Fire Ben Johnson

[mngolf]

Trilly (whoever he/she is) is incredibly entrenched and has a ton if correct info. I will say at this point I doubt anyone is leaking if the job will be open or not. Say they have decided he's out, we win out, then it looks bad. Or it gets out, guys get upset and we crater. So at this point just makes sense he says 50-50. Not like knowing it's open now does us much now. But we do need to move quick because guys like McCollum etc won't be out there long.

I know what you meant, but most of us would say the program has cratered already.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

9th place conference finishes put us in the tournament more often than not. And then you hope for a sweet 16 run every so often on top of it. I'd take that step forward in a heartbeat

EDIT: From where we are right now that is. If we get to that point, we can always reevaluate the situation

Call me a dreamer if you must, but I aspire to greater things for this program than settling for 9th place conference finishes and being a 10 seed in the NCAA tournament once every 3 to 4 years. Maybe we won’t reach the success of a Wisconsin, but we definitely won’t if Coyle is afraid to take the shot.

 

[BleedGopher]

Shooter chimes in:

>> Aside from a season-ending collapse, notable victories at USC and UCLA last week should now make it an easy call to retain Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson, who is signed through 2027. Johnson has proven all he needs to win is more name, image and likeness (NIL) cash.

Johnson should be helped on July 1, when NCAA schools can begin spending up to $20 million a year to buy athletes in addition to NIL money.

Charley Walters: Not so fast on Twins’ sale by Pohlads

There has been misguided reporting elsewhere that a sale of the Minnesota Twins is expected to be done by Opening Day this season.

www.twincities.com

Go Gophers!!

 

[howeda7]

Shooter chimes in:

>> Aside from a season-ending collapse, notable victories at USC and UCLA last week should now make it an easy call to retain Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson, who is signed through 2027. Johnson has proven all he needs to win is more name, image and likeness (NIL) cash.

Johnson should be helped on July 1, when NCAA schools can begin spending up to $20 million a year to buy athletes in addition to NIL money.

Charley Walters: Not so fast on Twins’ sale by Pohlads

There has been misguided reporting elsewhere that a sale of the Minnesota Twins is expected to be done by Opening Day this season.

www.twincities.com

Go Gophers!!

Such an easy call...

 

[MaxyJR1]

9th place conference finishes put us in the tournament more often than not. And then you hope for a sweet 16 run every so often on top of it. I'd take that step forward in a heartbeat

EDIT: From where we are right now that is. If we get to that point, we can always reevaluate the situation

People have to move the goalposts going from 10 to 11 to 12 to 14 to 18 teams in the conference. 18 team conference meaning you finish in the top half and you are going dancing. Other than the 1997 team, Clem was always a bubble team.

Success here is bubble or better. It's not jumping to compete for winning the league. They only happens if you pay way more than the school ever has or ever will.

 

[FinnGopher]

Shooter chimes in:

>> Aside from a season-ending collapse, notable victories at USC and UCLA last week should now make it an easy call to retain Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson, who is signed through 2027. Johnson has proven all he needs to win is more name, image and likeness (NIL) cash.

Johnson should be helped on July 1, when NCAA schools can begin spending up to $20 million a year to buy athletes in addition to NIL money.

Charley Walters: Not so fast on Twins’ sale by Pohlads

There has been misguided reporting elsewhere that a sale of the Minnesota Twins is expected to be done by Opening Day this season.

www.twincities.com

Go Gophers!!

Should Charles be judged by the full body of his journalism or only by each piece he writes? Write a good piece, keep the job. Write a bad piece, get fired.
Or, should the full body of work be what the manager uses to decide whether to keep him?
If Charles averages only 1/3 good articles to 2/3 bad articles, would the manager be more than justified in firing Marcus and hiring a new journalist?

Marcus, what do you think? Is the whole of your work the means by which you are judged or should the manager only judge you by your last article?

 

[MNVCGUY]

Shooter chimes in:

>> Aside from a season-ending collapse, notable victories at USC and UCLA last week should now make it an easy call to retain Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson, who is signed through 2027. Johnson has proven all he needs to win is more name, image and likeness (NIL) cash.

Johnson should be helped on July 1, when NCAA schools can begin spending up to $20 million a year to buy athletes in addition to NIL money.

Charley Walters: Not so fast on Twins’ sale by Pohlads

There has been misguided reporting elsewhere that a sale of the Minnesota Twins is expected to be done by Opening Day this season.

www.twincities.com

Go Gophers!!

I mean this seals it right.....Ben is 100% getting fired.

Holy crap Shooter needs to retire. The victories over UCA and UCLA were great but they were followed by a home loss to a bad Penn State team.....and the team is battling to just not miss the BTT.

If we had to conduct a poll as to who is a worse at their current job - Ben Johnson or Charley Walters......I actually think Shooter might win.

 

[Bad Gopher]

I mean this seals it right.....Ben is 100% getting fired.

Holy crap Shooter needs to retire. I mean the victories over UCA and UCLA were great but they were followed by a home loss to a bad Penn State team.....and the team is battling to just not miss the BTT.

