Great decisions moving FROM campus to dt Minneapolis, hiring Jim Wacker, hiring Tim Brewster, being scared $hitless of doing anything with nil enabling others to lead. Ignoring and Not funding the programs for decades.
I dunno, they stuck with Ferentz through a stretch of winning 8, 7, 4, 8, and 7 games. Most of Ferentz’s success came in the first
Neither does Indiana. Consistently finish 5th/6th or higher, and that success will lead to a higher recruiting profile. Not top ten, but would consistently be top 20/25.
Good grief get it all out. You know it's almost 2026, right?
You wanna keep bitching about past decisions? Or deal with the current realities? Kill and PJ have had more administrative support. How can you claim no administrative support when they are charging all students a fee for athletics? Who do you think approved that?
Are you tithing your 10% to the nil fund?
Just got back from Oregon and was going to post something similar. It was by far the best football production-show I’ve seen live and the fans were really into it. And quite a few Gopher fans made the big screen cam shots.
Sure do. I've watched from the stands for decades, so yes.
"More"
Tell me exactly what administrative support they didn’t have.
1. Keeping the team playing on campus.
That was 44 years ago old man. I said the administration has provided more support starting during Kill, and continuing during Fleck.
This old man has witnessed a lot. You asked and I provided an answer, actually a great answer.
Criticizing PJ for his performance against Iowa, and Cal are legitimate criticisms, that’s apples to apples, but don’t forget Nebraska, Purdue, Michigan State. Need to look at his record across all. Unless your argument is PJ isn’t as good as Frentz. But that’s not the same argument as when can get someone better.
You are confusing Texas Tech with Texas A&M, but your point is valid.
That is correct. The numbers thrown out for this year for Oregon is around $30MM, and it’s all from collectives and alumni. Note this years totals are before any university revenue sharing. Revenue sharing between Oregon and University of Minnesota will be close to equivalent, but their collective and alumni donations won’t stop.
Ferentz is an exceptional coach, he is the longest tenure in the B1G. So if your argument he is better than PJ, I think most would say you are making a strong argument.
Here are two corroborating sources.
hightopsport.com
Said like someone who is fearful of success.
The fans of Indiana said they same, until they didn't.
Since Fleck got here in 2017? I believe that was the initial statement made by @btowngopher.
www.sports-reference.com
Amen.
I don’t think anyone thinks NIL is going down. What will be scrutinized is revenue sharing, the money that the school pays the athletes. The money paid by endorsements, collectives, and Alumni won’t change at all.
You some how think the administration from 1980 is the same as the administration from 2017. We all know they didn’t support for along time. Your blind if you think it hasn’t changed.
Yeah, good point. It’s not that the twin cities doesn’t have more money than Tuscaloosa, it is does the fan base value a championship program as much
Indiana is an anomaly. Anomalies will happen. Think of it like MLB, the highest payroll teams win a disproportionate number of championships. The top 20% payrolls have won 80% of the World Series over the last 20 years. But there are those teams that are in the lower 80% payrolls that win a championship from time to time. But they don’t have a trophy case that compares to the Yankees or the Red Sox.
considering Mark Coyle's salary is in the top 1/3 of the BIG, and PJ's salary is the 31st most in the entire country, then yes... we should expect more, ALOT more. Otherwise Mark Coyle's and PJ's salaries should be reduced considerably to reflect the success they have. Mark Coyle said himself after the blowout at OSU, that fans should not expect the U of MN to compete with OSU because of the large difference in athletic budgets between the two schools. Well if that's how Mark Coyle feels then why does he pay himself almost the equivalent of the helmet schools of the BIG. If he can't put a competitive product out there, then why should he be paid like someone who does.
