FootballScoop.com says Rhoads is gone*

[clonedude]

Re: Per ESPN Rhodes gone Presser at Noon

Darn, here I thought we fired Rhoads.

Who is this Rhodes guy you speak of? Did he coach our chess team or something?

 

[klamath632]

Re: Per ESPN Rhodes gone Presser at Noon

Anybody who starts a ******* thread should know how to spell the ******* ISU coaches( current or former) name correctly......Holy ****

How about ESPN? Do you think they should be able to spell a coach's name correctly?

 

[jsb]

at some point you have to be accountable for your decisions. Yes, the highs were high but the lows have been especially low for 3 years now.

It is like a breakup or a divorce. except in this divorce he gets 4.5 million.

Your argument is that he is the best we can do. I don't think that is true. The landscape of college football has changed and if you have someone at the helm that doesn't see that... well then you'll never improve.

twitter, jerseys, and music might seem like bs to you but when you want to change a program's culture well you have to crack eggs.

Oh, I mostly agree. I don't disagree with the decision to fire him.

I just think that finding someone who will do a lot better than him wont' be easy. Our history tells us that.

 

[CycloneErik]

Good yet sad news. No one I wanted to see succeed more, but clear it wasn't happening. And yesterday was a giant nail in that coffin.

This. If he could have built on the fun parts in the beginning, he becomes the whole program, really.
From potential legend to another guy looking for work.

 

[Chipper]

Re: Per ESPN Rhodes gone Presser at Noon

Anyone have a link to watch the presser?

Would have been perfect time to link Rick Astley if it didn't get played out so much...

 

[Cydar]

Re: Per ESPN Rhodes gone Presser at Noon

Lafester?

 

[cyfamily]

Sad, but necessary. Paul was a quality man with great character and passion. I thank him for many great wins. Sad the way it ended...

 

[19clone91]

Oh, I mostly agree. I don't disagree with the decision to fire him.

I just think that finding someone who will do a lot better than him wont' be easy. Our history tells us that.

Normally I wouldnt agree, but this year (given the amount of openings) its hard to argue that.

 

[Jsievers24]

If Les Miles can't win with consistent top 10 recruiting classes... Why would we hire him here? That's the dumbest idea for a hire ever...

 

[brianhos]

Is CW still on vacation?

Yep!

 

[Psyclone Brian]

Re: Per ESPN Rhodes gone Presser at Noon

I just got a message from WHO13 Rhoads has been fired, unofficially.

 

[jsb]

We have a decent core hopefully coming back next year. Any possible candidate will see that.

And any possible candidate will see that we have to play a lot of ranked teams, 9 conference games, and are completely out in the middle of nowhere regarding recruiting.

Maybe we'll find a well-established, Power 5 head coach that wants to coach here. I sort of doubt it though.

 

[hoopitup]

Re: Per ESPN Rhodes gone Presser at Noon

Anybody who starts a ******* thread should know how to spell the ******* ISU coaches( current or former) name correctly......Holy ****

Geez I was in a hurry on the way out the door and made a mistake.

Wound a little tight this morning dude?

 

[jdoggivjc]

Oh please. I'd like your delusional brain. There are a ton of much, much, much more appealing Power 5 job openings. A good, established coach isn't going to say "Iowa State has facilities that are comparable with a mid-range power 5 job' or "Iowa State has loyal fans". A good established coach is going to see that the road to winning is a lot faster at a place like Maryland or Illinois or Missouri.

We'll be lucky to get an FCS head coach or a D-1 coordinator. Get prepared for a position coach.

Just remember that we had a top 10 basketball team coming back and the best we could manage is a low-major head coach and our second choice was a great assistant, who had only been to the NCAA tournament with one of his teams once.

Oh just shut up.

This will be a difficult example to use, but at the time, hiring Chizik, a guy who at the time was considered to be one of the favorites to make the jump from successful coordinator to successful coach, was viewed as a major coup. ESPN couldn't believe we pulled that hire. And had he treated the ISU job seriously from day 1 instead of some kind of joke by hiring his college "drinking buddies", he might have seen more success starting day 1. As it was, had he stuck around for year 3, the rumor was he was bringing in Gus Malzahn to be the OC, and as it turns out, Malzahn was the brains behind the operation during Chizik's championship run at Auburn, because as soon as Malzahn took that coaching job at Arky St, Chizik crashed that Ferrari into a telephone pole. And it's now Malzahn coaching Auburn.

The bottom line is I'm tired of the "We Are Iowa State" bull **** for two reasons:

1. "There are too many other BCS openings elsewhere and ISU isn't a quality job" Bull****. There will be too many BCS job openings EVERY YEAR and the new coach has the opportunity to turn this into a quality job.

2. "ISU is incapable of landing a quality coach." Bull****. As often happens in life, you get what you pay for. Open up the checkbook and see what we're capable of getting.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Not usually one to relish in people getting fired, but after yesterday this needed to be done. CPR seems like a stand up guy, but it just wasn't working out anymore.

No real feels for Rhoads from me. Most of us don't keep cashing million dollars checks after we get fired.

He had an opportunity few get, he failed and still comes out as a millionaire.

 

[jsb]

Normally I wouldnt agree, but this year (given the amount of openings) its hard to argue that.

We are, by far, the least appealing Power 5 job open.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

Oh please. I'd like your delusional brain. There are a ton of much, much, much more appealing Power 5 job openings. A good, established coach isn't going to say "Iowa State has facilities that are comparable with a mid-range power 5 job' or "Iowa State has loyal fans". A good established coach is going to see that the road to winning is a lot faster at a place like Maryland or Illinois or Missouri.

We'll be lucky to get an FCS head coach or a D-1 coordinator. Get prepared for a position coach.

Just remember that we had a top 10 basketball team coming back and the best we could manage is a low-major head coach and our second choice was a great assistant, who had only been to the NCAA tournament with one of his teams once.

Oh grow up.

 

[TheEsTasTaco]

He's a southern guy and he knows what good football is supposed to look like

lmao

 

[cmjh10]

And any possible candidate will see that we have to play a lot of ranked teams, 9 conference games, and are completely out in the middle of nowhere regarding recruiting.

Maybe we'll find a well-established, Power 5 head coach that wants to coach here. I sort of doubt it though.

Loser talk. Im ******* tired of excuses. I hope Pollard finds someone who doesnt make excuses, but solves problems and wins. Dont care who it is, or where he comes from.

 

[CLONECONES]

Re: Per ESPN Rhodes gone Presser at Noon

peace late CPR