Recent content by CPTMidnight

My words. I am shocked at how much of a pass Coyle gets here in the basketball forum - bizarre really. The program was destroyed under his reign. Another quick anecdote - casually mentioned the "Ben Johnson" firing last week to a couple we barely know - the guy refs NCAA games. Response -...

Football - Meh. I will admit to watching some hockey more because the neighbor kid plays on the team.

(apologies if this has been posted already) Coyle is, without a doubt, the worst AD in the Big10 for basketball and arguably for revenue sports in general. Pitino management, Pitino fire timing, Ben hire (stop with the excuses people), Ben management, Ben fire timing, NIL strategies (or lack...

I had decided that Gopher basketball was not worth following until Coyle was gone. Hmmm... Lets see with Nico has to say.

Finally a new coach! Is Coyle gone too or are we still stuck with him?

Hate to say it but I am losing interest. I would really like to be into the new phase of College Basketball where everyone is paid. In fact, I have no problem with players getting some sort of cut but in its current state it is, frankly, boring. What if we lost all our good guys every year...

I say keep Ben and fire Coyle. Its the only way to be sure.

Maybe we could hire their AD away from Texas as a start.

Lets be fair - the NCAA legal team is pretty busy right now responding to the women athletes' lawsuit where the girl athletes are requesting bodily privacy in the locker room and female only competition on the field - to mess around with the stupid NIL issue.

Admittedly, I am not that big of a Gopher Football fan but here is my understanding. Coyle has elevated the Football team from a 52% (Kill/Claeys era) to 59%(Fleck) winning percentage and the trend is down a bit over the last 2 years (I think). Is that respectable? From the football fans -...

I'm telling you guys - this goes above Ben. Developing and Orchestrating NIL is the key to success now and it is not a part of Ben's Job Description. Certainly a big coaching name can help but nurturing NIL falls squarely on the shoulders of Coyle. ...and we are way, way, WAY behind. People...

The NCAA is almost worthless at this point and should be broken up. The conferences need to take control back and just manage their own schools. If a group of conferences takes the next step and agrees to play by the same rules - great. At this point the only solution that I can see is for...

I guess I'm just a simple guy trying to understand how this works. Since it sounds like you are in a teaching mode - help me understand. How many more coaches will it take for Coyle to turn the BB program around? Does he need 1, 2, or even 3 more BB coaches to get it right? Can you give me a...

Were you at the summer roadshow ~3 years ago when Coyle addressed how NIL would change the AD role role? He seemed unsure on how to approach it then and it is clear he is behind and we don't have a ton of hope to catch up to the more successful schools. I am sure he is a nice guy but he is...

He oversees the program, he hired and manages the current coach (proudly btw) the trajectory of 8+ years is way down from a mediocre program back then, and we are getting outworked on the NIL side from no name schools. Football also has dipped (I would guess NIL will hit them hard also) Who...