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    All Things 2025 NCAA Tournament Games Thread

    Gonzaga in the round of 32 for the 16th straight tournament. If the Gophers aren't in, I cheer for the Zags.
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    Pathetic Schedule

    That nonconference schedule was ridiculous. I hope we never see anything even resembling that again. Can't imagine any serious team and player development happened in those games that you couldn't get from your own practice squad. And it put us in a spot where we would have needed a very good...
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    2024-25 Gopher Hockey Season

    BC got exposed!
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    The Case for Niko (aka Niko’s Case)

    But does he have the skills to blow Coyle away during the interview?
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    Where will Ben land?

    I would think if he wants it he could be a head coach at a D1 mid major somewhere. He had awful performance here, so I don't think he will be highly sought after, but also no major scandals and at least now he has been exposed to the workings and nuts and bolts of being a D1 head coach (it's a...
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    Hole Poll: What grade would you give Mark Coyle in his decision to hire Ben Johnson as the Gophers coach?

    The grade you give the hire at the time it was made is like the preseason football rankings when Nebraska is looking pretty good. All hype, no games have been played yet. Like the football rankings, what really matters is how a hire is graded at the end of the tenure. In this case, a clear F.
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    COYLE FIRES BEN JOHNSON!!!!!!

    Definitely better than when, if memory serves, Tubby heard about it through a media leak before he was told to his face.
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    COYLE FIRES BEN JOHNSON!!!!!!

    At least when he does it in a middle of the night press release, the communication leaves the public actually knowing whether he was fired. If he does it live in front of cameras, we don't know if it was a mutual decision or if he is going to honor the full contract (props to Johnny for...
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    Fire Ben Johnson

    How is he on the selection committee? I almost can't think of a person whose opinion i would take on basketball performance less seriously.
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    Does anyone have Mark Coyle’s email?

    I don't think he emails, he texts his wife about how he expects to be in the NCAA tournament
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    ESPN's Jeff Borzello: "As of time of publish, it seems Ben Johnson is likely to get another year at Minnesota."

    But Whalen wasn't fired, right? I thought Coyle said it was a mutual decision.
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    Future Gopher Coach Discussion

    I really don't feel like this is the time to be talking about replacing the coach. I've had my share of frustrations with some of his coaching and recruiting. That said, when this year is over, we will have been conference champions in 3 of the last 4 years (including this year where we shared...
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    Poll: Should Mark Coyle give Ben Johnson a 5th year?

    We've seen different results. Tubby's years we're not amazing nor where I wanted/hoped them to be, but they were not close to the same ballpark as Johnson's. Even Pitino saw a level of success appreciably better than Johnson's. It's not like Johnson is just the most recent in a long line of...
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    Drake wins. Next UMN Coach?

    E You could make it to year four year with a performance that would have you fired much earlier at Iowa or indiana
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    Fire Ben Johnson

    When he and Whalen announced their mutual decision.
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    Crown Tourney

    But maybe we could recapture the magic from last years postseason run
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    Scoggins: Word is Mark Coyle wants to build Gophers men’s basketball. What does it mean for Ben Johnson?

    Coyle will give a press conferences to tell us whether or not Ben will be the coach next year, and we will finish that conference with no idea whether or not Ben has been fired.
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    Poll: Should Mark Coyle give Ben Johnson a 5th year?

    In what world would he deserve another year (absent hanging a banner by winning the BTT and making the NCAA tourney)? If Tubby's six year track record was worth firing, how historically good would Johnson's next two years need to be to be better than that after year six? We have a low bar based...
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    Fire Ben Johnson

    I can't believe that keeping him is even a serious consideration. I was in a weird place coming into this season. If we had gone .500 in the B1G, made the tourney, and been one and done I would still have felt like he had a very fire-worthy four year track record, but also felt like it would be...



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