*** STEVE PROHM PRESS CONFERENCE DAY THREAD ***
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Seems to be a shot a TJ. Or at least an answer to the TJ crowd. Pollard had lost some of my respect during the search but I like his rational and he has regained my full confidence (not that it matters).
Alcohol is the great equalizer. This discussion just became intellectually stimulating.Will you say the same thing after the Taco Bell in Wicker Park serves alcohol?
None of those guys guys changed on a dime.
Out of the 4 known guys, I would have had Prohm 3rd, and this presser has me doubting JP even more than ever, but you have become the lovechild of clonedude and jsb.
Will you say the same thing after the Taco Bell in Wicker Park serves alcohol?
It definitely bumps them up a spot, but I don't know if it'll be enough to overtake TJ's.
Anyone else notice unusual importance on Steve's faith impacting his ability to coach and potential impact on hiring Steve? I'm not attempting to disregard the importance of religion (or lack thereof, whatever your stance) but trying to figure out why and where this comes into question when assessing how someone can do their job? I would expect this at Notre Dame or any other private institution, just surprised to hear this at the press conference today. If I was a player, frankly I wouldn't want to be proselytized too, and I would expect Jaime to be more concerned with anti-discriminatory laws and protected classes of questions that prohibit employers from asking certain questions. I mean really, how would his religion affect his ability to coach??
Jaime Pollard on characteristics he was looking for in a coach: “What made Steve the choice? Family man, faith, he is grounded, he has an understanding of who he is and who he’s not, and he’s respected by officials.”
Steve Prohm: “what I want to see out of my players, I want to challenge them spiritually.”
Jaime Pollard on characteristics he was looking for in a coach: “What made Steve the choice? Family man, faith, he is grounded, he has an understanding of who he is and who he’s not, and he’s respected by officials.”
Steve Prohm: “what I want to see out of my players, I want to challenge them spiritually.”
Meh. I'm as anti-religion as they come, but if anything, it will help him gain the trust of most of the players, recruits and families. Plenty of great basketball players tout their faith in God even when their behavior says otherwise. It's a fashion statement of sorts.
I have a lot I could say on this topic, but it wouldn't be popular and would belong in the religion/politics section.
there's a fine line sometimes between proselytizing and practicing your faith. It's important to not push faith, or especially your specific faith, onto the players. But being a "whole person" coach and talking about spirituality, or using religious texts as guides/motivation seems like a plus to me.
It was Chris Williams threatening to urinate on everyone's dogs (see my signature).
Now on to the real debate....Taco Bell > Taco Johns. Potato Ole's and Taco Burgers aside, Tacos Johns is a hot steamy pile of garbage wrapped in a tortilla.
Me too. It tells me at least that he is more than just a coach to his young men. I would guess that many more players and their families will be attracted to that than will be turned off by it.
If Baylor fans are correct getting kids based on religion is the #1 and almost exclusive selling point. I'm not religious but I have no problems with it if it helps recruiting, doesn't violate rules, and nobody's personal rights are infringed. We wouldn't even have that whole team murder contradiction Baylor had when the became a religious powerhouse recruiting machine.
She's leaving the only town she's ever known, a relatively smaller one with all the friends and family support, to move to Ames IA with her infant son. There isn't much to do in Ames when it's zero in January, you're alone with your young child and your husband is at work or on the road most evenings. He really values his family. We'll see how this adjustment goes for them.
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this site has just gone into the gutter lately, every thread on the front page is a joke, why this constant douchebaggery is tolerated I have no idea, sad really and it's going to destroy this site longer term, but we have reached the point where idiots outnumber the fair minded people
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