1. Fred is an elite coach and what he did worked. I have no problem with how he ran the program. It would have been nice had he actually liked the job and stayed with the job. There will never be a more 'Iowa State' thing than that.
2. I suspect the truth about McKay last year isn't quite as bad as it sounds when you read that story, but we've seen enough this year to assume there's probably a lot of truth to it.
3. But.....Fred leaving when he did really screwed the program over. It's unfair for the players to have to adjust to a coach who was basically as magician at making things work to a mere mortal coach. It's unfair to Prohm. By all accounts, he's tried to let the little things go. He's said openly that he's doing things that he normally wouldn't because the players deserve to have things be similar. But I can understand him wanting the players to, I don't know, practice consistently. That's a perfectly valid demand. And, lets be clear, most of the players have at least somewhat bought in. They may not like it, but they are doing what they have to.
4. We were fed a line of ******** from those that were trying to protect Fred's image last spring that him leaving last year was the best thing for the program. That's what makes me the most mad. It wasn't the best thing for the program. It was the best thing for Fred. The players would have been far better off with one more year of Fred. And the new coach would have been far better off with less players who could compare how good things were with the last guy. I realize that TJ was promised/assumed to be the next coach. But....as good as everyone assumes TJ is, I'm pretty sure that he would need to require the guys to practice as well.
5. The comparisons of Prohm to McDermott are ignorant and silly at this point.