Zalesky was fired, mainly because of recruiting losses and the fact that they went 11-7 in duals this year and finished sixth in the Big Ten tournament. In all likelihood, either Tom Brands will come back from Virginia Tech or there's a hot rumor that Gable might come back for two or three years.

As for Iowa State, call it whatever you want to. This announcement came two hours after Zalesky's firing was announced. ISU moved quickly to have Douglas retire so they could lock in Sanderson as head coach before Iowa could get him. As we know from history, back in the 1970s, ISU didn't move quickly enough to lock Gable in as an assistant and Iowa grabbed him the rest is history.