Re: Rashad Vaughn - Announcing Saturday
Everyone that is hyperventilating, please do me a favor. Stop worrying for a second and hear me out.
We have a man in the program that turned a team around in one year. After that first rough season, we have had a very good basketball team. Every year, the national media expects us to be down. It hasn't happened yet. We bring in new players and they fit the scheme. They might be transfers, freshman, whatever. They might not be McDonald's All Americans but they play true to the team. This team, and this man, accomplish against the proverbial odds.
That man is obviously Fred Hoiberg. He is the lynch pin, and will forever be more valuable than any single player on this team. His coaching puts our players in a position to succeed. Kane was good at Marshall. He is great at ISU. Every player that has entered Hilton as a Cyclone has left as a more highly regarded basketball player. (With a few minor exceptions.)
If CFH gets RV. Awesome. We will be fine. If he doesn't, take a step back. We will be fine. We have a coach that is all over the national media landscape. We have a team that many consider a Dark horse come March. Times are good and getting better. Don't let the decision making process of a teenage boy get you down. Our league competition may despise our fan base, but they unanimously respect Fred Hoiberg - and that speaks to the direction this team continues to head.
Look at the recruits we are getting. Morris, Kane, Niang, Custer. Smart players who understand how to work at the game. It's not about making themselves shine. It's about making the team win. Winners will find this program and it will continue to grow. The guys that don't come here don't find being a part of that appealing enough to join it. Just wish them luck knowing they missed an opportunity to learn from one of basketball's brightest minds. It truly is their loss.
We are witnessing special times regarding Cyclone basketball. If you spend your hours ******* and praying one player decides to join the team, you may miss what an unbelievably awesome time it is to be a fan of ISU basketball.
