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I can't see any way Dawson would get another year and I'd question why he'd want to use it if he did. If this information was somehow accurate, it would be a massive boost to the program and give Niko and amazing opportunity to hit the ground running. The much more likely scenario is that we...

I didn't read the whole thread, but I disagree with the thread starter in that I really don't want Thorson back on the staff. I want a complete fresh start after the last disaster. Thorson would likely run the defense if he stays and we simply never saw the vaunted defense he was supposed to...

Bobby Jackson with my 1B being Sam Jacobson. I still remember Sam's dunk at Iowa in the Final Four year.

Mark's interview with the Strib and Mark's press conference today seemed to be very different. I was more encouraged by the press conference than the Strib interview. I just never want to hear "doing it the right way" or "At Minnesota..." again. To me these are code phrases for not actually...

It seems like there is a lot of buzz with Niko but I don't know if it's truly his job or just that he was the "obvious" candidate so people are just trying to be first rather than actually having information. The guys that are supposed to be the insiders in the coaching world didn't even have...

Iowa wasn't even really down. McCaffery ended the NCAA dreams of both Nebraska (by 15 on their floor) and Ohio State in his last week on the job without his best player. I didn't truly believe they'd actually fire him until it happened, but I fear that means they already have a "yes" from...

An end to an era that should have never happened.

I hope he already has a coach lined up to avoid whatever happened 4 years ago that lead to Ben Johnson. I really think we need someone from the unrealistic list (or someone who we'd put on the unrealistic list if their name got out) to inject some real life in to this program. I haven't put...

I think this shows this was always the plan meaning that Coyle always had the NCAA as the bar for this season. I do wonder if Ben's media blitz played a part in the timing of this announcement. Get something out there before Ben/his agent/local media can spin things any further. If (big IF) the...

I was interested in seeing this as well and haven't seen anyone mention the candidates discussed in the article.

Mike Woodson was 5-0 against Ben Johnson (Woodson missed a game against the Gophers due to illness that Indiana also won) and his team is likely headed to the NCAA tournament for the 3rd time in 4 years. "Badge of Honor" for Ben Johnson.

Uninspiring is almost too kind. I am sure he's a nice guy like people say but the excuses (both stated and implied) are just brutal to listen to. Ben "thinks" they've won "5 of their last 8 or 9".? Who says that? Especially when you've lost 4 of your last 5? This absolutely cannot continue.

Fran has a winning conference record over 15 seasons at Iowa and has won 2 conference tournaments while playing a really fun style of basketball. The one (significant) blemish is that he's not made a Sweet 16. Reading their premium board is informative. Their mods think Fran is gone for...

I can see both sides to this. One extra conference game means one additional loss for half the conference teams. The author makes a good point about Nebraska fans preferring to see Tennessee than Bowling Green, but what happens later in the season when teams are 4-3 instead of 5-2 and...

Sean Sweeney from the Mavericks and Dave Joerger from the Bucks would also be native Minnesotans (thought not former Gophers) that might be interesting. I was big on Joerger the last time the job opened as he has a lot of similarities to Muss in that both were head NBA coaches and successful...

I thought the difference in coaching was quite noticeable last night. The Badgers scored on the same out of bounds action 3 times in the 2nd half. They had a number of dunks in their half court offense as well. Wisconsin was an uncharacteristic 5-22 from 3, had Tonje miss a big chunk of the 2nd...

Read through the whole thread, and I feel like I must have been guilty of wishful thinking when reading Chip's article? My thought was that IF Coyle is really going to give a significant portion of the revenue sharing pie to Men's Basketball, he certainly isn't doing that for Ben Johnson who...

Again where do people get this? We lost 5 of 6 Big Ten games to end last year. The one win was a pretty pathetic home showing against PSU that went down to the wire. Who the hell was "juiced"?

I was shocked to see all 3 of the top assistant coaches for the Gophers retweeted this Seth Davis tweet. That seems to be in incredibly poor taste to retweet saying the job that is paying your salary is one of the toughest in the country. Minnesota/Mark Coyle gave these guys the biggest checks...

Awesome shuttle and 3 cone for Daniel Jackson. That was a very pleasant surprise for me.