Why is there not more attention on Otzelberger at Iowa State?

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gobears20
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10:55a, 6/6/24
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He doesn't seem to come up and coaching searches. Why is that?
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IowaBear
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11:02a, 6/6/24
He's got no desire to leave. Has roots here in Ames
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In reply to IowaBear • 11:23a, 6/6/24
IowaBear said:
He's got no desire to leave. Has roots here in Ames
And he can win it all there. In the best conference with an incredible fanbase.
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11:29a, 6/6/24
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Thanks! He is a hell of a coach!
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11:52a, 6/6/24
Most athletic departments don't carry polos in toddler sizes.
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In reply to Stefano DiMera • 11:55a, 6/6/24
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:09p, 6/6/24
IowaBear said:
He's got no desire to leave. Has roots here in Ames
And he's only had one really good year at Iowa State. Before last year, he had a losing Big 12 record, and his UNLV tenure was pretty terrible before that.

He did a great job last season, but I'd imagine schools and fanbases would need to see a little more consistency before they'd get excited about that hire.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 4:12p, 6/6/24
He's got 2 S16's in 3years in Ames. And last year was his first roster built how he wants them going forward. His words.
ISU is gonna be tough going forward. They're loaded heading into the 24/25 campaign
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:14p, 6/6/24
IowaBear said:
He's got 2 S16's in 3years in Ames. And last year was his first roster built how he wants them going forward. His words.
ISU is gonna be tough going forward. They're loaded heading into the 24/25 campaign
I agree that they're going to be tough, but the question was why other schools might not be interested, and his track record has some red flags.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 4:26p, 6/6/24
Guess I just do t see it that way. Prohm left ISU as a dumpster fire. He took them to the S16 in year 1 of his tenure. He severely overachieved in years 1 and 2 imo
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4:30p, 6/6/24
Iowa State's biggest obstacle is reverting to the CyClowns at the seminal moment on the big stage.
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In reply to gobears20 • 7:19p, 6/6/24
gobears20 said:
He doesn't seem to come up and coaching searches. Why is that?
Perhaps its because he looks like a Premier League Manager not a CBB coach
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In reply to IowaBear • 7:21p, 6/6/24
IowaBear said:
Guess I just do t see it that way. Prohm left ISU as a dumpster fire. He took them to the S16 in year 1 of his tenure. He severely overachieved in years 1 and 2 imo
Prohm definitely bottomed Iowa State out in his last couple of years, and Otz gets credit for the first Sweet 16, but they were lucky to make the tournament that year with a 7-11 conference record. They were one of only three Big 12 teams ever to make the field with that record.

Like I said, he's done a good job there, but they weren't anything special until this past year.

And I have trouble completely ignoring his time at UNLV, where he was kind of disaster.
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TWD 1974
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In reply to gobears20 • 11:38a, 6/8/24
gobears20 said:
He doesn't seem to come up and coaching searches. Why is that?
(paraphrasing Bill Bryson)...

Because talking up a good mbb coach in Iowa is like talking up a good Barry Manilow album...your only going to get so far with that.
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