Fred also never had a bad season because of his misses. That’s his point.
Of course every staff has misses. Every staff has hits, too, so there’s not a lot of value in listing them.
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Of course every staff has misses. Every staff has hits, too, so there’s not a lot of value in listing them.
Hilarity. There's a picture of Karl Malone. Do you know that Karl Malone isn't Post Malone?
Shayok and Jacobson were great transfers. Bolton was sought after and we'll see how Nixon ends up being.
If you are bringing up Hans Brase, then you also have to mention his transfer hits. Marial Shayok, and potentially Nixon and Bolton as well.
Fred hit about .250 on high school players. Prohm is about .500.
What do the Hawkeyes know about basketball?
Huh. Well, so it goes. Good luck to both of them. Nothing to do now but wait and hope for some good recruiting news to come on the heels of this bad news.
Prohm transfers always suck.
There are four good ones right there.
Jacobson and Shayok yes.
Jackson was a juco and Babb was a Fred guy.
That's two transfers against a much larger list of guys that not only didn't work out, but were monumentally horrible misses not even close to P5 level.
Let's see all the posts you made when these guys were being recruited about how they weren't P5 players. Also, let's see the posts where you gave other options for P5 players they should've recruited instead. Otherwise, shut the **** up about the I told you so bull ****. You're just another anonymous opinionated *******.
Darrell Bowie served his role too. May have not been the smoothest year long contributor, but definitely not a bust.
And when Uncle Freddie was doing this at the start no one else was really chasing or handing out 2nd chances to kids in P5, some given the boot at their previous school. Graduate transfer were just getting fired up. He was given a lot of crap about it until it came together some and worked out for ISU. Now EVERYONE, including the blue bloods, is doing it. It isn't even remotely the same recruiting field that it was in the area of transfers.
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This recruiting class is extremely important for continuity. I expect that was an aspect of what occurred today although the decisions were player driven not coach driven.
If people are expecting Shayok 2.0 with Nixon they are going to be extremely disappointed. It would be best for this team if Nixon is be playing 15-23 minutes. Good ball handler, good defender, and spark off the bench. If Nixon is shooting 10-11 times a game then we are going to have trouble maxing out. I’m not sure if that makes him worthy of a 2 for 1 but I’m confident that is the best path for success with this roster.
Yea, probably like Duke fans panicked when players leave their program.
https://www.fayobserver.com/article/20160411/Blogs/304119874
Bowie ended up helping us throughout the year and came up extremely big in the Big 12 Tournament that year. He was not anything to rant and rave about, but he was definitely not a bust you are correct.
Shayok and Bolton are a long ways from Brase and Beverly.
JUCO guys count. If Fred can count Hogue, then Prohm can count DJax.
NWB never played for Fred but played four years under Prohm. Plus, Nick was not stupid. I am sure he knew Fred leaving was a high possibility if not a certainty when he committed. He came to play for Iowa State, but Prohm was his coach.
You are right on Brase and Beverly and a few others (e.g., Ray Kasongo, what a strange tale that was), but Prohm has plenty of successes with transfers, too.
This is before we even have to consider Bolton and Nixon for this season.
Also, the transfer landscape has changed completely since Fred revolutionized it. Fred wasn't competing with Kansas and Kentucky to get the top tier transfers.
