That was an odd couple years. They had a poor record in the Big 8, worse than the year before.
Different times, and different coach.
Orr had his faults, some similar to this staff imo, but how you lose and the charisma you do it with matters. It shouldn’t, but it does. Also, he had a lot more challenges in keeping a nascent ISU program consistently above .500 imo.
But I don’t believe we’ve seen the best from Prohm. I really think he could be good enough if he were to change his staff .
Two Junior College players(Bayless and Eaton) were members of that class and were instrumental in the turnaround.