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I love your optimism! I too am hoping Ben succeeds and is our coach for the next 15 years. I just don't know. I think we royally screwed up by not moving forward with Muss. Time will tell. This program is snake bitten to the core.

Whatever the roster may be, I don't see next year being a good year for the Gophers. 12-14 place in the BIG. We sort of knew this might happen, anyways. When your best player next year will probably be Liam Robbins or Gabe you know you're in trouble. If for whatever reason Dawson Garcia opts out...

I am not all-in. Johnson has a lot to prove and honestly not a lot of time to prove it. Once he practices what he preaches, I'll give him a year or two, them I'm all in. Coyle had to see something in this guy, so let's hope it works out. It's hard to be all-in on a guy who has no track record...

I think Indiana was all in on Thad Matta, but he failed his physical or something so they passed. I know Thad has had health issues. This is from my buddy who is a Buckeye Alum and insider.

Let's just hope he is capable of landing MN kids that are better than a bunch of Michael Hurt's. We will be royally screwed if not ;)

I really think had Brad Stevens committed to staying at Butler they would have still being a consistent Sweet 16 Team or better and similar to the Gonzaga of the East. Their back-to-back Championship appearances were pretty cool. Almost won at the buzzer vs. Duke. But, Few elected to stay and...

I bet he may head to Kentucky or Iona (to be a stud under Rick).

This will be a 4-5 win BIG team. The shooting will be abysmal. Unless, Gabe someone regains form we won't be good offensively and average at best defensively. We will be like Nebraska on a high note. I am not really optimistic for the next couple of years, honestly.

I am sure it will be an offense with wings of 25% 3 point shooters and a bunch of other guys that don't move on offense, while the PG dribbles around and takes wild shots quite often. That's been the Gopher's offense ever since Clem left. Why would it change now? Especially under a guy who...

I remember posting on my old account. I was more excited about Pitino than Johnson more because of his name and family legacy in basketball. It was not a homerun hire, and he wasn't as much as a rising coach as Enfield or Chris Collins. Pitino did better than Collins, I guess but the hire was...

I think a huge win for him for starters would be to get Mash to buy in and stay. Carr, will probably go to the G-League, but if Johnson also has a relationship with some NBA recruiters, maybe he could convince Carr to stay for his Senior season. Carr isn't NBA caliber yet. One more year he could...

I will give him a chance, but he has to come in and make a splash right away. I am sure he has great connections with the in-state recruits and committed to doing his best to land them and keep a majority of them home. That's why Coyle bit on hiring him. I'm sure it was a selling point. Also, it...

Finally I had a few cocktails last night and had a dumb hair up my ass to post this thread. I was more so not impressed by Dutchers team. I think he will be our coach tho for some reason. Regardless of Sampson age, I think he’d be great here. He can recruit and has experience in the BIG.

Thanks I didn’t know. I assumed poorly. Was this the Sampson that coached Indiana then?

Would he come here? His son played under Tubby. Gates and Dutcher looked over matched for a prime time gig like Minnesota. Dutcher team a 10 minute drought. They don’t play anybody and are getting embarrassed by Syracuse.

Odds that any current players, younger tenure or incoming freshman will follow Pitino to NM? I could see Martice Mitchell or Sam Freeman, those types following Pitino...

Right on! He will be back then. I sure think so. He's got a great setup in MN and a great leadership opportunity.

Well put: He reminds me a lot of Chris Paul. He is at heart a facilitator, but can be an offensive warrior when we need someone to step up and he came through on numerous occasions in the clutch this year. Some of his assists were downright dirty! There have been maybe a handful of PGs in the...

Can Johnson come back? It would be nice. Not sure if he was granted another year of eligibility.

Thank you guys for always playing your hardest. Brandon had some off games shooting but never lacked any hustle and heart. Carr, appeared to try to do too much at times, but never lacked any heart or hustle out there. It stinks playing under a coach that cannot draw up a successful offense and...