Anyone else hearing that JP has already decided Prohm is coming back?
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TJ isn't my first choice, but TJ, bringing in a strong staff, retaining much of the roster, bringing in a ton of talented recruits, and building a winning culture around the program... it could work.
Or he could be a Prohm clone without the drawl. Great recruiter, never built a solid team/program.
Or he could be a Prohm clone without the drawl. Great recruiter, never built a solid team/program.
It wasn't the 'no comment.' It's the multiple posters, who are generally well sourced.
That said, I'll wait and see. It will go back and forth between names a few times before it's over, at least I hope. If JP fires Prohm, and announces TJ within a few days, then we'll know there likely was no other candidates.
Jamie thought Prohm was the "best fit" too. Would rather have someone else do this hire.
FYI - His 'no comment' answer is not why we are blowing back TJ's direction. Much more than that.
Has anyone's dentist confirmed? My next dentist appointment isn't until late March so probably too late.
His buyout is $10, and that could be negotiated down. I only know that Fred made his interest known before he accepted the Nebraska job, and has continued to do so over the course of the last few years. Past that I have no idea what will happen sans what I read here, but if I take what I read here as any truth, the money is there for the buyout.
First thing is if Prohm is retained and if not interview candidates and if its TJ then I’m all for it. Bring in a strong staff, recruit, coach, he can do it. Get big 12 talent and beyond here first then coach em/develop.
I have a $10 Fuzzys gift card here at home. Should I mail it to Fred now?
Like I have said in many previous posts......if TJ is the hire then that's a fairly strong signal that JP is thinking of retirement in about 5 years. Because if/when TJ fails(and 15 wins a year is failing)JP will be gone......TJ will get another mid major job......and ISU will be left to pick up the pieces in basketball. So rest assured that if a 11-14 Mountain West coach gets the job, you can be certain JP does not give a rats rear end about his legacy. This is about friendship...............and donor money.
I'll be happy if ISU gets on a run and he lets it go instead of calling a time out to let the other team catch their breath and plan a counter effort.
You're forgetting the 5 mil to fire Prohm. Then we gotta pay the new coach. In a year when we start with a 25 mil short fall. Yes yes I know the rumor the magical donors are going to make it go bye-bye but I don't believe it.
To be fair to JP in the last go around. CFH left late in the cycle limitiing the options. Another aspect he chose to weight in his decidions was to keep a potential top 10 team together with a similar coach in attitude to Fred. I do think this helped both Prohm's and TJ becoming the favorites after the first round of interviewes.
Choosing an Underwood or similar "agreesive" type stylle would have been better long term for ISU but could have had a lot of issues that next year. Those too factors will be removed if Prohm is removed from his responsibiilities by the end of the week.
Only limit on JP choices will likely be the buyouts and 25 mill deficit ISU has this year, though that isn't minor influence on the choice.
In all seriousness, I feel somewhat foolish now about even falling into a trap as to whether Fred has, did, or didn't and to whom and when. Staffwise, it's possible there were barriers that existed that JP doesn't want to go down that road again.
We know we have no control over it and at least we can agree we just want to return to some exciting Hilton Magic basketball once again. March madness just isn't the same without the Cyclones.
We know we have no control over it and at least we can agree we just want to return to some exciting Hilton Magic basketball once again. March madness just isn't the same without the Cyclones.
I think every indication from everybody on here and CW is that TJ is one of the best recruiters and one of the most charming of men in the business. He's also the reserved family man type with young children, which is something else that Pollard loves (see the Prohm family and Campbell's family, and even Chizik's back in the day).
I know Las Vegas has this reputation as a palace of sin, but once you're outside of the few square block area of the Vegas Strip (and UNLV is), it is actually a pretty conservative and low-key city. It has a lot of working-class Hispanics (read, pretty devout Catholics) and a lot of retired military people. It is not hedonistic San Francisco. It's politics are complex, but culturally, the city is one of the more conservative ones of its size you'll find with its actual residents.
The places where you can... umm, rent... are all outside of Clark County, as well.
I'm not forgetting those costs, but those costs are not associated with Hoiberg...they are associated with any hire we make if Prohm is let go. I don't disagree on donors stepping up to pay buyouts; I honestly have no idea if it is true or not. I also don't think JP will hire Hoiberg if the University is on the hook for his buyout because of the $25 Million shortfall from COVID...he will need the money to come from somewhere else.
All I know is that there is interest from Fred in coming to ISU; I have heard enough from 3 different people who do not know each other and are not visitors to the CF forums.
Sounds like a conservative City. Plausible deniability for morality based on loose disaffiliation, but we're certainly not too good for the money that comes from those kind of things.
