Anyone else hearing that JP has already decided Prohm is coming back?

[cyclonemagic]

So we an watch him improve his conference win total next year to 2-16?

My mind is getting foggy. I can't remember the two wins!

 

[Cat Stevens]

Doesn’t make sense, steve has no say over what happens, nobody cares what steve thinks

he was referring to how the buyout would work

 

[Sigmapolis]

He passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Aw, I’m sorry. I know how awful losing a little furry friend is. He’s still ******* cute, though. <3

 

[Cydkar]

Then stop your donation and donate to a local charity... Someone will pick up your tickets/donation next year... ISU Basketball Season Tickets are still in demand. Even if we are bad.. MOST fans don’t drop their tickets.

We dropped 4

 

[CapnCy]

except he’s not firing him. It’s a mutual separation. Huge difference.

And Prohm isn't a minimum wage making employee who's kids could go hungry

 

[Cat Stevens]

And Prohm isn't a minimum wage making employee who's kids could go hungry

Where is anyone getting the idea that prohm won’t make JP honor the buyout?

 

[I@ST1]

We dropped 4

There are more than 4 in line to snatch your tickets.

And I’m saying MOST. 4 doesn’t cut “most”.

 

[CapnCy]

Where is anyone getting the idea that prohm won’t make JP honor the buyout?

I was referencing the idea that "firing during a pandemic" is a thing to worry about....if the buyout money is drummed up by donors or whatever (or JP just decided to end the bleeding), I wouldn't feel bad for a pandemic firing.

 

[jsb]

We dropped 4

When did you drop them!? No one has season tickets this year. You may be planning to drop them. I’m guessing you won’t.

 

[I@ST1]

I was referencing the idea that "firing during a pandemic" is a thing to worry about....if the buyout money is drummed up by donors or whatever (or JP just decided to end the bleeding), I wouldn't feel bad for a pandemic firing.

I would never feel bad for a pandemic firing for someone who is making 2+million a year that’s not performing in their job.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Aw, I’m sorry. I know how awful losing a little furry friend is. He’s still ******* cute, though. <3

Cancer sucks, man.

 

[joefrog]

Story was, back when Johnny Orr was running out of gas, some big donors approached the AD, Gene Smith, who was just hired at ISU in 1993. He is currently AD at Ohio State. Anyhow, these big-time donors had watched Orr have this record his last 5 years:

1989–90	Iowa State	10–18	4–10	6th
1990–91	Iowa State	12–19	6–8	5th
1991–92	Iowa State	21–13	5–9	T–6th	NCAA Division I Second Round
1992–93	Iowa State	20–11	8–6	T–2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94	Iowa State	14–13	4–10	T–6th
Iowa State:	218–200	79–117

Tim Floyd was a rising star at New Orleans. and these donors wanted him bad. Word was, he was the only target to replace Orr. They pressured an Orr retirement, and brought in Floyd to coach Hoiberg, Meyer, Beechum, and Michalek as seniors. It was a good move for everyone involved, well, except Johnny. IIRC, maybe only two big donors footed the bills for everything.

 

[jbhtexas]

Fred is the only “Home Run” that Pollard could pull off, which he won’t.

We're playing Little League now?

 

[JP4CY]

Story was, back when Johnny Orr was running out of gas, some big donors approached the AD, Gene Smith, who was just hired at ISU in 1993. He is currently AD at Ohio State. Anyhow, these big-time donors had watched Orr have this record his last 5 years:

1989–90	Iowa State	10–18	4–10	6th
1990–91	Iowa State	12–19	6–8	5th
1991–92	Iowa State	21–13	5–9	T–6th	NCAA Division I Second Round
1992–93	Iowa State	20–11	8–6	T–2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94	Iowa State	14–13	4–10	T–6th
Iowa State:	218–200	79–117

Tim Floyd was a rising star at New Orleans. and these donors wanted him bad. Word was, he was the only target to replace Orr. They pressured an Orr retirement, and brought in Floyd to coach Hoiberg, Meyer, Beechum, and Michalek as seniors. It was a good move for everyone involved, well, except Johnny. IIRC, maybe only two big donors footed the bills for everything.

Johnny desperately wanted Jim to take over.

 

[cyatheart]

Prohm will coach again somewhere down South so I doubt we are on the hook for the whole thing. I could see him at a school paying him 300-400k a year. Best to part ways immediately after the season so the talent pool isn’t picked over.

prohm is done as a head coach, he’s toxic, his reputation in basketball circles is awful as well, maybe as assistant at like a big south school or something

 

[jsb]

Story was, back when Johnny Orr was running out of gas, some big donors approached the AD, Gene Smith, who was just hired at ISU in 1993. He is currently AD at Ohio State. Anyhow, these big-time donors had watched Orr have this record his last 5 years:

1989–90	Iowa State	10–18	4–10	6th
1990–91	Iowa State	12–19	6–8	5th
1991–92	Iowa State	21–13	5–9	T–6th	NCAA Division I Second Round
1992–93	Iowa State	20–11	8–6	T–2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94	Iowa State	14–13	4–10	T–6th
Iowa State:	218–200	79–117

Tim Floyd was a rising star at New Orleans. and these donors wanted him bad. Word was, he was the only target to replace Orr. They pressured an Orr retirement, and brought in Floyd to coach Hoiberg, Meyer, Beechum, and Michalek as seniors. It was a good move for everyone involved, well, except Johnny. IIRC, maybe only two big donors footed the bills for everything.

I’m not sure I buy that story completely. If Floyd was the only one they wanted, why didn’t they make sure he would take it. Floyd turned us down and it took Gary Thompson to get him to change their mind.

 

[CycloneErik]

Story was, back when Johnny Orr was running out of gas, some big donors approached the AD, Gene Smith, who was just hired at ISU in 1993. He is currently AD at Ohio State. Anyhow, these big-time donors had watched Orr have this record his last 5 years:

1989–90	Iowa State	10–18	4–10	6th
1990–91	Iowa State	12–19	6–8	5th
1991–92	Iowa State	21–13	5–9	T–6th	NCAA Division I Second Round
1992–93	Iowa State	20–11	8–6	T–2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94	Iowa State	14–13	4–10	T–6th
Iowa State:	218–200	79–117

Tim Floyd was a rising star at New Orleans. and these donors wanted him bad. Word was, he was the only target to replace Orr. They pressured an Orr retirement, and brought in Floyd to coach Hoiberg, Meyer, Beechum, and Michalek as seniors. It was a good move for everyone involved, well, except Johnny. IIRC, maybe only two big donors footed the bills for everything.

I don't have inside info, but all the stories, including from Gary Thompson himself, of his calls with Floyd during the process strongly hint that certain donors, like Gary, drove that process.

 

[I@ST1]

I’m not sure I buy that story completely. If Floyd was the only one they wanted, why didn’t they make sure he would take it. Floyd turned us down and it took Gary Thompson to get him to change their mind.

Not as many big time donors back then. (We didn’t have the cash flow)...

Today - Jamie could pick up the phone and make a couple of calls and pick up 5/10 million for anything he needed. Hell we could go out without the bridge.. but he wanted it.. He got it.

 

[MLawrence]

He passed away a couple of weeks ago.

I got a corgi last May, and I love the little guy.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

I just spoke to JP last night but Prohm didn't come up. Not my place.

Jamie stopped by the other night, as he had borrowed my snowblower and was returning it. We had a few shots and he confided in me that Steve-O is coming back. It seems a lot of the big money boosters are making a killing on this team, betting against the Cyclones. So he is keeping him for one more season.

But he said not to tell anyone. So don't say nothing.