At this point, I envision Shooter being like Milton in Office Space, relegated to the basement and not even getting paid, but still showing up for work regardless.
lol.....can totally picture that.....classic.
Yep, it won't happen overnight. But the nice thing about basketball is it can happen pretty quick. There are a number of examples this year of long-dormant programs doing really well.
Find a coach with the ability to inspire people. That's the foundation of everything. That was a good bit of Clem's effectiveness. Read his introduction to the book he wrote where he describes the state of Minnesota high school basketball when he was hired here. He and his wife drove around when they were here for his interview and observed more hockey nets in driveways than basketball goals. He remarked to her that, if he took the job, they had some work to do. He doesn't get enough credit for the basketball culture here that he had a big role in helping create, including through behind-the-scenes advocacy. The T-Wolves emergence at the same time was the other big piece, of course, but Haskins and the Gophers' tournament runs in 1989 and 1990 did a lot to make this a good basketball town.
I was told there would be cake.....
Clem was cleaner than about 75% of the guys coaching at the top programs today.
Who cares?
As long as he can listen to the radio at a reasonable level.
UU decided that four years without a NCAA berth is all they needed to see. Objectively, someone like Smith should actually get more grace than someone like Johnson because of his prior track record of success that you refer to. It's reasonable to wonder whether he still might have been able to make it happen there, but the clock ran out on him.
It is definitely strange how a handful of local media types have latched onto this idea that Ben should be back next year based on what has happened this year.
As long as we fire Johnson then I would say our standards are very similar to Utah's. Reading the ESPN story you could basically use it as a template for the story when Johnson is fired. Couple nice wins this year, no NCAA tournaments.....lot of similarities in the two situations.Utes fire hoops coach Smith during fourth season
Utah has fired men's basketball coach Craig Smith, who has a 65-62 record in nearly four seasons but no NCAA tournament appearances.www.espn.com
Our standards are lower than Utah
Doogie claims Utah has big NIL while poor Ben has none. This does not seem to be true but it makes a nice excuse.
FFS. This shit is really starting to piss me off. These guys are ridiculous.
Doogie and Chad are the last of the Siddites.
So I just checked, Shooter is 78 so maybe Doogie thinks he is going to retire soon and is working to get as many stupid takes out there as possible so that he will be considered for Shooter's old gig when the time comes.
Bottom of the PAC 12 is big? I'm not seeing it.
Dumb.
Shooter will die on the job, just like Sid.
Sadly you are probably right.....then again if someone is stupid enough to give you a paycheck for writing nonsense I guess it is tough to fault him to cashing the checks.
Like Sid, this is Charley’s life, he knows nothing else. Keeling over in a press box is likely his preferred way to go. Honestly, the Pioneer Press could have AI write the column post-death and nobody would know the difference.
We had a Rich with coach friends.