McDermott leaves Iowa St.

[bincitysioux]

Report: McDermott Leaving ISU - Takes Creighton Job

According to Action 3 News in Omaha, Greg McDermott has accepted the head coaching job at Creighton. The deal is reportedly worth $10 million over 9 years.

[UND Fan]

Report: McDermott Leaving ISU - Takes Creighton Job

Many critical comments attached to that article. It bet Mac will be glad to get out of Iowa! I hope he shows them up by winning big at Creighton!

[NDSU grad]

Many critical comments attached to that article. It bet Mac will be glad to get out of Iowa! I hope he shows them up by winning big at Creighton!

Mac underperformed at ISU. This is really a win-win for both parties. ISU gets a new coach without having to buy out his contract and Mac gets a pretty sweet gig in a good conference with a great long-term contract.

[coach daddy]

Mac underperformed at ISU. This is really a win-win for both parties. ISU gets a new coach without having to buy out his contract and Mac gets a pretty sweet gig in a good conference with a great long-term contract.

Not sure its fair to say he "underperformed" at ISU. Wesley Johnson leaving was a bad deal. Not being able to keep Harrison Barnes in town was another bad deal. Those 2 guys would have made a huge difference in the program.

I think Mac found out that mid-major and high major bball is really 2 different worlds. I'm glad he got to leave before they threw him out. He'll win at Creighton and they'll like him in Omaha. Rumor is 10 years at $900,000/year. I think he'll be ok. Still double the money Ben is getting at Northern Iowa. That seems a little strange.

[HaksHomey]

As a Creighton law student, and UND grad, I am very excited about this. The man is a MVC winner, and I am happy to see him get out of the disaster that is Ames, Iowa. Dana Altman was a great coach for Creighton, but lost control of his team in the past few years.

[HaksHomey]

Not sure its fair to say he "underperformed" at ISU. Wesley Johnson leaving was a bad deal. Not being able to keep Harrison Barnes in town was another bad deal. Those 2 guys would have made a huge difference in the program.

I think Mac found out that mid-major and high major bball is really 2 different worlds. I'm glad he got to leave before they threw him out. He'll win at Creighton and they'll like him in Omaha. Rumor is 10 years at $900,000/year. I think he'll be ok. Still double the money Ben is getting at Northern Iowa. That seems a little strange.

Not really strange. Creighton plays in the Ralph Englestad of college basketball. Their attendance is top 15 in all of college basketball. The school has money and donors.

[coach daddy]

Not really strange. Creighton plays in the Ralph Englestad of college basketball. Their attendance is top 15 in all of college basketball. The school has money and donors.

I was thinking strange in terms of who has done more lately. Ben has beaten Iowa and Iowa St. the last 3 years, coached in 2 NCAA tourney's and beaten Kansas. Mac is good but just hasn't been on much of a hot streak the last few years.

[Hansel]

Not sure its fair to say he "underperformed" at ISU. Wesley Johnson leaving was a bad deal. Not being able to keep Harrison Barnes in town was another bad deal. Those 2 guys would have made a huge difference in the program.

I think Mac found out that mid-major and high major bball is really 2 different worlds. I'm glad he got to leave before they threw him out. He'll win at Creighton and they'll like him in Omaha. Rumor is 10 years at $900,000/year. I think he'll be ok. Still double the money Ben is getting at Northern Iowa. That seems a little strange.

It is easier to win at high-end mid-majors than at low-end BCS schools

[coach daddy]

It is easier to win at high-end mid-majors than at low-end BCS schools

Agree. ISU would be low end BCS for sure.

[BringDeanBack]

What? He didn't want to come back and coach in the Summit???

[coachdags]

Agree. ISU would be low end BCS for sure.

It would have been interesting if the Big 12 would have imploded......Nobody wanted ISU....?

[coach daddy]

It would have been interesting if the Big 12 would have imploded......Nobody wanted ISU....?

If Kansas couldn't find a conference, how was ISU going to find one? The Big 12 would love to see ISU get out and they'd try to bring in an Arkansas or someone like that.

[coachdags]

If Kansas couldn't find a conference, how was ISU going to find one? The Big 12 would love to see ISU get out and they'd try to bring in an Arkansas or someone like that.

I totally agree, ISU was very nervous this last month. They could have easily been a school without a BCS conference. Texas I believe has at least 3-4x the Athletic budget that ISU can offer.