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Exactly what every college hockey team does right now with juniors.

The search process to hire a men's basketball coach after Richard Pitino was fired was different than every search Coyle has conducted here. The entire process was different. There was a reason for that. This isn't a rumor.

He was born in Iowa City, but grew up in Storm Lake and went to his first two years of college in Mason City. I don't think being born in Iowa City deters him from taking a high-paying Big Ten job if it is offered. 100% agree.

Much of it will depend on how each school divides up the revenue share and distributes directly to players. Football will get most of it at most schools. If Minnesota devotes a higher percent to MBB than others, then maybe there's a break through from a player payment standpoint. I am not...

Why wouldn't McCollum take the Minnesota job? What would make it a longshot? He's a career Division II coach who has 9 career wins at the Division I level. And, only one of those wins so far is remotely impressive. He should crawl to Minneapolis to take a $2 million+ per year pay raise...

Virginia Tech is in a bit of chaos right now. Fired the DC, OL coach, and strength guy yesterday. https://hokiesports.com/news/2024/12/12/pry-announces-staff-changes In addition, VT has least 14 players now in portal, including at least five starters. Likely to see several opt outs from...

Or, would the old Drake guy leave after one season? DeVries grew up 3 hours from the Twin Cities. Could Coyle pull in a second West Virginia coach with roots in a neighboring state after one season in Morgantown?

Or, a current NBA assistant who has won an NBA title, someone with NBA head coaching experience, and who is a die hard Gopher and who would take the job in an instant?? Would Ryan Saunders be a fit? He's still only 38 years old.

100%. The biggest thing is they have to let Coyle do his job. No mandates from above, no search committees, no interviews with multiple people involved. Don't let the process get watered down and influenced by nonsense. Let Coyle go get his guy. He is strategic and good at it. Conducting...

I think there is a pending case about this very thing. I think the premise of the case is that as long as someone is enrolled in school and a student, the NCAA cannot take away their ability to earn money and limit the number of years they can play sports. Some experts believe there's a chance...

The fact that a walk-on in Annexstad beat Morgan out during the very first open competition Morgan faced indicates there may have been a fair competition. Then Morgan proceeds to go 13-2 in his first 15 starts after Annexstad got hurt....unlikely there was ever a time there would be an open...

Yet, somehow during Mason's tenure at Minnesota, every Big Ten team won at least a share of a Big Ten title except him, Michigan State and Indiana. The Big Ten was never easier to win than during Mason's tenure. And he helmed one of the three programs to fail to do it at least once while he...

Quinn has no eligibility left. He is a sixth year guy and has exhausted everything. He did announce will play in the bowl game.

Nebraska was in the Gator Bowl the year prior. And, didn't travel well at all. Sold less than 2000 tickets from their allotment. That scared the Citrus Bowl, so they took the Gophers over the Huskers. Cornhuskers fans are well known for traveling to regular season road games all over the...

I think the poster may have been referring to the first extension that Ben signed, which came after year one. That was a year in which he tied for last place in the Big Ten and got the 14th seed in the 14-team Big Ten Tourney.

I generally agree with you on this, I don't feel publicly held companies should be throwing money at college athletes when they have to answer to stock holders on profits, etc. However, I would offer that the major corporation located in Memphis (FedEx) may feel it worthwhile to be a booster to...

One great year? In his seven seasons as a head coach, he has two seasons of winning 30+ games and his other five seasons have been 21+ wins. He was in the Sweet 16 last year and in the National Championship game the season before that. He has won three conference titles in a tough league and...

Coyle already stole one basketball coach who spent one year at WVU. Maybe he can steal another.

This is truth. Part of the reason football is getting "most" of the NIL money is because PJ has been very aggressive in seeking it, meeting with big donors, and raising the money on his own, etc. The recent $1 million matching situation is a direct result of PJ's efforts.

I actually think one could argue that Ben Johnson was the opposite of "up and coming" when hired at Minnesota as head coach. He had been a career assistant for 16 years prior to his hiring. The schools he was at made three (3) NCAA tourneys in those 16 years. Three. Twice at Northern Iowa...