Remember when he was on most of the coaching vacancies?

He may shortly be experiencing another coaching vacancy.

Hope he doesn't make the cover of SI.

It seems that Brock Purdy was the key to much of Iowa State's success in recent years. That's kinda sad considering his gaffe prone he could be.

historian said:

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It seems that Brock Purdy was the key to much of Iowa State's success in recent years. That's kinda sad considering his gaffe prone he could be.

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He also rarely showed up for big games.

historian said:

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It seems that Brock Purdy was the key to much of Iowa State's success in recent years. That's kinda sad considering his gaffe prone he could be.

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Like Baylor, they lost some great players to the NFL (QB, TE, RB, and DE), so no should have been surprised that they (like us) struggled this year. It's amazing that they still fielded an elite defense in spite of their offensive issues.

Dale is available

I hope he stays around. I do not recall reading anything negative about Mat Campbell (except with respect to some losses). He is a good coach, a class act as an individual, and he had a rotten year.

On the other hand, i felt the same way about Luke Fickell, looking forward to having him in the B12, and was surprised he bailed for the Wisconsin job.

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I hope he stays around. I do not recall reading anything negative about Mat Campbell (except with respect to some losses). He is a good coach, a class act as an individual, and he had a rotten year.

On the other hand, i felt the same way about Luke Fickell, looking forward to having him in the B12, and was surprised he bailed for the Wisconsin job.

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His behavior on the sidelines has always been classy.

/s

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Dale is available

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a great man.

still hoping we can somehow finagle The Dale Bowl - aka Weedeater Bowl 2022.

Baylor vs ECU.

- KKM

Sources: #IowaState and offensive coordinator Tom Manning are parting ways. Manning has been ISU's offensive coordinator in six of the past seven seasons, returning from the NFL in 2018. ISU finished 4-8 this season.

— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) December 2, 2022

I was thinking the same thing. Rough year for the Cyclones.

That "Husker's" logic doesn't make sense if they eliminated coaches based on losing records in the 2nd half of the season since they hired Rhule. I wonder how many of those coaches mentioned would have taken the job?

Iowa WR room: 72 catches, 752 yards, 2 TDs

Charlie Jones: 97 catches, 1199 yards, 12 TDs https://t.co/5Z6ZdCpqxF

— Max Olson (@max_olson) December 2, 2022

Iowa State WR coach Nate Scheelhaase promoted to offensive coordinator for Cyclones

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 5, 2022

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CorsicanaBear said:

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He may shortly be experiencing another coaching vacancy.

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Iowa State would be really stupid to run Matt Campbell off. He's literally the best coach in their history.

That said, he does have some things to figure out after the last two years. Their record in one-score games over that stretch is Scott Frost-esque.

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You're obviously a youngster writing nonsense. Johnny Majors coached at ISU before going to Tennessee. Earl Bruce was there before taking the Ohio State job.

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bear2be2 said:

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CorsicanaBear said:

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He may shortly be experiencing another coaching vacancy.

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Iowa State would be really stupid to run Matt Campbell off. He's literally the best coach in their history.

That said, he does have some things to figure out after the last two years. Their record in one-score games over that stretch is Scott Frost-esque.

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You're obviously a youngster writing nonsense. Johnny Majors coached at ISU before going to Tennessee. Earl Bruce was there before taking the Ohio State job.

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Johnny Majors also had assistant coaches who were better than Campbell.....Jimmy Johnson, Jackie Sherrill and Joe Avezzano come to mind.

Pete Carroll was an assistant there under Earle Bruce

Mack Brown was OC there for someone long ago.

Johnny Majors had one winning season at ISU. No coach has had as much success at ISU than Campbell. Top 10 finish and won the Fiesta Bowl.

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I hope he stays around. I do not recall reading anything negative about Mat Campbell (except with respect to some losses). He is a good coach, a class act as an individual, and he had a rotten year.

On the other hand, i felt the same way about Luke Fickell, looking forward to having him in the B12, and was surprised he bailed for the Wisconsin job.

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Fickell seemed to have Cinci where he would hope to one day have Wisc.

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It seems that Brock Purdy was the key to much of Iowa State's success in recent years. That's kinda sad considering his gaffe prone he could be.

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And Breece Hall.

And Bill Bellichek was with the Jets...but that doesn't mean he's the best coach in Jets history.

Good point. It seems Campbell always had a dynamic RB he could count on.

There needs to be a 30 for 30 made about how Iowa State lost six games in 2021 with Purdy, Breece Hall, Will McDonald, Charlie Kolar, Xavier Hutchinson, Mike Rose, etc. https://t.co/vwTKKN4pwo

— John Kurtz (@jlkurtz) January 15, 2023

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CorsicanaBear said:

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He may shortly be experiencing another coaching vacancy.

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Iowa State would be really stupid to run Matt Campbell off. He's literally the best coach in their history.

That said, he does have some things to figure out after the last two years. Their record in one-score games over that stretch is Scott Frost-esque.

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I can't help but think that time are changing. What worked and was "good coaching" 5 years ago, may not be successful going forward with the NIL and Portal. They are monumental shifts that reward actions different than what the 60+ generation value in coaching. Looks like a Coach with good connections, a couple of big time booster/NIL contributors and an XBOX offfense can field a pretty good team without developing anyone. Plug and play. Blue Bloods won't have a problem, it will be the BU, ISU's, and such.

Going to be very interesting to see where the Matt Campbells, Aranda, and others of this generation that are "developmental" guys end up. Let's see how it works out.

I think the blue bloods too . watching Nick Saban on the broadcast of the championship game he looked tired as hell . part of it I'm sure was the frustration of his team that was his most penalized and undisciplined
.but a lot of it is the changes in the landscape...NIL.. and transfer portal.

I predicted on a thread last off season that he could retire..I may have been premature but I don't think it's far off.

Stefano DiMera said:

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I think the blue bloods too . watching Nick Saban on the broadcast of the championship game he looked tired as hell . part of it I'm sure was the frustration of his team that was his most penalized and undisciplined
.but a lot of it is the changes in the landscape...NIL.. and transfer portal.

I predicted on a thread last off season that he could retire..I may have been premature but I don't think it's far off.

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It is changing, it is not even the HS coach connections on the portal, who does the player talk to from his old neighborhood? That is who is calling the shots on the portal stuff. I can see the guys like Saban struggling, they are being asked to cater to players that have done nothing at the college level. I am not sure his model works there, it didn't in Miami where he had to deal with pros. NIL is making these kids pros.

This would be like RC Slocum & aTm, ISU would be incredibly stupid to run off MC