his record at ISU was 56-85, 27-68 in conference. why are there a lot of people that remember mccarney as a non-shitty coach? I don't get it. it's laughable that he lasted as long as he did at isu. it's probably these same fans that think paul rhoads is doing a great job at isu getting their conference record up to 9-17 during his tenure.
His record was really weird at ISU. He had four seasons in the middle of his career when he went 4-4 and one at 5-3, which is the best stretch of football in ISU history (I'm not making that up). But the other 6 seasons he was 1-7 or 0-8.
I suppose how I can see ISU fan will be patient with Rhodes; McCarney went 4-28 in the league his first fours seasons before the "breakthrough" 9-3 season in 2000. That is the best season ever (EVER!) for Iowa State football (unless you count 9-1 in 1906).
So even with his 27-68 conference record, McCarney had the best season ever and the best 6 year run ever at I-State.