***Official 2019-2020 Transfer Thread***
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Flowers and Ozier I understand but not recruiting Perez is a bit of a head scratcher. I know it’s not late or done by any means but I also think saying it’s early might be a slight stretch too. Fingers crossed that there’s more in the works behind the scenes that will come to light soon.
It matters when they still have 3 scholarships available and have gotten nobody to help for next year. It may not matter a month from now but it’s a bad look right now.
I'd rather go into the season with 3 open scholarships than Nixon, Beverley, and Brase part 2. Perhaps the coaching staff has learned its lesson and doesn't believe Perez, Ozier, and Flowers can play at this level. I'll trust them.
So you're more worried about the appearance of missing on players rather than the quality of players we do get?
I would still take Brase as an upside play if there was a remote chance he was going to be healthy. I know it worked out where he was basically never healthy, but a fifth-year senior like that from a "cerebral" and respected mid-major program (as Princeton is probably the best basketball program in the Ivy League) is worth the upside play. I still think he could have been an understated but effective player in Ames if he was healthy.
He just was not remotely healthy.
I agree with the not taking guys who just suck, though.
I do not know if this will work out, but I appreciate the staff trying this approach instead of just filling up the four open scholarship with four scrubs. No reason to bring in guys who do not move the needle the next two years, so you might as well be choosy and, if worse comes to worst, you go to war with the ten that you have and use the open ones on midyears or stocking the freshman class after this next one. That might not end well or provide immediate satisfaction, but it is probably the best play Prohm has right now.
Why do people think the staff knows what they are doing or there is a plan? Pretty sure they are just winging it at this point, and that isn't sarcasm. Lots of people in power postilions have no idea what they are doing and are trying to figure it out on the run.
So had we landed our targets we’d then have a plan in your view?
I think we FINALLY have a plan. It’s a little closer to Hoiberg’s plan in 2010 than I’d like, but we’re going to get value and not reach on guys. That may mean more redshirts than 2020-21 can afford, but hopefully we get a break on exemptions. Had we taken this approach starting in Year 1, we probably wouldn’t be in this position.
They would certainly be better off if they listened to us on the message boards.
Look, all i'm saying is that we assume because of their title they know what they are doing. Most coaches just got a break that other guys didn't, or hooked themselves up to the correct wagon when they were a 24 year old GA. Society loves to make Kings of Coaches and Owners or AD's. I will never understand why most fans always take the owner or coaches side in various contract disputes. The players are the ones doing the work, but yet we make statues of coaches.
Like Drs, and Financial Guys and various other institutions, just because they have the job doesn't mean they are an expert. Perhaps they are just winging it like the rest of us and taking it day by day. There really is nothing in Prohms resume that says he is an expert other than riding Billy Kennedys teams and taking over a decent program at ISU.
Like Drs, and Financial Guys and various other institutions, just because they have the job doesn't mean they are an expert. Perhaps they are just winging it like the rest of us and taking it day by day. There really is nothing in Prohms resume that says he is an expert other than riding Billy Kennedys teams and taking over a decent program at ISU.
Are we still talking about spring 2020 recruiting?
I wish you luck in getting the break you need.
