I liked that he was previously a head coach and had won a lot of games. That's about all I knew of him. He seemed confident and comfortable in the press conference too. Prohm struggled a bit with that.
Okay, be honest. What was your initial reaction when CMC was hired?
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I will admit that I was having serious doubts leading up to the OU game last year. With the all drama/uncertainty around the Park situation, and the way the UT game went down, I started wondering if he was in over his head a la Gmac.
Glad to be wrong on that front!
Glad to be wrong on that front!
Mine was a wait and see attitude. It is usually year 2 or 3 before you can tell if a football coach was a good hire or not. Matt was saying all the right things. The question was could he back it up? 3 years later most would agree that he has done quite well.
After two years of calling for CPR to be fired I was just happy he was a younger dude that wasn’t CPR or affiliated in any way with CPR.
I would have given anyone a chance by that point.
I would have given anyone a chance by that point.
Cautiously optimistic. I did think whoever took over though was in for a very very long rebuild.
Holy **** PJ Fleck is insufferable to listen to talk. The guy literally says nothing of substance and takes coach speak to a whole other level.
But we could have had oars on our helmets
Weren’t you the one that thought we wouldn’t even be able to hire an assistant coach and would only be able to hire a position coach?
The dumbest posts regarding coaching/coach hires always come from jsb so you're probably remembering correctly.
"I hope this works."
I knew CMC had been very successful and recruited better than his station while at Toledo, so I was happy about that. He had lost in the MAC championship to PJ Fleck who was also rumored for the job. I read the Toledo board and while some questioned his in game calls, most were desperately hoping he stayed. So that was sort of a mixed bag for me. Most people there were hoping the ISU job rumors were untrue. When he brought almost all of his assistants over, I honestly felt we were in trouble. Glad to say I was totally wrong there.
I knew CMC had been very successful and recruited better than his station while at Toledo, so I was happy about that. He had lost in the MAC championship to PJ Fleck who was also rumored for the job. I read the Toledo board and while some questioned his in game calls, most were desperately hoping he stayed. So that was sort of a mixed bag for me. Most people there were hoping the ISU job rumors were untrue. When he brought almost all of his assistants over, I honestly felt we were in trouble. Glad to say I was totally wrong there.
Looking back now, if there was anything ISU needed most at the time it was probably consistency.
