He's in the semi-sunset of his career, gets to go back home, coach in a great environment. I think you're probably right he is working for a discounted rate. And I agree with you, I would too.
I didn't find a thread that seemed to fit so I'll throw it in here since it at least involves Maryland. When I look at tonight's games, the ones that have me jazzed the most are BYU-Bama and Arkansas-Texas Tech. I think Maryland gets bounced tonight. Duke-Arizona interesting matchup also. Just...
If I'm tracking this right, it would not have involved Penn at all anyway. He was fired, and either way Penn wouldn't be involved other than their own terms with Fran. It's more about would Fran have had to accept less from Iowa in the event he took another job in x mo's, etc.
I just think Gopher fans are so worn down by the late-to-the-game portal signees from past season in particular, that folks don't trust it will be different now. I feel like Niko probably embraces the clean slate and he can quickly turn via portal. He definitely has some work to do at all but...
This reminded me of a couple summers ago, sitting next to a starting corner on Texas' football team on a flight. We visited most of the flight, talking about who he played against in HS basketball, be it during the season, or AAU. He also shared pic's of his leased cars, AND owned cars. I was...