Yes - the last thing ISU needs is a coach with the 2nd most victories of all-time for a D1 Coach, 2 National Championships, 14 CONSECUTIVE seasons of finishing in the TOP 5, an 11 game bowl winning streak during his career and 21 bowl victories
baffled:
The sitting on his "***" and coasting as you referenced resulted in never having less than 7 wins during the season, 4 ACC/division Championships and 6 Top 25 finishes. You rival the original poster for ridiculous post of the day.
Also, everyone needs to take a look at ISU recruiting history before making baseless comment - in the past 10 years we have never had more than 2 verbal commits by the end of May. 1 time was last year where it was a family member - Luke Knott - and a family tie-in with Grant Rohach that led to the early commitments. The other time was Phillip Bates (who transferred) and Anthony Green (who was done before he played). Austen Arnaud didn't even commit until June 20 when he was being recruited. We generally start getting some commits during/after summer camps on campus, and I expect we will see that again. If we only have 5-7 verbals heading into mid-November/December, then we can raise the question appropriately. However, I doubt that will be the case as CPR has put together the best staff (throughout his tenure, including Ash and Elliott and now Douglas) that ISU has had since the Earl Bruce days.
Ok... let me put this in terms that someone like you would understand. I avoided this because after I post this the heavens will fall, the oceans will rise, and the Danny Mac faithful will bring on the appocalypse.
Most people agree that Bobby Bowden stayed too long at FSU. He was coasting down the stretch thanks to what he thought was a lifelong deal to be the coach at FSU thanks to his earlier accomplishments, (FYI... having several 7 win seasons at FSU is pathetic considering they are a national power).
To put this in an ISU perspective since we aren't on FSU's level you can look at Dan McCarney. He brought the program out of the toilet, took them to bowl games, etc... and then when he felt he had accomplished enough to secure being the ISU coach for as long as he wanted he started coasting. The results were catastrophic for the program and he got his butt run out of town.
On a similar level that is exactly what happened to Bobby at FSU. His coasting down the stretch led to less then the expected results at FSU and he got his butt run out of town.
Take CPR... he rolls into ISU and takes over a disaster of a program that D-Mac and Chizik left for him and he takes them to 2 bowl games in 3 years (should have been 3 for 3), he is beloved by CycloneNation, just got awarded the fattest contract a football coach at ISU has ever received, and yet still understands that no matter what his results are in the future his job at ISU is never guaranteed. Sounds like a guy that understands his accomplishments early on won't be enough to allow him to coast later on and survive as the head coach at ISU if the results aren't there.
