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*** Official Iowa State Season Thread ***
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He understands that Steve remaining at Iowa State has a benefit to him.
while bob is thinking one less team to worry about in the big 12.
Actually Prohm gave him 2 very tough games this year. That said whenver a coach gives praise to another coach who has Steve's record the past 2 years, you know it is time to move on to a different guy on the bench
Walker -IMO- was player of the game. His play in the second half sparked the come back. Unselfish play offensively. Able to get into the lane and make plays. Too bad Prohm went away from him late. Thought he was the catalyst and deserved the opportunity to make the winning play.
correct, he always says this, if I were an opposing coach, I would like steve as well
Reminds me of opposing Big12 coaches who kept saying Iowa State would regret firing McCarney.
Probably true, but I doubt many coaching decisions are based on opposing coach comments.
CycloneErik
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He's improving game by game right now. He ought to be playing the point.
I can’t understand why we are trying to play Bolton at the point, just way too many turnovers to play that spot, he’s not a point guard, why we are pretending he is I have no idea.
It was good to see the guys fight tonight, but the ending tells the story. A 4 star PG will need to be Big 12 ready next year.
I assume Walker hasn’t been “ready” to be the lead guard. Not really sure what Prohm is waiting for. It would be to the benefit of Bolton and the team to let Walker run point for small periods of time.
The Bolton turnover at the end was a tough play. Solo had sealed his guy off and was pushing him up the paint. Problem is Solo did too well of a job and pushed the WVU defender right into Bolton to cause the collision. If Bolton doesn't run into the guy, he has a pretty easy layup or can pass out to a 3 point shooter.
Walker had a great game with 6pts / 6 rbds & 6 assts. But he also had 6 TO's, so having him handle the ball at he end had potential issues as well. Bolton is a finisher- so it he gets a lane, I think the hope was he could make a 2 and maybe get fouled.
Walker missed a ton of time rehabbing his knee - maybe he is just getting physically able to play any meaningful minutes.
Whoever gets him in the transfer portal is going to get a nice player
