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My whole point is that all comparisons are laughable... and pointless. Each situation is different. There is absolutely NO telling what any other coach would do at MN. There is no telling what Johnson would be doing had he been hired at Directional State. Johnson never used those phrases as...

You hit the nail on the head... ISU hired an established coach and the Minnesota hired an assistant coach with strong MN ties. Let's compare the results after a few years. One year and change isn't enough of a sample size to account for ALL of the other many different variables. Unless, of...

We get it, GWG. You have never liked the hire. You can continue to compare and complain but Otzelberger is NOT the coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers. AD Mark Coyle hired Ben Johnson instead. Otzelberger had 5 years of head coaching experience before arriving in Ames. Otzelberger had been an...

Johnson got an extension to ensure that he had 5 years remaining on his contract to eliminate any concerns from recruits. It worked wonders as we got Evans and Christie.

I have always felt that refs are notoriously more whistle happy in the first five minutes of the game as they, themselves, feel out the teams. Having Payne miss those moments while also learning on the bench makes sense to me. Other coaches might have different philosophies.

Have you been a coach at any level before? Your simplistic analysis of the game makes me think that your 'coaching' has been limited to playing your grandfather's old Double Dribble game on the Commodore 64.

I'd pony up for that!

I'd say Johnson hit his "shiny and new" opportunity as far as he could hit it in signing Evans and Christie. Johnson has done NOTHING to deserve either of the two of them. He is selling, selling, selling on the future and these guys were buying!

Reyna says he's fit but coaching staff may think otherwise. I am sure the thought was to limit his minutes in group play. Berhalter may have thought Morris was less mistake prone than a 95% fit Reyna. Had they coasted to the 3 points and saved his legs for today, we all might be lauding...

If Payne fouls out with 5 minutes to play, who will get the rebound? CHESS.

Simple question... Will the record in 5 years be better than last year?

Fans are being far too simplistic. There are so many reasons why coaches make the decision as to who to start. Some coaches nearly refuse to start first years. Some coaches don't want a huge drop off when they go to the bench. Some coaches run and attend practices so they actually know which...

The staff is wanting to ensure that Payne does not get early fouls called. Starting Thompson allows them to see how the refs are calling the game before letting the youngster in. Many coaches love having someone that can come in off the bench and DOMINATE the opposition's bench. It puts a lot...

Garcia IS built to post up on smaller, less physical players. I would have liked him to go inside to use his height AND weight advantage on occasion... especially when UNLV was getting into foul trouble.

Kansas was in Evans final 3. Evans cut list to MN and TCU. I haven't heard why but I think he actually wanted to go to a program where he'd get minutes but also be able to grow. Defensive anchors like Evans have the potential to shape the program.

Poor hires or simply inexperienced? Whalen suddenly pulled in a top ten recruiting class. Will be interesting to see what she can do with the talent. Johnson pulls in one of the top big men in the country out of a CA and a stud guard out of IL for next year. I am willing to give him more than a...

Some of you have exceptionally short term memories. Makes me think that you were born this millenium or maybe even this decade. Fleck has recruited far higher ranked players on average than any coach since Holtz. Fleck has also won at a much higher and more consistent basis than any coach since...

You misheard... it is 2037. Have patience, my friend. I still think that you would really enjoy the UNC board. It gets about 3x the traffic that we get and they get to argue about whether they should have won by 10 points or 20 points every single game. You should try it on for size... I really...

I was referring to not rushing his shot. He very calmly goes through his offensive moves without panicking.

Some of you must be very unpleasant to spend time with in person. The constant negativity and endless nit-picking is just so tiring. I would hate to be your child or spouse who fails to meet expectations day in and day out. It would also really suck to have you as a supervisor as nothing is...