I still think Lewis should have started all year, and was probably the best player on our team(Outside of Halliburton). Prohm wouldn't play him, so he is out. I don't blame him. He should go to UNI next year, and they will be by far the best team in our state. People like to blame his defense, everyone on our team sucked at defense, so that is BS. He showed his ability to get buckets when given the time on the floor, and we desperately needed that this season. I hope he scores 20+ next year and becomes an NBA Player so it will be obvious that Prohm has no idea what he is doing.
I think you're getting lost in the trees in your (well-supported) anger over the forest... Despite the legend that TL seems to have become to some (not necessarily to you), he really did have holes in his game. And, if you step back, do you really think Prohm purposely held him out while we stunk up the season?
In the bigger picture, I tired of Prohm constantly stressing the need for D & toughness and then not doing anything about it in re: to playing time --> when guys don't walk the walk, sit them. Instead, he rarely backed it up, and, there were plenty of opportunities to sit guys for lack of D/toughness/effort. I don't know if Prohm became prisoner of his recruiting misses, but he got himself in a box where he wouldn't require guys to do on the court what he was saying was needed. That's a recipe for failure. You could argue that TL was one of the few who he held to such a standard, and I'd probably agree with that. As to why, maybe he gave less effort in practice, I don't know. If Prohm doesn't get his PT approach straightened out going forward, I don't know how he thinks things will change. Obviously, more talent will help, but it'll take more than that.