Rule #1 to create an effective poll - you need to have a "neutral" or "unsure" option. Life is not this black and white .
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Rule #1 to create an effective poll - you need to have a "neutral" or "unsure" option. Life is not this black and white .
Prohm's a good guy, great recruiter, great representative of ISU but last night wasn't a fluke. Every year, he's had a handful of games where we just don't show up. . It's tough to say exactly why but I think his struggles are due to one of the following:
A) he isn't a strong X's and O's coach
B) he isn't great at communicating in game changes
C) the players don't follow through with what they're told in game
D) All of the above
There is no excuse for his struggles against Fran, he's been whooped by him 3 times using the same strategy. If not for one of the most talented teams in program history, it would be 4 times. Seeing our guys stand around and chuck horrible 3's against a team with less speed and athleticism is frustrating, its exactly what Fran wants you to do and we play right in to it ever year.
That said, I'm still with him but no tourney this year (which seems possible) and his seat should be hot. No tourney next year and he's out of chances. We're realistically looking at missing the tourney 3/4 years, there is no excuse for that.
A) he isn't a strong X's and O's coach
B) he isn't great at communicating in game changes
C) the players don't follow through with what they're told in game
D) All of the above
There is no excuse for his struggles against Fran, he's been whooped by him 3 times using the same strategy. If not for one of the most talented teams in program history, it would be 4 times. Seeing our guys stand around and chuck horrible 3's against a team with less speed and athleticism is frustrating, its exactly what Fran wants you to do and we play right in to it ever year.
That said, I'm still with him but no tourney this year (which seems possible) and his seat should be hot. No tourney next year and he's out of chances. We're realistically looking at missing the tourney 3/4 years, there is no excuse for that.
So many ways to judge CSP... By a game, a possession, an in bounds play, a rebound... Or by visible development through a year, conference tourney championships, NBA players, recruiting...
His teams have always played hard - not always smart but always hard. Last night was just off in every fashion.
One thing I'd love to see is roster continuity over a few seasons. Mentioned elsewhere but Wiggs should be on the floor but he made a different choice. Zion should have developed SOMETHING. Lewis tries so hard but only on half the floor. TH is not a "leader" but will be an all-time great in his short stint with us.
This is just going to have to be a year where if you like the coach and you respect what he's done you find other ways to justify your support and faith. If you are one of the haters, this will be a year where every mistake is amplified to support the "he sucks" mantra.
Sssssooooo basically like every other year.
I have no patience for indecisiveness. If you're neutral nothing changes and you're still rolling with him.
Can you really just judge him on Iowa? Because then we have to fire CMC too.
yes, every year he has a handful of bad games. Name a coach that doesn’t. NAME ONE.
Has anyone here ever been to or seen one of Prohm's practices? I would like to see what they work on before the season starts and during the season.
so you dont like campbell either b/c he's 0-4
You're okay with rebuild seasons 2/3 years? You don't think this is a perennial NCAA tourney program? You see any way this team is better next year with TH?
I'm seeing people posting this but not understanding how you can say that without knowing the impact the 2020 freshman class has or if we bring in an elite grad transfer (recent history says no but seems like we host 1 every spring). Just seems a little premature
Nothing to do with Fred. Don’t lose by double digits at home.
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The inconsistency in his teams' performances takes years off my life. We'll drop some game at home we should never lose in a million years, and then with our backs against the wall we'll go on the road and beat a conference title contender. We feel like we're back on track and then we sleepwalk again. We show toughness at times and wilt at others.
People complain about stubbornness with rotations and starters and I'm coming around to that critique myself. I always felt like the way he handled Lard was just so...weird. All the talk of "habits," never declaring whether he was suspended or not, not playing him when he wasn't suspended. I'm sure Lard was mostly at fault, but if Prohm was sending the same mixed signals to Lard that he sent to the public I can see why Lard would get frustrated. And if that happens to one player, it's not hard to imagine it happening to more.
What isn't helpful is for this to devolve into a pile-on, which I'm in danger of doing myself. So I'll shut up now.
People complain about stubbornness with rotations and starters and I'm coming around to that critique myself. I always felt like the way he handled Lard was just so...weird. All the talk of "habits," never declaring whether he was suspended or not, not playing him when he wasn't suspended. I'm sure Lard was mostly at fault, but if Prohm was sending the same mixed signals to Lard that he sent to the public I can see why Lard would get frustrated. And if that happens to one player, it's not hard to imagine it happening to more.
What isn't helpful is for this to devolve into a pile-on, which I'm in danger of doing myself. So I'll shut up now.
I think the freshman will be good but none of them bring what this team will lack, especially without TH. This team will need a dead eye 3pt shooter, a competent PG and someone to replace the 20ppg TH will be leaving behind. PG is the only role possibly filled by that class. The only way this team improves is with a stud GT, like a Deandre Kane type of impact. Obviously Tyrese's decision changes all of that.
Football is different, imo, as I view the football teams programs on the same level, with maybe an Iowa lean. I’m basketball, we should be light years ahead of them based off our recruiting, and them having Fran as a coach. But still, that lunatic has still out coached us 3.5 times out of the last 5 years. I can only think of one time where Ferentz out coached us during Matt’s tenure, and that was Matt’s first year.
If you kind find anything in my posting history that would support it, I’d sure like to see it.
Having a coach share his private conversations with a player about substance abuse with the fan base?