Is It Time We Established the Matt-Campballism?
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YOOOOOOOUUUUUUU!
And whatever else was said when this happened.
Would love to hear an audio clip of what went out over the stadium speakers.
And whatever else was said when this happened.
Would love to hear an audio clip of what went out over the stadium speakers.
Here's another great quote from CMC. " Put fear in the back seat, put courage in the front seat". Here are the two exhibits.
This Campbellism might have been mentioned, but from the Media Day, 8-9-21:
"The consistency of character, and what is the responsibility? Love, care, serve. Kids don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."
"The consistency of character, and what is the responsibility? Love, care, serve. Kids don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."
I liked this quote from that media conference. When asked what he tells recruits given all the uncertainty surrounding conference realignment.
"We Win. And we will work to continue to win. And if you want to play for a winning team, come play for us."
And after that quote you could hear a pin drop
What was the guy that asked it honestly hoping Campbell would say?
I started laughing when I heard that reply. It's perfect really. Who gives a **** what's going on that's not in our control when it's time to get to work?
And I knew that was going to be something like he said. It was perfect. Short, direct, pointed, with a little edge to it. Now let's move on.
He is going to be all about this years football team and how he and his coaches can put them in a position to succeed, to be the best they can be, the "best version they can be", haha.
Nothing as small as a Big 12 conference implosion or college football re-alignment is going to take his focus off this years team or players!
Yes, I like this one. "Put fear in the back seat, put courage in the front seat, and be ready to rock and roll this weekend."
And there are 2-3 other Campbellisms in this clip! He is inspirational. Jump thru a wall. Yes please!
More Campbellisms:
Regarding the new NIL: " My only ask is our thing here is man, the image of one projects image of all, right? How you use your name, image and likeness, how you carry yourself in this community, how you act. It’s about all of us. It’s not just about a singular person."
"Get more out of yourself than you take from the whole,” Campbell said.
4 – What has been the message to the team when it comes to handling the outside hype of being a top-10 team in the preseason?
“I wish you had asked me two years ago because I would tell you, I probably did a really poor job two years ago, when maybe (the program’s rise) started to (gain steam),” he said. “We played in the Alamo Bowl following that season in 2019. I really look back on that 2019 season and say, ‘Man, I don’t know if I was good enough in addressing expectation and standard.’ Man, you had some young players that were forced upon expectation, then you had some older players. I think it took the ability for me to sit down and talk to our kids to understand maybe where some of my shortcomings were as the head football coach, how do I address it, and really, then have even more awareness to say, ‘Gosh, we got to be better, and it’s got to start with the head football coach.'”
“I think those are things that we learned two years ago that have helped guide us, and we didn’t just get good, and expectations didn’t just happen. We’ve been really good here for the last four years. So, I think there has been a growth process and understanding that, especially at a place like Iowa State, where success hasn’t occurred with great consistency and all of a sudden, you start to kind of move up that ladder. You do feel that from a coach standpoint, from a player standpoint, and I think everybody’s been able to evolve as our program’s evolved. Understanding the value of what you just said (about mental health) really is real, and how can I do a better job of protecting, guiding and educating our kids?”
What would he have done differently in 2019?
“I think it’s just falling back on what our core values have been,” Campbell said. “Relationships, culture, the best interest of our football team is still the 18 to 22-year-olds. Then also with our coaching staff, I think sometimes my greatest fault is you’re talking about a guy that worked up from Division III football and a staff that’s worked up from Division III football and sometimes a lot of time our motto has been, ‘Man, if you work harder then you’re going to be better.’ At some point, I think there’s a realistic piece, and you guys probably have done this in your own profession, man, at a point can I work smarter and understand what’s evolving around me and be better for the situation that I’m currently in? That doesn’t mean we’ve worked any less or not worked to the standard that has been what’s allowed us to be successful, but I think working smarter, I think defining who we are, defining, man, again, we set the standard and expectation for who we are, not the outside noise, and really kind of honing in on those things. It probably escaped me a little bit in 2019. I probably did a really poor job, to be honest with you.”
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“I think the biggest thing from my end is understanding that we want to be our best on those 12 Saturdays,” Campbell said. “I think my growth has come as, man, I could sit and practice for four hours and love it. Now, I don’t think our kids would love practicing for four hours and for their best interest to be better the next day. That’s probably not the wisest thing to do. I just think, again, having a global perspective of everything you do in your program from January till the end of December or January is the betterment of putting your kids in the best position to be their best on Saturday. What does that look like? How do we get there? Whether it’s us as teachers or coaches, or whether it’s how we feed them, how we rest them, how we recover them, and how we practice them. So I think all those things fall on my shoulders. And you know, I think just growth of, again, I’m 41 years old, I don’t have it all figured out, right? Just trying to take what’s worked well, what hasn’t worked well, and continue to try to evolve to be the best we can be and help myself and help our kids be the best version of myself that I can be for them.”
