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  1. dpodoll68

    2023-2024 College Basketball Coaches Hired/Fired Thread

    We aren't, never were, and never will be even remotely approaching Kentucky. This hire is embarrassing for them. This is worse than us hiring Ben Johnson. That's not to say that it can't or won't work out, as stranger things have happened, but on paper this is a disaster.
  2. dpodoll68

    Spring Practice Observations

    You're right, I was thinking that as I typed it, that $50K might even be a little high. I looked it up in the interim, and NSU moved from the NAIA to NCAA in 1995 (can't believe it was that long ago), so they were definitely in NCAA Division II when I took the course. And, again, this guy (a...
  3. dpodoll68

    Spring Practice Observations

    Yes, a know-nothing message board dipshit knows more about OL coaching than a guy who has been paid millions of dollars to coach the position and has put multiple players in the NFL. Get a fucking clue. More than 20 years ago, when I was still harboring dreams of teaching and coaching at the...
  4. dpodoll68

    Northwestern home games

    The relevant math is elementary - it's calculating interest, it's not rocket science. Do you think endowment managers use calculus? Yes, for people managing multi-billion dollar endowments, $100M is a rounding error. You saying that I don't understand endowments, while advancing no argument...
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    Northwestern home games

    Yes, I'm well aware of how endowments work, as I have been working in philanthropy for almost 20 years, and specifically in higher ed philanthropy for 13 years. The typical payout is actually more like 4-4.5% for most endowments, more conservative because it allows them to fund ongoing projects...
  6. dpodoll68

    Northwestern home games

    Yes, they are. Of course, they would prefer not to pay it, and fighting it will be cheaper than just accepting it, so they are in court. But even if forced to pay a "huge" settlement, it is a literal drop in the bucket. Even if they pay $100M, they will have recouped that loss strictly from...
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    Northwestern home games

    Yes, with their $16B endowment, I'm sure finding the cash will be difficult. $100M is a rounding error for them. Imagine that you have $160,000 in an investment account, and you have to withdraw $1,000 to buy a new set of tires. That's the equivalent of what the Fitzgerald lawsuit is -...
  8. dpodoll68

    Northwestern home games

    It would be difficult for it to be more embarrassing than Ryan Field.
  9. dpodoll68

    2023-2024 College Basketball Coaches Hired/Fired Thread

    We already had a coach who was "otherwise out of our league," and how did that work out? He was a half-step shy of being hung in effigy for the horrible crime of only making it to the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. "That's all." I did a search for posts made by you containing the word...
  10. dpodoll68

    2023-2024 College Basketball Coaches Hired/Fired Thread

    When we hired Tubby Smith, he had 16 years as a D1 coach, and had made 9 Sweet 16s (more than half). Among those Sweet 16s, he had 4 Elite 8s (to Musselman's 2) and a national championship (to Musselman's 0). By the time he was run out of town, a significant majority of the fanbase hated his...
  11. dpodoll68

    2023-2024 College Basketball Coaches Hired/Fired Thread

    Why do you have such an insane hard-on for Musselman? Sure, he would be better than Johnson (literally hundreds of people would be), but what has he done for you to want to literally fellate him?
  12. dpodoll68

    2023-2024 College Basketball Coaches Hired/Fired Thread

    Ben McCollum's name has come up several times on this board before as a potential Gophers hire - which is ridiculous (that is, hiring a D-II coach into the Big Ten). That being said, he is still more qualified than Ben Johnson.
  13. dpodoll68

    U regents approve Fleck’s updated contract after extended discussion

    Not anyone, YOU. YOU specifically. There are people with inside information on this board from time to time. You are not one of them. You don't know anything more than the average rube on the street, and it's hilarious to watch you pretend that you do. What the fuck are you talking about...
  14. dpodoll68

    2023-2024 College Basketball Coaches Hired/Fired Thread

    They must be very well-connected since they didn't know about the May hire as it was happening.
  15. dpodoll68

    How long will the Big Ten Conference stay in tact.

    @GopherHole Staff - is there a way to administer IQ tests before someone is allowed to sign up for a screen name?
  16. dpodoll68

    Ben Johnson is a Disaster

    Drake does have football. His idea is beyond asinine (the only way the U is ever leaving the Big Ten is if they are kicked out), but Drake does in fact have a football team. That was under the old contract. Under the new contract, it's projected to be much more than that - as much as $80-100...
  17. dpodoll68

    U regents approve Fleck’s updated contract after extended discussion

    A. You of all people would have zero idea either way. B. If the reports of their AD Jarmond flying to Mexico to meet with Fleck are true (no idea why or how anyone would make that up), there was definitely at least some interest.
  18. dpodoll68

    Ben Johnson is a Disaster

    Nah. People try to make it more complicated than it is, which is the simple fact that we haven't made a good hire in 38 years.



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