Maybe Fred is the donor willing to pony up the buyout cash.
Anyone else hearing that JP has already decided Prohm is coming back?
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I remember being very disappointed each of those times. Pretty young when Majors & Bruce left, but in every case, couldn't understand why they would want to leave us.
This argument makes no sense. Whatever coach we hire will be leaving his current school because he thinks ISU is a better opportunity. That’s common to all potential candidates and it’s a good thing.
You are grasping at straws here in order to find reasons to downgrade one specific candidate.
Maybe it is finally a time where ISU is a destination and not a stepping stone. CMC appears to think so and maybe Fred realizes it. I am not saying he is the best candidate, but he has the most successful 5 year run in program history.
I’m excited for the cliche, “my sources on ____ being hired were correct at the time I posted but negotiation fell through” posts here in a couple weeks.
I don’t think Hoiberg will ever coach here again. But I can’t figure out why so many people are butthurt about him leaving. I hated him leaving ISU but I understood that when the NBA comes calling, especially the Chicago Bulls, and they are going to double your salary - that’s a no brainer opportunity. You HAVE to take it if the NBA was a dream of yours.
People take jobs and ultimately come back to one they liked but didn’t realize how much they liked. Too much sour grapes from too many people.
Also, Hoiberg would be one of a handful of coaches that would immediate ignite interest back in ISU basketball. I’d still rather than a more established coach for Hoiberg-level money, but it would be an absolute home run hire.
It's part of message boards and have been for 25 years. I don't get why people get so bent out of shape about it.
If Pollard (or anyone) is still wavering on Steve Prohm being our coach next year, I’m not sure I trust him to make the next hire. He has to see the apathy from fans and that we aren’t even in the ballpark of fielding a competitive team in the Big 12. He’s not dumb.
He is not wavering. I am told Negotiations with Prohm are done.
So by my tally, we have at least two people definitively saying TJ will be the coach. And Fred Hoiberg will be the coach. All before we have fired our coach.
national media will go wtf when we hire tj
some low level coach that hasnt proven anything
locally, fans will rejoice because we got a guy whose married to an isu alum and was an assistant here. woooooooooo
some low level coach that hasnt proven anything
locally, fans will rejoice because we got a guy whose married to an isu alum and was an assistant here. woooooooooo
So you’re saying fred, or more to the point his people, talked to a couple donors and said he’d like to come back.
so it’s the same tact he used when he came to the baylor game a couple years ago to do the interview with ESPN during the game
if you get Fred’s name in enough people’s mouths, tj will truly be a letdown. It’s almost like someone is manipulating the narrative behind the scenes.
I have no idea how a coach can have 20 losses and follow it up with (likely) 22 losses in a shortened season and retain their job at a P6 school.
If it were like 15 losses then maybe the COVID card gets pulled out but 22 has to be non-negotiable.
You forgot Beilein, Altman, Bennett, Juan Howard, and Coach K since he interviewed in 1978 or something.
Fred is realistically the best candidate we could hope for. If he wants to come back, and the donor money is there, I think it's a no brainer.
However, at this point I will be happy with pretty much any coach other than Prohm for next year. Just start fresh and support the hell out of whoever it is
However, at this point I will be happy with pretty much any coach other than Prohm for next year. Just start fresh and support the hell out of whoever it is
