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How about the kid goes the coach can go? I don't think a kid should be forced to be miserable if the have a miserable coach...there is no way to color that for me to make any sense. Any truly good coach is in it for the kids and if the kid is not happy, you say good luck, let me know how I can...

Most people are great about talking about culture and slopping it on a tshirt and thinking that is culture. Not implying anything about MN. True winning culture is more than a slogan or words and it almost always produces unexpected results to the upside from a W/L perspective.

Many coaches sell things they don't or can't supply. Should the players have to "suffer" for it? Are there consequences for the coaches who are compensated and guaranteed $milllions or just the players? Coaches go to a new team without sitting out. The same and more should apply to the players...

Of course you don't! You might like it better if the Gophers were reeling in some better talent. I don't like the thought of players having to sit out because leaving a bad situation for themselves or pursuing a better one should be viewed negatively in any way shape or form. I certainly...

I would love it. The game is about the kids playing it. Do a great job and you will attract talent. Don't do a great job and let that talent go to where it gets the highest return.

Shouldn't the game be more for the 18 to 23 year olds who play it? Personally it seems strange to think a "kid" can't leave a school for a better personal situation because of the fans.

**IF** anyone was told to go, no one should think that a highly compensated coach with guarantees should be held to a different standard than a college kid.

Bob, given that he is already the coach, there are things the general public has learned and there are things the players, assistants and admin has learned. The general public can look and see the program is performing historically bad and is not hitting it out of the park on the recruiting...

Normal and usual thinking leads to normal and usual outcomes. On a personal level, it is tough to judge whether or not he "deserves" more time. So far, the outcome is indisputable because it is historically bad. I personally don't have the true inside of what is being sold and what the true...

In this case, my definition of success is the final outcome.

Haskins took over a program with a major cloud over it. Johnson took over an otherwise clean slate...a much better starting position. Had the Gophers hired an experienced coach, would any players have transferred out the first year? We will never know. Honesty is my policy and so far Johnson...

If you are going to compare something, compare it in full otherwise it is foolish. Full context matters.

Haskins also took over a program that was in complete disarray.

Bad comparison. Clem Haskins was hired with 6 years of prior head coaching experience. There was some understanding of what you were getting along with knowledge of some prior capacity to turn it around...which he did in year 3 while making the NCAA tournament.

Dakota, you may want to check your definition of success. I would call it an obvious failure because it cost time and focus.

I hate to belabor a point, but the silliness around rate of pay is tough to ignore. If Coyle was hiring the head coaching position for his University, call it Coyle University, there is zero chance he would have paid someone with zero head coaching experience, zero name recognition, and zero...

He would have been foolish to turn down the job for $500,000. Yet he was offered 4x that amount. Common sense and true negotiation should have determined his pay; not a silly matrix. Whose money did Coyle spend in a manner that indicated he didn't care about it? Again, not criticizing Johnson...

Is it a problem when a student leaves to a school for a band/music or chess club or any other reasons or do sports have some weird special carve out?

Well stated!

Is it okay to speculate the hit caused the injury? Is it okay to speculate genetics caused it? Everything is speculation right now. Is certain speculation okay in your opinion? I personally am not speculating, because the only fact I have is there is a young man and family who are dealing with...