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Jason will be THRILLED

I'm an Iowa alum and was an Alford backer until Pierce let him down the second time. I wanted him gone, but he's changed his staff, and suddenly is recruiting better players. I actually have optimism about the Iowa program again. I think he's learned from his mistakes. Now if he could only get his players to be able to shoot like him.

I think most ISU fans in the state are thrilled and quite a few Hawk fans will be pissed. A lot of people thought he turned the corner in the Big 10 this year, but the failure to beat any team named Northwestern hangs over his head.

 

Now I just hope McDermott is as good of a coach as everyone seems to think he is. A part of me still hates him.

he's screwed up with good recruits before, but it's really at the point right now that it's going to do a lot more damage than good to get rid of him.

I think most ISU fans in the state are thrilled and quite a few Hawk fans will be pissed. A lot of people thought he turned the corner in the Big 10 this year, but the failure to beat any team named Northwestern hangs over his head.

 

Now I just hope McDermott is as good of a coach as everyone seems to think he is. A part of me still hates him.

A couple of tough losses to Northwestern in consecutive years hurts. Winning the Big 10 Tournament took a lot of the sting out of those losses however.

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Jason will be THRILLED

I wanted McDermott, but in general Alford has really changed after the 2nd Pierce fiasco. He even did a pretty damn good job of coaching last year for the most part and like Dick says we've been recruiting a bit better as of late.