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I think that’s true for established coaches, I don’t think Coach K is asking much of his assistants. For inexperienced coaches though, I think assistants play a much bigger role and often times make or break young coaches. Recruiting is definitely a big part of it but I also think they help mold...

I think there’s a trade off as we’ve seen with Fleck, PJ’s been paid a good amount of money but as a result, the pool for assistants hasn’t been as big which is part of the reason why they’ve lost a few good ones while making underwhelming assistant hires from the outside. Michigan underpaid...

The local 2022 class is loaded, there's 4* Joe Hurlburt from North Dakota (2022 class) who grew up a Gopher fan and should be gettable for a good recruiter, Taison Chatman in the 2023 class is a great recruit...I've said in a couple other threads but Trejuan Holloman is the key here, you land...

lol I was just thinking about this. 95 pages of arguing over the resumes of guys with head coaching experience just to hire Ben. I'm interested to hear who the assistants are but boy is this deflating.

I'll be interested to see who his assistants are and think that's key. Bring Dave Thorson back to Minnesota (who he obviously played for) and I can breathe a little. I imagine they'll have a fair amount of money to play with when it comes to assistants with Ben likely being the lowest paid coach...

I think the buyout drops significantly after 23-24 season or something like that but that is a good point. Probably should have said the heat from the fans will be back instead of him being at risk of losing his job as there's a real disconnect between their AD and the fans but when they dip...

Fran will be back on the hot seat this time next year. What a waste of talent 🤣

Hey if the guy wins 1000 games, I’m good with him being a booger eater too

forgot what happened but there was some sort of scandal that led to James Akinjo, Josh LeBlanc and a few others transferring out so McClung was going to be left with not a lot around him.

That is one reason I've been a little cold on Medved. Does he maintain the appeal without Thorson? Probably does to an extent but some of the shine is taken off when you remove Dave from the equation. The support Medved has had definitely makes me want to give him a harder look though, hoping he...

There’s been a fair few endorsements of Medved/Thorson from guys that are a part of the local basketball community. Maybe it’s them wanting to see one of their own in a power conference gig but I’ve been fascinated by how many non-former Gophers have commented on who should be hired. Geno...

I’ll hold my hand up on being wrong about Moser. Really impressed with how they handled Illinois. It’s going to be difficult for Underwood to replicate the talent he has on this team, this was the year if they were going to make a run.

i would have loved to hear your opinion on Chris Beard and Scott Drew if we hired them from their previous stop 🤣 would have been WWIII on here.

It's a solid pair but he set the bar much higher in his first 6-7 years in the job. Donta Scott's turned out to be a great player but the 19 and 20 classes were underwhelming by his standards.

Love watching Maryland play defense. Not the most talented group Turg has had been really connected particularly on that end. It’s weird that recruiting has dipped for them with the guys they’re putting in the NBA.

Put on Eastern Washington vs. Kansas

Would I prefer a coach with a strong head coaching resume? Without a doubt which is why I lean toward Craig Smith but what had Izzo proved before getting the Michigan State job? Bo Ryan? Matt Painter? Juwan Howard? There's no checklist of achievements that makes a great coach.

Tony Bennett lost by 20 points to a 16 seed. This is Cleveland State's 3rd appearance in an NCAA tournament ever. Turning CSU around and winning a conference title in 2 years is a hell of an accomplishment and I don't think getting boat raced by probably the 5th or 6th best team in the country...

I’d probably be right there with everyone else if we didn’t have Coyle. He’s had to make two big hires to make and I think he’s nailed both so we should take some confidence from that. I’d love if one of those two was announced on Monday haha.

I think worst case scenario is we make Dutcher an offer he can’t refuse. I don’t see Coyle getting beyond his 3rd or 4th choice. Breathe easy and enjoy the tournament