Let's be real, negative recruiting against ISU based on MC is sure to leave has been maxed out always. It can't be any worse. And yet our coach just keeps getting it done. He's just simply better than everybody else.People say this a lot but I don't understand it. Are we in a worse recruiting position right now, where we might end up in the B1G or we might end up in a reconstituted Big 12, then if we just said screw it, we're going all in on the backup option now for the purpose of stability?
If negative recruiting is being used against us saying "Iowa State is gonna be in a Big 12 that isn't really a power conference, with teams from the American," then just going ahead with that exact outcome doesn't really seem like it would stop the bleeding on the recruiting front.
Stability for stability's sake is not the answer when the only sure "stable" option at this exact moment is G5 elevation to the Big 12. Instability is better for now.
"I tell them we win (drink)."