Recent content by formerlybis

I may have missed it - is there a basketball GM for the Gophers? Lots of schools have'em these days. Take the money part of the equation of roster construction off the sole responsibility of the coach. A GM must know the market value of their own players (which will fluctuate based on...

They’ll practice when they have time after Christmas…

That’s right, although 30-27 at Milw would have been considered wildly successful - I looked up his predecessor who had fewer total wins in 4 seasons (28-81). Did you know that Bruce Pearl took over for Ryan at Milw? Anyway, the point is no one knows. I’m sure everyone thought Lickliter was a...

Yeah, I was thinking similar thoughts. Mentally, they weren’t expecting any resistance from one of the worst teams in D1. Lesson hopefully learned, and without having to take the L. A lot of good teams have games like this. As to whether Medved can coach at this level, we’ll see. The level of...

This is the bottom line. I hadn't considered whether this team is more or less talented than last year - I think you can make a reasonable argument either way. There is no one as good as Garcia on this squad, but they didn't win all that much with him as the alpha anyway. The rest of the talent...

When Hepburn transferred (I think unexpectedly), that was a wide-open opportunity for Freitag. I think a lot of Badger fans had him penciled in to take over and he could not do it, nor come even close. And, with Tonje, Klesmit, and McGee leaving, he'd presumably have had an opportunity this...

I don't think Freitag would have gotten major minutes for the Gophers due to the presence of Asuma - but the point is, why do you want him at all? Robison probably doesn't play for the Gophers either. Those two guys aren't P4 high-rotational level players right now, so I don't understand being...

If a MN player would get significant minutes for the Gophers and would sit on the bench 1-2 years for another P4 team, that seems problematic - you're kind of conceding that you have a talent gap that can be filled by lesser players. If said player would also sit for 1-2 years on the bench for...

This is part of the process - you learn way more against real competition, as well as away from friendly confines. Mizzou is in the sweet spot of a likely tournament team, but a middle of the pack squad in a P4 conference that’s in the others receiving votes section of the polls. Not that it...

You, you, you oughta know....

Let us know the longest time the announcers go without mentioning the officiating...

In addition to most teams not having played significant competition yet, we're in the "figuring it out" phase of the season. There will be plenty of teams starting slow that turn out to be fantastic. Comparing teams based on the cupcake portion of their schedule is not terribly useful. Even when...

It’s all good. SS puts a lot of work in. He’s entitled to decline a suggestion that would create more to do (work that could also be accomplished by anyone, too). I’ll also add that I believe it’s a new thing to use Torvik as the basis for this (might be wrong) - I’m a big fan of that site.

Given how much guessing goes into the preseason rankings, would you consider reclassifying some of these teams, say, at the end of the calendar year (or at some point where we have a more solid understanding of each team’s relative performance)? Or have you found there is less movement between...

The biggest issue is his resume for me. I just don't think it happens very often that a guy who wasn't able to hold his own at a P5 after transferring up is star material at a different P5. UNC wasn't *that* talented last year, despite their reputation. If he were just filling a supporting cast...