What to do with Coach Prohm Poll..
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College is all about coaches. Pros is all about players.
We don’t have the right coach. Time to move on.
We don’t have the right coach. Time to move on.
If we do not win another game this season, I suspect that Pollard and Prohm will agree to a behind the scenes deal where Prohm resigns to save face but is paid a portion of the buyout.
After listening to, and reading Prohm's post game comments yesterday, I think he realizes this is it. His talk about the past ten year history, the expectations, etc., seem to be a bit of foreshadowing and fatalistic.
Ya you could tell he was a beaten man in the presser. He knows the writing is on the wall..
If Pollard wants 2021 to bounce back from an attendance and hype of the program standpoint, that only will happen with a new coach. TJ Otz could probably keep 90% of these guys too, they would like to be coached by him.
We are reaching a point where Steve may be willing to leave some cash on the table in order to salvage his coaching career. Going into this season I would have given us even odds of a modest turnaround next season. That now seems like a long shot. Steve’s teams with the exception of year 2 have struggled to compete in the big 12.
He needs to get out in front of the posse and find a new league to coach in.
He needs to get out in front of the posse and find a new league to coach in.
Like many, I was disappointed his first year with what he could do with a team that was ready-made.
In the years following, I was impressed by the ability to recruit guard talent. Not very impressed by talent at any other position though (a lot of guards who were mismatches playing forward position).
The team from two seasons past (THT's one year) had the opportunity to blow the doors off. But strife within the team brought it down. This brings me to the next point: Prohm does not seem to be able to bring in players that can like one another. One wonders what would have happened if Royce White was on a Prohm team?
In the years following, I was impressed by the ability to recruit guard talent. Not very impressed by talent at any other position though (a lot of guards who were mismatches playing forward position).
The team from two seasons past (THT's one year) had the opportunity to blow the doors off. But strife within the team brought it down. This brings me to the next point: Prohm does not seem to be able to bring in players that can like one another. One wonders what would have happened if Royce White was on a Prohm team?
It’s a little bit of both at each level.. Give me the best coach in college basketball and this ISU team still isn’t that great. You still need good players to be good. Is Iowa good because of Luka Garza or Fran McCaffery’s coaching ability?
While that's true, Prohm's teams have almost always underperformed given the talent level every year he's been here. Last year he had a lottery pick and the team still stunk.
I will say I've been less than impressed with his game day acumen the second he stepped on the floor. Poor usage of TOs, lack of adjustments, guys not being sat for jacking up ridiculous shots (something that also plagued Hoiberg)...it's been a constant issue. Simply put Prohm's been terrible.
I think if we had a different coach this team would be much better. They wouldn’t be competing for the conference title but they would be competitive. I continue to see talent that just isn’t well coached. They may put effort into games but often times it isn’t the right kind of effort.
This team does not do a whole lot very well. A different coach would have an identity at least. This feels like 3rd grade basketball where kids are just trying things.
A different coach could preach effort and discipline, and not let kids phone it in for 10 minute stretches on the court.
UNLV just lost twice to Colorado State who is coached by Niko Medved. Colorado State team is fun to watch this year. Pass on Otz.
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I’m definitely not denying his terrible ability to coach. He went 9-9 and first round tournament exit with a roster that was arguably the most talented in the league and Bill Self would have won the Big 12 with. That roster shows why it’s a little mixture of both though. We had the players so we were good enough to make the tournament but didn’t have the coaching to be great like we should have been.
I think the team could be a little better but that coach would have to do miracles to get this team to the tournament. This team lacks above average ability in any category. No knock down shooters, no reliable ball handlers, no lock down defenders and zero rebounders. The one above average category might be Solo’s low post scoring but that’s not going to win you many games when you can’t defend or rebound and don’t score a lot of points as a team. I still see an ISU roster that lacks the necessary talent to be good. It was the same issue last year especially when Tyrese got hurt.
Especially when solo's defense and rebounding make him almost unplayable.
How much of that is due to the lack of any coaching or cohesive plan. We’ve seen they have talent in the WV, Baylor, and Texas games.
If you take ten guys throw them in a kitchen and tell them to make a cake you need leadership or they are just going to make a mess.
