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  1. golfing18now

    ***OFFICIAL wisconsin AT MINNESOTA SENIOR NIGHT (JOHNSON'S LAST HOME GAME?) IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

    Maybe an 18 year kid just wants to try something else? I just don't understand why we still care so much about this "locking down the border". Wisconsin hasn't drawn away the elite NBA level Minnesota kids like Suggs/Jones/Holmgren. They have pulled kids like Crowl/Illikainen/Wahl/Winter...
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    Seth Davis: Ben Johnson has done an incredible job with this team. One of the elite coaches in one of the toughest jobs in America.

    The recent rash of articles in support of Ben Johnson is laughable on the surface but also depressing under one of two scenarios. 1) If Ben Johnson is "elite" and "the only choice", the implication is we have reached our ceiling and that ceiling is Northwestern. An NCAA trip in year five, six...
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    Wow - Marcus: Johnson is arguably at a point in his tenure when he might also need for people to be patient with him.

    I agree. But it misses the point about why this program hasn't been successful. We have had plenty of Minnesota kids play here.
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    Wow - Marcus: Johnson is arguably at a point in his tenure when he might also need for people to be patient with him.

    I agree. The lack of hard evidence is frustrating. Clearly this wasn't a hire based on a B1G-worthy resume. You and I discussed this is in a thread a couple years ago. Patrick Reusse stated on the following SKOR podcast that Dutcher was Coyle's first choice but he was overruled (see 13:00...
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    Wow - Marcus: Johnson is arguably at a point in his tenure when he might also need for people to be patient with him.

    I hope you are right and I'm not necessarily making a prediction. I'm just not nearly as confident as others that a change is imminent. I've felt for a long time the NIL landscape will offer him a longer leash as opposed to a shorter one. What's he going to do after all? Poor Ben! I...
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    Wow - Marcus: Johnson is arguably at a point in his tenure when he might also need for people to be patient with him.

    I might agree with you in general but we never hear anything from Coyle so that is par for the course with him.
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    Buzz Williams...

    He will have much better options if he decides to move.
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    Wow - Marcus: Johnson is arguably at a point in his tenure when he might also need for people to be patient with him.

    The universal support across many of the local media members is certainly surprising and frankly concerning if you are in the camp that would like to see a change. We can all dismiss Doogie/Shooter/Marcus/LEN/others for their viewpoints but the fact remains they all have better access to this...
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    Wow - Marcus: Johnson is arguably at a point in his tenure when he might also need for people to be patient with him.

    I can't read the entirety of this article without a subscription but the first few paragraphs says it all. I could have never imagined any scenario 10/15 years ago where we would be aspiring to have the level of success of Northwestern. The depths to which this program has sunk is...
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    Fire Ben Johnson

    Only 140 more pages to catch the "Ben Johnson is a Disaster" thread. No, I'm not making this up.
  11. golfing18now

    ***OFFICIAL NORTHWESTERN AT MINNESOTA BATTLE OF 14-13 TEAMS IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

    shhhhhh....don't let the local media or Mark Coyle hear you say that.
  12. golfing18now

    Fire Ben Johnson

    Is that because the bottom is better or the top is worse? (on the men's side) Maybe some of both.
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    Neal: Moving forward with Ben Johnson is the only option for Gophers men’s basketball

    Always interesting to watch the ebb and flow of Gopher opinions/overreactions that occur after every game. A loss to North Texas/Washington/Penn Sttate and Ben Johnson should be fired the next day. A two game winning streak in California and the local media comes out in force in support of his...
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    Neal: Moving forward with Ben Johnson is the only option for Gophers men’s basketball

    At the micro level it has been impressive to see this team improve throughout the year and win some games recently that many of us would not have expected. He deserves credit for those wins and for this improvement. At the macro level he has a horrible conference record during his tenure and...
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    Mick Cronin Post-Game (sarcastically): We Didn't Play Well, We're Poorly Coached

    No doubt Cronin comes across as a petulant ass in some of his interviews including this one. Not included in this particular rant was his decision to go big in the first half which destroyed ball movement and his team's momentum. This looked like an Illinois-like beatdown prior to that...
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    ***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA AT UCLA IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

    What a Gopher-like loss by UCLA. Ten missed free throws in the second half and a questionable charge call that goes against them. But give the Gophers credit. Garcia is playing like the player of the year in the conference and this team could have quit the last two games but didn't. This...
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    10 best coaches in Big Ten men's basketball history

    I wonder how far off this list Clem Haskins would have been if his tenure had ended after another ten years and not in disgrace. Definitely one of the sadder days in my Minnesota sports viewing of my lifetime.



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