Who would ever think that an athletic director would get scrutinized because Nebraska basketball's season won't come to an end because they are winning games?
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Egads!
Just looked up Iowa States salary to Prohm.........2 mil. If we are indeed in the 4 mil area, ISU will have to pony up some big dollars to get Hoiberg. Of course they have Prohm's buyout money to soften the initial blow.
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Good article. Interesting points. He's not wrong if (when) Miles is fired if Moos doesn't land the best available coach out there then he's going to look like an idiot. Even if Miles wins the NIT he still needs to go.
Not sure that ISU has the funds to get Hoiberg back, but also not sure that Hoiberg wants to go back. Yes I know ISU is his alma mater, but he left once already. Chances are he'll leave again if something that pays better comes along.
That pretty much sums up my attitude.There were rumors of tension between Hoiberg and ISU's AD. Maybe false rumors, but who knows? Not gonna worry about it. Worst case scenario: Nebraska continues to suck at basketball just like they have most of my life anyway
I am kind of surprised we have not heard about a presser, yet... I mean considering a statement was made right after the Big 10 game.
The late finish to the game plus storms left the team in Fort Worth overnight. I give Moos the benefit of the doubt, let the team get back in town, have the necessary face-to-face meetings, then we the public can be clued in.
I'm sure this info is out there, but haven't seen it much on this board...can someone help out a guy who has never followed any basketball (wrestler growing up, never cared for the sport)? A quick google and youtube search for Hoiberg shows a TON of negativity towards his coaching acumen...just curious why he's such a popular choice? Was the vitriol just from his failed NBA run and he was a better college coach? Thanks in advance, just trying to understand the hubbub lol
Unfortunately that appears to be the same way that the administration and other higher ups view the Nebraska basketball program.Wait we have a basketball program??
He turned Iowa State into a winner very quickly and is well-respected for his recruiting and college bb acumen. He's from Lincoln FWIW.
Most of the better sport writer's i follow all give him a pass for the stint in the NBA.
I'm going to throw this out there and make most everybody mad, but I still believe it so I'll take the heat.
Imo how well a coach does in professional sports has very little translation to amateur sports (and I still call college sports amateur). What influences success at the pro level is often out of the hands of the coach. A bad coach can probably wreck a team, but imo a good coach can't always create the success of a team......at least by himself.
A friend of mine equates pro basketball to college basketball on the same level as college wrestling is to the WWE. I won't go that far but imo the NBA is a "show". Tremendous athletes but they are often put on display for entertainment purposes.....imo. Throw in the fact that owners want to make money and often a good coach gets caught in a business deal.....only remotely tied to sport.
Often the success is tied to owners, more than it is to coaches. I'll steal a quote from Zac Glover in Forbes under SportsMoney......
"There are few things in life that influence people on such a grand scale as professional sports. Professional sports teams inspire, unite and transform lives. The athletes on the teams are the public face of sports but it is those behind the scenes that have the control—the owners. Owners determine the fate of teams, the behavior of fans and even the economics of cities. These things are generally much more positive when a franchise is successful, and the success is in the hands of the owner(s). Sometimes franchise success is less about situations going right and more about certain pitfalls being avoided. There are three pitfalls in particular that sports owners must avoid for the success of the franchise: lack of patience, toxic culture and mishandling public perception."
All this means is that a so-so coach on a professional team might, or might not, be a good coach. His professional record doesn't mean much to me. Saban's very average NFL record doesn't seem to mean much to anyone now. And let's not forget that Mr Callahan took a team to the Super Bowl a couple of years before he was our coach.
Hoiberg might not be the answer but his track record at Iowa State probably translates more to success here than his track record in the NBA.
For me a key indicator for someone who has collegiate success is to look at assistants......how good the were and how loyal they were. This is true, imo, for all sports......not just basketball.
