Dear Holy Man:
On behalf of the Golden Gopher family, I want to thank you for your long and dedicated commitment to Gopher basketball. Our long-term season ticketholders are as much a part of Gopher basketball history as the raised floor at The Barn, the wafting smell of popcorn, Goldy...
I was on a panel once where people from the athletic department were asking questions about how to develop/maintain/strengthen the season ticketholders' connection to the department. I suggested some type of gift in recognition of longevity milestones, e.g. something at 10 years, something a...
The UConn Communications guy got it right in his statement:
“The lasting image of coach Hurley leaving the court should have been his walking off the court arm-in-arm with his seniors, overwhelmed with emotion.”
What he got wrong is that it was Hurley's outburst and then his own reaction to...
Two things. First, Coach Brew was the interim head coach at Charlotte this fall and expressed an interest in being named HC going forward. He didn't get the job and it doesn't appear that he was retained on staff by the new coach. I am not aware of him getting a new job.
Second...
What's the time frame to determine who made the "better hire?" If you mean who will most people say has the better coach when practice starts in the fall, I'd guess Iowa will win that debate. If you mean who, looking back in five years, advanced their program the most beyond their current...
That raises an interesting question--when the Twins trade for a pitcher do they schedule him for arm surgery right away or do they wait until three weeks into spring training?