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I'm not advocating for it. I don't think it should just come down to wins or losses. If he has a young nucleus that improves during the year, and they beat some good teams down the line instead of a 10 point come from behind win against Rutgers, perhaps that paints the picture that the team is...

If we get 6-7 Big Ten Wins, that's probably enough to earn year four with a young nucleus. To get to 6-7 wins however, we'll need to see a couple key contributors develop who we haven't seen yet. That's where I have the doubts.

If we stay healthy, I think we have enough WR's. If we don't stay healthy, we'll need the young kids to take that next step. I think we're better off than we were last year after CrAB got hurt.

There's a chance Ben turns it around next year, but I'd say the chances are slim, and it also depends on your definition of "turn it around". Despite whatever transfers he does or doesn't land, and despite the potential of all players healthy, I don't see how anyone who watches Big Ten...

Ben might have a nice recruiting network, but his coaching network is essentially Dave Thorson. He worked under Pitino and that didn't go well. Very small network of other coaches he can share player references on. Potential transfers. Just very ill-prepared and fans are bearing the burden of...

It's a PR thing. You can't make the decision "too quickly" but at this point, I think we are counting days until Weakling Wednesday is over at the Target Center next year. Like Lindsay, Ben could be let go on a Thursday after a weakling Wednesday loss at the Target Center. 366 days Edit, 2024...

Depends if he has girlfriend I suppose, if not, he'll find a wife from a wealthier family probably at St. Thomas rather than NDSU. That would affect his lifetime financial future a lot more.

I think some fans already have concluded that Luke Loewe and Tarus Samuel's level transfers, whether 1 or 5 in quantity, isn't going to save Ben his job next year nor have us finish above 13th. Unfortunate that Ben doesn't have the NIL to work with to land top of the line transfers, so I think...

Henley leaving isn't a surprise, but it does go to show how much of a rebuild job this will be going into year 3. Going into year 3 an we appear to be unproven at 3 starting spots. (All except Payne and Garcia). This doesn't inspire confidence that we'll do better than 13th in the Big Ten next...

And Pitino got fired because that wasn't good enough. That's not the benchmark for a suitable coach as you are implying.

Unfortunate for Rutgers. A side note, Rutgers was a top 50 NET team, but their RPI was 92, and I don't recall anything lower than a 60-70 RPI getting in as an at large team. Another note, it's long been the case if you are a top 45-50 RPI team, you will make the tournament (despite the...

Your bracket currently matches the Bracket Matrix Consensus except for NC State vs Clemson. You have Clemson in and NC State out. Where bracket matrix consensus has it reversed. 91/105 have NC State in on Bracket Matrix 3/105 have Clemson. You are also higher on Wisconsin than anyone else...

There was almost nothing that went right for this team and barely showed any improvement until the 2nd last game of the year. A clear F.

Moving forward to the next step is all you can do in that situation if you are in Ben's shoes. If you are in Coyle's shoes, you always have to be looking to see if there is a way to make your basketball program stronger sooner.

If there is a way this season could have gone worse, I'm not quite sure what that would be.

Gophers last in free throw shooting % at 61.5%. Battle shot 80% and he's leaving.

I don't think Coyle fires him. I think he's going to be patient here one more year. But if he does make a move, he only should do so if he has a better replacement lined up.

Ben was a real reach of a hire in the first place. I think all can agree on that. Regardless of transfer portal, and incoming class, and health of this team, there won't be one media outlet that will pick the Gophers to be ahead of 14th place in the Big Ten. That itself should tell you...

The minimum requirements for the new head coach should be: 1. Has coached some level of organized basketball before. That is it. Thanks. That would be a step above what happened here during the last 5 years.

You sound like an angry person.