D@A's boy - Steve Prohm is headed to..

[57stratdawg]

Iowa State. They should have a good squad next year.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Sucks we missed out on him and settled for Howland. Asterisk asterisk asterisk

 

[DawgatAuburn]

He's OK, but not in "my boy" status. Jury was out on him for me after winning with Kennedy's team that first year, but he did have another solid season. Always kind of liked the Cyclones though. Overlooked land grant in a league with some giants. Something about that appeals to me.

 

[121Josey]

He was holding out for Miss. State. But he blinked.

 

[Bulldogg31]

I'll be honest, if we had hired him I'd have been thrilled. Never saw the Howland thing coming.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

He's OK, but not in "my boy" status. Jury was out on him for me after winning with Kennedy's team that first year, but he did have another solid season. Always kind of liked the Cyclones though. Overlooked land grant in a league with some giants. Something about that appeals to me.

He might have ended up with the best job of anybody this year. They have Top 10 talent coming back.

 

[fishwater99]

We have talent coming in and more on the way.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

We have talent coming in and more on the way.

aGAIN,, Iowa State has Top 10 talent coming back. He's taking over a great situation.

 

[patdog]

No doubt about it. If we'd hired Prohm, it would have been a great hire. But I wouldn't trade coaches with Iowa St. today either.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Yeah, which heightens expectations this year, and puts immediate pressure on him to maintain their high level the next year. We'll find out a lot about Coach Prohm in the next 2-3 years.

 

[mstateglfr]

Always kind of liked the Cyclones though. Overlooked land grant in a league with some giants. Something about that appeals to me.

Ive held this view for the 11 years ive been here. My Clones buddies and I have often joked about how itd be great for MSU to play ISU in football and basketball since the schools are so similar. Land Grant. Midsize state population. Multiple major D1 universities in state. Small fish in big conference pond. etc etc.

 

[fishwater99]

Exactly, how Prohm recuits over the next 3 years will seal his fate one way or the other.
I think he's a great coach and he stepped into a program with a good team.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Yeah, which heightens expectations this year, and puts immediate pressure on him to maintain their high level the next year. We'll find out a lot about Coach Prohm in the next 2-3 years.

He sold me with his development of Cameron Payne from lightly recruited PG out of Memphis to a potential lottery pick in two years.

He inherited a very good situation from Kennedy and went 31-2 (15-1). He went 29-6 (16-0) in year 4.

I will be very surprised if he doesn't continue his success at Iowa State and continue to move up the coaching ladder.