Are there any Prohm defenders? I wasn’t aware there were any left. He should have never been hired, and he should have been run out of town like GMAC was before he signed that last extension. Huge huge mistake by Jaime. I love Jaime but that was a killer.
I forgot there was a game until about 5:00 tonight. I was glad to see some guys trying tonight, effort has been a constant problem since Prohm arrived. We just don’t play hard enough with Steveo at the helm. If we had anyone else I would feel pretty optimistic about this group. It’s really early, they should get a lot better and Iowa is damn good. But we jsut got nobody to coach these guys.
I mean, it’s over for Prohm, just a matter of when Iowa State can afford to fire him, he might just run out his contract. But I have accepted basketball is dead until then. I feel bad for the guys, a good coach could get this group to .500 in the Big 12. I think Harris can play, Lands cant give you like 12 a night or so, you should be able to get something out of Foster by year end and Johnson can play. Get Bolton to guard someone once in awhile and throw in Solomon and that’s enough to get 8 or 9 wins. It’s not a bad group really.
He’s just a real bad fit here anyway, really lacks personality, big ego guy, passive aggressively throws players under the bus all the time, really can’t control a room like most D1 coaches can. The guy just doesn’t understand basketball really well, doesn’t control his players, doesn’t have their respect And for damn sure can’t control a timeout. He is just kind of a dumb guy that let’s the players do whatever. It’s harsh but he just isn’t respected and just doesn’t have any personality to overcome any of that stuff.
I could forgive him for all that, but the real bad thing about Prohm is that he NEVER looks in the mirror and tries to get better at being a coach. This is why everyone loves Campbell, he has no ego and changes things if they aren’t working. We suck in November, maybe we shouldn’t kill our guys from August trough October, let’s try to have some self reflection. Stevo....nothing. Same crap over and over again.
Same high screen pick and roll offense that everyone can defend but Iowa State. Same lack of defending the ball screen, same refusal to ICE the ball screen. He can’t decide if he wants to play in transition or play slow. Can’t decide on a lineup until early March. Guy plays it lIke he is this humble guy but he’s either really stupid or has a really big stubborn ego. And it’s probably both. And for god sake Stevo, get an assistant to help you coach a little bit.
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