This is why Prohm must go........

[SpokaneCY]

Yeah...but you know, "Raise the Standard", or some such drivel like that, right?

The idea that we should move on from Prohm and set our sights higher because of how much Matt Campbell has turned around the football program is one of the most idiotic things I've ever seen on this board. To suggest that the football program when Campbell was hired and the basketball program were at an equal level is a staggeringly dumb thing to believe, and yet there are at least a few posters who have bought into it hook, line, and sinker.

What is the basketball equivalent of an 8 win football season with a bowl loss? What is the Fred Hoiberg equivalent to a 23 win season and a first round loss?

That said - I couldn't think of 2 more qualified and competent men to coach our programs as they both do it he right way. Hope both stay here for many, many years.

 

[SpokaneCY]

Don't worry you guys. He'll eventually get driven out of here and then you can be happy about it while you masturbate to the days of yore that you've made up in your head.

Lot of people here have the Springstein song Glory Days as their anthem. Probably wear their tattered old jerseys to the bar and have old drunk guys talk about the time you scored a touchdown for get to the easter regional semi-finals in class 1 7 man football.

 

[Die4Cy]

I don't know why anyone would want to coach here including Fred Hoiberg. The nostalgia about this man is absolutely crazy. If you aren't Hoiberg you will always be compared to him no matter how much you win. Our fanbase has become embarrassing. If I was Prohm I'd be on the first plane to Tuscaloosa to get away from this madness and live in peace.

Fred didn't even enjoy the Cult of Fred enough to stick around for it.

He basically bailed when he failed to recruit somebody to fill Niang's spot that makes Hoiball tick for after the following year. Better to get out of town as a hero than to be dragged out by a mob.

 

[deadeyededric]

Fred din't even enjoy the Cult of Fred enough to stick around for it.

I'm sure everyone thinking you are Jesus Christ get's old after a while.

 

[Die4Cy]

I'm sure everyone thinking you are Jesus Christ get's old after a while.

Well, I wouldn't know. But I can imagine.

 

[SCarolinaCy]

This team is young??? Sure there are three freshmen that played (only two major minutes) and the rest of the team was two fifth year seniors (Shayok and Babb), a fourth year junior in Jacobsen, a third year sophomore in Lard, and one sophomore Wigginton.........sure there are other young players on the roster that may help in the future that are young but the line-up used by Prohm for most of the year was not extremely young. Baylor and K-State just lost in the first round also.......

Facts are that Prohm:

Took over a very strong program and has won three NCAA tournament games in four years.....NONE in the last two

Has a 35-37 record in Big 12 play in four years......13-23 the last two years with mostly his players.

Had a defensive philosophy tonight that chose not to double team Ohio State's best player and it clearly didn't work



Some people are getting angry about people "hating" on Steve Prohm and yet their defense for what he has accomplished at ISU is laughable.......he hasn't done a terrible job by any means......what he has done is mediocre.....if you are okay with mediocre then great but I'm not.......

"Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed"

 

[Sparkplug]

Mods,

How many agrees will it take to close this thread?

 

[trevn]

Mods,

How many agrees will it take to close this thread?

This needed to happen a few hundred posts ago!!

 

[Cat Stevens]

He can bring in talent no doubt but he's already had more talent than any other ISU coach. He inherited 5 NBA players when he got to ISU. He got that team to the Sweet 16. He has brought in great players but do you think he'll have another roster with 5 NBA guys on it? How much talent would he need to advance beyond the Sweet 16?

People keep talking about all the NBA players he inherited. And none of you ever go back and admit that no one saw Nader, Naz, or Deonte as NBA players when they were here. Matt Thomas was a bust going into his Jr year to many in the fan base. He’s now playing in a top euro league.

But that would be honesty, and we can’t have that. It would fly in the face of the ********. Just like the same people can’t admit that his first team was 7 guys, 6 when Jameel had his falling out

 

[Cat Stevens]

So did he out coach Bill Self twice this year. And Chris Beard once? Or do those wins not count?

I'm not one that thinks Prohm is perfect or is never deserving of criticism, but man some of these standards some hold him to without giving him any credit for coaching ability and the big wins he has brought us are head scratching.

They really aren’t head scratching. They’re the group think narrative that a small sect of the fan base has adopted since being scorned by Fred.

Fortunately, it’s not prevalent throughout the fan base or the Ad. But these minions and their short selective memories are determined to be heard.

 

[Rabbuk]

johnson got fired

 

[hoopitup]

Why isn’t Rick Barnes going crazy on the refs on the foul on his guy on Bohannan’s 3? Why is he sitting down at times and not up yelling and directing his players the whole time?

That’s coaching right?

 

[tzjung]

No, I refuse to be illogical. Out of bounds plays have multiple actions on them. Maryal May have chosen to cut to the path of least resistance to make sure he could catch the ball, but to say that it was specifically drawn up that way isn’t based in fact.

