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Pretty interesting. Did you notice one of the recurring themes was about his hiring (assistants) ability?

I don't think that'll be a problem with what he brought to Denton.

I hope you're right.

On paper, these guys look to be legit, but with higher expectations on the team come higher expectations on these coaches.

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Funny. Reading that thread it came to mind how easily DD could have replaced DMac.

Honestly, in a few years we could be saying some of the same things about Mac. I would think being in Florida for a few years and having Chico as the offensive coordinator would solve any "too conservative" issues.

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Still happy we have this guy as our head coach. One bowl game since he left, you'd think he'd be more reverred. Eerily similar to DD.

He's still greatly admired by the vast majority of Iowa State fans. When he was let go, 50% of the fanbase thought we needed to go a different direction and 50% wanted him to stay.

The real problems began when Gene Chizik was hired as his replacement. Wow... he proceeded to go 5-19 over two years FORCING the anti Mac people to justify their desire to let Mac go and get Chizik. Those people still can't let it go. So any thread that comes up about Mac, they have to beat that dead horse again and point out any shortcoming they can remember. They looked so bad after the GC debacle. Good stuff...

Also, I wouldn't read into the assistant thing too much. Mac didn't have a problem picking good assistant coaches, he had a tough time KEEPING them. They all left for better jobs and more pay. Iowa State didn't give Mac what he needed in assistant pay to keep anybody good. He had to replace his OC every other year. Not because they sucked, but because they had too much success for us to hang on to them.

I do agree with one thing though. Mac would still be at Iowa State if we'd have had a kicker in 2004 and 2005.

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He's still greatly admired by the vast majority of Iowa State fans. When he was let go, 50% of the fanbase thought we needed to go a different direction and 50% wanted him to stay ...

Thanks for the update. Good to have someone who is "in the know" up there.

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