It's Possible......

So, there is a possibility here.
We take the $10 million for the ped walkway, fire Prohm, pay half of Hoiberg's buyout, then Fred kicks in some cash from his own Bulls buyout, and we get it all rolling again.

Shouldn't be too hard.
I've heard from a well-known insider that something is in the works...it might be Malou-esque.
 
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John Beilein might already be done with the Cavs. Should give him a call

If Beilein gets fired, which is looking possible at this point, Jaime would be stupid not to at least call and see if there would be any interest. The possibility is ridiculously slim but one would need to do the due diligence.
 
So, there is a possibility here.
We take the $10 million for the ped walkway, fire Prohm, pay half of Hoiberg's buyout, then Fred kicks in some cash from his own Bulls buyout, and we get it all rolling again.

Shouldn't be too hard.

You realize that if a donor earmarked the money for a specific project it has to be used for that project right?
 
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Clearly this was made in jest. But this is beginning to be a real problem.

This is realistically a 4 or 5 year rebuild. Couple for Prohm to play out his contract, couple for the new guy to rebuild. Realignment coming and we can’t have b-ball like this.

I know Pollard won’t fire him, and the big 12 is really bad at the bottom, so there are maybe a few games to steal out there. But right now, how many tickets can you sell next year?

It’s real a bad situation.

It is Pollards fault. He had an out last spring. Hoiberg put Nebby on hold watching the ISU situation. Bama had eyes on Prohm (ended up with Oates). This could have happened. Pollard chose Prohm over Freddy, plain and simple.
 
So, there is a possibility here.
We take the $10 million for the ped walkway, fire Prohm, pay half of Hoiberg's buyout, then Fred kicks in some cash from his own Bulls buyout, and we get it all rolling again.

Shouldn't be too hard.
I gave you a "tool" rating. Now all you need is some schmuck to agree with you and you have the full card. :D
 
Just guessing, but I imagine it has something to do with turning our dumpster fire of a men's basketball program into a relevant, nationally recognized program and ushering in one of the best eras Iowa State basketball has ever seen.
I agree Fred was good but he wasn't great. We had glaring deficiencies while he was here too, though I would take that level of team back in a heart beat. If Prohm under performed with his players, then so did Fred.
 
Surely there is someone who would just take him off our hands for us, ala Creighton and McDermott? Just ask Cyclone Twitter--there are some pretty awesome stats we can drum up to show what a great job he's done here!
 
I agree Fred was good but he wasn't great. We had glaring deficiencies while he was here too, though I would take that level of team back in a heart beat. If Prohm under performed with his players, then so did Fred.

I think there are two flaws in this consideration.

A) Fred took over a terrible program. The cupboard was entirely bare. He has to start from scratch. Steve took over a very good program, stocked with very good players. He inherited a Top 10 preseason team. There was returning talent.

B) We knew Fred's weakness would lie in the in-game coaching. He had never coached. I think we all expected a learning curve there, but he was bringing in talent that could cover some of that up.

Prohm had experience coaching. He was a "proven winner". He was supposed to take the groundwork Fred had laid and maybe fill in some of the gaps that existed due to Fred's lack of coaching experience. That has not happened.
 
I agree Fred was good but he wasn't great. We had glaring deficiencies while he was here too, though I would take that level of team back in a heart beat. If Prohm under performed with his players, then so did Fred.

Well if the best winning pct in program history doesn’t qualify as better than “good”, I guess that speaks to our program.
 
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It is Pollards fault. He had an out last spring. Hoiberg put Nebby on hold watching the ISU situation. Bama had eyes on Prohm (ended up with Oates). This could have happened. Pollard chose Prohm over Freddy, plain and simple.
We should trade Prohm for Oates
 
I have nothing to back it up other then what I have heard, but the people I've heard it from have some connections, and the story lines up/makes sense.
It's not true. Prohm was Pollard's choice. And what exactly does "the story lines up/makes sense" mean?
 

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