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Agreed that would be ideal, but missing the tournament this year and the following years likely don't matter for Ben. He'll be done. It's a tough spot right now.

I agree you can't fault Garcia. But Garcia 1 on 1 won't win most games as we've seen. We either need a better offensive system OR better players around Garcia. I'd say a little of each is needed.

I refuse to believe we can't do what Iowa / Wisconsin teams do.

I did see from Ryan James article that Morgan is headed to NEB for his next visit. News, but not the type we want.

Morgan is the first official visit - Any sources for who else we get on campus would be appreciated. Not much time to swing and miss this year.

We should not be compared to Northwestern. We should always be better. NW is a terrible job and they found the best coach they could ever hope for in Collins.

Alright maybe I was riding the wave of being pissed off about Payne hitting the portal too hard, Garcia is likely the better player. I will say though, Garcia needs to be able to play better team basketball. His best games were when we just handed him the ball to go score 1 on 1. We didn't win...

Sounds like it

I really like Payne, but I really don't like his back problems.

So here we are at this point: Asuma Hawkins Mitchell Christie Betts Grove Garcia Fox 5 Transfer Spots Available I'm pessimistic on Ben, but this roster isn't that bad to build on. *Pending further departures

Yeah I'd imagine this dude is going NIL hunting and will end up at a big time school but we'll see

I hope CBJ is not waiting - This guy is at a level where if you can get an immediate commitment, you take it. I'm not saying he's great, but he's needed and will be part of the rotation no doubt.

I understand what you're saying here, but I do think often times these players are prompted to answer questions directly by media and that's where you get their answers. What do you think of Ben Johnson? How do you like him as leading this program into the future? No player is going to say "I...

They may have said that but truthfully I don't believe it. That is where we may just disagree at this point. Ben seems like a nice guy and players may like him, but what culture are we talking about here? I don't feel like a culture has even been established.

I may be wrong here, but I still think there's a decent fanbase for this program that is just waiting to be woken up by a little life from the program. Get somebody in here who can get this moving in the right direction. If you can get an NCAA tournament level type team, there will be sellouts...

I think that's part of my point though. These guys have established programs without NIL. They know how to coach. They know how to build cultures. Once you get the program headed the right direction, the program grows, the following grows, the NIL grows. Ben is just out here flying by the seat...

Good question. I don't have the knowledge there. I thought we were willing to do something like that as Tubby had a decent salary I believe. And then Teague F'd up big time and we ended with up our 5th option in Pitino who didn't need to be paid highly. And then now Ben makes the lowest annual...

To me, we're really a program that needs to find our guy. We're not going to get the best coach out there, we just need a coach that fits this job. Who is that guy is the question? Medved has gotta be top of the list. Maybe look again at a guy like Craig Smith or Henderson from SDSU. We're...

Doesn't the buyout actually drop on April 1st though? (I'm not saying he will be fired) Also can someone please layout what Ben's contract looks like with buyout included?

I agree that it's not too bad to see these guys leave, but it also points to the problem with Ben. Ben came in to recruit MN guys and build the program, then 2 years in to these guys that he recruited being on the roster, we're OK with them moving on. He also couldn't keep Gabe when he first...