I have a lot of respect for your opinions when it comes to Iowa State sports, but this is completely off base.

The biggest problem that Gene Chizik faced when he took the job is the fans. He watched as a loser like McCarney the wife beater lost big game after big game, and made the same mistakes his last game as he did his first. He took the job thinking that Iowa State fans would be patient (like they are for the loser, in over his head basketball coach).

As a result, he recruited high school players, as opposed to going for a quick fix juco route. The man who beat the hell out of Brenda McCarney left the cupboard VERY bare. So he took his hit this year as he improved the athleticism of the football program, and over half the class that Mac 2.0 signed were brought in by Chizik’s people.

He took his hits last year, but this was going to be a breakout year, I am sad to say that I sense that the last chance the Iowa State had to remain a BCS, major school when the conference realignments come around in 6-8 years may have been lost. And the reason is that the small minded, enabler Iowa State fan (see Cyclonefanatic) rooted for Chizik to fail, because he wasn’t a PR worthless ass licker like McCarney the wife beater, and now McDermott.

I am convinced that 30 percent of the fans wanted Chizik to fail. It was to make the domestically violent one, who can’t get a head coaching job anywhere in spite of trying since the evening he resigned, look better. The children of these Tina Turner wannabes harassed the Chizik kids, and the wife made the decision. The ghost of the wife beater McCarney (Ike Turner) will screw this program until the evil is banished.

I am hopeful that Rhoads is not McCarney 2.0, but I have my doubts.

Well Cy N Spurs fan, I found your rant to full of bias and venom towards Dan McCarney. His Personal transgressions aside (I am in no way condoning wife beating) he was the most successful coach in ISU history. He earned the fan support he got by taking us to bowl games after decades of futility on the football field.

While I agree that the cupboard was bare for the start of the Chizik era, he did in fact go the Juco route his first year and then concentrated on HS players. I was on board the Chizik bandwagon but to consider his stay at ISU as a success would be denying the results on the field. His teams played soft defense and the seeming refusal to adjust a game plan at halftime was brutally apparent.

Chizik’s coaching staff hires were questionable at both coordinator positions and his retoric of “building a program” was what has caused the animosity amonst ISU fans. If you say you are going to stick around and build a program then you had better do it rather then bail at the first opportunity.

The way Chizik left was classless and crude to the University, the fans, and most of all the players. Especially the ones he recruited! I will give you the fact that he brought in some good players but that is but a fraction of what it takes to be successful in the Big 12.

As for fans of any sport, we think what we want because it is our right. Regardless of some mystery percentage that you throw out with zero to back it up other then your own baseless speculation, I never saw any person that wanted the ISU football program to fail regardless of who the coach was. The fan base at ISU is great considering the lack of success at the upper levels of the big 12. I listen to USC fans complain when they loose one freaking game. ISU fans cheer for our team regardless of the record. Don’t mistake bad feelings after being lied to and abandon with being bad fans. I personally will root for ISU football no matter who the coach is and what the teams record is because I am a fan.

Cy N Spurs fan, you can’t seem to get of McCarney’s personal issues and have clearly let them cloud you view of his professional performance. Chizik was in no way a better HC in his tenure at ISU and by most accounts it would be considered a failures in most regards. Just a word of advice about your McCarney hatred…. let it go.