The worst thing I ever posted about him was that he had lost fan support.
So let's keep him around!!!!
The worst thing I ever posted about him was that he had lost fan support.
Then he hired coach Rhoads. Another highly respected guy with a great resume, but strong ties to Ames and central Iowa.
Of course, he knew the risks. But who would have believed that the ladder climber would climb before the rebuilding job was done--or even well on it's way? Seriously. I'm quite certain that everyone figured the last coach wouldf be gone after a turnaround...
Hiring Rhoads was a gamble - pure and simple. He had been let go by Auburn, and was on the way to interview as a position coach at Clemson when Jamie contacted him. Not exactly someone in demand. He had defenses at Pitt that were good, and some that were mediocre.
I supported the hiring, and still do - but it is a gamble.
I'm very disappointed in some "fans", calling for a coach, a quarterback, and even stooping to calling out the A.D. by week 2. you gotta be ******** me. how will you make it through the whole season without jumpin off a cliff?
It was a bad ga me... we'll survive, our seasons more then the iowa game. Crazy thing is there is more then one week to the season. Lets get behind the team and university and cheer. Come on CLones. Out for the night
But I've said this countless times, I'd much rather have a fanbase that is upset after a loss like this instead of one that has an "oh well" attitude. Once the latter happens, this program is dead (not that there is much life in it currently).
I don't mind people being upset. Being upset is no excuse for being irrational (a polite word for "stupid"), however.
What kind of world do YOU live in? In the one the rest of us live in, contracts in the sporting world (coaches or pro athletes) aren't binding.Jamie was the guy responsible for getting that kind of commitment. When an AD makes a hire, the coach has to be committed to the AD and the AD has to be committed to the coach.
I agree. I am still upset about that bonehead call.
AA deserves a lot of heat today, period. He played bad and really ruined our chances at a win today. Everyone knows that including him. I don't think he gets benched in favor of Tiller next week. I do think he better get right and quick, otherwise I'll be ready to see what the next guy can do.
The receivers impressed me about as much as Arnaud. Very little separation most of the time. I keep hearing how great this group is, how tough it will be to match up with them, etc. I have not seen it yet. At all. So what gives? I'm sick of the hype at this position, give me some damn results.
I'm tired. Arnaud played the worst game of his career, by a mile. I was hoping someone was going to tell him the guys in the white jerseys play for the other team.
That said, I think he's going to take something from the benching. The kid showed last year that he can play ball. He can pick himself up, man up, and move on, or he can join the long line of ISU QBs who started w/promise, but faded down the stretch of their careers. Everything he's done outside today suggests he'll do the former. One bad game does not a bad player make, and I hope Austen picks him self up and forgives himself. The season goes as he goes.
I'm not blaming this game on anything but growing pains. Lots of turnovers, lots of penalties equal not winning. Fixable things though. I thought the defense played well. They gave up points on the short field and when they kept getting run out there after no rest repeatedly. The offense will come around. Might be a while yet but it will. I'll be happy with the defense if it plays this well or better the rest of the season.
The whole reason Chizik's buyouts weren't bigger, big enough to perhaps prevent him leaving, was because we had just paid through the nose to buy out not one, not two, but three big money contracts...
I tend to think J.P. should be frank with the fans and accept some responsibility for setting the football program back 4-5 years. You blame Chizik, I blame Pollard. We both want the same thing, a winning football program which goes to some bowl games once in awhile. Someone just got a little greedy and it hasn't panned out...
Well, Iowa certainly imposed their will all the way to the end. Quite a setback for ISU after last weeks game. !
What in blazes are you talking about? The buyout is paid by the party that breaks the contract. When Chizik quit before his contract was up, he (or his new employer) paid the buyout to ISU, not the other way around. What do you think happened when Gene told Jamie that he was quitting, Jamie said "Sorry to hear that, here, take a million dollars as a parting gift"?
This is 100% correct. But I'm not so sure it was greed, as much as ego. When Pollard arrived he couldn't wait to fire most or all of our coaching staffs so he could hire new ones and then take credit for all their success. Heck, he fired our football coach when he was one year removed from a bowl game (after not supporting him and orchestrating apathy in the fan base to help his cause), and he fired our basketball coach who was one year removed from an NCAA tournament (I have often wondered if Pollard wasn't the one who planted the "D1 scheduling story", to give him some cause, no matter how flimsy, to fire Morgan). We all know for a fact that if Chizik had won 9 games and gone to a major bowl, or if McDermott had won 20 games and had a deep NCAA tournament run, that JP would have been front and center taking credit for delivering "the next big step" to ISU. So it's only fitting that he step up and take responsibility for making both programs significantly worse than when he arrived. Just because he won't do it, doesn't mean fans should give him a pass on being responsible.