If you knew how the last MBB coaching search and discussions went on the inside, you would call him cheap. Period.
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If you knew how the last MBB coaching search and discussions went on the inside, you would call him cheap. Period.
I think that Prohm will leave on his own accord at the end of the year to coach at Wichita St. That would save ISU the buyout $$, which we could put towards the next coach.
I haven’t kept up on this thread at all, so I’m sorry if that possibility has already been discussed.
I haven’t kept up on this thread at all, so I’m sorry if that possibility has already been discussed.
OK, if you supposedly know, name those coaches who were interested and turned away due to high salary demands. And you can cut out your "period" BS as well.
And as mentioned before, if you want to criticize JP for going "cheap" during the last MBB search, give him credit for going that same route with the Campbell hire as well.
He's had, like, one good season.
Sorry but if you don’t think Jamie Pollard is cheap, than you know nothing about Jamie Pollard.
I mean, for a few years there watching Niang work the court was as good as porn.
What has better odds: Pollard firing Prohm, or Iowa making Final Four?
This is maddening, knowing we were at the pinnacle of our program and on the doorstep of greatness, with a Final Four and potential national title at stake. As great at the Campbell hire was, the Prohm hire is equal parts bad, maybe worse.
This is maddening, knowing we were at the pinnacle of our program and on the doorstep of greatness, with a Final Four and potential national title at stake. As great at the Campbell hire was, the Prohm hire is equal parts bad, maybe worse.
In addition to Marshall, Jamie Dixon would have walked here for the job as he wanted out of Pitt in the worst way. He reached out to get info on the job and the pay.
Yeah, but it's Northwestern. He took NORTHWESTERN to the NCAA Tournament.
yeah, once, 5 years ago and is 42-66 (16-51 B1G) since
well, I think we really didn't want Marshall.
Also if Dixon was so desperate he would have walked to Ames, then he should not have been so worried about the money.
I'll definitely give him the "get Northwestern to the tournament" credit (and he actually won a game there), but it looks more like an outlier now. If he had NW even mid-pack in Big 10 and even a couple more tourney appearances, that turns the head a bit. Otherwise ... no evidence jumps out to me of being capable of bringing ISU back up to speed.
No trophies, but since this is COLLEGE basketball, doing things right is critical.
Having integrity in the academic side and not having rule violations is equally important to wins/losses for a lot of Cyclone alumni.
The good thing is it's not either/or. There are elite coaches who also emphasize academics, value their student athletes as young adults and follow the rules.
Look back at ISU history, it took 15 years for ISU to recover from the Jim Criner rules violations. Maybe Walden wasn't the guy for the job, but NCAA penalties didn't help.
It took 15 years because we had bad coaching. Walden won more early in his career dealing with the sanctions. He went winless after 6 years. The administration got tired of him crying about it, because it clearly wasn’t the problem.
