I believe even TJ has said even though he wanted the job, he probably wasn’t ready for it.
Coach Steve Prohm stepping away from Murray St.
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I believe even TJ has said even though he wanted the job, he probably wasn’t ready for it.
JFC? This **** still?
It was always about him not being a good enough head coach
It’s only a topic because of people like you that can’t accept that
But would the program be as successful now if TJ took over instead of Prohm? Possibly. But I think it was important for TJ to get HC experience for a few years before taking over the ISU job
Short term loss for long term gain
And no one was disputing that. It's you that doesn't understand mid major versus low major and that there are levels other than power league.
Genuinely curious, how would you classify the difference between mid/low majors? I know how I would, but I’m curious as to how a MVC fan would.
Sadly for them, the biggest thing is multiple berth type conference imo
Clearly the MVC is better than most in the 1, maybe 2, bid level
Clearly? I don’t know about that. I think they could certainly get 2 bids if everything falls just right, but the years of them getting 2 consistently has passed. It’s too bad too, I really liked the MVC of old.
Average league budget over $3.5M is a mid major. Below that is low major.
Your mid major leagues are the AAC, A10, CUSA, Valley, Mountain West, WCC (will drop to low major after the Western realignment). These are also the only leagues that it's currently possible to get an at large from.
Agree it’s a shame the MVC has been hurt in perception in realignment
A conference that usually only gets their tournament champ in the NCAA is a fairly big break point imo.
WCC/PAC, A10, MWC, American, are midmajors
MVC, CUSA, maybe IVY are clearly above most low majors but don’t usually get the benefit of doubt that midmajors get
The MAC being so awful in basketball has always been interesting. Most of those schools would benefit moving football to FCS and spend more on basketball
I’m not going to defend him or say that he’s John Woden or something. He deserved to get fired. I’ll just say that team despite having some great players was flawed. Not much for depth, not much for size, very few guys who could defend or rebound.
To be fair I wouldn't say that Belmont is struggling. They finished 5th last season and 4th this year, and it appears they are giving Drake a tough battle as I write. For some reason they don't get much fan support, even at home, which is odd for a well-respected program.
That’s a fireable offense in itself if true. I always thought it was stupid that he was recruiting the south. Those kids were always going to pick a sec school…even if they weren’t good back then and had empty arenas. I thought that Prohm finally saw the error of his ways with the TH THT class, but then he went right back to recruiting the south.
He would be a terrible high school coach. That takes the patience and ability to develop guys.
Meh it was the rumor when they were here, when he got the extension they built the new house down in Kentucky. Not sure if true or not but such is life.
I'm sure they are both nice people, glad as can be he's not our coach anymore.
I never saw anyone as thoroughly destroy a BB program as he did.
Most folks I knew didn't think golddigger, more like how did he end up with someone that good-looking.
So which of the five stages does this thread put us at? Can’t remember when it was ok to let Ken Tricky retreat to the pages of ISU basketball history.
He died from Alzheimer’s in 2012 but Judy might still be alive and have a big house
I believe the 2-22 year that Coach Prohm left Iowa State with- helped TJ and the Clones. Think about how quickly TJ catapulted himself and the program into the limelight by following that year with a Sweet 16 run. That put TJ and Iowa State back on the map. Thank you coach Prohm for the 2-22 season.
I will say whomever hires Drake coaches is on point. His mens basketball coaches hires.Jenny down at Oklahoma has them top 5.
