Why is Matt Campbell still at Iowa State? To reset, rebuild the Cyclones’ magical rise
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I am. Just think you need. Wake up call.
Got it. Thanks for sharing!
Fwiw…. I don’t think you need a 2x4 upside the head, even if I don’t agree with you on many things.
Same for you. We’re all wrong a lot on here…. just some aren’t afraid to admit it.
At the same time, inability or refusal to adapt as an organization grows can be just as damaging.
My brother worked for a very successful start-up toward the end of his career. The founder/owner was driven and involved and that was a big part of their success. But as the organization grew he still wanted to have his hands on every facet of the organization. So at some point he was standing in the way of the organization's continued success. He wanted everything to go through him and wouldn't trust those he'd hired and had proven themselves over the years as worthy of his trust. He would delay decisions that had to be made and would make decisions based on incomplete information because he couldn't be as intimately involved in every facet of the organization as when the organization was small. At some point as an organization grows some things have to change in order for an organization to be successful.
It is somewhat similar to the German war machine in WWII. While they were on the offensive early in the war they could have a master plan and Hitler could run things. As the war rolled on and they had to be reactive Hitler still wanted to control everything and he often stood in the way of his generals reacting to the situation on the ground. Many were afraid to make the decisions that had to be made because the Fuhrer wanted to control it. When the D-Day invasions occured at Normandy, Hitler stood in the way of releasing reinforcements to bolster the defenses because he was so sure it was a feint and the real attack was coming elsewhere. The commanders on the ground could tell by the scale of the attack that it was the real McCoy, but he wouldn't listen to them.
Okay, so we have two sources who say that CMC had actual interest in the USC job.
I will cheerfully take that at face value, but the thought of Matt Campbell fitting in at USC is absolutely surreal to me. Not only the flash and glitz, the superficial culture of the area, and big money donors that think they run everything.
Of course, perhaps CMC thought he could change that.
All these coaches are snakeoil salesmen including Matt Campbell. Paid to b.s. people. I cant believe anybody believes a ******* word that comes out of their mouths. Just like politicians.
He also makes average at best, in game decisions. Big time coach's win games with "feel" for the game and what is needed. CMC is conservative at heart which is safe but not going to win a title. Conference or otherwise. I will wait for everyone to rain on my opinion.
Totally agree. If CMC was a great coach, his team wouldn’t be picked to finish last going into his eighth (or is it seventh?) season. And also wouldn’t be coming off a season where his team couldn’t get to a bowl game.
But as I’ve been saying…. I don’t want him to leave either because I don’t think we can likely do any better. What CMC has done here is probably the best we can hope for at ISU unfortunately.
