Yeah, one guy. Yachlich is doing about what UT had been doing since theyve been a good defensive team for years. There wasn't going to be that stark improvement.
Are you also making the argument that the best strategists are already in the game and can't be found at a lower level? That seems unlikely. Yaklich, for example, was at Illinois State. If Prohm is going to show progress next year, 90% will rely on a functional defense which there is almost zero proof he or anyone on this staff can accomplish. He needs to go out and find someone who can run the defensive end at practice while Prohm and whoever else work on the offensive end. If he doesn't do that, he will fail. He may try that and fail but at the end of the day the argument that assistants can't make a dramatic impact, especially just at one end of the floor, is ridiculously wrong. You go out and you start looking at teams that are good defensively and you figure out why. Why is is Rhode Island a pretty good defensive team? Looks like probably their head coach is in his second year. Ok, who's next? Ball St. Now, Jame Whitford has been there awhile. Why is his defense all of a sudden much better? What a second, Ben Botts and Matt Crenshaw have been there for two years which coincides with this defensive improvement. Taking a quick look, it looks like there's a chance Botts, with a fairly strong resume for how young he is could have something to do with this. Let me call John Doe, who I know in that conference and see what he knows. I have a computer and a kenpom subscription. Prohm has contacts and he should be able to flesh out who can help him. That's a large part of his job. He like recruiting and he's fine at coaching offense. Throw a bunch of resources at what you don't know.
