BleedGopher
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per Chip:
How will this scandal affect recruiting? This situation becomes another hurdle that Gophers coaches must navigate in the cutthroat nature of recruiting. Don’t think for a second that other schools won’t use this against them. Of course they will and probably already have.
Claeys’ staff — or the next staff if there is change — will have to work even harder to sell their message to recruits and their parents and hope they can limit the damage. Recruiting at Minnesota has unique challenges. This adds another layer of complications that won’t be easy to overcome.
Will players transfer if they feel disgruntled with the process, their perception of a lack of institutional support or if a coaching change occurs? A few transfers sounds plausible, but a sizable exodus seems highly unlikely because NCAA transfer rules are restrictive. If a player already has used his redshirt season, would he really be willing to forfeit another year of eligibility under transfer rules?
Will fans drop their tickets in protest (or boycott, in this case) after another painful episode in a long line of them by this department? This should be a big cause for concern after average attendance at home games plummeted to its lowest level in 14 years.
Apathy toward Gophers football has started to set in. Now fans are disgusted and disheartened, too. I can’t recall a time with more hostility being directed toward the football program, certainly not in the past few decades.
Coyle has a serious issue on his plate.
http://www.startribune.com/clayes-and-bosses-at-a-critical-juncture/408363126/
Go Gophers!!
How will this scandal affect recruiting? This situation becomes another hurdle that Gophers coaches must navigate in the cutthroat nature of recruiting. Don’t think for a second that other schools won’t use this against them. Of course they will and probably already have.
Claeys’ staff — or the next staff if there is change — will have to work even harder to sell their message to recruits and their parents and hope they can limit the damage. Recruiting at Minnesota has unique challenges. This adds another layer of complications that won’t be easy to overcome.
Will players transfer if they feel disgruntled with the process, their perception of a lack of institutional support or if a coaching change occurs? A few transfers sounds plausible, but a sizable exodus seems highly unlikely because NCAA transfer rules are restrictive. If a player already has used his redshirt season, would he really be willing to forfeit another year of eligibility under transfer rules?
Will fans drop their tickets in protest (or boycott, in this case) after another painful episode in a long line of them by this department? This should be a big cause for concern after average attendance at home games plummeted to its lowest level in 14 years.
Apathy toward Gophers football has started to set in. Now fans are disgusted and disheartened, too. I can’t recall a time with more hostility being directed toward the football program, certainly not in the past few decades.
Coyle has a serious issue on his plate.
http://www.startribune.com/clayes-and-bosses-at-a-critical-juncture/408363126/
Go Gophers!!
