I've never heard him say that in regard to his assistants. I've heard it in response to the ever ending Fred questions.
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Last year after the Texas loss he spoke about how he went in and basically said they need to start Young. I suppose I don't know if it was in regard to the assistants but it seemed like it to me.
The year before it was more giving the players too much rope but it was a tough situation with lots of veterans.
Article here. Not trying to split hairs but the 'blocking out' thing rings pretty clear to me.
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/s...o-start-solomon-young-moving-forward-20170213
I've always assumed the problem was that he had two graduate transfers and he was trying to give each of them one last (promised?) shot at a starter role on the team. The Texas game was the final nail in that coffin. That's really the only thing that makes sense to me -- 'cuz frankly I would've liked to see Young starting almost immediately.
Young had a huge setback when he injured his hand early in the season. If that had not happened the season could well have been on a different glide path.
This - exactly what I thought. You get a Holden or Bowie by promising PT, potentially a starting role. Hard to put a freshman in over someone who's chosen to do their grad transfer year with you expecting to play a bunch.
Yes, that was the base...did you read the article I put up? He talks about making decisions on his own terms.
I was at the OU game that Young started for the first time and there seemed to be a big sense of relief from the Hilton crowd to see him out there.
Every once in a while I see some dingbat come up with this comparison and it's really, really unfair IMO. In the few games we got to see Long play, he looked a whole lot better than SDW ever did the whole time he was here. He also looked more ready to play than the skinny SDW. Long has a Big XII body at least and didn't seem phased by the big lights. SDW looked like a deer in headlights his first few games. So can we just knock off the comparisons on a player we've seen play for about 5 minutes total? What the Custer comparison is about, I have no idea since they play two different positions.
The only thing I'm saying these guys have in common is that for some reason fans think they're going to be awesome but in reality they are all going to be transfers out of ISU.
No offense, but a 'big sense of relief from the Hilton crowd..' isn't some huge deal. In general, fans are pretty stupid and know very little. Anytime a coach finds himself listening to fans, the coach is generally making a mistake.
As far as Prohm and saying that he listened to himself and stopped listening to anyone else about Young, I really think that Prohm is the type of person that will fault himself before he faults anyone else. I think he had legit reasons for the way he did things and after he started Young, it was easy to blame himself for it.
This feels straw mannish to me. I've yet to see a rational fan think he's going to be awesome. Most give him the benefit of the doubt since he was injured and don't really know what to expect. I don't think there will be many surprised people if he doesn't pan out here but aren't ready to throw him on the scrap pile either.
I didn't say it was a big deal or that Prohm said he made decisions based on fans. When I was at the game, people seemed relieved that Young was starting. It wasn't rocket science--people just probably noted his potential and were happy to see him out there, me included.
From the article that I literally posted: "This time, he made the decision on his own without input. "I’ll talk to players and talk to assistants, but I think I’m better when I just come in and say, ‘Hey, this is what we’re doing.’”
Is this different than my original thought, that Prohm took control of the situation solely? My main point was that I hope Prohm does this early in the season, as opposed to February, since good things have happened after he's done so.
I think Prohm just said he made a mistake not playing him earlier. Not that he necessarily thinks he does.
Noskowiak was a Hoiberg commit. Ended up being a bust for us, but should probably revise the entry.
Apr 26, 2015 - "AMES, Iowa – After being released from the Mayo Clinic hospital on Wednesday, Fred Hoiberg received more great news on Sunday.
Nick Noskowiak, a 6-foot-2 point guard out of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, will join the Iowa State Cyclones basketball program in the fall."
