I'm willing to cut Campbell some slack right now, but if these offenses keep playing like Iowa's offense for another season after this, and he continues to not fix special teams, then it might be time that the seat heats up a little.
Matt Campbell postgame quote
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There comes a point where being developmental coaches isn't enough, you need to be good in-game coaches as well.
For everyone in here that says we shouldn't be complaining maybe Campbell would prefer if we went back to complaining about what the intro music was? You can't have it both ways. Campbell isn't getting this offense ready for games, I won't even go into special teams.
If he doesn't change his stubborn ways things could lock up for him.
For everyone in here that says we shouldn't be complaining maybe Campbell would prefer if we went back to complaining about what the intro music was? You can't have it both ways. Campbell isn't getting this offense ready for games, I won't even go into special teams.
If he doesn't change his stubborn ways things could lock up for him.
That's being a bit generous, lol.
We'll see. We win Saturday? I'll sing his praises. We show some life on offense? Same.
But we come out on offense like the rest of our P5 games? Hooboy.
Curt I never care about silent dumb ratings but you actually understand football. Care to weigh in?
Let's not go comparing Scott Frost's career of sucking at Nebraska to one predictable rebuilding year by Campbell.
It was predictable to a degree but at the same time - it does sicken me to a degree that in year seven- we MIGHT be staring 0-9 in the face in league play. Because, yes, we lost a lot but we also knew for a few years we were losing that group.
Defensively we lose arguably as much as the offense and yet that side of the ball seems advanced. 7 years in and our ST are annually terrible. Just no other word.
Right now, and this is going to get a lot of dumb message notifications but right now its showing the difference between ourselves and the mid-major major programs.
(Kentucky, Okie State, NC State, ) where they can lose coaches and players and they don't go thru this. Some of those schools have certain advantages we don't, granted. But 7 years in, you shouldn't IMO be potentially staring an 0-9 or 1-8 league season in the face. Recruiting isn't going to get easier.
Right now I don't know we're developing players well on offense. And next year again, we're replacing our best players on offense (X, Rus, Downing, Shaw and Stanley). We'll have very little returning pass catchers. We'll have four offensive line starters but I mean...is that good? All 6 starters at LB and DL are gone. So next year might be a rebuild. We're replacing 5 of 6 starters on defense and essentially 5 on offense. - if no transfers. So - next year we have to replace a good portion of the team again.
We have not developed players as well as some of the other mid-level major programs. I have real concerns about our offensive line and wide receiver development. We have one receiver who plays that we recruited as a HS player. That's what hurts me honestly. Not losses. I didn't think we were going to run off an 8-4 season but I also didn't think we'd be where we are.
I love Iowa State football and love what CMC has done for it - but for the first time I have serious questions. Other programs play young players. We're not unique in that regard.
I know it'll get me banned and a million dumb notifications but its my 100% honest opinion .
I agree that CMC and Manning are not good game day coaches.... but I'm not sure that we can get anyone better either. CMC is probably as good as we can do, but I think we can do better than Manning for $1 million a year.
They did show today they were willing to adjust and open up the offense. What....only 1-2 of their patented 3 yard crossing routes? It was just one of those games. I'm not upset at all this week because they DID try something different.
They are on the cusp of being either 6-1........or 2-5. That's how close things are this season. I guess my biggest beef is where was this offensive game plan vs KU and KSU?
How do you only score 20 points combined with 1 TD in those games, against those defenses.......but then score 21 with 3 TD's against that UT defense?
If anything, our offensive players regress as they are coached. Purdy played like a demi-god when he was first put in. And from there he never got better. Every game or two he regressed little by little, until by the end he was doing things like consistently running out of bounds just before the first-down marker.
Apparently the fans are too mean for just one to handle.
