Paul Rhoads

[TheProdigiousTalent]

Ultimate SLTH.  He's the "stand-up", "salt-of-the-earth" kind of guy most middle-aged, obese ISU fans would love to show off at a barbecue, you know?  Probably knows about the new Chevy pickups, why corn strain A392 is vastly inferior to corn strain A391, when pheasant season opens, and all of that crap.  He's not afraid to say, "You know, I may never get this team to the top third of the conference, but I'll sure as hell consistently achieve mediocrity and beat a top-25 team approximately once per year."  That's a pretty embarrassing quote, though.  Jeez, PaRho.

[TheProdigiousTalent]

It's like a Disney movie.  Incredible.  Not even Emilio Estevez and the Mighty Ducks tugged at my heartstrings like this, friends.

[Trim]

So SLTH.

On the final two drives of the game...
"As it is the case a lot of the time, it is what we could not do. There was a play in there where we did not execute an assignment. We did not get our blocks filled. It was a curl flat route and we did not have people in the right position. On the touchdown, they executed a nice crack block and we did not get out on the perimeter to have enough people to make the tackle."

On Iowa State ending up in close games...
"That is the kind of team we are. We do not have the talent overall that these teams do on our schedule. How many players have we had in the past two years that were drafted? We just do not have those players yet in our program. I think this is our most talented team, and we will have a couple draft eligible players this year. That is part of the reason why this is our best team. I think we played smart, sound and fundamental football to give ourselves a chance to win over four quarters because we do not have the opportunity to blow people out. This is the number 11 team in the BCS, and with a minute and seven sounds left, we are driving down to tie it and go to overtime. Last week's team was one of the best in the country, and we held them to season lows by doing things that other people have not done. I am really excited about the direction of our program, and I am excited about having one game left to play in the season."

[steve dave]

omg rhoades you loser.  the fact that they don't fire him on the spot says all you need to know about stupid flood aggie.

[Stevesie60]

Rewatching the game. After the blocked PAT, PBR clearly mouths "un-effing-believable". Announcer goes "'Unbelievable', Paul Rhoads says. Made me chuckle.

[OregonSmock]

The Big 12 was a tough league this year.  Rhoads has brought Iowa State back to respectability and has won some big games for that program.  No one is saying he is LHC Bill Snyder... just a pretty good football coach. 

[Dugout DickStone]

The Big 12 was a tough league this year.  Rhoads has brought Iowa State back to respectability and has won some big games for that program.  No one is saying he is LHC LHC Bill Snyder... just a pretty good football coach. 

He has some serious similarities to Ron.

[OregonSmock]

The Big 12 was a tough league this year.  Rhoads has brought Iowa State back to respectability and has won some big games for that program.  No one is saying he is LHC LHC LHC Bill Snyder... just a pretty good football coach. 

He has some serious similarities to Ron.

Wow... hadn't thought of that.  Great point, friend!


 

[Dugout DickStone]

The Big 12 was a tough league this year.  Rhoads has brought Iowa State back to respectability and has won some big games for that program.  No one is saying he is LHC LHC LHC LHC Bill Snyder... just a pretty good football coach. 

He has some serious similarities to Ron.

Wow... hadn't thought of that.  Great point, friend!


 

But Ron sucked as a coach and you think Rhoads is a pretty good football coach.  You might be confused.

[wes mantooth]

The Big 12 was a tough league this year.  Rhoads has brought Iowa State back to respectability and has won some big games for that program.  No one is saying he is LHC LHC LHC LHC Bill Snyder... just a pretty good football coach. 

He has some serious similarities to Ron.

Wow... hadn't thought of that.  Great point, friend!


 

 

[WillieWatanabe]

where is that Rhoads/Back to the Future picture? I enjoyed that.

[OregonSmock]

The Big 12 was a tough league this year.  Rhoads has brought Iowa State back to respectability and has won some big games for that program.  No one is saying he is LHC LHC LHC LHC LHC LHC Bill Snyder... just a pretty good football coach.  

He has some serious similarities to Ron.

Wow... hadn't thought of that.  Great point, friend!


 

But Ron sucked as a coach and you think Rhoads is a pretty good football coach.  You might be confused.

Iowa State's football program is better right now than when Rhoads took over.  Not so for Ron Prince at K-State.

[kso_FAN]

Rhodes is one game better than Prince after 3 seasons. Of course that one win is significant because he's now gone bowling 2 out of 3 years instead of just one. And his league record is actually a half game worse (b/c of the extra game this year). Its fair to say that Rhodes teams have been more competitive and he's beaten more ranked teams by a couple, but their records are very similar.

[OregonSmock]

Rhodes is one game better than Prince after 3 seasons. Of course that one win is significant because he's now gone bowling 2 out of 3 years instead of just one. And his league record is actually a half game worse (b/c of the extra game this year). Its fair to say that Rhodes teams have been more competitive and he's beaten more ranked teams by a couple, but their records are very similar.

Not only are you comparing apples to oranges, but you could have said the exact same thing about Prince and Snyder up until this year. 

[kso_FAN]

Rhodes is one game better than Prince after 3 seasons. Of course that one win is significant because he's now gone bowling 2 out of 3 years instead of just one. And his league record is actually a half game worse (b/c of the extra game this year). Its fair to say that Rhodes teams have been more competitive and he's beaten more ranked teams by a couple, but their records are very similar.

Not only are you comparing apples to oranges, but you could have said the exact same thing about Prince and Snyder up until this year. 

Snyder/Prince before this year was comparing 2 years to 3 years.
Rhodes/Prince are both at 3 years.

What am I missing here?

[OregonSmock]

Rhodes is one game better than Prince after 3 seasons. Of course that one win is significant because he's now gone bowling 2 out of 3 years instead of just one. And his league record is actually a half game worse (b/c of the extra game this year). Its fair to say that Rhodes teams have been more competitive and he's beaten more ranked teams by a couple, but their records are very similar.

Not only are you comparing apples to oranges, but you could have said the exact same thing about Prince and Snyder up until this year.  

Snyder/Prince before this year was comparing 2 years to 3 years.
Rhodes/Prince are both at 3 years.

What am I missing here?

Snyder's first two years back at K-State:  13-12

Princes first two years at K-State:  12-13


Obviously Snyder's a better coach than Prince, so your point regarding Rhoads is equally as dumb.  Rhoads inherited a bad situation at Iowa State and has made it better.  Prince didn't do that at K-State.