Steve Prohm Report Card thus far

[19clone91]

So the season is over. I think overall the season was a little disappointing compared to some expectations but it had a good finish and we are all proud of the guys.

Its impossible to judge a coach by one season but how do you think he is doing so far?

Poll coming.

 

[Cy$]

C+, disappointing regular season (6th place conference finish), quick exit from conference tourney, Sweet 16 run bumps him up a little. Grade was based upon preseason expectations of the team.

Probably a B if you don't factor the pre-season expectations.

 

[jsb]

C+, disappointing regular season, quick exit from conference tourney, Sweet 16 run bumps him up a little. Grade was based upon preseason expectations of the team.

Grade should also be bumped up a bit due to injuries of Naz and Monte.

 

[Cyclonepride]

B+. A ton of adversity and adjustments to a new staff. Navigated that to a good accomplishment, all things considered. With Naz, I think my expectation was Elite Eight, with Final Four possibilities. Also is bringing in a pretty exciting recruiting class that he put together on a shortened time table.

 

[acgclone]

I'd give him a solid B.

Coaching changes rarely go this smoothly. Fred left him no depth, and then Naz got hurt.

Jury is still out for sure. He needs to show that he can recruit consistently, and he will have to learn and get better as a game manager (our league is insane right now with coaching talent).

We will know a lot more in the next two years.

 

[Ry4Cy]

C+, disappointing regular season (6th place conference finish), quick exit from conference tourney, Sweet 16 run bumps him up a little. Grade was based upon preseason expectations of the team.

Probably a B if you don't factor the pre-season expectations.

Those preseason expectations were completely unrealistic in my opinion. Add the lose of Naz and he has done a hell of a lot better then a C+. He took over a veteran group that was not his and he still made it work. A- or B+ for me.

 

[bringmagicback]

IMO throw out the regular season. I think the whole time he was letting this team figure out who they were. I think that he let them play how they wanted to play all the while putting little pieces of him into the game. He let them figure out that they needed him. He knew all the while that all he needed to do was make the tourney and by then they would have bought into his game. Georges all but said it in an interview.

I give him an A. He came into a situation with a beloved ex head coach, amazing talent that were "fred" guys. He managed to steer them to a sweet 16 and a loss to a 1 seed.

 

[19clone91]

IMO throw out the regular season.

You can't just throw out the regular season... If they had won 2 or 3 more games they may have been a 3 seed having to play Syracuse to get into the Elite 8 instead of Virginia. Every part of the entire season has purpose.

 

[NorthCyd]

The correct answer is B.

 

[jsb]

I'd go with a B or a B+.

He lost a few games, I think a Fred coached team would have won. But it can't be overstated that he didn't lose to a non-NCAA tournament team and a Fred coached team never did that.

And I suppose it doesn't really count for a grade, but the guy consistently gave credit to our previous coach when he won. That's pretty impressive.

 

[joefrog]

Steve Prohm had arguably the hardest job in college basketball this year. Still made the Sweet 16, put his identity on the program, and did as well as the previous coach would have done with same circumstances. This team was a Naz injury and one good low post substitute player away from the Final 4.

 

[bringmagicback]

You can't just throw out the regular season... If they had won 2 or 3 more games they may have been a 3 seed having to play Syracuse to get into the Elite 8 instead of Virginia. Every part of the entire season has purpose.

No, i agree the reg season is important, im saying he used the regular season to get his players to buy into him. Gave them enough rope to hang themselves.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Should have been an option between good and great. I give this poll at C-

 

[NorthCyd]

Should have been an option between good and great. I give this poll at C-

The OP asked for a report card and then doesn't even provide letter grades as an option. I give the poll a D-.

 

[CycloneBBFan]

Adversity + good character = B+

 

[kentkel]

A - He came into a situation that, because of the coaching change, we were unable to secure a big man (Diallo or Biefeldt - the B1G 6th man of the year) to improve front court depth. Also, Naz had to hang it up for this season and Monté was hurt for the entire post season - yet we still made the Sweet 16 and had a chance to beat #1 seed Virginia. He got Hallice and Jameel to "buy in" and Matt T and Dulé improved immensely from last season. I seriously thing that had we gotten Biefeldt and had Naz stayed healthy, we would be looking at a FF trip & possible NC.

 

[19clone91]

The OP asked for a report card and then doesn't even provide letter grades as an option. I give the poll a D-.

How can I edit the poll text?

 

[jbindm]

A-. Reached the sweet 16 with a depth challenged team, put his stamp on the program with his handling of the McKay discipline issue, and still put together what looks to be a solid 2017 recruiting class despite a late start. I'm excited to see what he does in the future. I wish he had been able to develop a more reliable bench in the non con and early season, but that cuts both ways. A player has to earn time, not have it handed to him out of necessity.

 

[KnappShack]

The grade can't be lower than a B for a Sweet 16 team.

That said the magic was gone a little this year. Probably expected due to the change. I'm cautiously optimistic about the future

 

[jkclone]

I would give him a B- or C+. The end of the season turned out well, but it still didn't meet my expectations. With that said I think now that this season is over he will consistently get high B's and A's. He came into a difficult situation that not many people could have succeeded with.