Tweet about Hoiberg

[madcityCY]

@jgkfan (Justin Gaard of KFAN):
Ran into Fred Hoiberg at the airport. Hes doing work this weekend for @CBSSportsNet and is worried he won't look as good as @WSzczerbiak

Anybody know what this is about? Fred doing stuff for CBS this weekend?

...KFAN is sports radio out of The Twin Cities.

 

[gocubs2118]

They've had coaches on the pre, post and half time shows all tournament. Frank Martin and Shaka Smart did it last weekend for the Sweet 16/Elite 8.

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

Fred's so hot. He's like Hansel right now.

 

[clone4life82]

That'd be some good pub if he could get in and take over for martin or shaka on some of the commentary work.

 

[madcityCY]

If he's going on camera, that would be great! Making regular appearances would be good for recruiting.

 

[ist8er]

I listen to KFAN quite a bit, and Justin Gaard is covering the final 4 in New Orleans (as you probably assumed). Another little tidbit though, he attended Iowa for a couple years if I remember right.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Fred is a natural for this sort of thing, and it would be awesome for him and the program. Talk about raising the profile of Cyclone basketball again!

 

[cykadelic2]

They've had coaches on the pre, post and half time shows all tournament. Frank Martin and Shaka Smart did it last weekend for the Sweet 16/Elite 8.

The tweet mentions Wally S and CBS Sports Net. Likely Fred is on CBSN, not CBS. CBSN will have extensive coverage of the Final Four this weekend, too. Wally S has been on the CBSN set all season long.

 

[Let's Go State]

That is awesome. Win-win.

 

[gocubs2118]

The tweet mentions Wally S and CBS Sports Net. Likely Fred is on CBSN, not CBS. CBSN will have extensive coverage of the Final Four this weekend, too. Wally S has been on the CBSN set all season long.

True, same concept though.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Yeah, CBS sports net, whatever. It's good exposure.

 

[madcityCY]

Yeah, CBS sports net, whatever. It's good exposure.

Babysteps?

 

[State43]

Bringing in the Dreamy for the Final Four? That would be sweet.

 

[Cyclonefarmer]

Bringing in the Dreamy for the Final Four? That would be sweet.

Just in case you missed it, Wally was on Dan P on the 16th of this month (The Friday after we beat UConn) goin on and on about the job Hoiberg has done and how much respect he's got for him. Was the first segment of the show.

 

[CapnCy]

This is just an observation of Fred...but has anyone else noticed he tells the same story all the time? It's always, "I grew up five blocks from Hilton as a kid and walked to games, etc" and usually says, "Hilton was rockin." "I'm proud of our guys" Just an observation...

 

[CycloneErik]

This is just an observation of Fred...but has anyone else noticed he tells the same story all the time? It's always, "I grew up five blocks from Hilton as a kid and walked to games, etc" and usually says, "Hilton was rockin." "I'm proud of our guys" Just an observation...

He very much does. I really do think that many of us could pretty much write a fake interview with him and nobody would know the difference. I don't mind it, since he's often telling it to a new audience. I don't tend to listen to as many interviews now, since they are so predictable, but that's fine.

He has the routine down pat. People love it, so why change it (yet)?

 

[State43]

This is just an observation of Fred...but has anyone else noticed he tells the same story all the time? It's always, "I grew up five blocks from Hilton as a kid and walked to games, etc" and usually says, "Hilton was rockin." "I'm proud of our guys" Just an observation...

I think he is told to say that stuff. Every game, the announcers have to say the same thing. And they always have to show the map of where the transfers came from. It's annoying and will probably be the same thing next season. But if they didn't do that, in a couple years, no one would know the stories. I like the hometown love, makes the program very approachable. Small town feel.

 

[CapnCy]

He very much does. I really do think that many of us could pretty much write a fake interview with him and nobody would know the difference. I don't mind it, since he's often telling it to a new audience. I don't tend to listen to as many interviews now, since they are so predictable, but that's fine.

He has the routine down pat. People love it, so why change it (yet)?

Oh, for sure...I'm with you....it is a great story and the media LOVES that stuff...and it's probably easier for him as a busy dude to just kinda share the same things. I will say, the times I've seen Fred off the record (speaking engagements, etc) he's VERY funny. I was at a lunch one time and most of the audience was much older...and he was talking about how excited Nang was via twitter and he said, "you guys probably all are big twitter people." Another VERY funny comment was they were having a raffle of random ISU things.....tickets, posters, and they had a Tasheed Carr shooting shirt (game worn) and after everything was given away he opened his speech with, "Man, had I known I could have won a Tasheed Carr shooting shirt, I would have bought a raffle ticket."

 

[A-town Cy]

Strange no official word on this if true. I want to make sure I get the DVR set

 

[BloodyBuddy]

Fred's so hot. He's like Hansel right now.

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