Agree.
Plus sustaining the effort. I have never seen a team play so hard. We won many games of effort, few on raw talent. We had a clear identity, snd it worked for us.
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Plus sustaining the effort. I have never seen a team play so hard. We won many games of effort, few on raw talent. We had a clear identity, snd it worked for us.
Everything I'm hearing all the guys TJ is bringing in are team players and hard workers. I saw Holmes was academic all conference. Good sign of high character.. That with good coaching makes me believe next years team will play with the same intensity. I don't see TJ allowing anything like Prohm had going on.
They were lucky because they out worked teams? Huh.
The staff has emphasized bringing in culture guys who believe in ISU MBB.
Look no farther than asking Bolton to leave last year on a team that desperately needed scoring.
The Culture had gotten a bit lost under Prohm and with it Hilton Magic.
I don’t think the staff had real tourney hopes going into last year but bringing in Brockington, Kalcheur, Grill and Kunz brought the work ethic over the summer to build that Culture all summer.
That is why having Kalcheur, Grill and Kunz on next years team are key returnees. Not so much on how the produce on the court now that each has been recruited over rather to get the buy in and commitment to C5C this summer to get the new team ready for game 1.
I hate high expectations with Iowa State. I prefer the “holy crap we are doing good “ roll for us. Like last season
Which is why it odd Foster, Hinson, and Johnson were retained. Let's just say it is not surprising they didn't make it to the season.
They were lucky that more of the more talented teams didn't work harder. Surviving on guts and hard work to overcome a general deficit of talent only works if the more talented teams don't work as hard. If they work as hard as you do you have lost the only advantage you have. So yes, lucky that some of the other teams didn't figure out they just needed to work a little harder.
I loved the guts and hard work; they were fun to watch. But at some point you have to be able to score some points and have an alternate way to win when they shut down your first option. That team rarely had that.
It also can’t be dismissed that the Big 12 was the deepest conference by % a basketball fan has ever seen. TCU played a one seed razor close and it was no fluke. It was power 1, the other five, then the mid majors.
Lets not over analyze it.... Prohm doesn't know ball at this level, our team stunk, and that probably created a locker room of unhappy players. Suggesting that Prohm created a toxic environment filled with selfish players is a reach. Winning cures all
Who said anything about selfish? You're putting words in my mouth I didn't say. The question is if there's going to be a drop off in intensity next year. With Otz I don't think so. Prohm?
“Conditt.....I love George and he was a solid Cyclone for the 12 years that he spent in Ames”
This quote made me jajaja a bunch!
This quote made me jajaja a bunch!
HaHa. Love George. I will miss the Gramps, but we have some good talent at the 4-5 coming in. We will be senior dominated for sure. This just seems weird because none have been here very long. I think we will have to get used to that now though.
I don't want to rain on your enthusiasm. Nothing wrong with being excited about your team. Like last year, I will again wait through most of the non-conference season. I'll just throw out 7-8 wins there. We can't do as good as last year. Can we? I expect the team to also improve once Tre King is eligible.
In Big 12, I'll go 10-11 wins, maybe better if we get AJ and he is able to have a big year. if we do less than that we need more W's in the non-con.
Hoping we make the Dance again, of course. Next year, we will have a big overhaul to replace this senior dominated team.
Seems reasonable. I like how it worked out.
Yup. I'll go along with that too.
