OMG. Haters will magnify this unreasonably. Likers will see the fight in CMC.
Practically, no one will remember this happening across the nation countless times by coaches who are successful by every count and are still at those respective schools.
And for crying out loud, the people saying this is the worst run in Iowa State history are barely out of their crib. The guy can go winless for two years before that's even a concern. And even then, his losses are still closer than any of the losses (san TCU) in those two bleak years.
So, for those 'haters', sit down and shut up. You're ruining the movie. Or, more likely, you'll raise your little pinky and press the all important 'dumb' button, and will hide from comment.
A lot of bleak and even dark moments in our past, but 2-10 over the last 12 games would have to put this recent stretch right up there. I am not old enough to remember the 80s and first half of the 90s, which I know from my sports almanac were horrid stretches of time. But 2-10 is a season long sample size, and 2-10 would be one of the worse black eyes in program history. The only time a Cyclone team finished 2-10 or worse in my cognizant fan existence was 2003, 2008, and 2014.
2003 - Big rebuild year for McCarney. They were good to great at times over the next couple seasons before the wheels came off in '06.
2008 - Year 2 of Chizik. Felt like the program somehow took a step back in his 2nd year, and then he bounced. But the program was not worse for the wear, as Paul Rhoads was competitive with Chizik players for his first few seasons at the helm.
2014 - Utter failure and hopelessness in Rhoads 6th season. Program did not recover for several seasons and had to experience coach and culture change in order to do so.
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Here is to hoping the current situation is more like 2003 or 2008 than 2014 I guess. It certainly has all the 'feels' of 2014. Losing to lesser opponents and looking like the lesser team while doing it (Rhoads vs North Dakota State in 2014, Matt to Ohio in 2023). Offensively offensive offense under a new OC being micromanaged my a stubborn and unwilling to change HC (Mangino/Rhoads in 2014, Scheelhause/Campbell in 2023). There are more than a few similarities going on here.