No question dude can recruit, without a doubt, though Prohm was a pretty good recruiter as well.
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He recruited some good players for sure, but missed on a lot more. And his good recruits didn’t stick around. Not a good example.
TJ also let some of Prohms players go because he wanted to build a culture of hard working team players.
That’s.........that’s how pretty much all recruiting works outside of blue bloods?
Good recruiters don’t go 2-22.
What do I know though. I’m not allowed to be a Cyclone fan anymore. Sorry guys. Can a mod help me figure out how to change my username since I’m not allowed to be a Cyclone anymore?
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Say that his assistants are true teachers of the game to hit buzzword bingo.
Good recruiters get good four year players and build a roster. Not get a good recruit every other year and each sticks around a year or two.
Blue bloods can get away with several one and dones, because they get multiple players of elite talent every year.
Good recruiting bad coaches are bubble teams. Prohm was a complete hit or miss on recruiting. That and his inability to adapt were his downfall.
So he was a bad recruiter because THT and Tyrese didn’t stick around for four years?
Listen man, I think both of us are happy Prohm is gone. Personally, I think it happened a year later than it should have. But you can’t tout TJ as a great recruiter and say Prohm was a ****** one. Prohm was just an awful game day coach, didn’t have an offensive identity, didn’t coach hard defense and was terrible at adjustment. His timeout usage was suspect as well. There were a LOT of things that led to Prohm’s downfall, but I don’t think I’d list recruiting as one of them.
I don't judge coaches off of two seasons at a rebuild. Most coaches are trying to build teams whereas he was trying to build a program. That's what I call it. Someone who is willing to take time to try and build things the right way. TJ is definitely still learning but you can see he is quickly adapting.
His first one was typical for a first year coach, and last year he wanted to blow up the roster and build it his way and the AD gave him permission. Similar to what he’s doing here. He just didn’t plan on leaving UNLV so soon. There’s a reason UNLV promoted from within after he left, as did his previous stop. UNLV offered him an extension when the Iowa State rumors swirled, but this is where he and his wife wanted to be.
So far I don’t have a reason to doubt him. Letting Bolton go would be tough for any coach. But he’s following the CMC blueprint and putting a huge emphasis on culture. Hard workers and players who want to be here.
@cyrocksmypants Sorry, some of us trust our leadership over ourselves. I'm not gonna let my ego act like I know more than Pollard and this coaching staff like some people.
I like that TJ brought in a young and upcoming guard coach who excels at offense, and a veteran post coach who excels at defense. I understand keeping Robinson to keep Hunter, Foster, and Hinson among others in the fold.
Agree with trying to shoot for best available talent for last two recruits.
After that, close call but I will stick with bias towards getting another PG/CG. He doesn't have to be a guy who necessarily has to/wants to start, but a guy wants to play a fair amount and wants to help his team win. I think that makes most sense.
Walker is still unproven (I know most Fresh are), and Jackson has ?-marks also. Hunter is still a Freshman and cant' be relied on to play all the time. Then there is the injury risk. You just need one more proven guard I think.
Then go get the missing piece (starter-quality hopefully) at forward.
TJ knows Hunter's thought process best. If Tyrese wants to be THE man only, OK, but I would hope he would want better competition and help (even more than we have now) in the guard court.
For those that are interested MN reporter Darren Wolfson has a 10 minute interview with Gabe from last night roughly 29 minutes in. Very confident in his shot and he was respectful to the Gopher fans for leaving. He declines to actually say the reason for it though.
FWIW he mentioned a lot of ACC schools and schools form each P6 conference had interest. We know "interest" doesn't mean an offer but it does indicate he was very desirable to multiple staffs and props to the staff to getting him to Ames.
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FWIW he mentioned a lot of ACC schools and schools form each P6 conference had interest. We know "interest" doesn't mean an offer but it does indicate he was very desirable to multiple staffs and props to the staff to getting him to Ames.
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