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...
Or that he isn’t looking for a job. I’m not tight with the coaching world, but the few people I do know say he is well thought of at least as an assistant. My take is that if he really wanted to go back to work, he could very easily. Maybe not exactly where and on the level he wants, but he...
Glad I got some of the younger generation in my clan there a couple of times this year.
Great memories of games and college. Another data point demonstrating how old I’m getting.🙁