This is very telling. Perhaps he is not the program maker many thought he was.
X. Foster
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I think he is a guy that will be really good by the time he is a Junior but needs some work to get there.
Well, they really haven’t had any talented bigs. I’m also a firm believer that players for the most part are responsible for their development. The most talented big they had was probably lard but he was a head case.*Looks at the list of bigs that Prohm has developed*
That's good to hear. It'll be even better if and when Patrick actually performs that well in something other than a practice.
Lol, you mean the guy with the 3rd highest ppg on the team with 11.5 isn't doing it outside of practice?
And just think, Patrick is just finding his footing after everything he’s been through. The kid is going to be a fantastic Hawk.
Are you limiting the discussion of bigs to centers? Otherwise Niang won the Malone Award for top PF The year he was coached by Prohm.
Poor Xavier matched up vs Luka ... 2 consecutive 3s 
Xavier Foster might not be a one and done guy
Alright Xavier, time to follow in the footsteps of Hawkeye great Adam Huluska.
You know you made a mistake. Get off that ship before its all the way sunk.
You know you made a mistake. Get off that ship before its all the way sunk.
We didn’t miss out on anything.. nothing worse than a kid with a 7 foot + wingspan that moves around like a guard. Best wishes to the kid, but boy is he soft.
I think he’s pretty smart though. At least smart enough to fake an injury after finding out what Garza’s jock smells like.
XF got dominated tonight. There’s no getting around it.
But at least he didn’t have to fake an injury to get out of the game.
But at least he didn’t have to fake an injury to get out of the game.
We may have dogged a bullet on this one. He may very well develop over time but he looks like a fish out of water trying to play around the rim. He wants to be a Uthoff style SF so bad he can't embrace the big man mentality who then steps outside like Luka does. He might become serviceable but the thought of him becoming NBA caliber is laughable at this point.
He needed a year banging around with luka in practice and watching nunge use a similar skill set. Big mistake going to ames.
I think he looked like the best of Isus bigs.
Hes definitely a little soft but he still got in there and blocked some shots and got some rebounds.
The potential is there but it will be wasted playing for multiple coaches at isu.
Hes definitely a little soft but he still got in there and blocked some shots and got some rebounds.
The potential is there but it will be wasted playing for multiple coaches at isu.
He’ll probably be starting for them by end of the year. Their frontline is just not good. Conditt is absolutely awful. He showed promise when he was an underclass man.
They might as well throw Foster into the lineup and get him comfortable. I’m not sure they can develop him though.
They might as well throw Foster into the lineup and get him comfortable. I’m not sure they can develop him though.
Problem is.....he really doesn't move like a guard anymore. It's like he never got used to his length and now he just stumbles around like an ogre.
He’s raw but he showed some flashes
I think he's going to be good, but he could've been great had he gone somewhere decent. Surrounding himself with wash ups from other programs year in and year out isn't going to help him.
did anyone claim him to be? I think anyone who actually watch his game footage would have known this right off the bat. He will be good if he continues to work at the game. Easily the most complete player was Born, and IMO Iowa should have offered. He would have been a great replacement for Bohannon.
I agree, I thought he was the best freshman on the court
I like Young. He plays within himself and very hard. Not sold that Foster will be anything more then a 7 foot wanna be guard. He has never played with toughness. He has no clue how to play in the post, which is odd based on his size.
I agree, and he was very tall. Could be Myles Turner if the coach would know how to use him.
I think Foster showed why he was heavily recruited. 7ft freshman often look a bit awkward, we’ve had some at Iowa over the years that looked a lot different as upperclassmen compared to how they looked when they stepped on campus. I would love it if Foster would transfer to Iowa. Maybe his girlfriend will break up with him, if that’s really something that played a role in his recruitment.
I'm over Foster picking Clown U over Iowa, but wouldn't close the door to him if he wanted to make the change. I thought he had a pretty decent first half last night and, not haven seen a lot of him before, was surprised at his versatility. Needs to add a little muscle, but I can see him being a force for MOO U over the next few years. Prohm should just bite the bullet and start him now.
Cryclown fanatic is all that needs to be said for how douchy the isu fan base is.
I can see why Hayes wants that to be ignored.
So clown fans know about as much about basketball as they do about football.
Still wonder why isu and its fan base are seen as clowns and not to be taken seriously?