Even Fred, gasp the greatest out of bounds play caller ever, had multiple actions on OOB plays.[/QUO

You have a vey small life if you spend time diagraming 1 play over the thousands and thousands and thousands of plays throughout the season and calling it evidence to support whatever position you have today.

So, let me see what you guys are saying.

1.) It is impossible to want the coach to stay due to successes and be critical of some of our team problems. If we are critical then we are part of an underground 'crew' of Fred worshopers who want Prohm gone.

2.). You can't criticize or blame terrible offensive sets on the coach. It is 100% the fault of the players for not executing. Nice of you to support our players.....

3.). If we do criticize the coach, we need to provide specific examples in addition to providing specific sets we would run differently. This is so you can tell us we don't know what we are saying since we aren't D1 coaches. Gotcha, so if you hold yourself to your own values it means that your support is worthless since you don't know **** about D1 bball either.

4.). If we provide specific examples of bad sets, then we need to prove it by drawing a specific map of what went wrong for each player. If something did go wrong then it wasn't on the coach (because as I mentioned in 2 above it's always the players who don't execute) and we have no life because we tried to prove your wrong and it doesn't matter (because of #3 above where we aren't D1 coaches anyway)

Does that about cover it?

 

[BoxsterCy]

Lot of people here have the Springstein song Glory Days as their anthem. Probably wear their tattered old jerseys to the bar and have old drunk guys talk about the time you scored a touchdown for get to the easter regional semi-finals in class 1 7 man football.

Thanks, now this song is stuck in my head! At least it isn't song I hate.

 

[Cat Stevens]

Why isn’t Rick Barnes going crazy on the refs on the foul on his guy on Bohannan’s 3? Why is he sitting down at times and not up yelling and directing his players the whole time?

That’s coaching right?

I mean how dumb is that? They want him to get a T in a 1 or 2 possession game at the end.

Can you imagine how mad they’d be if he actually did lose his composure?

 

[Cat Stevens]

So, let me see what you guys are saying.

1.) It is impossible to want the coach to stay due to successes and be critical of some of our team problems. If we are critical then we are part of an underground 'crew' of Fred worshopers who want Prohm gone.

2.). You can't criticize or blame terrible offensive sets on the coach. It is 100% the fault of the players for not executing. Nice of you to support our players.....

3.). If we do criticize the coach, we need to provide specific examples in addition to providing specific sets we would run differently. This is so you can tell us we don't know what we are saying since we aren't D1 coaches. Gotcha, so if you hold yourself to your own values it means that your support is worthless since you don't know **** about D1 bball either.

4.). If we provide specific examples of bad sets, then we need to prove it by drawing a specific map of what went wrong for each player. If something did go wrong then it wasn't on the coach (because as I mentioned in 2 above it's always the players who don't execute) and we have no life because we tried to prove your wrong and it doesn't matter (because of #3 above where we aren't D1 coaches anyway)

Does that about cover it?

This is funny. You are trying way too hard here. And willfully misrepresenting what was said

 

[tzjung]

This is funny. You are trying way too hard here. And willfully misrepresenting what was said

I'm not misrepresenting anything. Go actually read your responses. This is exactly what your are saying. Defend and deflect regardless of the argument. No unbiased reflection on how the team had issues or if coach Prohm may have had any role in those challenges.

Well, let me be the 100th person in here to tell you that Prohm isn't perfect. You know he has had issues making adjustments to games and drawing up successful offensive sets, both out of timeouts and for inbounds plays. He also had challenges in dealing with team chemistry.

You can defend Prohm all you want, that doesn't prevent the FACT that there are many areas he needs to improve. That's all I'm going to say on the matter.

 

[TacoCorp]

From an idiot like you, I'll take that as a complement.

It's spelled compliment.

Complement is indeed a word. But it's unlikely you know anything about set theory.

 

[jsb]

I'm not misrepresenting anything. Go actually read your responses. This is exactly what your are saying. Defend and deflect regardless of the argument. No unbiased reflection on how the team had issues or if coach Prohm may have had any role in those challenges.

Well, let me be the 100th person in here to tell you that Prohm isn't perfect. You know he has had issues making adjustments to games and drawing up successful offensive sets, both out of timeouts and for inbounds plays. He also had challenges in dealing with team chemistry.

You can defend Prohm all you want, that doesn't prevent the FACT that there are many areas he needs to improve. That's all I'm going to say on the matter.

I think the problem is that 1) Fans think they know everything. We don't. You don't. There might very well be reasons Prohm does things the way he does. And those reasons may be right. Or they might be wrong. But either way, it is very likely that you have no ******* clue either way. 2) All coaches have things they can improve. 3) If 1 and 2 are correct, then it would be nice if people didn't talk in absolutes on here.

 

[dahliaclone]

Jeff Goodman seems hell bent on bringing up Prohm for any job in the south.

https://watchstadium.com/news/searc...rbilts-next-head-basketball-coach-03-24-2019/