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PJ’s recruiting has light years to go to ever be able to seriously compete with the big boys

Cook is just not that great of a coach, gophers could have and should have done better than Cook.

I think Nebraska has swept like 10-11 matches in a row this season. If the gophers win a set they will be lucky

He’s a true freshman 4 star from Orange Lutheran in Los Angeles, TJ Lateef

If he is ever going to leave this would be the year. There are a lot of good jobs open or soon to be open and not a lot of high end coaching talent out there. PJ may be 5th or more on a schools wish list and still get the job because they struck out on all the other guys.

Easier path to the playoff in that conference

If former Arkansas coach Houston Nutt is any indication. Arkansas fans would be okay with PJ’s schtick. Nutt is still beloved by a large part of their fanbase and had the nickname of the “reverend” because of his sermons and schtick with the fanbase when coaching there.

The only reason he doesn’t recruit those players is because he can’t get them at Minnesota.

Agreed, the market is what people are willing to pay. Now if some schools and their fanbases are upset that they can’t afford the price, that’s a you problem that those schools and fanbases need to address with fundraising for their programs. It isn’t the responsibility of financial...

this is the year if any for PJ to leave and get an upgraded position. A ton of good job openings and not a ton of proven winners. Not a good year to have a job opening if not a blue blood, those schools will all be fighting over table scraps

I think it’s two things. 1. Like PJ says he isn’t for everyone, including coaches. 2. He doesn’t have the money to hire elite coaches. Most elite coaches have a dream of being a head coach but to do that they need elite talent to put up stats for the side of the ball they are coordinating...

Not a ton more than Minnesota but again, has Iowa’s success been that much different or substantially better than Minnesota’s during the PJ tenure? Neither program is a serious contender to win the Big Ten. Are you wanting to scrap it all to try and hope to get a Ferentz level production(I.e...

At some point you have to face reality. Little to no in-state talent, poor fan support and no big money donors. You have to fix those issues first otherwise you’re just shuffling the deck chairs on the titanic. There isn’t a Nick Saban walking into Huntington Bank stadium that could overcome...

Do you really want to fire him with the jobs already open or likely to be open by seasons end. How many of those open jobs are worse than the gophers from a financial/NIL and in-state talent standpoint. Not many are worse which means the gophers aren’t likely to get a proven winner as a...

Massive talent disparity especially related to speed