I definitely think some posters are being too harsh on Prohm and the team.
The problems I've had with Prohm are things that seemingly aren't going to change though. They haven't in his years here. They come from my experience being a basketball junkie, observing the game my entire life, playing high school and small college basketball, and just general human psychology / motivational tactics and experience. That said, I'm not inside that locker room, so I feel like I need to give Prohm the benefit of the doubt and I'm not qualified to conclude some of the things some of you on here have concluded.
All that said, even though I'm disappointed Prohm doesn't have the same managerial style and attract the same type of talent Hoiberg was attracting (keep in mind for those who are going to claim Prohm is a great recruiter and has attracted the same type of talent, Hoiberg inherited a horrible program and still brought-in Niang, Morris, Royce White, Long, Matt Thomas, Nader, Burton, Will Clyburn, Chris Allen, Tyrus McGee (like 10+ pros in 5 years), while Prohm inherited Hoiberg's great players, which are the only ones Prohm has been to the Sweet Sixteen with, and seems to have brought-in about 4 or 5 pros in that same time period on aggregate, Shayok, Wigginton, Halliburton, Talen-Horton Tucker and maybe you can add NWB to that group), I am not going to conclude at this point that we can do better than Prohm and therefore he needs to be fired. We have to be realistic / practical. His contract is massive and ISU is on the hook for several more years. Plus, he has some more good recruits coming in this next year. The fact that so many fans jumped off the bandwagon so quickly is a poor reflection on our University. The grass isn't always greener and I truly think Hoiberg was a special pick-up for ISU (one of a kind); it may have been the golden age of ISU basketball sadly (as much as all of us want even more and to finally get to that Final Four) and if Prohm can get us to the Tournament every 3 out of 5 years, make the Sweet 16 in one of those years, well then maybe we should accept that given our historical success / averages?
Give him another year to see how this all shakes out before completely jumping off the rails. I think you have to outwardly support the team and fans and then in private voice your displeasure. I'm concerned as well, but I have lots of concerns with other coaches and see errors in judgment all the time when watching games. It's easier to be the arm chair coach. I don't know if we're going to find better.