Ron Falenscheck gave his endorsement!
i talked to Ron. He seemed pretty noncommital.
Ron Falenscheck gave his endorsement!
I don't disagree that T.J. has not shown overwhelmingly that he is a great X's and O's head coach but in year three he had set up UNLV to start making a lot of noise....he would return all of his top five scorers next season and had a great recruiting class coming in.....he was just getting things weeded out the first two seasons.....also, look at the development of his top player, Bryce Hamilton, who went from averaging 4 pts as a freshman to 16.0 and 17.9 as a sophomore and junior under T.J.
I do agree with you that Prohm got some solid players but he clearly proved he couldn't coach and develop them.....and most importantly, he couldn't win with them......I believe T.J. will win at ISU but I do understand that he still has things to prove.....
It doesn't mean jack****????? Brad Underwood was 63-1 at SF Austin (in a garbage conference) in conference and now has Illinois at a power conference heading into the tournament as a #1 seed with many people picking them to the Final FourOk...I get you have a thing for TJ but don’t use his record in a garbage conference to prop him up. Prohm was 101-29 at Murray State and 54-10 in conference. That obviously means jack ****.
Prohm also recruited nba players. Clearly also means jack ****.
If TJ hires an all star staff I can see this working out, otherwise I see Prohm 2.0 but will get a longer leash if he is failing because he is buddies with Jamie. You already have Jamie making excuses for him with that video the other day by saying something like it’s not going to be a quick fix.
I hope I’m wrong, but I just do not see it.
You're also dealing with constant distractions in Vegas. I feel a hell of a lot more comfortable get a coach that seeks a challenge of building than one who just takes over after the guy. It will come down to establishing a culture and we know what kind of culture Jamie wants. He wants builders. If he feels TJ is that, then I trust him.I think it is pretty funny that the people trying to sell TJ think they know more than the ADs and fan bases for all the other open jobs, where TJ isn’t even mentioned.
I would feel a lot better if he was coming off of a couple good seasons at SDSU post Daum. As it stands he walked into a great spot in SDSU and kept it rolling. That’s a big plus. Then he leaves as the best Summit league player probably ever graduates.
He takes over a team that was 11-7 in the league and has been mediocre. Actually he has the worst winning percentage in school history for any coach that has coached a full season. Maybe he would have or will win next year. I get that it’s a tough year for Freshmen, but his best player is a third year guy and he brought in the best recruiting class in the conference by a wide margin. And before we get pumped about recruiting classes, it’s important to note that in peak Fred and Prohm years UNLV destroyed ISU in recruiting rankings. If you are a coach at UNLV you will have great recruiting classes.
It doesn't mean jack****????? Brad Underwood was 63-1 at SF Austin (in a garbage conference) in conference and now has Illinois at a power conference heading into the tournament as a #1 seed with many people picking them to the Final Four
Prohm just proved he couldn't coach at this level......maybe T.J. will struggle also....I don't believe he will......
Prohm recruited one NBA player: Haliburton....he didn't recruit all the ISU guys in the NBA.....almost all of them were recruited by T.J......
It doesn't mean jack****????? Brad Underwood was 63-1 at SF Austin (in a garbage conference) in conference and now has Illinois at a power conference heading into the tournament as a #1 seed with many people picking them to the Final Four
Prohm just proved he couldn't coach at this level......maybe T.J. will struggle also....I don't believe he will......
Prohm recruited one NBA player: Haliburton....he didn't recruit all the ISU guys in the NBA.....almost all of them were recruited by T.J......
Yeah.....you have to know the real story.....THT was going to Illinois and when Illinois couldn't take him because Ayo Dosunmu would have decommitted he chose to go to ISU because of Daniyal Robinson......he wasn't happy with his role under Prohm and got out of Ames as soon as he could......Horton Tucker
You are right.......it's nothing personal but I'm an ISU grad who loves ISU sports and I don't enjoy watching a man get paid over $2 million a year to lead us to one NCAA tournament bid in the last four years......that's pathetic......and it proves that his early success was completely due to him being handed a top three Big 12 roster created by Fred Hoiberg....Talen would like a word. I get it you don't like Prohm but at least get your facts straight.
When I was coaching youth bball I could never beat a team so he loved me and complemented our team all the time. I hated those guys. We did the same to others . Not sure it’s healthy to be loved by other coaches teams vs and fans.More importantly, do other Big 12 coaches love TJ?
Because they LOVED Prohm! They couldn't tell us enough how lucky we were to have time.
It doesn't mean jack****????? Brad Underwood was 63-1 at SF Austin (in a garbage conference) in conference and now has Illinois at a power conference heading into the tournament as a #1 seed with many people picking them to the Final Four
Prohm just proved he couldn't coach at this level......maybe T.J. will struggle also....I don't believe he will......
Prohm recruited one NBA player: Haliburton....he didn't recruit all the ISU guys in the NBA.....almost all of them were recruited by T.J......
You are right.......it's nothing personal but I'm an ISU grad who loves ISU sports and I don't enjoy watching a man get paid over $2 million a year to lead us to one NCAA tournament bid in the last four years......that's pathetic......and it proves that his early success was completely due to him being handed a top three Big 12 roster created by Fred Hoiberg....
I know T.J. and so I am a little bias but there is definitely no guarantee that he will have major success at ISU......I just feel a lot more confident with him than I ever did with Prohm......I know my opinion might be proven wrong but I'm fully supportive of this hire
I am sure TJ is a good guy and hope he is successful and his players love playing for him but the really good players want a coach tbat can get them into the league. That's their dream. The school I teach at (3000 students)has a 6 8 and 6 10 kid starting at an ACC school and Big East scbool. THE 6 10 youngman with a 7 2 wing span Dad told me he was getting calls from pro agents before he even graduated from. High school.
Larry Eustachy was a very successful coach until the incident. Doesn’t seem like his players were very fond of him.
Have you heard Sullivan and Fizer speak of Eustachy? I am not sure if fond is the right word but they speak very highly of him, other players do also.