I'm sorta not kidding about starting a, "hire Matt Painter" campaign.
Devries or TJ poll
- Thread starter Gunnerclone
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You hire the guy you feel has the best vision for the program and you feel really wants to be at ISU. I think I big reason Fred did so well at ISU was because had those things until he wanted something new of course but it’s way Devries has done well at Drake so far. He really wanted that job and had been trying to get it and had a plan in place. I think Campbell had a vision for ISU and really wanted to be here. I don’t know what Prohms vision for ISU was nor do I get the vibe ISU is a place he really wanted to be.
Everybody is a risk. The thing I liked most about TJ is his midwestern recruiting base. But yes, I have major concerns about him and I would prefer somebody else. Just my opinion and I've been dead wrong a lot of times.
The wife and I have had season tix at the Knapp Center for many years. We didn't go to Drake, but our kids did, and honestly, you can see a fun brand of basketball for not a lot of money, drink a cold one, and get close to the action. Plus I can be home 20 minutes after the game ends.
No one is pleading for Otz here. All of the pleadingand circle jerking is to NOT bring in TJ. So while you’re jacking it with your buddies keep my face out of your head.
CycloneErik
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Never, ever ask him that.
Pretty bitter for someone who started a thread listing 2 candidates for ‘who should be the next coach’..did you expect people not to debate it or do you just get ‘I drive a big truck’ syndrome (the polite version) every time anyone disagrees with you and has valid points?
I think he really wanted to be here. On the alumni BB side of things he was done good things like the Alumni weekend and reaching out to past alums. But his coaching has been rough it seems every yr he talked about being a defensive team and that is not what gets put on the court. Similar to McDermott good person but ISU doesn't seem to be a good fit for him.
The part you are missing is that I don’t really care out of these options. Soyou are just debating with yourself.
I've been saying this for 18 months plus! The only question mark is recruiting for Coach Smith
The last coach from Utah St worked out pretty well
You’re absolutely right on those conferences. However we have real data that TJ isn’t doing great in the MWC, which is a better conference than the 3 you mentioned. We don’t know how DeVries would do going 2 steps up, but it seems TJ can’t even handle 1 step up.
Let's wait before declaring he can't do it. He has two top 50 recruits coming in next year and returns his top players. His star player on this team has been hobbled by an ankle injury the past couple weeks which has kept him out of games and has limited his play in others.
