As others alluded to, he was a perfect fit after Chizik.
Win or lose ISU needed someone to come in and simply love being there and bringing new life to everyone.
If that was the bar, he went beyond it.
Kickin’ It with Paul Rhoads: Coaching philosophy, love of the game, and more
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As others alluded to, he was a perfect fit after Chizik.
Win or lose ISU needed someone to come in and simply love being there and bringing new life to everyone.
If that was the bar, he went beyond it.
I love me some CPR. This was the shortest 1-hour long podcast I've ever listened to.
I think the realignment scare recruiting was a bigger deal than most of us realized at the time, and would admit now.
The main issue was his staff couldn't recruit well enough. You look at the dropoff he had and it directly follows his recruiting. He did well in the beginning with Chizik recruits, but once he got more of his guys, the talent really dropped off. Realignment made recruiting even more difficult.
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Just listened today. Fantastic episode. Gotta love CPR. Just a quality human being.
I'm just to the part where they are talking about realignment and I don't know if we will ever know how lucky we were that the Big 12 stayed together. As we all knew last year when watching OSU and WSU--there but by the grace of God we go.
I was also struck by the mention of the Kansas State game. That's why I try really hard not to get into a snit when coaches say stuff like they wouldn't change things about what they did after a game. Hell, Rhoads said similar things after Kansas State. (And Campbell has done the same thing.) But, it's obvious that Rhoads thinks about and knows he made mistakes in that game. Just because they don't admit it in the heat of the moment doesn't mean they go on with life thinking that they shouldn't have kneeled to end that game.
It seems like Rhoads last couple of recruiting classes WERE a bit better. But I'm just going by memory, so who the hell knows?!?
The problem with the end of the Rhoads era was that he couldn't spin out of the downfall. Not many coaches can. That's why last season should be so impressive to all of us. 2022 was BAD. Things stacked up against 2023. And, yet, this staff was able to spin out and have a successful season.
I was also struck by the mention of the Kansas State game. That's why I try really hard not to get into a snit when coaches say stuff like they wouldn't change things about what they did after a game. Hell, Rhoads said similar things after Kansas State. (And Campbell has done the same thing.) But, it's obvious that Rhoads thinks about and knows he made mistakes in that game. Just because they don't admit it in the heat of the moment doesn't mean they go on with life thinking that they shouldn't have kneeled to end that game.
It seems like Rhoads last couple of recruiting classes WERE a bit better. But I'm just going by memory, so who the hell knows?!?
The problem with the end of the Rhoads era was that he couldn't spin out of the downfall. Not many coaches can. That's why last season should be so impressive to all of us. 2022 was BAD. Things stacked up against 2023. And, yet, this staff was able to spin out and have a successful season.
Just finished this because I'm slow.
I'm certainly not going to complain about how things are and how things have gone since CPR left, but god damn did I want it to work for him here.
I'm certainly not going to complain about how things are and how things have gone since CPR left, but god damn did I want it to work for him here.
Idk, it didn’t seem to affect other schools like Kansas State or Baylor like it did us. Those 2 schools weren’t finding a better home either. I kinda thought that excuse was overblown.
Think Paul was a really hard worker and really put everything into the program. I kinda thought as things headed south he was micromanaging more and that probably made things worse, even though all he wanted was to fix the situation. Still had some great wins in 2009-2012.
Looks like he's joining the Mississippi State staff
