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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...

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...

I agree. But it misses the point about why this program hasn't been successful. We have had plenty of Minnesota kids play here.

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...

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...

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

He will have much better options if he decides to move.

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...

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...

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

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

Are we officially off the bubble?

Is that because the bottom is better or the top is worse? (on the men's side) Maybe some of both.

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...

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...

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...

He'll be back next year.

I agree.

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...

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.