THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006
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iowa State players blame themselves struggle to accept coach's resignation
Iowa State coach Dan McCormey announced that he will resign at the end of the season. In Tuesday's Iowa State Daily, Grant Wall wrote about how the players are handling the resignation.
The end of Dan McCarney's tenure at Iowa State isn't sitting well with his players.
The controversial circumstances surrounding his resignation — including the fact that McCarney will be paid the remainder of his
c o n tract, not so m e t h i g t h a t usually happens when some
one resigns — are a sore spot for
the ISU football team.
The question asked to senior Ryan Baum was simple and straightforward: So, are you upset?
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His answer was just as direct.
He wasn't done there.
"Oh yeah," Baum said.
"I had to go home and sit by myself and think about it for a minute," Baum said. "It was like seeing a family member pass away. It's one of the hardest things I've ever gone through, and I'm still going through it until the day I walk out of here, which is Sunday.
"You can't just walk in here and see the same faces anymore," Baum said. "You can't come in here and coach Mac and shake his hand on the field or talk to the players. I personally am having a hard time with it, and I know some of my senior friends are having a hard time with it."
"I don't agree with it, but it's not my decision. I know it's a business decision, but it's hard for me to comprehend why you would get rid of someone who had built this place, basically."
Baum walked on to the Cyclone football team, making an impact on special teams. He returned a punt for a touchdown against Northern Iowa earlier this season.
It isn't just Baum who is upset. Senior Austin Flynn also had a few things to get off his chest. Asked to describe the team's feelings about the decision, Flynn chose anger to describe his emotions.
"It's mostly anger," he said. "The whole situation, everyone wants to blame Pollard, and I'm sure he had his resources and people under him who fell into that decision. So I guess the whole decision by whoever made it, collectively."
Flynn feels much of the blame for the situation should be traced back to the players - especially the senior class - not McCarney.
Iowa State coach Dan McCarrney announced his resignation, effective at the end of the season. His players are uset, and partially blame themselves for the circumstances surrounding his leaving.
Everyone is preparing for the season finale against Missouri with someone else in mind. McCarney wants a win for his players.
"We put a lot of blame on our shoulders, which we should," Flynn said. "We're the senior class. We're supposed to carry on the legacy, carry on the tradition. I put a lot of the blame on our shoulders. Also, being a captain, it falls more on me too. Every one of these guys feel a little bit of that blame."
"I want this for [my players]," McCarney said. "I want to coach again. I don't know when or where or how, but this isn't about me. If you've ever played the game, there is one last time you pull on the uniform and that's really, really meaningful.
"Hopefully I'll wear a whistle again, but a lot of these guys won't pull on a uniform again, and the finality of that is so meaningful."
And his players want to win for him.
Hes tried to take all the focus off himself and tries to put it on the seniors, playing for them," junior receiver Todd Blythe said. "As a team, we want to get this done for him."
ssy in defeat
Pardon the expression, but Texas seemed snakebit from the start. After McCoy left the game, special teams kept the Longhorns' offense rolling by providing good field position. Jevan Snead tried his best but could only complete two passes in the first half.
The defense, meanwhile, fell victim to Josh Freeman's coming-out party. Texas had difficulty in both rushing Freeman and stopping the yards after catch.
by the second half, Justin Blalock left the game after getting leg-whipped on a play. The two marquee running backs each coughed up the ball in the third quarter. Throw in a punt block, and it was a nightmare night for the Longhorns.
Snead does not deserve to be the goat on the night — he showed significant improvement in the second half. Snead tended to overthrow receivers, and he was sacked five times in the game. But the fact might be lost that he led Texas to an 84-yard touchdown drive to give the Longhorns a chance with less than two minutes left.
The onside kick failed, however,
and Kansas State ran out the clock to
win the game.
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