Would Pete Julian be in the mix?
Would Pete Julian be in the mix?
Joe Walker has been a head track coach, and a pretty successful one at that.
HEAD coach wrote:
Other than Hadsell, none of these guys have HEAD coaching experience. (and Hadsell was XC only).
Doubtful a Big 12 school will hire some lowly cross country assistant who does not handle day to day operations and disciplining of 60+ men and women.
(Nerdy distance runners are a LOT easier to manage than rowdy sprinters, throwers, jumpers)
Somewhat interestingly, Ihmels has coached the women that went 1-2 at this year's NCAA 10000 meters and will be coaching the woman that finished third.
Has anybody heard anything new as of today in terms of Iowa State's coaching search?
Even though I have ties to Oregon, I was in the Midwest (Nebraska) for 2 years. Maybe I should dust off my resume.
What are the prospects of Ihmels taking Boise State to the top of the Mountain West Conference in Cross Country AND in Track and Field? Will he put all his funding into the distance events and also just hire yes men/women as flunky assistants...or will he strive to put together a well-rounded total program with quality assistants in the field events and sprints/hurdles? Boise State has had a pretty nice, hard working staff over the last several years.
Actually they had Great field events at Iowa state!!! The throwers were outstanding alone! They will do very well in the MWC without a doubt.
The Iowa State women scored 23 points this year. Saina had 18 of those.
The Iowa State men scored 0 points.
Just the facts.
New interview/newspaper article regarding Ihmels move:
In my opinion it's one of two things.
First, he graduates his top 3 runners, all who were multi-time All-Americans (Saina, Stack, Nelson) and there really isn't that much bringing it up behind them. His success was about to diminish greatly. He did have Foot Locker 7th place finisher Anna Holdiman coming in, but she has already had some great coaching (hired same personal coach that Shelby Houlihan had) so who knows how close she is to the top end of her potential. Ihmels made is athletes from lesser school programs who had great potential but coaching that had holes.
The other, and more likely, is plain and simple sour grapes. In the past year, ISU football coach got a 10-year contract with a significant raise, ISU basketball coach got a 10-year contract with a significant raise, ISU volleyball coach got a great contract extension with a significant raise, and even the wrestling coach which just a year ago had zero All-Americans just signed an extension. The first 3 coaches were heavily rumored to be pursued by other programs and Ihmels made mention of his move 6 weeks ago, but ISU did not respond with more $$$ like the others received. Message sent by A.D. or message inferred by Ihmels. Either way, he is leaving.
CycloneAlum wrote:
New interview/newspaper article regarding Ihmels move:
http://amestrib.com/sections/sports/isu-cyclones/track-ihmels-makes-move-boise-family-reasons-will-%E2%80%98always-be-cyclone%E2%80%99In my opinion it's one of two things.
First, he graduates his top 3 runners, all who were multi-time All-Americans (Saina, Stack, Nelson) and there really isn't that much bringing it up behind them. His success was about to diminish greatly. He did have Foot Locker 7th place finisher Anna Holdiman coming in, but she has already had some great coaching (hired same personal coach that Shelby Houlihan had) so who knows how close she is to the top end of her potential. Ihmels made is athletes from lesser school programs who had great potential but coaching that had holes.
The other, and more likely, is plain and simple sour grapes. In the past year, ISU football coach got a 10-year contract with a significant raise, ISU basketball coach got a 10-year contract with a significant raise, ISU volleyball coach got a great contract extension with a significant raise, and even the wrestling coach which just a year ago had zero All-Americans just signed an extension. The first 3 coaches were heavily rumored to be pursued by other programs and Ihmels made mention of his move 6 weeks ago, but ISU did not respond with more $$$ like the others received. Message sent by A.D. or message inferred by Ihmels. Either way, he is leaving.
No. Your speculation is wrong. Especially your "sour grapes" idea.
rfjfhjehe - Since you seem to speak definitively as to what it was not, please enlighten us all then to what it was.
New hire gets $200k/yr for 7 years. Ihmels made $110k last year. So, ISU had the money to pay a big time coach.
As hard as it is for people to accept, some coaches in this business actually do make make career decisions with their family's quality of life in mind. It was never about the money for Corey. To say otherwise is insulting to him. Boise is a great city for raising a family. His wife is a PhD and has a career that matters to him. Boise State will support him in building up the XC and distance programs, but he won't be making a ton of money. Obviously only they can spell out all of the reasons, but all indications are this is a happy, positive time for the Ihmel family. I think it took balls to make this move and I for one, wish them well.
CycloneAlum wrote:
New interview/newspaper article regarding Ihmels move:
http://amestrib.com/sections/sports/isu-cyclones/track-ihmels-makes-move-boise-family-reasons-will-%E2%80%98always-be-cyclone%E2%80%99In my opinion it's one of two things.
First, he graduates his top 3 runners, all who were multi-time All-Americans (Saina, Stack, Nelson) and there really isn't that much bringing it up behind them. His success was about to diminish greatly. He did have Foot Locker 7th place finisher Anna Holdiman coming in, but she has already had some great coaching (hired same personal coach that Shelby Houlihan had) so who knows how close she is to the top end of her potential. Ihmels made is athletes from lesser school programs who had great potential but coaching that had holes.
The other, and more likely, is plain and simple sour grapes. In the past year, ISU football coach got a 10-year contract with a significant raise, ISU basketball coach got a 10-year contract with a significant raise, ISU volleyball coach got a great contract extension with a significant raise, and even the wrestling coach which just a year ago had zero All-Americans just signed an extension. The first 3 coaches were heavily rumored to be pursued by other programs and Ihmels made mention of his move 6 weeks ago, but ISU did not respond with more $$$ like the others received. Message sent by A.D. or message inferred by Ihmels. Either way, he is leaving.
Or possibility #3 - everything he said in the article is truthful and honest. The reason he made the move was because he felt it was the best place for his family. So he went.
Absolutely correct...Even with all of the success professionally at ISU, I'm pretty sure this is something Coach Ihmels has been looking to do for his FAMILY.
Anna Holdiman decomitted from Iowa State to Florida State according to Facebook.