I stayed quiet cause I'm not getting into a fight with every Cyclone fan who wants to desperately believe that this is a good move when they know it's a hail mary.
Gary Parrish compared it to McCain picking Palin!
Walters was out of line. He knew it. It happens. We all move on....
Matt no need to rain on the our Day... Cyclone fans love Fred Hoiberg let me give you some facts on the "Mayor"
1. He Played for Johnny Orr, Tim Floyd and played in 3 NCAA Tourney's. He is an Academic All- American and has always been a student of the game. I think he has a weatlh of Knowledge about coaching Basketball.
2. He just hired TJ Otzelberger and Jeff Grayer. TJ brought in Brackins, Gillstrap, Mike Taylor and a bunch of very good recruits. Jeff Grayer ran youth Bball programs in Flint Michigan and is very connected to the area.
3. All 5 recruits have recommitted to ISU 5 for 5 just a little better than the Iowa mess. Look at the 5 recruits they have commitments from all very good players.
4. ISU coaching staff has 20 years of NBA playing experience on staff that is what recruits want to hear. They will be a recruiting machine. Hell the kids 22 of them could not stand GMAC and transferred. Fred will relate well to the players as will Grayer.
5. This hire has already energized the fan base he will sell season tickets and bring a loyal fan base excitement.
Pollard hit one out of the Park with this hire. Saved 3.3 million dollars and the lame duck coaching change. I like GMAC and think he was a good coach at UNI but for whatever reason he started 3 professional basketball players at ISU last year and went 15-17 and never had a winning record in 4 years at ISU. I hope he wins at CU and I would ask you give the Mayor a chance before cutting him down. He can't do any worse than winning 4 conf games in year #4 ISU can only go up from this point. Be respectful young man and people will do the same to you.
