Steve Prohm says he'll meet with Jamie Pollard to discuss his future next week...
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Because his feedback wasn't good enough to go.
What did Prohm do specifically to make these players into NBA players? Do the NBA coaches get any credit for literally coaching them to play in the NBA?
Not at all. TJ came back as an assistant to Fred because (I believe) he knew fred was bolting and I thought the job was his.
To both TJs and prohms credit he stayed.
Are we hiring someone to put people in the NBA?
Prohm had an decent resume back then. He was my second choice back then due to not upsetting the team that we already had. That said Prohms resume back then isn’t comparable to TJs current resume.
We can look back retrospectively and point out the flaws Prohm had that we overlooked so we can not make the same mistake. Some of those include a lack of connection to the Midwest. TJ has that covered. Prohm had no P6 experience. TJ has a lot of P5 experience including at Iowa State. Prohm was carried by two NBA PGs. For as much as people want to point out Daum and for as good as he was he still isn’t an NBA player. Also one condition I’ve said I have for TJ would be someone like Bobby Lutz or Doc Sadler.
An important consideration. TJ could be a better option than his record or metrics if it’s known he and his Iowa State staff have particular players coming with them
Mountain West Conference is vastly superior to the Ohio Valley Conference. Prohm wasn’t a terrible candidate. Prohm had a decent record. At a team known to be the Conference Powerhouse. Sometimes the Program can hide the deficiencies. Once the Players who played in Fred’s system left we were playing in disorganized chaos. It is like Prohm just rolls the balls out and the Players play pickup street ball. There is no scheme or game plan. Just disorganized chaos.
I dont disagree with the fact that it is just not working today.
Prohm wasn’t a terrible candidate, but he was a reach.
Prohm was passed on by Bama in 2015. He wasn’t high sought after. He had no high major experience. Like you said, inheriting a good program in which deficiencies would be hidden if not looking at the right things. Like looking at non-basketball fit instead
He was not a disaster hire for June. He got out of the way and let the Hoiball era finish. Impressive continuity for an outsider. He was a bad extension and buyout decision in 2019.
I was on page 4 when I left for work at 8:30 this morning. Finish work, open up and we're on page 28! I can't keep up!
Although in reality, the content is unchanged.
Although in reality, the content is unchanged.
Seems like professionally maybe it's best for Jamie to simply do his job with the selection committee first then come back and do his Iowa State job. If he fires Prohm today he'll be distracted from his selection committee work.
Have no idea who Pollard will hire but I just poured a stiff drink. Here's to you Cyclone Brothers and Sisters.
For the most part. It's almost all TJ now (and occasionally Smith) with Fred mentions fading into the background.
I've shaved my balls to make sure the cup fits nice and snug when Jamie announces Prohm will be back for season number 7.
FRANK ******* MARTIN...drops mic....(so I can get as far away from that statement as possible.)
UPDATE: His name was brought up on an Eastern Iowa Sports talk show in an interview with Kevin Lehman...I spit out the water I was drinking when he said it. (He was purely speculating...he had no inside knowledge.)
UPDATE: His name was brought up on an Eastern Iowa Sports talk show in an interview with Kevin Lehman...I spit out the water I was drinking when he said it. (He was purely speculating...he had no inside knowledge.)
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Outside of the one year, he’s been bad at SC.
Willoughby could easily be on the 1st team Cyclone All-Underappreciated Team.
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