Hoiberg will attend the Baylor game (AS A FAN!)

[CarterCloneFan]

Coach Hoiberg will once again be inside the friendly confines of Hilton Coliseum on Tuesday, as fan of course. This will be his first time back since going to coach the bulls. Maybe he’ll come down and draw up out of bounds plays during timeouts

 

[HFCS]

Time for some fake mustache and glasses disguises for some walk ons and grad assistant coaches.

Seems like we could nearly have a pro team in the stands.

 

[Macloney]

Who cares?

#Prohmtrain

People are obsessed with Fred on this board.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

I was hoping as some sort of adviser. **** this title.

 

[ClonesFTW]

Who cares?

#Prohmtrain

People are obsessed with Fred on this board.

Pretty sure there's gonna be quite a few people who care when a Cyclone legend visits Hilton, no matter who the current coach is.

 

[Clonefan32]

Maybe he can give Prohm some tips on how to underachieve with a roster containing several future NBA players.

 

[danielyp29]

probably just drawing up some plays for out of bounds and time outs

 

[RedDog]

I was hoping as some sort of adviser. **** this title.

Prohm said Fred will speak to the team today, so ya...free advice.

 

[CycloneErik]

He's actually here to negotiate the buyout.

 

[JM4CY]

Wonder what his take will be with the new lights?

 

[Clonefan32]

This only ends in some kind of violent coup, right?

 

[cycloneG]

What color of tie will he be wearing?

 

[Clonefan32]

Or maybe Fred is here to talk Prohm out of ties completely, so as to avoid any future concern with the color choice.

 

[CtownCyclone]

What color of tie will he be wearing?

You fool, Fred doesn't do ties!

 

[Macloney]

Pretty sure there's gonna be quite a few people who care when a Cyclone legend visits Hilton, no matter who the current coach is.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Fred guy. I wasn't stoked about the way he left and never want him back as a coach (unless the program is in despair).

Probably the all-time Cyclone, we are just doing fine without him and I'm sure he feels the same way. I mean, he hated recruiting, blah, blah...

 

[jsb]

I don't really care that Holberg is going to be back, but I'm excited about Monte coming back!

But what I do want to point out is that hearing Prohm talk about it is pretty amazing. Steve gets compared to Holberg constantly and most of the time unfairly. (see the first comment in this thread---maybe Prohm can teach Fred how to play defense or hold players accountable) Every time Iowa State loses or doesn't win by enough, the Iowa State Men's Basketball Facebook page is filled comments about how everyone wants Fred back. I'm sure Prohm gets plenty of messages on twitter from idiots about Fred.

But yet, time and time again, Steve gives Fred credit for everything. If someone asks about a win Steve will jump in to give credit to Fred. There hasn't been much as far as blaming the previous coach for last year from Steve. Replacing a legend is never easy. There's a reason so many times they fail. I know that most people would get plenty sick of hearing about the person we replaced, no matter how good he was.

I know Fred will get a well deserved welcome tomorrow night, but what I hope is that Steve gets an even warmer welcome. Because he's the one that is here. He's the one that recruited Marial and Lindell and Tyrese and Talen. He's the one that has formed a pretty special bond with Monte. And he's the one that just had ANOTHER tope 25 road win

We've got a special coach. I wish we'd realize that.

 

[Cyched]

Awesome to have him and Monte back. Now let’s hope the game goes better than Fred’s last outing against Baylor

 

[KnappShack]

The dude who was fired from the Bulls?

 

[cycloneworld]

On the Kstate postgame, he mentioned Georges being back too. Haven't seen anything confirming that, but how cool with him, Monte, and Fred back.

 

[FinalFourCy]

Who cares?

#Prohmtrain

People are obsessed with Fred on this board.

Why so insecure and thus so easily trolled by the thread title? There’s a thread about Morris coming to the game and another thread tracking former recent Cyclones. It’s what fans tend to do in regards to former players. There’s even a thread about a former player’s daughter.

Hoiberg is currently one of the more prominent figures associated with Cyclone basketball. He’s known as a NBA guy, and there are likely current players and recruits that see value in the connection. It’s been long enough since he left that you shouldn’t throw a fit about his presence in Ames getting attention.