First he will be here a couple of years. My question is what would you do?
What do people think of him so far, and how do you think we should react with his performance?
I personally think that if we don't see some major improvement of in game coaching we need to move on. I really wanted him to succeed, but I have been really disappointed in his performance. Last year felt great because we had a great run in the tournament, but when you actually look at the season I believe we underachieved. This year I think we have the talent for a top 20 team, but we are not playing up to that.
I look at a few key things. Offensively I don't think we are that good. Sure last year we were efficient, but I think that was mostly due to Niang. This year has been significantly worse. That stretch to begin conference play was good, but other than that we have seen a lack of movement and poor sets. Defensively, while I have been impressed with our effort at times to often we are getting beat. Some of this has to do with issues of size, but I don't understand how it could be worse at points. Lastly I'm really disappointed in his game management. I don't like his rotations. I think one thing we could do to improve our defense and rebounding is to constantly rotate guys in to give max effort. This is mostly an issue with bigs, but I wouldn't mind seeing more pressure and maybe occasionally getting Long in if need be. I also don't think he is very get with setting up plays. I can't remember the last time where we had a really good play out of a timeout or special situation.
I hope Prohm can change my mind by the end of the year, but I think we are at the point where we still can have the momentum of Hoiberg and the Niang years, and I don't want to lose that waiting to see if he can improve.
Edit: I will add that if we don't make the move this year then I think we need to give him a couple years. Part of my issue is I think we can still capitalize on our momentum from the last couple years.
What do people think of him so far, and how do you think we should react with his performance?
I personally think that if we don't see some major improvement of in game coaching we need to move on. I really wanted him to succeed, but I have been really disappointed in his performance. Last year felt great because we had a great run in the tournament, but when you actually look at the season I believe we underachieved. This year I think we have the talent for a top 20 team, but we are not playing up to that.
I look at a few key things. Offensively I don't think we are that good. Sure last year we were efficient, but I think that was mostly due to Niang. This year has been significantly worse. That stretch to begin conference play was good, but other than that we have seen a lack of movement and poor sets. Defensively, while I have been impressed with our effort at times to often we are getting beat. Some of this has to do with issues of size, but I don't understand how it could be worse at points. Lastly I'm really disappointed in his game management. I don't like his rotations. I think one thing we could do to improve our defense and rebounding is to constantly rotate guys in to give max effort. This is mostly an issue with bigs, but I wouldn't mind seeing more pressure and maybe occasionally getting Long in if need be. I also don't think he is very get with setting up plays. I can't remember the last time where we had a really good play out of a timeout or special situation.
I hope Prohm can change my mind by the end of the year, but I think we are at the point where we still can have the momentum of Hoiberg and the Niang years, and I don't want to lose that waiting to see if he can improve.
Edit: I will add that if we don't make the move this year then I think we need to give him a couple years. Part of my issue is I think we can still capitalize on our momentum from the last couple years.
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