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Gotta Hav said:
So close! I'm going to tell a secret, I was close to getting a date once with Morgan Fairchild, and then another time I got close to taking out Bo Derek. I was like just 3 or 4 phone calls away from closing the deal on each one!

Finishing 3rd and 4th the last two years means absolutely nothing, it's not any different than finishing 2nd. In case you haven't heard, second place is a.k.a. as the 1st loser.

And nothing matters but CHAMPIONSHIPS, and he was lucky to get one in his first year, with a very down MVC at Arch Madness. And for the next decade, he produced nothing, and if he was still here, he still would have produced nothing. He's touted as THE GREAT ONE because of his record amount of wins, but NO ONE wants to mention his RECORD amount of LOSSES.
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Who recruited the players that won every single ISU regular season and Arch Madness championship since 1979? What happened to ISU recruiting when he left? Royce Waltman answered that question publicly.

When JS gets the program in a better spot than Lansing had it let me know. Based on the few people on here that actually know what they're talking about its sounding like it'll maybe, maybe be the year 2025. Talk to you then.
 

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Hooper said:
How true….and it begs a serious question. How many alums of D-1 institutions can say their alma mater tanked it’s football program on purpose and then blew up a winning basketball program—also on purpose—in back-to-back decades? But just be patient…..
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We've had football team since 1896 and I'll speak for 98% of the fans who've ever followed ISU Football. ISU football does NOT have a football program, we have a football teams. NDSU has a football program. So equating ISU football to our winning basketball program that's had seven Final Four appearances, four NCAA tournament runner-up experiences. and one NCAA Basketball Championship is like comparing deliciously cold fresh spring water, to water from the Wabash river.
 
FanSinceArenaDays said:
GL has never re-surfaced with a new job. He said many times "all I have to do is make a call"; his number must have been blocked in a lot of places or he just doesn't want to work? His timing has always been subpar. Waited too long to put a decent team together, leave an inevitable dismissal, sat out a year from coaching & now is almost a forgotten entity in most quarters it appears? GL who?
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Not trying to shill for lansing… but…
He did a 2 part podcast with father harry (and others) and is still very much involved in the sport in different ways. Also, he mentioned following the team and watching arch madnesss.
 

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Our football program at ISU is a little different than our basketball program. In football I think we can realistically compete with all of the MVC (not MVFC) schools, WIU, and YSU. The Dakota schools, particularly NDSU and SDSU, are light years ahead of us in almost every aspect and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

In basketball we have one of the nicest arenas in the league and we are in a state that at least historically is basketball crazy. There's really no reason we shouldn't be able to compete towards the top of the MVC annually.

We've been pretty lucky with baseball. We seem to have good teams more often than not in that sport. I'm not exactly sure what we're doing different than the rest of the MVC, outside of DBU, but it seems to be working.
 
Hooper said:
Who recruited the players that won every single ISU regular season and Arch Madness championship since 1979? What happened to ISU recruiting when he left? Royce Waltman answered that question publicly.

When JS gets the program in a better spot than Lansing had it let me know. Based on the few people on here that actually know what they're talking about its sounding like it'll maybe, maybe be the year 2025. Talk to you then.
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Ok. BYE!!!!!
 
I’m having trouble keeping track, so we have five openings right now or just four?

wilbar
Thomas
Hittle
Tucker
Peterson

We were one over at the end of the season so with five players entering the portal, we have four scholarships open for next year?
 

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Why didn’t Lansing get hired @ ISU Red? No one more familiar with the Valley and of course, we know he would have been willing to coach for half the price they paid for the Ohio St guy.
 
This is a disaster... Honestly.

JS: I'm coming in to establish a culture!

Year 1 - 11-20.

JS: Hold my beer. Let's try this again.

Someone remind me - how many of those 6 that are leaving were his guys?
 
While I don't like the massive roster changes back to back seasons, I am not sure how much to put that on coach. There has to be some responsibility on his part, it is HIS team afterall, but last year was a disaster from the beginning. He had limited time to put together an entire roster, taking chances without really getting to know guys. I feel like with more time and better opportunities to sit down face to face with prospective recruits he will do better the second time around. He has seen his system against better competition and knows what he needs and what did/didn't work. This is a solid coaching staff who are very well respected and I think they will do a good job getting us ready for next season.
 
Honestly... based on the conversation that has taken place on this forum for a year now I am confident that we're not going to put much if anything on coach yet. I get it. All of you are willing to give him some time to figure this out. Understood.

So if we're 11-20 again next year we just going to recycle and replace again? You know how hard it is to fill 2 spots let alone 4 spots? If one of the 4 hit that would be great. All 4 are not going to come in and produce.
 

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Bluethunder said:
I’m having trouble keeping track, so we have five openings right now or just four?

wilbar
Thomas
Hittle
Tucker
Peterson

We were one over at the end of the season so with five players entering the portal, we have four scholarships open for next year?
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I don't like the roster turnover either, but in JS defense, he had a late start to put the roster together. Also, he was recruiting DII players up to that point. So not only was he behind the ball as far as putting his roster together, he had to learn as much as he could about players he would not have been recruiting at the DII level. I think this will be the year to really judge the roster construction and be more of how he wants the team to perform going forward.
 
SycamoreStateofMind said:
Honestly... based on the conversation that has taken place on this forum for a year now I am confident that we're not going to put much if anything on coach yet. I get it. All of you are willing to give him some time to figure this out. Understood.

So if we're 11-20 again next year we just going to recycle and replace again? You know how hard it is to fill 2 spots let alone 4 spots? If one of the 4 hit that would be great. All 4 are not going to come in and produce.
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One. Wilbar.

While they "recruited" the others, it was 11th hour recruiting and they just didn't fit or work out.

Yes. I'd imagine he will keep replacing people until he believes he has the guys that will fully buy in. That's why I'd do. If he doesn't, he's likely booted when his contract expires. Would you do it differently?

We are +2 on guys they recruited for an entire cycle in Avila and Martin. If we bring in others they've been in on longer than just guys that jumped in the portal, that number may go up. I think he will be recruiting some stop gap culture types. We'll see.
 
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