It is tough to watch, but if you think about it, we haven't had a dominant big man in a while. McKay was the closest to that and even he disappeared from time to time. It isn't fun missing on guys, but at least we're in on them.My one lingering doubt with Prohm has been his (thus far) inability to come up with a really solid plan for the front court. Solomon Young has been a godsend (for a true fresh) and we will see if Cameron Lard ends up being a steal, but consider that...
-- Bowie was alright, but Holden busted in the Big 12
-- Kasongo is an unknown... no high expectations here
-- Feazell flipped on us, Stokes went to Florida
-- Juiston took the money and ran to UNLV
-- no other long-term solutions seem out there for next year
...it just leaves me a little worried. He has proven he can recruit guards and wings, and you need a ton of those for our style and system and in the modern NCAA game, and he has proven he can pull talent from multiple sources (Shayok from UVA, Jackson from IWCC, a ton of young high school and prep school talent), but I just wish he would land a big fish post to go with and eventually supplant Solomon down on the block.
Thompson could be that guy to shut me up on this worry.
I think, with Prohm being heavily reliant on getting great guards, his recruitment style is to pitch the players who the bigs will be playing with. That was tough to do when Monte wasn't a forsure to come back last year, and you can't give any guarantee's with Lindell this year. If Lindell has a solid freshman year, I think that leads to Prohm landing a solid big out of HS or transferring next year. That may be my optimism shining through, though.
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