Id consider 8-4 (5-4) to be successful in as much as it wouldnt be a disappointment. For it to be successful in the sense that I am really pleased with the outcome, id say 10 wins (including postseason).
Tubby made it every other year, that certainly seems like a realistic standard given that we decided it wasn't enough and fired him for that level of performance.
I think wing span is one of my top four bits in gopherhole history, joining year zero, the knife wielding polar bear, and AJ Barker's mom's best friend.
I wish out of conference scheduling would be taken out of the hands of individual schools. It already seems weird in a sports leagues that teams get to pick their regular season opponents to fit their objectives for the season, and too many schools, especially colleges in Minneapolis, have...
Where this ended up was inevitable and should have been obvious. People who didn't see it coming when they pushed to change the system were being either willfully blind or incredibly naive. I know there was some cute NIL utopia some envisioned, but that was never a possibility.
If we hire a coach with less recent success than our current coach, that will not convince me that we have increased our chances of winning the last one.
If we do go for a new coach, we should look for someone with a high level of recent success. Like being in two frozen fours and winning 3 conference titles in the last four years.
In with you on 2008. Felt like we were headed somewhere. Michigan and Wisconsin were having bad years, I bet if we would have beat NW we would have been favored every game as long as we kept winning. Instead it was the beginning of the end for coach brew. His high water mark.