Agree, but I am still amazed of how fast things have bottomed out. Last year, we had the best guard in America, IMO, landed a top 30 recruiting class, got Foster over Iowa, just beat a ranked Seton Hall at home...I thought it was trending upwards, then FAMU, blowouts at home, 2019 recruiting class was a bust, transfers and now this year and here we are.
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Agree, but I am still amazed of how fast things have bottomed out. Last year, we had the best guard in America, IMO, landed a top 30 recruiting class, got Foster over Iowa, just beat a ranked Seton Hall at home...I thought it was trending upwards, then FAMU, blowouts at home, 2019 recruiting class was a bust, transfers and now this year and here we are.
100% agree.. . That fizer team should have won the national title. The team had it all - the stars, role players, and bench players.
Well Foster hasn't played and neither has Hinson. I think with some of those closer games there was a win or two to be had with more inside presence. And who knows what effect that may have had on the guys walking off with a win.
For the love of God can we stop bringing up Fred Hoiberg in this thread as a potential replacement. We should not want it either.
Someone on this site (please @ yourself if you see this) called Hoiberg the Chip Kelly of basketball and it’s a perfect comparison.
Game changing concepts in college brought his hype to insane levels, went to the pros and failed, came back to college at a worse job than the he left and isn’t successful like he was before because everyone else now does what he used to do so well.
If Matt Campbell left, would we hire Chip Kelly? No.
Someone on this site (please @ yourself if you see this) called Hoiberg the Chip Kelly of basketball and it’s a perfect comparison.
Game changing concepts in college brought his hype to insane levels, went to the pros and failed, came back to college at a worse job than the he left and isn’t successful like he was before because everyone else now does what he used to do so well.
If Matt Campbell left, would we hire Chip Kelly? No.
I'd hire oregon chip kelly, and run as fast as i could from UCLA chip kelly.
agreed! Furthermore why would you want to come back if you’re Fred? Everyone would expect the same results as last time and imagine the disappointment if that didn’t happen! The Hoiberg ship has sailed.
I think no true point guard was a killer. Jackson was a miss. The fact Harris played 20 plus minutes a game at Memphis year prior coming to ISU and averaged less than an assist per game told us he was not a point guard.
Even with 4 guards on the court, 1 of them needs to break down the D to allow for more open looks and get the defense moving.
4 guards on the court shouldn’t have 22 turnovers!
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ESPN has the Thursday night game with Texas listed as postponed. Is this covid or snow related?
ESPN has the Thursday night game with Texas listed as postponed. Is this covid or snow related?
They posted a story about it here on CF but I don't think they at the time had said why.
Might be weather--UT moved tomorrow's game to Wednesday so maybe just avoiding back to back games.
I still have ptsd 20 years later from the blarge call, then Eustacy having a nuclear meltdown that the refs just weren't about to let us beat Michigan St in their home state.
To this day I hate Michigan St and always will.
You’re absolutely right it was a very entertaining, albeit frustrating season. I watched every game that season and I certainly can’t say that for the last 2. I wasn’t trashing the season, just saying it wasn’t worth an extension.
Fuzzy attempts at football analogies aside - I’d take him back in a second right now over Prohm, and so would every ISU fan I know. He’s much more of a sure thing then a mid major coach.
And quite frankly, he was set up to fail in Chicago... and your logic is flawed in your argument that his lack of success with the Bulls somehow makes him less likely to be successful at ISU.
I think considering Fred should be based on his 5 year plan more than his success (or lack thereof) in the NBA. Where does Fred want to be in 5 years? Still coaching CBB or does he see himself in an NBA front office somewhere?
Fred had a .42 win percentage for the Bulls.. I know I know not good right? Well, a name that's been thrown around here a lot as of late is John Beilein and I guess people have forgotten his short stint in the NBA with the Cavs? Beilein had a .39 win percentage and cited the amount of losses piling up as one of the main reasons he's stepping down. He said it was affecting his mental health.
Do people think that it's just a coincidence Tim Miles was fired on the same day Steve signed an extension? March 26, 2019, which happened to be only a few days after Steve turned down Alabama... Fred didn't want to be at Nebraska lol. He was waiting to see whether Prohm was going to go back to his alma mater. Fred would come back here in a heartbeat if given the opportunity.