If we had to conduct a poll as to who is a worse at their current job - Ben Johnson or Charley Walters......I actually think Shooter might win.

Cherry picking two games out of a disastrous four-year run...in a season where the AD set the bar at NCAA tournament qualification...SMH

If Coyle indeed moves the goalposts from the NCAAs to what we're experiencing--a wildly inconsistent season, barely making the conference tournament field, with a few upsets--that's a slap in the face to the fan base. The fans of this team aren't stupid. They know the potential of this program under the right leadership, and they know what well-coached basketball looks like. I don't doubt Coyle is getting an earful from longer-tenured and well-heeled fans, including what it would take to increase donations and NIL initiatives. Hint: nobody is telling Coyle that keeping Johnson will loosen up their wallets. That as much as anything is what gives me hope for a necessary change.

 

[Johnnyboy18]

Cherry picking two games out of a disastrous four-year run...in a season where the AD set the bar at NCAA tournament qualification...SMH

If Coyle indeed moves the goalposts from the NCAAs to what we're experiencing--a wildly inconsistent season, barely making the conference tournament field, with a few upsets--that's a slap in the face to the fan base. The fans of this team aren't stupid. They know the potential of this program under the right leadership, and they know what well-coached basketball looks like. I don't doubt Coyle is getting an earful from longer-tenured and well-heeled fans, including what it would take to increase donations and NIL initiatives. Hint: nobody is telling Coyle that keeping Johnson will loosen up their wallets. That as much as anything is what gives me hope for a necessary change.

What is the potential of this program and where does it rank amongst teams in the conference?

 

[Bad Gopher]

What is the potential of this program and where does it rank amongst teams in the conference?

It's a fair question, and it's what I posted in the other thread. BleedGopher said it better that I ever could, so read his reply to the thread about what a reasonable expectation of this program should be. There's no logical and rational reason why this program can't accomplish what the Badgers and Hawkeyes have over the years.

 

[CentralGopher]

Shooter chimes in:

>> Aside from a season-ending collapse, notable victories at USC and UCLA last week should now make it an easy call to retain Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson, who is signed through 2027. Johnson has proven all he needs to win is more name, image and likeness (NIL) cash.

Johnson should be helped on July 1, when NCAA schools can begin spending up to $20 million a year to buy athletes in addition to NIL money.

Charley Walters: Not so fast on Twins’ sale by Pohlads

There has been misguided reporting elsewhere that a sale of the Minnesota Twins is expected to be done by Opening Day this season.

www.twincities.com

Go Gophers!!

I don’t understand how our media can be so clueless

 

[MNVCGUY]

It's a fair question, and it's what I posted in the other thread. BleedGopher said it better that I ever could, so read his reply to the thread about what a reasonable expectation of this program should be. There's no logical and rational reason why this program can't accomplish what the Badgers and Hawkeyes have over the years.

To me the Iowa/Wisconsin benchmark is a great one. If it can be done at either of those schools there is no reason a similar level of success can't be accomplished here.

 

[MNVCGUY]

I don’t understand how our media can be so clueless

I mean.....Shooter has been this clueless for a long time now. Less excuse for the others but in regards to Shooter this is pretty much par for the course with his terrible takes.

 

[Rocksoldier]

To me the Iowa/Wisconsin benchmark is a great one. If it can be done at either of those schools there is no reason a similar level of success can't be accomplished here.

Absolutely thank you that’s what I’ve been saying. I’m not asking to compete for final fours every year, but we should be able to keep up with Wisconsin and Iowa year in and year out

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

Shooter chimes in:

>> Aside from a season-ending collapse, notable victories at USC and UCLA last week should now make it an easy call to retain Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson, who is signed through 2027. Johnson has proven all he needs to win is more name, image and likeness (NIL) cash.

Johnson should be helped on July 1, when NCAA schools can begin spending up to $20 million a year to buy athletes in addition to NIL money.

Charley Walters: Not so fast on Twins’ sale by Pohlads

There has been misguided reporting elsewhere that a sale of the Minnesota Twins is expected to be done by Opening Day this season.

www.twincities.com

Go Gophers!!

This is really f-ing annoying that so many media types are calling for him to retain his job. Ben Johnson has not done A SINGLE THING at even a sub-par level since he's been here. I would go back to monson in a heartbeat over this nonsense.

 

[Tucker32]

Call me a dreamer if you must, but I aspire to greater things for this program than settling for 9th place conference finishes and being a 10 seed in the NCAA tournament once every 3 to 4 years. Maybe we won’t reach the success of a Wisconsin, but we definitely won’t if Coyle is afraid to take the shot.

Agreed. And there is no reason we can't reach WI success. That is all about the coaches they have had, not any built in advantages.

 

[Bad Gopher]

Agreed. And there is no reason we can't reach WI success. That is all about the coaches they have had, not any built in advantages.

