Hines Column: ISU coaching search off to a rip-roaring start

Hines Column: ISU coaching search off to a rip-roaring start

Travis Hines

The last three times there was an Iowa State major coaching vacancy, athletic director Jamie Pollard’s search went like an express jet, reaching its destination swiftly, without detour and mostly devoid of any turbulence.

We’re a little over 48 hours into perhaps the highest-profile hire of Pollard’s career, and the search – at least publicly – is beginning with a takeoff that looks to be skidding across the runway as he goes about replacing Fred Hoiberg as men’s basketball coach.

Now, some of the peculiarities that have occurred over the last two days are certainly beyond the control of any athletic department. Maybe all…