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    What is wrong with this team?

    You continue to look for any possible way to spin to the negative. Evans is the highest rated recruit that we've attracted in 20 years... AND he's not from Minnesota! Christie has been rated in the top 100 by multiple services AND is the brother of a one and done player who went to Michigan...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    How old are you?! You are using a U email address as your moniker so I get the sense that you are either a current student or graduated within the last 10 years. I can safely say that you are less than 35 unless you are a prof. Thompson was recruited by Pitino. Thompson has improved but doesn't...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    Carrington is coming off of an ankle injury. Have you ever played ball? Did your game suffer due to an injury? If you have played, you would know that it can take a couple of weeks to trust your body again after an injury. Did you watch Sam Jacobson early in his Gopher career? He really...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    You're using the wrong tense... lots of fans thought our guards were more capable than they have shown thus far in 7 games. Cooper appeared to be more solid and to be a true pass-first PG that this team lacked last year. Carrington and Henley were expected to be more talented than Loewe and...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    Why do you feel that they are stuck in reverse? Will the new players not improve with more experience? Will the new talent coming next year be duds? So many fans in this board have sounded miserable for the last 18 months or so. Why do they put themselves through this? Fans really only have a...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    Cooper would likely not be given as much crap if he was hitting his FTs. He has been a stat sheet stuffer which shows me that he is at least trying. He may not have the most lateral quickness on D but he is running a clean game as a starting PG on the offensive end. Johnson and Thorson have...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    1. Newbies include Garcia and Cooper. I have been most disappointed in Garcia's effort this season. I thought he was ready to get after it. 2. I have previously shared that I am not a fan of Johnson not using every scholarship. Betts was getting a lot of attention from some bigger names over...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    We can't win if Battle THINKS that he needs to score 30 to win. A veteran player like Battle should be smart enough to know that he could help the team in other ways in addition to scoring.
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    What is wrong with this team?

    I would have liked to get some more talent in the portal last year. Its not like Johnson didn't try. As a coach completing his first year after coaching a last place team, he just wasn't able to sell the program or playing time to players in the portal. When he wasn't successful, he didn't cry...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    Nice post. A couple of comments... 1 and 3-1. I just posted that they need to play with a little more energy effort. I think the team is thinking too much. Maybe the newbies aren't grasping the offense so they may need to rachet back a bit and just simplify their sets. On D, they need to get...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    Or it just feels as bad as you think! This has been tough. I don't mind a well-played loss but they've just not had a lot of effort this year. I wish I could understand what is going on. Youth is one thing but there should always be effort... even if its just a mad scramble. A little more effort...
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    What is wrong with this team?

    You are missing a couple of wins. Penn State on Feb. 12 and Northwestern on Feb. 19. Not exactly championship contenders but wanted to point out the omission.
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    What is wrong with this team?

    Foot injury can certainly have a big effect. It is possible that the injury has healed but he doesn't trust it. Team play this year versus last is confounding. Almost all new personnel but that is not the only factor. I wonder if this team just doesn't have the drive. I have no idea why.
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    ***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA AT VIRGINIA TECH BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

    Not to be that guy but Johnson recruited Henley too so maybe give him some chops for sticking with him? Henley looked good the first couple of games but is clearly in his own head. I agree that he may need to come off the bench for a bit until he is right again.
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    What is wrong with this team?

    You won't be banned for speaking like this. This is one of the most sane things that you have posted. In this case, however, you are not correct. Johnson has been mentored by plenty of others besides Pitino.
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    Gopher Volleyball 2022 Season

    The only reason for confidence that you should need is that they just beat two top ten teams on the road. If that's not enough to give you at least a little bit of hope, I don't know what will. At the end of the day, it is the nature of sports to have upsets and underdogs making a run. That's...
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    STrib: Ben Johnson wants Gophers to learn from mistakes: 'Youth can't be an excuse'

    Good grief. Some posters will literally dissect anything that a coach says to spin into something to complain about. It is so childish and counterproductive.
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    This team is fun on paper, but why does it look so bad? | Gopherhole

    Sadly, this is/has been true for many D-1 teams. Players often pay too much attention to the 3 point line instead of probing the defense to find the best shot or passing angle. Players should need only be aware of the 3 point line when they are preparing to receive a kick out. Too many players...
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    This team is fun on paper, but why does it look so bad? | Gopherhole

    To be clear... I am not trying to refute or argue with you. I liked the fact that you introduced some additional variables. You asked what they were aiming for and I simply provided the word that Johnson used to describe their play. I followed by saying that this year's squad has yet to show...



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