Recent content by Ewert86PC

About time? Oh, I can't imagine why.

Did I ask a rhetorical question or not?

Binford Tools? You bet!

Well, so much for that. Lose the argument and go for the ad hominem fallacy.

I'll take Creighton in this fool's betting pool.

Does anybody really know what time it is?

The point is ... of all the key elements of a head coach, UMN ignored most of them and were strident about focusing on the one that was going to blowup their face. They caved to political pressure to start checking demographic identity boxes rather than focusing on core skills.

R.I.P. Al Shaver :cry:

Exactly. So why was just recruiting skill enough to hire an inexperienced head coach who need training wheels and didn't check off one other box for critical coach skills?

Kids chasing money is the new norm in college basketball recruiting. If Ben is a good recruiter, then he has to adapt his skills to the times. Otherwise, recruiting will not be his strength.

But it is a Ben Johnson issue. Ben's biggest skillset was touted as recruiting. Well, thanks to NIL, recruiting has changed drastically and I haven't seen any indication that Ben has adjusted his strength, recruiting, to keep pace with the changes. His recruiting skills have been greatly...

But Ben's recruiting skills (making connections and getting commitments) were the one thing that was touted as a reason to make him a training wheels coach in a Power 4/5/6 Conference. In-game coaching, game preparation, and public relations were supposed to be the things he would need more...

U Welcome to modern college sports.

#FIFY

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