Yep lol. I loved how Prohm told everyone last year that he knows we needed length and athleticism so that's what he brought in for this year with recruits.. Turns out those long and athletic guys can barely dribble a basketball.
Steve Prohm says he'll meet with Jamie Pollard to discuss his future next week...
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If TJ is named the coach next week, it'll incredibly rushed and like JP never actually had a search. If it takes a bit, there is a true search and TJ is announced, I wouldn't be as skeptical.
CycloneErik
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Which is almost always the case when someone stresses a word like "athleticism" in recruiting news.
That said, I'm not sure if these guys are actually athletic or not. Nothing we did put them in a position to show either way.
What really mystified me was not that our half-court offense and sets were bad, but that Prohm seemed to insist that we were going to play a half-court game despite that being an obvious weakness.
Prohm teams were this odd mixture of small and slow. He did not let his guys run much. That worked with the '17 and '19 teams because they had such awesome offensive firepower, but with his other teams...
Why not try it...? Better than pounding the rock then turning it over or bricking a bad shot in the half-court.
A few of his best players (e.g., Haliburton and Bolton) would have been great in a run 'n' gun offense. Given the generally flat (and low) talent level on the team, too, why not go hard when you have equivalent subs.
The whole Prohm tenure reminds me of standing muzzle-to-muzzle with British redcoats during the Revolutionary War. You know they are better at that then you. You know respecting the rules of fair conduct and "gentlemanly" warfare are going to force you into an unwinnable situation. So why do you still march up there and do it?
Why don't you do what you should -- refuse to fight like that, muddy up the game with pressure and tempo on offense, and see what happens? Might fail sometimes, but it might work sometimes, too, and it allows you to give more playing time to your bench guys and maybe makes the whole experience a bit more fun.
TJ is a better Coach than Prohm. Prohm is absolutely worse than any of our potential candidates.
Didn't Fred's staff get into some warm water with the recruitment of Peter Jok as well? Was that TJ?
If I remember right that one was Lefty Moore.
I would love to know why Dubar stopped seeing the floor. Sure, he struggled at times, but s*** so did everyone else. Also last year, our freshman like Jackson and Grill were thrown to the wolves and Prohm dealt with their mistakes. Idk. I just thought that was weird. Like, we didn't win a single conference game. Why not get them experience in a year that doesn't count for eligibility.
So that is your standard, better than Prohm. I would guess that qualifies a lot of candidates.
It was lefty. Which was bull s*** considering the Barnstormer's coaches did similar things with their players and Iowa.
I wouldn’t be any better than Prohm, but I would coach at a discount. Waiting for the position to officially open
I think that is the exact same thing TJ said last time he talked to JP.
So we can’t consider Prohm’s record with those guys? Just wondering. Because Prohm’s record is even more atrocious. Do we disregard Craig Smith’s first 3 years at Utah State?
Oof.. Cyclone Larry on Twitter with a rough stat..
"Iowa State has had a losing record in Hilton only 5 times since 1999. 3 of those 5 times are in the last 4 years under Prohm."
"Iowa State has had a losing record in Hilton only 5 times since 1999. 3 of those 5 times are in the last 4 years under Prohm."
CycloneErik
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Um, he's wrapping up his 2nd year.
Try a fact here and there instead of trying dumb and insufferable.
EDIT: For factuality, wrapping up his 3rd year.
Too bad we didn’t have that standard when we replaced Fred. I said all the Coaching Candidates were better Coaches than Prohm. So all will be an improvement. I want Coach K. Grand Slam Hire. JP doesn’t even have to interview other Coaches. Even though to some it might look bad not having a wide open search.
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