ISU Gambling Megathread
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Could have a pretty damn good offense with the players being booted. Some small school could win a natty for sure.
well this season is gonna really suck...
I'm not ready to go there yet.
The team can still rally together and win some games.
But this gambling ****.....hope this is finally the end of the bleeding
No it’s not. It means our coaching staff needs to be better at who they’re putting their trust in. For that I think they messed up but I’m not gonna put Campbell’s feet to the fire just yet.
Oh just wait.
WE are Iowa State
When it seems impossible... the possible happens.
When it seems easy ... 2021 happens.
I don't know if the gambling thing was reinforced in a weekly meeting, but if I were a coach I would spend a few minutes a week with the entire team present and reinforce it.
Hope you’re right, but I recommend everyone calm any expectations this year
I’m not downplaying what they did. I know how illegal and dumb it is and I’m glad they’re off the team for what they did. It casts a bad cloud around the team and the program. I’m just saying I don’t think I’m going to call into question the overall program culture. Last year’s team culture was not good though. It honestly seems like those guys were entitled with the positions they had waiting behind the stars like Brock and Breece and they thought they were bullet proof. They then had those roles waiting for them and thought they were hot ****. Idk just spit balling.
Right, and it’s almost as bad to bet on your own team to win. If you have a big mouth and bet on your team for three straight weeks and the fourth week you don’t, what does that say?
Jamie Pollard had a really good interview recently with 365 sports. He goes in depth on the gambling thing. I thought it was pretty eye opening.
Money's already involved. That's my point. Players are already making huge amounts of money.
That and the fact that organized crime doesn't run sports gambling any more because of it being legalized.
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I'm going in like I do every night when I crawl under the sheets with Mrs 81. Zero expectations.
Agree. It's really, really disappointing, especially when it's upperclassman who we thought were team leaders.
JB's the one that's a real head scratcher for me.
The guy waits out Breece, gets his shot finally, but then does this and totally torpedoes his career here.
And these guys also threw away whatever their NIL deals were now and for the future too.
All I'm suggesting is that perhaps Campbell doesn't have his finger on the pulse of the culture like he thinks he does. FWIW, he thought the 2022 culture was fine and the 2021 team culture wasn't right.
I'm not suggesting he be fired, or fined, or anything like that. Just that we should dial back the self-congratulations on our culture when our starters are making choices like these.
Peterson: What did Iowa State's Matt Campbell mean about 2021 team being a little off 'culturally'?
Iowa State football head coach Matt Campbell elaborates on his pre-spring game comments that raised a few eyebrows among Cyclone fans.
www.desmoinesregister.com
It's just a very bad look for your program when you tout a 5 star culture and the guys who are supposed to be the leaders are gambling on their own games.
