My understanding is that Rose and Jim didn’t want it themselves. Their money is all over the place in ministry and their names are not on any of it. They had to be convinced that it would help in other ways. They may have been the most low ego philanthropists in the Twin Cities ever.
Probably...
I read somewhere that it was at least partially driven by Nebraskas collapse at the end of last season. Suggestion was that they may have squeezed into the NCAA tournament if they made the conference tournament and had a little run. Opinion fueled by them winning the Crown post season...
In days gone by, it might have been a family related move to get off the road, but as speculated above, I think Strib was too cheap to send him on the road.
For those mocking, I’m curious how many of them have done the same thing for the same employer for 20 years. That’s a long haul by 21st...