It was kind of in reference to Conditt but they didn't say anything super specific. It was more of a general statement of what was happening in the program.
Corner 3: Tipping off the season w/ new contributor Scott Christopherson
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Scott will be awesome in this role. Looking forward to finally getting this type of insider perspective on the basketball program. Great first podcast!
I heard that more as all college basketball coaches do that -- promise the world during your recruitment then (somehow) transition players to reasonable expectations once they make it to campus and make most of them buy into being role players instead of expecting to be a high-usage lead scorer.
I thought Scottie was saying Prohm was particularly bad at this process and most of the best and the legendary coaches in college basketball are adept at managing this process and those egos.
Reminds me of something Popovich said once to the effect that the X's and O's and game strategy were the easy part of being the head coach. The real core of the job was managing the bonfire of the vanities that make up an NBA locker room. The Last Dance made that pretty clear for the Phil-era Bulls.
I just had heard any specifics on issues. I was hearing he wasn't progressing on the court, then heard he hadn't even been on the court because he was injured. I thought from CW's comments it might be basketball related development, but now I can't decipher if this is all injury related or that is after the other issues.
Interesting to understand how TJ balances this subject. He has shown he can recruit, which sounds like there is a certain amount of telling a recruit and influencers what they want to hear while balancing expectations in the program. Any insight on how he walks that tightrope? It is also interesting how we talk about this staff compared to the previous staff, yet there is significant hold over, not just in players but in staff.
Not exactly your question, but I found these records interesting...
MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE (CAREER)
1. 270 = Jake Sullivan
2. 260 = Nazareth Mitrou-Long
3. 254 = Matt Thomas
4. 198 = Scott Christopherson
5. 190 = Dedric Willoughby
6. 188 = Georges Niang
7. 183 = Fred Hoiberg
8. 182 = Monté Morris
9. 146 = Tyrus McGee, Michael Nurse
HIGHEST THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE (CAREER, MINIMUM OF 70 ATTEMPTS)
1. 44.3% = Scott Christopherson
2. 43.7% = Tyrus McGee
3. 42.6% = Tyrese Haliburton
4. 42.4% = Jake Sullivan
5. 42.4% = Jamie Vanderbeken
6. 41.6% = Donovan Jackson
7. 41.4% = Michael Born
8. 40.1% = Matt Thomas
9. 40.0% = Fred Hoiberg
10. 40.0% = Lucca Staiger
So he's #4 in all-time volume and #1 in all-time shooting percentage.
And my old man memory seems to recall them being from the top of the arch. When I think of corner threes, I think of Matt Thomas (and all of the times he was standing on the sideline when catching the pass).
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Here is Scotty's buzzer beater against Okie St. in 2012 just because it is fun to watch
One of my favorite memories. I had bought my Dad and I tickets to that game. He hadn't been to an Iowa State game in a decade! He bought season tickets the following season.
