Steve Friggin' Prohm...

[HFCS]

The greatest coaching tactic last night was Fran's insertion of Pemsl into the rotation. That a$$hat falls down after contact by THT, gets the ref to bite and call a HORRIBLE charging foul, and then proceeds to run his mouth while laying on the ground. MJ takes exception to it, and the "entitled one" instigates physical contact. Being the gutless wonder that he is, Pencilhead cheap-shots MJ. Unfortunately, MJ's "retaliation" lands him his second foul and our interior defense suffers the rest of the first half. Also, that charge call eventually affected our play during the rest of the half - cuz Horton-Tucker (who was carving up their D with drives to the basket) would soon have to sit due to foul trouble. This was, by NO means, the only reason we lost - but Pemsl's thug play shifted the entire tone of the game. Our guys just have to channel that hatred or frustration to better play. I think we settled for too many contested 3s/jumpers vs trying to break down their 'D.' Oh well, on to bigger and better things!

It was pretty clearly a Robert Horry situation for their most important game of the year. The guy is supposed to have surgery and be out for the year, he flops and starts a fight seconds after entering the game.

I'm always surprised desperate coaches don't do it more. Send an end of bench guy, or even an injured guy, out to harass and bait a star player. It won the Spurs a championship they didn't earn. It does work, all you have to do is have no moral character.

 

[Cycsk]

Fran is out of control and with two mini mads of himself it's going to get worse in coming years. It was insane that he was out at midcourt freaking out with 1:20 to go (over nothing really, just a typical press) and his team up 11 points, his antics were literally the only way they could have lost at that point. It was pretty horrible officiating that they didn't T him up and probably the reason his son thought it was OK to start a fight in the closing seconds.

It's not a coincidence that Fran acts that way most games and his kid started both the incidents and was involved in an incident a few games back. The people who buy that he was tweeting a joke to an old AAU teammate are pretty naive after seeing him play. Heft was trying to put it nicely on our radio broadcast saying "well...I'll just say he's a chip off the old block".

Let's be fair. "His son" didn't start a fight in the closing seconds. He threw an elbow because he was aggravated by aggressive, legal, albeit tacky defense by Shayok.

 

[srjclone]

Let's be fair. "His son" didn't start a fight in the closing seconds. He threw an elbow because he was aggravated by aggressive, legal, albeit tacky defense by Shayok.

In my basketball career, If I said I never kept pushing hard on D even though the game was out of hand, I'd be a liar. And if I got mad at McCaffery for the way he got pissed and reacted when the game was over and we kept pushing, i'd be a hypocrite.

It's basketball, and it was an emotional game. Did anyone handle themselves great in that situation? No. But it isn't like there was an all out brawl.

 

[HFCS]

Let's be fair. "His son" didn't start a fight in the closing seconds. He threw an elbow because he was aggravated by aggressive, legal, albeit tacky defense by Shayok.

It's very out of the ordinary to start something that late, every team presses like that when they're down late in a game. It's very out of the ordinary for a coach to be freaking out over nothing at mid court with the lead and a minute left. The two are related, I don't envy their fanbase being linked to these guys.

 

[HFCS]

In my basketball career, If I said I never kept pushing hard on D even though the game was out of hand, I'd be a liar. And if I got mad at McCaffery for the way he got pissed and reacted when the game was over and we kept pushing, i'd be a hypocrite.

It's basketball, and it was an emotional game. Did anyone handle themselves great in that situation? No. But it isn't like there was an all out brawl.

Do you think it's a coincidence a guy that is totally unhinged MOST games has a son who is already showing he's going to play unhinged and start incidents or fights or whatever?

Fran gave ISU the only chance it had to win when he deserved a tech with 1:20 left. It was our only chance and Fran served it up because the guy is a maniac. I expect both of his kids to be maniacs from what little we've seen already.

 

[srjclone]

Do you think it's a coincidence a guy that is totally unhinged MOST games has a son who is already showing he's going to play unhinged and start incidents or fights or whatever?

Fran gave ISU the only chance it had to win when he deserved a tech with 1:20 left. It was our only chance and Fran served it up because the guy is a maniac. I expect both of his kids to be maniacs from what little we've seen already.

I do not condone what Fran did in that situation or pretty much any thing that man does. That was ******* stupid. I was just speaking in terms of the players on the court at the end of the game scuffle between shayock and mccaffery, being in both sides of that situation, I don't get mad at either of them for it.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I agree with this 100%. Class act!

Lousy comment from the Iowa assistant. If he had CSP’s class, he would apologize. Interesting that CSP basically praised Cook for trying to be a peacemaker.

