan

he gets a chance to coach at a major D1 school/conference

we can get him on the cheap (anyone that grew up in Cobb, WI will gladly take the job for $500k a year.)

**ISUFB** · 04-10-2010, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by cycloneML

Makes more sense each passing day as the current regime slowly fades away:

he comes highly recommended from Bo Ryan

he gets a chance to coach at a major D1 school/conference

we can get him on the cheap (anyone that grew up in Cobb, WI will gladly take the job for $500k a year.)

well your right.... pollard is in love with Bo

**gogagig** · 04-10-2010, 08:37 AM

So now Pollard is choosing GM's assistants?

**CrossCyed** · 04-10-2010, 09:05 AM

Didn't realize Cobb was a Cyclone hotbed.

**dinger** · 04-10-2010, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by CrossCyed

Didn't realize Cobb was a Cyclone hotbed.

everywhere is a cyclone hotbed. its a cyclone nation!

**cyclonedave25** · 04-10-2010, 09:47 AM

We don't need another Greg.

**cyatheart** · 04-10-2010, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by cycloneML

Makes more sense each passing day as the current regime slowly fades away:

he comes highly recommended from Bo Ryan

he gets a chance to coach at a major D1 school/conference

we can get him on the cheap (anyone that grew up in Cobb, WI will gladly take the job for $500k a year.)

Why not offer him 300K then? He makes about 185K now so that is a huge increase, I am sure he is just sitting around in Madison dying to be lowballed by Iowa State.

**cycloneML** · 04-10-2010, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by cyatheart

Why not offer him 300K then? He makes about 185K now so that is a huge increase, I am sure he is just sitting around in Madison dying to be lowballed by Iowa State.

he was offered 300 by Dayton a couple of years ago. it will take 500 to get him.

**Wesley** · 04-10-2010, 02:17 PM

Can we afford him since we need to save coin for the future buyout?

**cycloneML** · 04-10-2010, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Wesley

Can we afford him since we need to save coin for the future buyout?

this is for Gmac's job, not Gmac's asst!

**Wesley** · 04-10-2010, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by cycloneML

this is for Gmac's job, not Gmac's asst!

I thought new Greg could come in as the assistant to know the players and then old Greg could leave midway through next season...

**cycloneML** · 04-10-2010, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by Wesley

I thought new Greg could come in as the assistant to know the players and then old Greg could leave midway through next season...

i likey how you thinky!

**hursts** · 04-10-2010, 08:51 PM

I would take this guy

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**psychlone99** · 04-10-2010, 08:53 PM

I haven't allowed myself to think too much about potential candidates if/when the time comes for a change, but Gard is one guy who I would hope gets an interview.

He's very highly regarded by Ryan, a man that JP has a lot of respect for. And if Gard's bio is any indication, he has a lot of the same qualities that Rhoads used to win JP over during his lengthy interview, namely a strict attention to detail and the ability to communicate it. Combine all this with JP's Wisconsin connections, and it would seem likely that the guy would get a look.

"Greg is one of the most thorough and organized coaches I have ever been around," Ryan said. "His attention to detail and his ability to communicate that to the student-athletes separates him from other coaches."

Gard is also their recruiting coordinator and does a lot of the scouting and game prep. The most obvious reservation I would have would be his playing style. Chances are it would reflect Ryan's, but I suppose you never know what you might get when a long-time assistant gets his chance to make all the calls.

**kilgore_trout** · 04-10-2010, 09:08 PM

I kind of blame Bo Ryan for ISU's current MBB program. When Pollard was at UW, he saw what a succesful coach at a smaller in-state school can do when given the chance.

Complete, total and utter speculation, but that's what I've always thought about the GMAC hire and why I kind of blame Bo, great coach that he is.