Tim Floyd Retires
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Team has dropped the last 5 games. Must have been tough for him to see the support Prohm and Co. got is S.C.. But it's alright he got paid by the Bulls.
I always liked him. Really good basketball coach. Had he stayed at ISU I think he would have built a top-20 program and made a Final Four somewhere along the way.
The sad/funny/ironic thing is he and CFH have made more from the Bulls than all our NBA players combined during the past 20 years.
Agree with that, it's where good ISU coaches go to get paid and find an other job after being fired to ride into retirement with FU money.
Loved that Willougby, Cato, Pratt, etc team.
We excluding Cato from this, I think he was at Iowa State till 1997? Cato and Tinsley made some serious coin in the NBA.
They probably could have been even better if Carlo Walton would have stayed eligible with that group. I think C.J. Bruton being declared ineligible and Gerrod Henderson not qualifying was enough to make Tim Floyd say screw it and leave. He did coach that season but the guards were awful.
Yeah, Cato made just over $46M in his career and Tinsley make just over $34M.
I remember seeing Cato being used as an example of bloated NBA contracts back in the day.
Actually, an argument could be made that McDermott was, he just couldn't coach them or get them to stay. But McDermott really was one hell of a recruiter.
demoncore1031
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People have gone to great lengths to get out of El Paso. What a horrible city!!
Wasn't there a guard by the last name of Love that never made it on the court also? He played in an exhibition game but never was eligible. Big strong and could handle the ball.
Lee Love played for him. Not sure if that's the one you are talking about. Met him at the Zone one night--I said, I didn't think you were 21. He game me the shhh. I wasn't always thinking on those penny pitcher nights at the Zone.
Loved watching Tim and his teams--so much fun. Remember his McDonalds commercials? Plus, I was in college at the time, so that probably skews my views.
