McDermott to Creighton

[06panther10]

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Mac is dead to me.

I hope he fails like nobody has ever failed before.

[BCPanther]

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Mac is dead to me.

I hope he fails like nobody has ever failed before.

This.

Here's to Mac sitting in the Qwest Center with literally hundreds of his best friends.

[CyCarp]

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Mac is dead to me.

I hope he fails like nobody has ever failed before.

Amen brother.

[UNIGrainer]

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A lot of anger on the board tonight. I can understand disappointment, but how many of you can honestly look in your heart and say you wouldn't make the same decisions Mac has made.?

[Panther789]

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A lot of anger on the board tonight. I can understand disappointment, but how many of you can honestly look in your heart and say you wouldn't make the same decisions Mac has made.?

Exactly, and people are pretending like he put a gun to Doug's head.

[BCPanther]

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From the Register.

Jake is cool with it.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100426/SPORTS020604/100426004/Greg-McDermott-tells-Register-he-has-accepted-Creighton-s-offer

McDermott talked to Jacobson, his friend and the man who succeeded him at Northern Iowa, Sunday night.

“I was hesitant to call him during this process, just because I was looking at a job that happened to be in his league (Missouri Valley Conference),” McDermott said. “But I finally called him (Sunday) night and asked him to take his coach hat off and put his friend hat on for a second and listen to what I had to say.

"He was great that way. We discussed Doug and he absolutely understood the opportunity for me to coach my son and for Doug to play for his dad.”

[06panther10]

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Jake>Mac.

In every single way.

[Newsbreaker]

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asked him to take his coach hat off and put his friend hat on for a second and listen to what I had to say.

And this is the problem. The decision making on UNI's side should be made with the coach's hat on, not the friend's hat. We aren't paying Jake almost a half-mil per to be people's "friend."

[BCPanther]

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And this is the problem. The decision making on UNI's side should be made with the coach's hat on, not the friend's hat. We aren't paying Jake almost a half-mil per to be people's "friend."

This is exactly why Elgin needs to handle this. Their are way too many feelings going way too many directions for either school involved to make a prudent decision.

[06panther10]

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And this is the problem. The decision making on UNI's side should be made with the coach's hat on, not the friend's hat. We aren't paying Jake almost a half-mil per to be people's "friend."

Agree completely. This is not about "being friends". This is about whats best for UNI.

[06panther10]

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"He was great that way. We discussed Doug and he absolutely understood the opportunity for me to coach my son and for Doug to play for his dad.”

And one thing about this, Why couldn't he have done this at Iowa State? Why didn't he play for his dad at Iowa State????

[UNIpanther99]

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This is exactly why Elgin needs to handle this. Their are way too many feelings going way too many directions for either school involved to make a prudent decision.

There is no way Elgin or anyone else touches this with a 10 foot pole. We are getting screwed and there is nothing we can do about it. When family is involved, all bets are off.

Would Iowa fight to make the younger Ferentz stay if Kirk went to Penn State? Of course not, and you better believe the Big Ten would approve the special wavier with a rubber stamp.

[UNI83]

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From the Register.

Jake is cool with it.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/art...ighton-s-offer

F*** him even more.


Greg is no more a friend of UNI at this point than Gregg Marshall. This wasn't about being a friend and letting his son come play for him...this was all about getting talent away from UNI and into his locker room.

[JayJ79]

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Agree completely. This is not about "being friends". This is about whats best for UNI.

In the words of Bob Sugar:
It's not "show friends", it is "show business".

[ceaser150]

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And this is the problem. The decision making on UNI's side should be made with the coach's hat on, not the friend's hat. We aren't paying Jake almost a half-mil per to be people's "friend."

Hopefully when UNI needs a win over Creighton to lock up a conference championship, Greg will put his "friend hat" on and return the favor.