Official Announcement of TJ as the New Iowa State Mens BBall Coach
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Ok. This is great. Well done. I needed a good laugh with how much of a cesspool these threads can become.
When Fred was hired I was cautiously optimistic. It was either going to be great or a disaster. Turned out great.
I feel much the same now, but I do not think "disaster" is in the range of outcomes. Best case, TJ duplicates the type of success we had under CFH. Exciting ball, competing for championships, great players. Worst case, its good players but underwhelming success. I don't think there is any way it will be as bad as with CSP, who was clearly not ready for the job.
One thing that gives me some optimism: current organizational intelligence within the ISU AD.
1) TJ & JP saw CFH use smart assistants to make him better. Hopefully TJ will do same. Great coaches must have great assistants. Watch this space very closely.
2) The Process. CMC has shown that "want" and "love of the game" is really important, and a 3 or 4 star with "want" is going to be much better at ISU than a one-and-done guy. Niang, Naz, Monte, Matty Ice -- all "gym rats", and I think that qualifies. Hopefully that is recognized in TJ's recruiting.
Bottom line, no one ever knows how a new hire will work out. So with TJ let's hope it works out well. See you all in Sect 236 next year!
I feel much the same now, but I do not think "disaster" is in the range of outcomes. Best case, TJ duplicates the type of success we had under CFH. Exciting ball, competing for championships, great players. Worst case, its good players but underwhelming success. I don't think there is any way it will be as bad as with CSP, who was clearly not ready for the job.
One thing that gives me some optimism: current organizational intelligence within the ISU AD.
1) TJ & JP saw CFH use smart assistants to make him better. Hopefully TJ will do same. Great coaches must have great assistants. Watch this space very closely.
2) The Process. CMC has shown that "want" and "love of the game" is really important, and a 3 or 4 star with "want" is going to be much better at ISU than a one-and-done guy. Niang, Naz, Monte, Matty Ice -- all "gym rats", and I think that qualifies. Hopefully that is recognized in TJ's recruiting.
Bottom line, no one ever knows how a new hire will work out. So with TJ let's hope it works out well. See you all in Sect 236 next year!
I'm optimistic. He'll bring back most the good under Fred.
I am also very interested in his staff, that will be more telling for me.
I am also very interested in his staff, that will be more telling for me.
Bruce Rassmusson. Creighton AD had a professional friendship for years with Coach McDermott. Hope this friendship and hire works as well as that one.
so relieved prohm is gone
tj may not be the next tom izzo but we will be competitive and hilton will get crazy again
it was so weird hilton had such a heck of a time getting pumped in the prohm years
and the magic wands that one cold big monday was a curse, i knew that was it for a time for darkness when that happened
also turn those darn lights back on in hilton
tj may not be the next tom izzo but we will be competitive and hilton will get crazy again
it was so weird hilton had such a heck of a time getting pumped in the prohm years
and the magic wands that one cold big monday was a curse, i knew that was it for a time for darkness when that happened
also turn those darn lights back on in hilton
Hard to say that when you have no idea what other coaches were actually interested in the job.
Grill then grad transfers to Drake, and ala Clayton Custer, takes the Bulldogs to the final four.
He made it clear that there were two things going on in parallel - a deep dive on what it would be like if TJ was hired, and a review of other candidates. JP just told us all that he was going to hire TJ come hell or high water, but just in case it didn’t work out they were doing due diligence on other guys.
Appreciate it lol. I thought it’d make people on all sides of this hire laugh.
Couldn't agree more. If Pollard thinks he's the best for the job, that's all that needs said. But there was definitely a lot of smoke being blown in both of his videos.
