prohm got the job later than any other new coach this year and he replaced a staff that had stopped recruiting for 6 weeks. He could be an elite recruiter and he might fail this year. But don't worry if he sucks or if he's Fred Hoiberg 2.0, he will be gone in 5 years like every coach we have had since 1995.
La Tech Transfer Xavian Stapleton on Campus
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prohm got the job later than any other new coach this year and he replaced a staff that had stopped recruiting for 6 weeks. He could be an elite recruiter and he might fail this year. But don't worry if he sucks or if he's Fred Hoiberg 2.0, he will be gone in 5 years like every coach we have had since 1995.
Yeah, I saw this as well. Makes one think that maybe this kid is the real deal, or that La Tech is just being jerks about it.
He also has some indirect ties with Prohm I believe. Prohm's previous assistant at Murray St.... McMahon... I believe was at La Tech and coached this kid I think? Something like that? Not sure.
dont blame prohm for babb. He's tj's guy.
Heres the thing. We are ******** b/c Fred couldn't recruit. Yet he managed to be our most successful coach. If prohm can coach, this won't matter.
Mcdermott wasted too much time trying to build the program with high school kids v
This Stapleton kid would have to sit out this year, correct? So basically he's a 2016-17 recruit. Prohm has plenty of time to recruit 2016-17 kids. He doesn't have to reach for a guard this early when guard is the least of our needs right now.
Why should we fill our roster with "bodies", as some have said on here, with all the success we've had recently and the success we should have this year?
If we have the kind of success a lot of us are hoping we'll have this year, I would think we can get some better recruits than just "bodies" to fill out the bench and keep it warm.
The 1.6 blocks per 40 stands out. About 40% of his rebounds were on the offensive glass. At 6-6, I think he could offer a lot of versatility. I doubt he's ever a focus on offense but it seems like he has the physical tools to be a valuable rotation guy.
he doesn't have plenty of time. He basically had a month. And he had 7 spots to fill. 7 is over half the team.
That is a good point. We've already added Babb and Ernst, who were questionable Big 12 level players. Now if we add Stapleton we'd be up to 3 already. Yes, we have a lot of scholarships to hand out, but I just hope we don't fill those up with marginal guys first, and then when we go to the Final Four this year we don't have any left to hand out.
i highly doubt that will be s problem. Babb and the other kid aren't included in the 7.
The greek is most likely gone. There was probably a better chance of Fred being a lifer than Monte coming back. We have 1 open right now. And 4 seniors.
We can all worry about filling up with ****** talent when we only have 4 spots to fill. Right now it is 7.
Blame doesn't matter, and I wouldn't place any of this on Prohm.
Fred could recruit, very well, which is why he was our most successful coach. The issue is after 2012-13 his NBA desire started to kill off any long-term recruiting. Fred got out before his constipation on the recruiting trail was on his W-L record.
Stapleton is by far the most B12 ready of the group. He at least showed some production when playing a small role. Plus he will get a year to sit and learn and develop, and we have seen how useful that can be.
Personally I wish we'd have gone for another transfer but it doesn't seem like we've sniffed some of the bigger name ones since Prohm got here.
(Or Fred for that matter. I thought we'd go harder after transfers to give the 16/17 roster a jolt, like a mini version of when Fred first got here and with better players, but he didn't do it for some reason.)
I think it's pretty obvious why Fred left for the NBA.... he hated recruiting with a passion. And yes, he basically stopped recruiting when he knew he would be gone about 6 months or more ago it seems.
Monte Morris' decision will be made for him by NBA scouts and his performance this year.
Sure, he wants to go pro, but it's not like he is currently a slam dunk in the first round. He is going to have to make a lot of improvements to get to that point. And if it's one more year at ISU or a 2nd round deal, I think he'll come back.
At this time last year there were people saying Monte was going pro after last year. That's how it goes I guess.
I would have liked to see our name mentioned with that big from St. John's that is visiting Minnesota. Not sure why we wouldn't go after him, especially since Matt A. would help us out most likely since he said he would steer guys to ISU that didn't want to be at St. Johns.
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