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All above from here:
What He Said: Matt Campbell – CycloneFanatic.com | CycloneFanatic: The Internet's most popular site for fans of the Iowa State Cyclones
Regarding the new NIL: " My only ask is our thing here is man, the image of one projects image of all, right? How you use your name, image and likeness, how you carry yourself in this community, how you act. It’s about all of us. It’s not just about a singular person."
"Get more out of yourself than you take from the whole,” Campbell said.
4 – What has been the message to the team when it comes to handling the outside hype of being a top-10 team in the preseason?
“I wish you had asked me two years ago because I would tell you, I probably did a really poor job two years ago, when maybe (the program’s rise) started to (gain steam),” he said. “We played in the Alamo Bowl following that season in 2019. I really look back on that 2019 season and say, ‘Man, I don’t know if I was good enough in addressing expectation and standard.’ Man, you had some young players that were forced upon expectation, then you had some older players. I think it took the ability for me to sit down and talk to our kids to understand maybe where some of my shortcomings were as the head football coach, how do I address it, and really, then have even more awareness to say, ‘Gosh, we got to be better, and it’s got to start with the head football coach.'”
“I think those are things that we learned two years ago that have helped guide us, and we didn’t just get good, and expectations didn’t just happen. We’ve been really good here for the last four years. So, I think there has been a growth process and understanding that, especially at a place like Iowa State, where success hasn’t occurred with great consistency and all of a sudden, you start to kind of move up that ladder. You do feel that from a coach standpoint, from a player standpoint, and I think everybody’s been able to evolve as our program’s evolved. Understanding the value of what you just said (about mental health) really is real, and how can I do a better job of protecting, guiding and educating our kids?”
What would he have done differently in 2019?
“I think it’s just falling back on what our core values have been,” Campbell said. “Relationships, culture, the best interest of our football team is still the 18 to 22-year-olds. Then also with our coaching staff, I think sometimes my greatest fault is you’re talking about a guy that worked up from Division III football and a staff that’s worked up from Division III football and sometimes a lot of time our motto has been, ‘Man, if you work harder then you’re going to be better.’ At some point, I think there’s a realistic piece, and you guys probably have done this in your own profession, man, at a point can I work smarter and understand what’s evolving around me and be better for the situation that I’m currently in? That doesn’t mean we’ve worked any less or not worked to the standard that has been what’s allowed us to be successful, but I think working smarter, I think defining who we are, defining, man, again, we set the standard and expectation for who we are, not the outside noise, and really kind of honing in on those things. It probably escaped me a little bit in 2019. I probably did a really poor job, to be honest with you.”
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“I think the biggest thing from my end is understanding that we want to be our best on those 12 Saturdays,” Campbell said. “I think my growth has come as, man, I could sit and practice for four hours and love it. Now, I don’t think our kids would love practicing for four hours and for their best interest to be better the next day. That’s probably not the wisest thing to do. I just think, again, having a global perspective of everything you do in your program from January till the end of December or January is the betterment of putting your kids in the best position to be their best on Saturday. What does that look like? How do we get there? Whether it’s us as teachers or coaches, or whether it’s how we feed them, how we rest them, how we recover them, and how we practice them. So I think all those things fall on my shoulders. And you know, I think just growth of, again, I’m 41 years old, I don’t have it all figured out, right? Just trying to take what’s worked well, what hasn’t worked well, and continue to try to evolve to be the best we can be and help myself and help our kids be the best version of myself that I can be for them.”
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All above from here:
What He Said: Matt Campbell – CycloneFanatic.com | CycloneFanatic: The Internet's most popular site for fans of the Iowa State Cyclones
For the sake of the historical accuracy of Cyclone legend and lore, FIFY.
(and I’ve only heard it once. It sticks)
Some 'beauties in these!
And this one, at the 13:00 mark!
Iowa State's Matt Campbell, RB Breece Hall, DB Greg Eisworth preview 2021 season | BIG 12 MEDIA DAYS - YouTube
"Man, we can develop a process, we can put our egos aside, and we can look deep and say, where can I grow? Where do I need to grow? Because we know if we quit growing then failure is right around the corner."
This is my favorite Matt Campbell moment and I still thinks this holds true today. We heard all about the process when he was hired and even going into this season of high expectations these players need to love the process because I they do that the process is going to love them back. Also "team above self" is another good one.
If I'm not mistaken, the quote is "You just won the F-ing Fiesta Bowl and beat the F out of Oregon."
And he says it with a very intense soft voice until near the end. Very dramatic.
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A lot of good ones here. He is establishing the process. 2017, starting to have some success.
Matt Campbell (Iowa State Head Football Coach) on team above self & falling in love with the process - YouTube
"You're teaching the world that in this sport of college football, toughness, discipline, and details still matter. That's your platform. Your platform, it is Team above self. If you fall in love with the process, eventually, eventually the process will love you back. Here's the crazy thing, the thing is you don't know when it's gonna love you back. All you have to do is you have to be prepared for your opportunity when it's ready to love you back."
Brick wall. I'm runnin' thru that sucker!
