Not everyone can and will play meaningful minutes on ANY team. But EVERY player has a chance to be a major contributor in so many other ways that impact success.
BREAKING: Prohm notches first commitment
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Not everyone can and will play meaningful minutes on ANY team. But EVERY player has a chance to be a major contributor in so many other ways that impact success.
IMO, we have the scholarship to give. We may just need a big body to put out there at some point. Ernst has some skills. Likely that the ACL injury held back his recruitment. Definite mid-major guy. Maybe a bit of a reach. But another big body may be needed this coming season. Don't have a problem with using a scholly at this point. We will have a lot of holes to fill next year. Not sure where we stand on prospects. Better off to see what develops than bash a young man who just committed to us. Give him a chance.
We are going to have more scholarships than you can shake a stick at even with Brady on the roster.
That is probably the most pathetic thing about this thread. But to be fair, it is really only one guy who is talking out of his ***. The majority of us seem to be on board with this kid.
This, and your other posts shows why you are not a coach, or why undoubtedly no one on the face of the earth is asking you for your opinion on recruiting matters or how best to develop a Division I men's basketball team.
Scholarships are for one year. Period. If he doesn't work out......sit him down at the end of the season and explain it to him, and find a better place for him. ISU needs some help this year after losing Williams. Obviously, the coaches here,( who I would bet $100 know more about basketball talent and player potential than you ever could) feel he can contribute. End of discussion.
It is much more likely that you don't know what quality of play we'll get out of him. Maybe he'll be an All American by the time he leaves ISU.
Yes, and IICRC he did the same thing when Noskowiak committed.
He threw a huge fit over that too. He doesn't seem to get that it's unrealistic to land 7-8 top 100 HS kids or immediate grad transfers in the next 12 months.
Agreed, we are going to have a lot of open scholarships and although we will bring in talent it will be hard to fill all of those with highly rated recruits. We aren't Kentucky, Duke, etc. Plus, wasn't Noskowiak a top 100 recruit?
We all still like what Hoiberg did and Prohm has said he is going to do those same things but we also have a unique situation where we have a lot of open scholarships and flexibility and could use insurance at the post.
Not to mention the "mid-major" Iowa talent we passed on that wern't so "mid" (McDermott, Tuttle, Korver etc.). Kid could be really special or a bust that transfers out. Either way he helps the team this year and it is no real risk. This is exactly the time to roll the dice on a kid like this. It's like gambling with house money.
I really don't understand it. Having an opinion is fine, but when you have never seen a kid play, he's been injured for the last year, he fills a hole for us and seems to have some pretty good athleticism, you would think "wait and see" before judging he is terrible and the first sign of the apocalypse. Some people just don't get it.
He looks better than most of the (completely inept) bigs LE (Schaper, Skoglund, on and on) and McDoormat (Cory Johnson, Mann, Pomlee, Vette) recruited. I'll take it.
are you suggesting the scouting sites haven't seen him play? My bball opinion is pretty meaningless but I wouldn't say that about outfits like rivals and scout.
If this is just a reach to fill a roster spot because of limited options caused by the coaching change, it's ok. If this is the norm it's a problem, which has yet to be seen. I'll wait and see how Prohm's recruiting plays out in the next year.
Well he should have clarified it depends on if the dude has some special talent. Minnesota used one of their scholarships for jugglers for their pregam warm up act. Figuring he you can't play 13 guys may as well have a dude that can ride a unicycle and juggle.
So to confirm his literally was in fact literal, I would be cool with using one on a 4'5 kid from India that could make a half court shot 30% of the time or was best friends with a 7'4 Indian that looked like shaq. I mean I'd take a juggler on a unicycle too but we are better than the goofers so he better be juggling fire sticks or grenades or something if we are going that route.
Agreed. On a project big man, you look how he moves his feet, can he jump, can he catch the ball. From his videos, it looks like he can do all three things so there is a chance he could be much better than a lot of people think.
No one is saying it isn't a reach. You have to reach when you have 2-3 open scholarships at the end of June, plus at least 4-5 more coming open next year.
But it's pointless to cry about it.
