I’m not in Doomsday mode, though Matt’s willingness to officially speak to/“interview” with NFL teams right now tells me a few things that might be true:
- He has NFL ambitions (at some point)
- He feels he has achieved enough at ISU to consider what he’s done means he’s leaving it better than he found it
- He wants to learn more about how it works in the NFL.
^^ Maybe this applies to how you run a college program in an environment that grows more professional by the year. Or maybe he uses this knowledge to prep for a Pro job he really wants when that time comes (Chiefs, Browns, Steelers?)
He’s given us almost a decade. He won a Fiesta Bowl. He’s taken us to two XII titles. We just beat 10 win Miami on a neutral field. I’d be sad to see him go, but things have never been better for Cyclone football. I wouldn’t hold it against him if he left now.