UNLV is 0-4 against major conference teams this year, and they weren't exactly good teams. California, UCLA, Cincinnati, and KState. They are currently ranked #125 in the Sagarin ratings. Iowa State is #56.
This is why Prohm must go........
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I think I do remember that.
Something like --
-- Pollard likes TJ/TJ likes Pollard
-- the Otz family obviously has a strong connection to the area
-- TJ recruited much of the roster and was Fred's majordomo
-- it would have been a lot of continuity
-- and... hate to say it, but it is true... TJ would have been cheap
Right?
Publicly, we'll probably never know the truth. Rumors say though Fred brought TJ back so he could take over. Leath just wiggled his way in.
Does a prez have that much influence on a hiring? I thought it would ultimately be ADs decision.
It depends on how hands on the President is since they are the AD's boss.
Remember the post from Niang’s mother after T.J. was hired back. Everyone was pumped but she knew exactly what it meant for Hoiberg staying.
Now, hold on. I got called out for saying this exact thing on here.
Yeah, it's going to be hard to lay this totally at the feet of Pollard when he didn't get to pick his guy and was given rules. I think now JP has the clout to tell the president to pound sand if they try to micromanage but I don't think he did at that time.
Seems like if JP didn't want Prohm, he'd have a quicker trigger to fire him or at least would have been so quick to extend him. He could have let Steve go to Bama and brought in TJ. He seems very supportive for not wanting to hire the guy.
Good point.
So if it was in fact Pollard‘s decision to hire Prohm over TJ, would TJ ever even want to come back IF the opportunity arose? Maybe that ship has sailed. (Of course, I’m getting way ahead of myself since Prohm is obviously going to be here for at least another year or two)
I'm pretty comfortable stating that if the Iowa State job opened up there would be mutual interest.
the TJ thing can be debated. one thing we can all agree on: Prohm has an undisciplined team whose best offense might be a weave at the top and that the program is worse than when he took over.
Pretty sad to see how far we have fallen.
3 home losses by double digits and a loss to Florida A&M are completely inexcusable, especially in what, year 5?
I don't care about the talent that we lost last year. We have two future NBA guys on the roster now. Our standards should be higher than this.
3 home losses by double digits and a loss to Florida A&M are completely inexcusable, especially in what, year 5?
I don't care about the talent that we lost last year. We have two future NBA guys on the roster now. Our standards should be higher than this.
Give Prohm time. It’s not his fault Fred hated recruiting.
I remember a President who was tired of Hilton being empty and tired of losing ....The result was we Doubled Johnny Orr's salary at Michigan, a paltry 18K to 36K....and then we started winning and developed Hilton Magic
