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Yeah I'd imagine this dude is going NIL hunting and will end up at a big time school but we'll see

I hope CBJ is not waiting - This guy is at a level where if you can get an immediate commitment, you take it. I'm not saying he's great, but he's needed and will be part of the rotation no doubt.

I understand what you're saying here, but I do think often times these players are prompted to answer questions directly by media and that's where you get their answers. What do you think of Ben Johnson? How do you like him as leading this program into the future? No player is going to say "I...

They may have said that but truthfully I don't believe it. That is where we may just disagree at this point. Ben seems like a nice guy and players may like him, but what culture are we talking about here? I don't feel like a culture has even been established.

I may be wrong here, but I still think there's a decent fanbase for this program that is just waiting to be woken up by a little life from the program. Get somebody in here who can get this moving in the right direction. If you can get an NCAA tournament level type team, there will be sellouts...

I think that's part of my point though. These guys have established programs without NIL. They know how to coach. They know how to build cultures. Once you get the program headed the right direction, the program grows, the following grows, the NIL grows. Ben is just out here flying by the seat...

Good question. I don't have the knowledge there. I thought we were willing to do something like that as Tubby had a decent salary I believe. And then Teague F'd up big time and we ended with up our 5th option in Pitino who didn't need to be paid highly. And then now Ben makes the lowest annual...

To me, we're really a program that needs to find our guy. We're not going to get the best coach out there, we just need a coach that fits this job. Who is that guy is the question? Medved has gotta be top of the list. Maybe look again at a guy like Craig Smith or Henderson from SDSU. We're...

Doesn't the buyout actually drop on April 1st though? (I'm not saying he will be fired) Also can someone please layout what Ben's contract looks like with buyout included?

I agree that it's not too bad to see these guys leave, but it also points to the problem with Ben. Ben came in to recruit MN guys and build the program, then 2 years in to these guys that he recruited being on the roster, we're OK with them moving on. He also couldn't keep Gabe when he first...

Last round, I was with you in that I thought Medved was worst case. He's definitely proven better with 2 NCAA tournament berths since then at CSU. He'd be a solid hire IMO. It's almost like Craig Smith and Medved have switched spots for me this time around. I'd still take Smith, but I think...

I'll keep playing the game and seeing what transfers we pull in, but it's gotta be all but over here for Ben.

Has Fox announced?

I like Medved

Why are some so into Musselman? No go for me.

Agreed

It's more than just NIL. NIL may be a big part, but kids are not invested here for whatever reason with Ben's teams. Not a good look.

If you're using multiple scholarships on walk-ons in year 4, it'a joke. So here's the current (Playable) roster: Asuma Hawkins Mitchell Christie Betts Garcia (Fox) *Get the NDSU kid to commit and then let's just keep the transfers coming in. We're not a total dumpster as of yet.

Why would Hadley come to us? I'd be ecstatic but seems highly unlikely. Just made a solid tournament run with Boulder. We aren't giving him big NIL. Would be great if he wants his family to watch him play or something but I'm not counting on that.

I agree. Sorry to Carrington and JOJ, but they weren't really worth a damn this year. There's literally hundreds of guys that you can find to replace these 2. They might be decent players, but we didn't use them so that's irrelevant. Go get guys that you will use. Payne will be a top level...