Watching the Utah St. game this afternoon. I hope JP has Craig Smith on his short list. He's experienced, has won wherever he's been, from the Midwest, and is currently paid next to nothing.
What to do with Coach Prohm Poll..
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I have no faith JP will fire Prohm this offseason, I think it's going to cost us a shot at Devries, he'll be coveted this offseason. We'll be a year too late.
Well, honestly people just bring up clones to Prohm. Up and coming mid major coaches with short job records. If we change, I want a proven “name” coach. If they are a great coach, but can’t recruit, who cares?
DeVries has proven at Drake that he can work with a changing line up and adapt to what is available. We haven't seen a decent defense for at least 3 yrs and our offense has been stagnant for 2. Every freaking yr Prohm says we are are going to have a defense presence and and every yr we have none. The only reason for hanging onto Prohm right now is to save money. If he gets next yr, if he doesn't get 20 wins just drop him. Losing records in MBB isn't something we have to tolerate.
I don't think that JP will FIRE csp this offseason either, too much money involved and it might just be easier to put up with Losing MBB program short term....
Discussions of DeVries & Smith -- if those happened to be the ONLY choices (and I'd hope a search would be more encompassing) Smith has the advantage of a lengthier HC resume. There's more available to assess how he has performed over multiple seasons (and various programs). DeVries *might* be a better coach long-term or a better choice for ISU, but doesn't have the track record to suggest that (yet).
I tend to look at if a coach has won conference titles (or if not, has challenged seriously for it), frequency of reaching postseason and success in postseason. (At any level, but especially D-1)
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DeVries
Yes, there are other considerations (such as "fit" and "integrity" and such, none of which can be calculated).
I tend to look at if a coach has won conference titles (or if not, has challenged seriously for it), frequency of reaching postseason and success in postseason. (At any level, but especially D-1)
Compare.
Smith
DeVries
Yes, there are other considerations (such as "fit" and "integrity" and such, none of which can be calculated).
I don't see JP eating the buyout this year either. Hopefully Devries is still there and part of JP's short list evaluation.
I was thinking of what could be after watching the Baylor game last night. Could you image the number of cardiac arrests if we ever saw CSP roll out the out of bounds 'Purdy' play that Bill used at the end of the game?
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Deveries years as assistant are pretty valuable IMO, he's coached in winning programs for the last 20 years. His time at Creighton outweighs anything Smith has done prior to Utah St.
If they're a great college coach, but can't recruit, they probably aren't a great college coach...
If we go that route, I would hope we call Rick Pitino and get him out of Iona. He'd jump back to the P6 if he had the chance. {We'd have to pay him a good amount so he can use the cash to bring in top talent.}
I guess I wouldn't take Prohm's failures to mean a young, successful mid-major coach can't win here. We just got the wrong guy. Doesn't mean the next Chris Beard, Scott Drew, etc. isn't sitting at a mid-major right now.
Prohm's been a guy who was in the right place at the right time, he's never had to build a program, never rebuilt a program, never built a program culture....he got handed the keys to successful programs. The difference between Murray and ISU is that at Murray, he left Murray before his predecessor's recruits were gone. Plenty of mid major coaches have rebuilt or built programs. Prohm has never done that, this is the only evidence we have of him rebuilding and it doesn't bode well that he's capable.
I want a coach like Scott Drew. No Idea about his current staff, but maybe he has a solid assistant we can steal.
Jerome Tang - Men's Basketball Coach - Baylor
Jerome Tang completed his 19-year stint at Baylor when he was hired as Kansas State's head coach on March 21, 2022. Tang came to Baylor as a member of Drew’s first
I like it. Definitely worth a look, IMO.Jerome Tang - Men's Basketball Coach - Baylor
Jerome Tang completed his 19-year stint at Baylor when he was hired as Kansas State's head coach on March 21, 2022. Tang came to Baylor as a member of Drew’s firstbaylorbears.com
A few yrs ago we all made fun of Drew, but he has grown into the job and became quite the coach.
I hear there are a lot of high school coaches who want the job. You all really want to ditch Prohm? He simply just recruited a bit too well, got one and dones and two and dones. They scared off future recruits and then left early.
