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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."

    Could I sell you on a coach who beat Michigan, USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Iowa? Many of those on the road.
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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."

    If he has Pharrell Payne and Elijah Hawkins we have the same record? Again, I’m fine getting outbid by Kentucky or Kansas (that’s not an us problem). It is what it is. But getting outbid by Texas Tech and Texas A&M for basketball players is a big problem, and it’s not a Ben problem. That...
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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."

    They’ve both accomplished 0 at the power 5 level. Go ahead and believe your eyes, but it’s a fact that Medved has been a D1 head coach for 12 years and has never made the round of 32 in the NCAA tournament. What makes you think he will move up a level, figure out NIL/revenue sharing with no...
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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."

    When Ben got that experience NIL didn’t exist. Hiring someone else without that experience is basically like re-hiring Ben four years ago.
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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."

    Hundreds of wins at the D3 level is convincing? What NIL/Revenue sharing issues do you think he has experience with? Those are the most important factors for a D1 Power 5 coach. The Summit League is not in the same world as the Big Ten
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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."

    The last 4 years are a sunk cost. They are done. We aren’t getting them back. What guarantee do we have that bringing in a coach with little to zero experience with NIL/revenue sharing will produce better results? (Remember - the system is going through a big change again next year.) I’d...
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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."

    Why? I’m genuinely curious why you think this. He has many years of D3 experience, and no doubt won a lot of games there. He was also doing it in D3 with more resources than the guys he was coaching against. UST was one of the highest spenders on athletics in D3, and he was able to get a lot of...
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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."

    No you don’t. Everything is essentially year to year with players now so I don't see it would impede recruiting. Why should it be different for coaches?
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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."

    Based on what? Short of Medved’s short stint in 2007 neither has any power 5 experience. There’s a significant difference there between competing against Tom Izzo and Matt Painter
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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."

    Ben is among the lowest paid coaches in the B1G. (I think the lowest paid, but not 100% sure.) The Mountain West pays high six figures up to around $2M. Ben makes $2.1M. My point is that paying someone $375k is not an option. The Summit League is basically glorified D2, and most coaches will...
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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."

    That’s fair, and I think it is probably true that Ben would have been better in a prior era. I just think that this era is changing so rapidly and will likely continue to do so (can anyone confidently say what the NIL/revenue sharing rules will be in 3 years?) that I really don’t know how to...
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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."

    Eh, players are pretty much only committed for a year now so that is a lot less important. One of the main reasons coaches are so against NIL/free transfers — the whole argument of “How am I supposed to recruit if I don’t have at least 4 years left on my contract” is now moot.
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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."

    You’re not wrong on this, but to be fair the major D1 college sports landscape has changed so suddenly in the last 5ish years that I don’t think that is comparing apples to apples.
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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."

    Amen to this. Neither of them would do much better than Ben if they get outbid for solid (but not superstar) players by schools like Texas Tech or A&M. It doesn’t matter who the coach is unless the NIL/revenue sharing is improved.
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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."

    Mitchell the shooting guard performed at an all-conference level in like 3 games this season. Replacing his production will not be that difficult.
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    Roll Call, do you want Ben back for year 5? Simple yes or no replies.

    Yes
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    2023-2024 College Basketball Coaches Hired/Fired Thread

    I really think the extra covid year plus all these other redshirts/waivers/extra year for whatever has caused somewhat of a domino effect on the one and done schools. Talent matters a lot, but it’s not as big of a factor when you put a team of 18-20 year olds (many a year removed from HS)...
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    Payne in portal (UPDATED: Payne commits to Texas A&M)

    Where did you see his salary at $3M? It’s $1.95M which is lowest in the B1G https://www.twincities.com/2022/06/03/gophers-mens-basketball-coach-ben-johnson-to-receive-one-year-contract-extension/amp/
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    If Fleck leaves, who should realistically be on Coyle’s immediate call list?

    I don’t think PJ is going anywhere so this is all moot to me, but the conversation can be fun so will add my 2 cents. If I’m Coyle my first call is Jimbo Fisher. Some probably already know this, but he has a connection to the U as his son regularly came to MN for treatment for a rare disease...
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    Oregon, Washington ‘Vetted and Cleared’ to Join Big Ten: Brett McMurphy

    They aren’t going to consider travel at all. These student-athletes are not flying on commercial flights. Any PAC12 school (with the exception of the wild card Stanford) would sprint to the B1G if offered the chance. I think the PAC12 stays together, but regardless of the $$ there any of them...



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