Give me a break. Coaches can absolutely maximize good not great talent in college hoops, and ISU is nowhere near doing that. The key is to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Prohm defenders are amazing. What resume did he have? He took over at Murray with a team that Kennedy built and once his influence was felt in the program and on the court they never saw the NCAA Tourney again. The program was not better than when he took over in fact it was worse.
Same thing at ISU. As Fran Frachsilla always said, the 2016 team coached itself. He never made that team better. He’s never beaten a Power 6 team in the NCAA Tourney. He’s recruited some talent but what’s the difference if guys like Wigginton never win in the dance?
Letting THT who was the 8th best 3 pt shooter on the team continuously shoot 3s (2nd or 3rd most attempts on the team) and Haliburton the best shooter shoot the 8th most tries is indicative of Prohm coaching. Wtf. Take control, and make the right decisions.
Losing 2 recruits leave a week before the season. McKay hated Prohm, Lard also. There were many rumors that Wigginton would’ve transferred had he not declared for the draft. Watching the attitudes and shot selection of some of his players. ISU still doesn’t know what a block out is and plays undisciplined.
Prohm has not been good. The program is much worse than where it was when he took over. His Sweet 16 was a mirage- look at their draw with that team and understand Niang could’ve coached that team to 2 wins in the dance from the floor. ISU is 2-5 in last 7 vs Power 6 opponents at Hilton.
The program is not better than when he took over, in fact it’s worse. Anyone sense a trend?
Prohm isn't the one out there shooting 34% from the floor when KU is playing, at best, half-assed defense for an entire half of the game. That's what I mean when I say the biggest disparity on display tonight was talent.
We have exactly one obviously-good player: Hali. That's it. Quite literally everyone else has major flaws in their game, and giving them a new head coach (promoted from the current coaching staff nobody else trusts anyway) is not going to magically fix that or make the situation any better. Save that for the end of the season when there's actually candidates to interview and hire and potential to work with. All that can be done right this second is further damage.
And even at that point I'm not confident it'll get any better, 'cuz were looking at a complete, multi-year rebuild that we will most-likely be handing to someone else of Prohm's resume caliber when he came in.