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D+ (Up from preseason ranking of F) I haven't posted for months. I just had nothing positive to say about Ben's hiring, had my say & shut up. That said, his team won twice the number of B1G games I was expecting. I was thinking 2 wins max. Meanwhile my preferred hire had a very rough year...

If I were a high 2022 prospect, even if I was a big Gopher fan, I'd wait to see the the product BJ puts on the floor next year before declaring.

The last time I was so down on a Gopher team's future, I got a nice surprise. After posting a 3-13 Big-10 record in the 2003-04 season, the Gophers lost their top 6 scorers. Kris Humphries turned pro (the last 1st round NBA pick the Gophers have had), Ben Johnson & Mike Bauer graduated, Stan...

Archie spent a couple years in the Army before joining the Gophers. Archie was starting center fielder on the Gophers National Championship Baseball team. (Basketball team captain Bill Davis started at first base.) He scored 20+ pts/gm twice in the NBA, just missing two other seasons.

Coach K's early problems show just how hard it is to establish a winning program. Even with the advantages of an already established winning culture & a very solid coaching resume it still took him several years to re-elevate Duke to national prominence. Ben Johnson has none of those...

Its been 21 seasons since a B1G school went winless in the conference season. That was Northwestern at 0-16 in '99-20 with Ben Johnson as their leading scorer. Since then, the Gophers worst seasons were 2-16 (with Ben Johnson on the coaching staff) and 3-13 twice (one with Ben Johnson in the...

I've heard that it is currently very hard for a foreign student to change schools. Is that true? Maybe the main reason that Ihnen is back is because of this.

And the Gophers' new hire played for Mark Few's former boss.

If you want to hire an assistant coach with no prior experience as a head coach, AT LEAST, hire one from a winning program who's been mentored by a respected coach. This is not the case with Ben. After a few years in Ben Jacobson's program at Northern Iowa, the programs he's been with have...

I absolutely believe this. I am convinced that it was strongly suggested to hire a minority candidate that became a dictate after the 8 Asian women were murdered in Atlanta (note the local flags at half mast). This could have worked out if Dennis Gates had not declined the interview. After...

Izzo, Painter, Holtmann, Underwood, Turgeon, McCaffery, Gard, Pikiell, Howard Does anyone really believe Ben Johnson belongs in that group?

Home Run? More like bunting foul with two strikes.

Well he checks a couple boxes. He's black and will be cheap.

Moser is the Gonzaga fall-back after Few is named new Gopher coach. You heard it here first!

I don't see the Gophers hiring a coach before both Smith & Gates are interviewed. I say Wednesday is the day.

???? Under 40% winning percentage?

Yes, seriously. I'm 71 & the brawl happened the year after I graduated, but I still had a student season pass for that year and was one of the, at least half a million by recent count, fans that was at that game. A near fight almost took place at halftime when Luke Witte (the innocent victim)...

BTW, I'm removing Eric Musselman as my top wish-list pick. He reminds people too much of his dad, which means the 1972 Brawl will be revisited again & again. I, for one, don't need that.

Yes, but only Smith followed Miles to Nebraska. His last year as an assistant for the Huskers (2013-14) was Miles only trip to The Dance.

Craig Smith ... but I'll be very happy with Dennis Gates.