Anyone else hearing that JP has already decided Prohm is coming back?
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Coach McDermott is a good coach who struggled to get a quality Big 12 roster. He has had success in the Valley and Big East.
Doug McDermott was a great high school and college player. Great skill set and ability to create his own shot. He has below average athleticism for the NBA. He struggles to defend small forwards and is undersized for power forward. He is an average to above average catch and shoot player. He slashes fairly well to the basket for not being very quick but can struggle finishing against more athletic matchups. He has average to above average length and compensates with excellent traditional back to the basket post moves. He has good range on his shot and can be used to create matchup problems with certain players. While he was over hyped coming out of college and drafted too early, he has become a solid role player. He can stretch the floor in certain matchups and post up smaller players. His defense is a weakness.
Actually McDermott had some
Pretty good rosters with Brackens, Garrett and the juco transfer. That’s what was so maddening
Wish he would announce his resignation immediately following the game. No reason to prolong the agony.
He has Tim Buckley on his staff now. Lutz and Sadler were P5 coaches (although not overly successful ones, Buckley was the HC at Ball State for quite awhile. Midwest guy as well.
Mac had some players. It was his billion page playbook that was brutal.
I don't necessarily disagree with the bolded, but McDermott actually had a number of talented players on his teams
* Wesley Johnson: 4th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. Played 9 seasons in the NBA
* Mike Taylor: 55th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft. Played 1 season in the NBA and many overseas
* Diante Garrett: Played 2 seasons in the NBA and many overseas
* Craig Brackins: 21st overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. Played 2 seasons in the NBA and many overseas
* Justin Hamilton: 45th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. Played 3 seasons in the NBA and others overseas
There are many others who have played high level basketball overseas too like Lucca Staiger who has played for years in the top Spanish and German leagues, Jiri Hubalek who has played in the top Italian league.
The 2007-08 team had Wes Johnson, Diante Garrett, and Craig Brackins. I think Lucca Staiger sat out half of that year IIRC. Rahshon Clark was on that team and he was a pretty good player. The following season had Garrett, Brackins, Hamilton, and Staiger. All of those guys either played in the NBA or played in the top European leagues. ISU should have definitely had a better outcome both of those years with good coaching. And even looking at it - 2006-07 had Mike Taylor, Wes Johnson, Hubalek, and Rahshon Clark. Those were all quality Big 12 players.
Lucca Staiger did nothing but stand at the three point line on offense, rarely crossed the three point line on offense and never played defense. Staiger was awful at every aspect of the game except shooting threes.
Never thought I'd see the day where Iowa State would be playing in the Big 12 Tournament and I'd be watching Nebraska/Penn State instead. Here we are.
He had some decent players but the Big 12 had a lot of fairly transcendent players during his time at ISU. Just off the top of my head Durant, Beasley, Griffin, Demare Carroll. One weird thing I remember is KU had really strong “team teams” during that time but no super transcendent players. Sherron Collins is the one I remember most. I could be off on the years though.
If he resigns, do we still owe him his contract money?
There's no way he walks away from the contract guarantees we owe him on his on accord with empty pockets.
There was some talent. McDermott failed at getting it done in Ames, but certainly has been successful elsewhere. His style of play coming out of the Valley was much more conservative.
Yeah, a resignation would be a negotiated one. "have agreed to part ways" kind of resignation.