In my opinion, if there is any fault on the end of game “dust up” I think it is on us. I suspect little Fran is a prick, but I think he was just trying to hold the ball until the clock ran out. Yes, we have the right to go after the ball until the horn blows, and I like the fact that we never quit. But, I think it was time to let it go.
Just my opinion

For the play at the end, I agree. If we're not poking at the ball, nothing happens.

 

[HFCS]

I do not condone what Fran did in that situation or pretty much any thing that man does. That was ******* stupid. I was just speaking in terms of the players on the court at the end of the game scuffle between shayock and mccaffery, being in both sides of that situation, I don't get mad at either of them for it.

I just have a feeling one particular player is going to have a career of magically being involved in those situations like he was twice last night. I'm sure it's connected to the reasons you don't condone anything his dad does.

On the flip side I was in the car after the game and the Sirius feed of our game cut out but the Iowa postgame stayed on and I ended up listening to a pretty lengthy discussion with Iowa's star player. Tyler Cook could not have been a more humble and gracious winner, he's somehow the antithesis of his coach in being a calm and respectable guy. Seems like a really great kid that any team in the nation would be lucky to have.

 

[jsb]

I just have a feeling one particular player is going to have a career of magically being involved in those situations like he was twice last night. I'm sure it's connected to the reasons you don't condone anything his dad does.

On the flip side I was in the car after the game and the Sirius feed of our game cut out but the Iowa postgame stayed on and I ended up listening to a pretty lengthy discussion with Iowa's star player. Tyler Cook could not have been a more humble and gracious winner, he's somehow the antithesis of his coach in being a calm and respectable guy. Seems like a really great kid that any team in the nation would be lucky to have.

It sounds like prohm went out of his way to say that cook was trying to calm things down as well.

 

[madguy30]

For the play at the end, I agree. If we're not poking at the ball, nothing happens.

It would be really hard to not see what you can get out of Little Fran though. A ticking time bomb.

 

[madguy30]

It sounds like prohm went out of his way to say that cook was trying to calm things down as well.

Yeah, they made eye contact or something?

I've got nothing on cook. He was doing whatever was allowed in the game and doesn't come off as smug and antagonistic like his teammates.

 

[Inthesystem]

Let’s be honest. McCaffery throws elbows every time he dribbles the ball.

 

[madguy30]

Let’s be honest. McCaffery throws elbows every time he dribbles the ball.

Him and Bobo dribble like two people that are still learning to dribble.

 

[DurangoCy]

For the play at the end, I agree. If we're not poking at the ball, nothing happens.

I'd even go back a play earlier, Jorbo could've taken a shot clock violation or fired up a 30 footer (but I guess when you're shooting 30% from 3, that's not wise), but went through our non-defense defense to get a layup with 6 seconds, so then Shayok took it the length of the floor to score, then the chippy last second play.

Prohm clearly wasn't pissed until the d-bag Iowa assistance made it a point to run right up to Prohm to chirp at him, which was in the article this am. That guy's the real piece of work in all of this. Players are going to be dicks to each other, but a coach doing that is flat out busch league in my opinion.

 

[discydisc]

If both teams were to make the tournament, could they both play in Des Moines?

 

[67CY]

Him and Bobo dribble like two people that are still learning to dribble.

And they never accomplish anything. Bobo might get to fire up a shot because the shot clock is about to expire (I think this is his plan)

 

[jbindm]

Nobody looked good coming out of all that nonsense. I'm glad the ISU guys involved ultimately took responsibility and apologized.

It was a rivalry game and things got slightly out of hand but nothing outrageous and certainly nothing to get worked up over. Onto the next one.

 

[jbindm]

It would be really hard to not see what you can get out of Little Fran though. A ticking time bomb.

No doubt. He showed his hand last night. Other teams are going to take note and push him a little bit and see if they can get in his head.

 

[yowza]

Damn give up 98 and behind big most of game. What an ass kicking.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

There’s nothing nonsensical about it. If you want to call Connor a prick, or arrogant, you are spot on. Personally, I think Connor’s temperament is good for an Iowa team that has historically been mentally weak under Fran. But claiming that Connor was out there throwing elbows is a massive overdramatization of what actually occurred, and it deserves to be called out.

Being a punk and having mental toughness have nothing to do with each other. Look no further than Adam Woodbury. He pushed and shoved and had a real cheapness to his game but he was a mental midget. Lil Mac strikes me as being the same type...he better be prepared to take the bad with the good with his shenanigans.