That said, we should be realistic and willing to walk before we run. The good news is that our footholds will be sturdy. In other words, any Big Ten job is sought after and valued. It's exceedingly rare for Big Ten teams to have their coach poached. If we find the right guy, we'll almost certainly be able to retain him.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Call me a dreamer if you must, but I aspire to greater things for this program than settling for 9th place conference finishes and being a 10 seed in the NCAA tournament once every 3 to 4 years. Maybe we won’t reach the success of a Wisconsin, but we definitely won’t if Coyle is afraid to take the shot.

If we finish top half of the conference consistently (which 9th place is), I think we're making the tourney more than every 3 to 4 years

 

[Otis]

The madness has to end!

Gophers are somehow 1-3 vs the top three teams in the conference.

Also, 1-2 vs the bottom three teams. With a good chance of being 1-3.

 

[howeda7]

Cherry picking two games out of a disastrous four-year run...in a season where the AD set the bar at NCAA tournament qualification...SMH

If Coyle indeed moves the goalposts from the NCAAs to what we're experiencing--a wildly inconsistent season, barely making the conference tournament field, with a few upsets--that's a slap in the face to the fan base. The fans of this team aren't stupid. They know the potential of this program under the right leadership, and they know what well-coached basketball looks like. I don't doubt Coyle is getting an earful from longer-tenured and well-heeled fans, including what it would take to increase donations and NIL initiatives. Hint: nobody is telling Coyle that keeping Johnson will loosen up their wallets. That as much as anything is what gives me hope for a necessary change.

Just in case: Go Nerds.

 

[howeda7]

Should Charles be judged by the full body of his journalism or only by each piece he writes? Write a good piece, keep the job. Write a bad piece, get fired.
Or, should the full body of work be what the manager uses to decide whether to keep him?
If Charles averages only 1/3 good articles to 2/3 bad articles, would the manager be more than justified in firing Marcus and hiring a new journalist?

Marcus, what do you think? Is the whole of your work the means by which you are judged or should the manager only judge you by your last article?

If Ben won 1/3 of his B1G games he'd almost be assured to get another year. Sadly he's well short of that high bar.

 

[howeda7]

I mean.....Shooter has been this clueless for a long time now. Less excuse for the others but in regards to Shooter this is pretty much par for the course with his terrible takes.

Doogies been playing the same song. The LA wins "seal the deal" and the revenue sharing is some huge change that will make it easier for Poor Ben to recruit. Even though every power 5 team will get the same revenue sharing.

 

[GopherBlood777]

Doogies been playing the same song. The LA wins "seal the deal" and the revenue sharing is some huge change that will make it easier for Poor Ben to recruit. Even though every power 5 team will get the same revenue sharing.

But we might not lose to North Texas next year! Just think about Ben's non-conference dominance once he gets revenue sharing. He might still have a 20% win rate in conference, but who really cares?! Not Marcus, or Lavelle, or Doogie, or Shooter apparently.

 

[Dave H]

All this discussion is identical to the discussion in the winter of 2006, when there was much discussion about whether or not Joel Maturi would sack Dan Monson at the end of that year.

(Spoiler: Maturi wouldn't pull the trigger, and it would take until the following December and a wipeout at the hands of Clemson for Monson to finally get the sack).

Uh huh...and Joel Maturi is still the AD so totally relevant. Wait...

 

[Dave H]

Does anyone think hiring Craig Smith now or 4 years ago would make the program different than it is now? If so why? He couldn't win at Utah why would he win here with worse or at best similar resources? Pay for a big time coach or fight for 15th for the rest of time.

He would have a better record yes. Still likely not a very good record, but I would bet he has more wins than Ben. (and likely gets fired like Ben as well)

 

[Dave H]

What is the potential of this program and where does it rank amongst teams in the conference?

In general? The same as it was under Clem. No one is expecting a Tom Izzo type run but how about a team that wins more conference games than it loses half the time?

 

[mngolf]

Such an easy call...

Walter's crap is always terrible and wrong. Would never read his useless junk again

 

[howeda7]

Walter's crap is always terrible and wrong. Would never read his useless junk again

He's not the same since his Little Birdie died....

 

[MNVCGUY]

Doogies been playing the same song. The LA wins "seal the deal" and the revenue sharing is some huge change that will make it easier for Poor Ben to recruit. Even though every power 5 team will get the same revenue sharing.

Doogie is just about as big a waste of time as Shooter. But it is interesting to see how some of the local hacks are so gung ho to just completely ignore the first part of the season now that the team has been playing a little better overall.

I get that we have had some nice wins during the Big Ten season but that doesn't erase the fact that we are 6-10 in conference play so far and most of the loses have not been close games at all.

And yeah, the revenue sharing angle is an unknown factor for next year and beyond that alone doesn't justify giving Johnson another shot to build the roster when his other attempts to this point having come close to producing a truly good team.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Walter's crap is always terrible and wrong. Would never read his useless junk again

The only time I see his stuff is when it gets posted here. And everytime it is, I am shocked that he is still employed given the stupidity of what he writes.