Let's make this easy on Jamie Pollard.All Iowa State's Director of Athletics needs to do is call, email, text or Twitter Turner Gill and welcome him back to the Big 12 as the new football coach of the Cyclones. He'll make you like a genius and Auburn gets stuck with the dud Gene Chizik.
See, it's Gill who should have gotten the job at Auburn, Syracuse, Clemson or Tennessee. He should be the "It" coach like Urban Meyer was a few years ago and Lane Kiffin was this year. So why has Gill gotten the interviews, but no offers?
He's charismatic, knowledgeable, good recruiter, and has resurrected a Buffalo Bulls program that was at the bottom of the Mid-American Conference—one of the least respected FBS conferences. So why is Gill still in Buffalo getting his team ready for the International Bowl to face UConn?
It comes down to one simple fact: he's black.
Even as we get ready for the first African American President in U.S. history, there are still colleges and universities who won't or can't put a black football coach on the sideline because of the underlying racism that exists within the alumni.
Look Ball State's Brady Hoke got to San Diego State (a job he has earned), and Chizik go to Auburn (a job he has no business getting).
Iowa State isn't shedding any tears over the loss of Chizik to Auburn. Heck, the Cyclones will get $750K from Auburn as part of his buyout. Use that money to lock up Gill now. If he can win a conference title at Buffalo, think of the magic he could do with the resources of ISU and the clout of the Big 12?
It's really that simple Jamie.
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I think Buffalo would give Iowa State more than a run for its money right now.
good point, Anon. But Iowa State is the next step up the coaching ladder. And the money's gonna be better.
Agree that right now Buffalo has better talent than ISU. But it's a chance to jump from the MAC to the Big 12. Look what Brady Hoke just did. It also puts Gill in a position to be next in line at say a Nebraska if the opportunity arises. And PDawg is right, Buffalo will never touch the cash that the Cyclones could throw at him.
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