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He had an extra year to work on the Jones, Macura, Vaughn, Travis class. They were juniors.
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Have no idea if this rumor is true or not, but to the point of Coach Johnson moving on that's ridiculous. One of the best players out of Minnesota in a decade or more (that is saying something), you 100% reach out even if 0...1% chance. Especially if your MO is recruiting.
It's a zero percent chance. Reaching out changes nothing. If chet was serious about the U he would have committed already. Unless there is money involved, johnson should focus on more important things like putting together an excellent coaching staff and finding out how many current players will be returning.
It’s 10 minutes of his time. He isn’t that busy
If chet could be convinced to come here in 10 mins to play for an unproven coach, I would agree Pitino would look like 110 percent of the problem.
I love how you have nothing to add except ripping other posters for posting on a message board. Might as well shut down the hole, no one allowed to have opinions anymore. No one is an expert, but to think 10 mins could sway chet after being recruited by mark few for years, is farfetched at best. Big knock on pitino was over prioritizing targets he had no chance to sign. We want johnson going down the same path?
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Without a coaching staff in place there is zero point to reaching out. He won't come here just because we have a new head coach. The staff matters more. I'd say chances are lower now because there is no assistant coaches on staff yet.
Right. You can watch every game online.
"So, why wouldn't you consider playing for the Gophers?"
Plus players from Minnehaha Academy like to play in weak conferences where they don't have to play the best players every game...
This. No one would be talking about in-state recruiting if Pitino won big and we could see quality coaching play out on the floor. That's barely even debatable.
I didn’t say he could convince Chet in 10 minutes. He can connect with him and if Chet says “no way, thanks but no thanks” you move on. It isn’t hard to contact the #1 player in the country. If he says no, move on!
It is funny how people know the motivations of others. When you or your kid(s) are the top recruit, you can do it your way. Until then, how about let a high school kid make a choice at their leisure.
For sure. I started a thread showing it takes out of state players. This is the best Minnesota hoops has been. Lots of Big Ten caliber players that weren’t staying here under Pitino. Johnson needs to make some in roads there and add from elsewhere. He can do it, but i don’t expect patience from fans.
Make the call, yes. However, it is probably to tell Chet that he would love to have him, but it's probably not in his best interest to be a Gopher. Probably the same discussion Whalen had with Bueckers. Chet is G League or Gonzaga
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