You know, when McDermott was hired, I was not that thrilled, because I thought that he was going to have a hell of a time relating to the players that he would have to be able to recruit to win. Then I saw the staff that he put together, and I felt better due to their connections.

Well here we are, one coach has left, and we are getting shot down like a pimply faced kid on prom night by all of the players that this staff has targeted. So, I was waiting the standard futile desperate Spring fill in recruits that we have all come to know and love from this staff.

Instead, Christmas came early for Cyclone fans. Not only did we get a left over player, we get one that hasn’t played in two years due to a broken leg. WOW!!!

I love the CF people trying to put the best possible face on this. They refer to Jamaal Tinsley (who was cut by the Pacers today according to FSR), and Wesley as proof that you can be under the radar, and be an impact player. I hope they are right, really I do.

But more and more I get the sense that my initial feeling of McDermott being in over his head was right. Again, I hope that I am wrong, because I love ISU basketball, but he needs to right the ship, QUICKLY, or he needs to go. We don’t have time to waste on a failed “I’m one of you” Iowa farm boy experiment The rest of the league is passing us by, FAST!!!