UNI vs. ISU - thoughts/predictions?

tazclone

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He struggled in his third year with losing the good players he inherited. They started slow year three. Same thing with ISU. He admitted he should've started Young earlier, were out of sync offensively. and the biggest thing was how he coached Purdue. I find int interesting that folks are ok with how that game was managed.
Clearly nothing I say is going to change anyone's mind. based on that, I am not going to call him the next great thing like many appear to think of him, especially when his most successful seasons are inheriting players from previous coaches.
No...people don't define a coach by one game. You do. And he could have played Young...what three games earlier?

C'mon man.
You claim Jacobson is a "great" coach." Are you claiming in his 11 years he has not done the same things? In his 5th and 6th year (they stay 4-5 years at UNI and they take longer to develope) he finished 4th and 3rd in the Missouri Valley.
Do you honestly think Jacobson hasn't made poor in game adjustments...I'll give you Saturday as a great example of poor game plan and adjustments

You have a consistency issue with criteria for naming a "great" coach. That makes you seem petty and over critical of Prohm
 

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You're fishing and we've been through this. I am not on here enough to have a continuous conversation that gets nowhere. We can talk about what he inherited vs other coaches and missteps or not, etc. etc. Bottom line is, I have my opinion, you have yours. He continues to excel at ISU in the next couple years and I will gladly change my mind. You constantly trying to further this without any change in our conversation isn't beneficial.

This doesn't answer the question.
 

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He struggled in his third year with losing the good players he inherited. They started slow year three. Same thing with ISU. He admitted he should've started Young earlier, were out of sync offensively. and the biggest thing was how he coached Purdue. I find int interesting that folks are ok with how that game was managed.
Clearly nothing I say is going to change anyone's mind. based on that, I am not going to call him the next great thing like many appear to think of him, especially when his most successful seasons are inheriting players from previous coaches.

You keep talking about how slow we started this year but I didn't expect us to be 8-2 right now. Did you? You obviously don't like Prohm for some odd reason because nobody here is calling him "the next great thing".
 

tazclone

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This doesn't answer the question.
Clonedlion doesn't answer questions. He sticks with the same three criteria
  1. Purdue loss-and this one game is the BIGGEST issue he has
  2. PLaying Young earlier- by about 3 games
  3. starting slow- which I am still looking for clarification as to what he considers starting slow and why starting slow while winning and developing players is a bad thing
 
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tazclone

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He struggled in his third year with losing the good players he inherited. They started slow year three. Same thing with ISU. He admitted he should've started Young earlier, were out of sync offensively. and the biggest thing was how he coached Purdue. I find int interesting that folks are ok with how that game was managed.
Clearly nothing I say is going to change anyone's mind. based on that, I am not going to call him the next great thing like many appear to think of him, especially when his most successful seasons are inheriting players from previous coaches.
Last year was his second year and iSu finished with a better record, a Big 12 Championship and a higher Big 12 regular season finish than he did in year 1 after losing Niang and Nader.

Your slow start comment makes no sense. I asked you to clarify it and you never did

Here is what I posted
"You have to help me understand something...why is starting a season slow and finishing strong a sign of poor coaching?

I also don't completely understand what you mean by starting slow.
2015-16- 12-1 in the non con with one loss by 2 points and an injured Naz
2016-17- 8-3 with losses to Gonzaga, Cincy and Iowa. Gonzaga(finished #2) loss was by 2, Cincy loss was by 1(finished #22) and Young had an injured hand

This year I can get but I think everyone figured we would start slow with all the new pieces but even then, Lard and Talley suspensions. Talley being hurt and Brase coming back from knee surgery.


I guess I don't get the issue if they start slow, are trying different combinations, teaching guys roles and are still winning games.

Can you clarify what you mean?"
 
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I'm sorry but I just hate the "he inherited a great team" argument. Yes he inherited a great team at Murray...but he also helped to build and coach that team as he was an assistant from 2006-2010 and then took over in 2011. He won there because he is a talented coach and a great leader. Because he was so good at Murray he earned an opportunity to coach here with a talented team. It was NOT an easy situation to walk into here. Replace a legend and inherit a talented team with the associated high expectations....not everyone could do what Prohm did.
 

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You keep talking about how slow we started this year but I didn't expect us to be 8-2 right now. Did you? You obviously don't like Prohm for some odd reason because nobody here is calling him "the next great thing".

PROHM IS THE NEXT GREAT THING.

There, it's been said.
 

ZB4CY

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Kansas is starting slow this year.

Bill Self must suck and be a terrible coach.

**** KU
 

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Prohm is really starting to prove himself now that he has his players and his recruiting looks solid. We are in great shape and am glad we are keeping the success going post Hoiberg.
 
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ZB4CY

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I've made it clear I don't like Bill Self. You guys can all think he's the next great thing but I just don't trust him yet

I'm not a big fan of him either, but it's hard to argue the accomplishments.

Granted, FBI hasn't released what they found on him yet... ;):D
 
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Great win and the second half was really impressive. It was good to see Beverly and Young hit some shots.