re: Chris Holtmann should be the new basketball coach at LSU

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Prohms buyout is 50% of what's left on his deal. 50% of 3 yrs @ 1.5 per is 2.25M at the cheapest (not sure if any bonuses or media/apparel money comes into play in his buyout). Alleva isn't going that route.

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Thanks. Then I would agree it is probably doubtful Alleva would go after him. Still though, all of that stuff is negotiable. I would definitely speak with him. The timing might be right with the big trump card being that Fred Hoiber may soon be available. ISU fans can't be anything but happy with the job he has done there in two years. However, Hoiberg will always be the hero. We've seen this play out here with Miles/Saban.

Miles went 22-4 in his first two seasons at LSU. Still, you had many attributing his success to "Saban's players" and BR was apoplectic when it was announced Saban was going to Bama. Miles won the NC in 2007 and then never lived up to Saban again in the minds of the fanbase. From the outside looking in I think many people felt Les was one of the most underappreciated coaches in America. If I were Joe, I would try to sell Prohm on that.

Maybe it is a win/win. Prohm gets to leave and not have to chase the ghost of Hoiberg next season (which will almost assuredly be a rebuilding year for them) and ISU gets a chance to possibly be reunited with their first love, Hoiberg