Was anyone on here alive when Maury John was at ISU? The history of the program is probably totally different if he wouldn't have gotten sick.
Coach Steve Prohm stepping away from Murray St.
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This has been beaten to death, but COVID had an impact on that season.
Honestly? None of them. McDermott is the only I would to maybe consider, but he couldn’t even sniff a tournament here, which is weird, since he had success everywhere else he went but never finished over .500 at ISU.
The only one who had any real success here was Prohm. Sure, most happened with Fred’s players, but one year was his guys. The others had good players, shoot, McDermott had guys who ended up getting picked 4th and 21st in the draft, and didn’t do anything with them.
The MVC is a solid mid major. People who say "it isn't anything since ...... left" would also point to the Big 12 and say "It isn't anything since Mizzou, Nebby, Okie and Texas left". I would end with the Drake men's team is legit. They wouldn't win the Big 12...but they would be mid pack (7-12). They play great defense, control tempo, win the turnover battle, have a "go to" guy and exceptional coach.
McCollum definitely has them rolling. What is the best job in that league now in terms of facilities, local recruiting etc.? I've never understood how Illinois State isn't better. They have a legit arena with a big time feel to it and good h.s. players within a few hours drive from there.
Prohm was handed the keys to a Mercedes and crashed it into a tree. Morgan wasn't a good coach but he inherited a mess.
Missed out on a few non-con gimmies (which sadly weren't always gimmies with Prohm) but 0-fer the conference says it all.
Good question; I would love to say UNI, but objectively it's just not true, despite having one of the best coaches with the longest tenure. Illinois State does have a lot going for it. Belmont also has good history and tradition, albeit mostly from a different and worse conference. Bradley's up there.
Coach Prohm pays surprise visit to St. Cecilia School
The students of St. Cecilia School received a surprise visit from Iowa State men’s basketball coach Steve Prohm on Thursday as part of the school’s week-long celebration of Catholic Schools Week.
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Went to St. Cecilia’s in Ames. He’s got four kids.
One of my sons had the Hoibergs sit by him at St. Thomas Aquinas his first week on campus
I do remember DMR did a piece on him three months before he ever coached a game at ISU in which he discussed how important his faith life was to him and how it was reflected in his coaching and all holy hell broke loose from the usual suspects who have a problem with that kind of thing.
I forgot about Missouri State too. They are pretty similar to Illinois State in terms of arena and somewhat local h.s. talent.
I bet UNI will get betrer when Fran is gone and Iowa stops recruiting the same high school players as UNI
Drake is going to take a fair amount of the local talent too. Drake definitely has a ton of momentum behind them right now. Unfortunately I have a feeling they are going to be looking for a new coach again. I wonder if the now former coach at Utah Craig Smith would get a look if Drake indeed has an opening.
With the rumors of what Murray is putting into NIL plus the $80M arena renovation they're doing, it's Murray.
If I had to rank the league after Missouri State is gone:
Murray
Bradley
Belmont
Drake
Illinois State
UNI
Southern Illinois
Indiana State
Valpo
UIC
Evansville
I will always stand by Prohm/his staff helped Nader earn a serious amount of money. He was looking like Enaruna under Fred.
And he was thrust into that position, then done dirty with little thanks from the loyal sons. He did his best and kept the talent on board after Larry severely f’d up.
