Had it stayed together that would have been a team that could have had a deep run in the NCAA tournament. He got Walker, Eliason, and Austin Hollins the following year so recruiting was still decent but not great.
I hated the "learn on the job" talk with Pitino and hate it with Johnson. Sure, a newer coach is expected to improve and learn more with experience. This is big time college head coaching, not an unpaid internship. If you hire a newer coach, the standard should still be that they be ready on day 1 to be a Big Ten level basketball coach, not hope they grow into it.
I'm not sure if follow your point. All I said was that the B1G head coaching positions aren't for "learning on the job," and I certainly didn't praise Tubby. I was disappointed in the results Tubby got here, but Johnson is trucking towards two years that are both appreciably worse than the worst of Tubby's six years, and the best thing his most ardent defenders seem to be able to say is that he has a recruit coming in next year who can hopefully get us back to the level we were at in year 6 (after which Tubby was fired). Tubby was fired for poor performance, and right now, Johnson isn't living up to that low bar.
Coyle hires a guy with no head coach experience for a B1G job and you
It was discussed ad nauseum when Ben was hired, so not sure we should go down that rabbit hole again, but I'm not convinced that Coyle wasn't told to hire Ben.
He may be the next Jamarion Sharp (Western Kentucky 7’5” athletic big who is a rim defender)
Even with Dennis, he ain’t taking this team to the NCAA based on the product that has been presented to fans this year…and the lack of growth of our players. Unless he is Dikembe and Christie is putting up Eric Gordon freshman numbers, we are in trouble.
Yep, improvement in year three but still falling short of post season play would lead to a very warm seat heading into year 4.
Clem has nothing to do with this conversation, you said Evans is the most exciting news since then (that means we compare the seasons AFTER CLEM).
He's more excited for next year's team than the one that was the "odds on favorite to win the national title" until the AD ruined it?
I don't care.
That is not the point, Tommie boy.
Will he stay as many years as Eddy? If so, then it will be 4 years after he arrives.
Conspiracy theories go to the OT to live...
It's actually Edey.
Jamarion Sharp potential
That would have been a blast to watch. Oh what could have been..........
I agree with you but with one small nit. Trevor wasn't acquitted, he was convicted.
247sports.com
You realize we all lived through this right?Freshmen Payne and Ola-Joseph look like legit players as freshmen. They are the future. Right there is success. Payne is going to be a beast.
The two freshmen shooters Carrington and Henley are iffy right now but it's still way too early to know.
Ben Johnson's 2022 Class Resembles the 2018 Gopher Class
The 2018 recruiting class of Daniel Oturu, Gabe Kalscheur, and Jarvis Omersa was considered one of the stronger groups of the Richard Pitino era. Ben Johnson played a
The 2018 recruiting class of Daniel Oturu, Gabe Kalscheur, and Jarvis Omersa was considered one of the stronger groups of the Richard Pitino era. Ben Johnson played a massive part in landing that 2018 group and four years later, now as the head coach, Ben Johnson has put together a 2022 group (with more to come) that strongly resembles the 2018 group.
Quick refresher, Ben Johnson was an assistant for former Minnesota Head Coach Richard Pitino during the 2017 summer when Omersa and Kalscheur joined Oturu (who committed earlier that winter) as committed recruit. The local trio (Omersa from Orono, Kalscheur from DeLaSalle, Oturu from Cretin-Derham Hall) arrived on campus in June of 2018 but by that point Ben Johnson had taken an assistant job at Xavier.
Johnson has returned to Minnesota as the head coach and his first three commitments of the 2022 class have been Josh Ola-Joseph of Osseo, Braeden Carrington of Park Center, and Pharrel Payne of Park of Cottage Grove. Three players that - like the 2018 trio - are from Minnesota. The positions of those players - both in prospect status and spots on the floor - line up in a similar way.
Pharrel Payne (2022) and Daniel Oturu (2018). The similarities here are quite long. While Oturu is a bit longer, more agile, and was ranked higher (top 40), Payne is much stronger than Oturu was at that age and a more physical low player at that same age. As far as the similarities.
- Both players are from the Woodbury area with Daniel being from the eastern part of Woodbury (Daniel played for Stillwater High School before transferring to CDH) and Pharrel being from the southern part that leads to him going to Park of Cottage Grove.
- Both players are in that 6'8/6'9 range
- Daniel was ranked as a four star player and it's expected that Pharrel Payne will have four stars in his bio when the 247 rankings are resorted in September.
- Pharrel and Daniel are both viewed as the center pieces of their recruiting classes. Daniel had big potential and was drafted by the Clippers, Payne - who just turned 17 - also has great potential with a ceiling that is tough to measure.
- Both are active low post defenders that have great timing on their shot contesting/shot blocking, both rebound/rebounded aggressively and with constant effort, both are/were highly productive low post players that started developing a solid face-up jumper at the same time in their careers....
See more at article link.
Which past freshman post player is what you expect Evans to be next year, what is the comp?
Curry was plenty good as a fr.
Oops I thought he wasn’t. Thanks for the clarification.
Again, I don't care.It's actually Edey.
I prefer Ralph Sampson (the Virginia version).
Freshmen Payne and Ola-Joseph look like legit players as freshmen. They are the future. Right there is success. Payne is going to be a beast.
The two freshmen shooters Carrington and Henley are iffy right now but it's still way too early to know.
Ben Johnson's 2022 Class Resembles the 2018 Gopher Class
The 2018 recruiting class of Daniel Oturu, Gabe Kalscheur, and Jarvis Omersa was considered one of the stronger groups of the Richard Pitino era. Ben Johnson played a
The 2018 recruiting class of Daniel Oturu, Gabe Kalscheur, and Jarvis Omersa was considered one of the stronger groups of the Richard Pitino era. Ben Johnson played a massive part in landing that 2018 group and four years later, now as the head coach, Ben Johnson has put together a 2022 group (with more to come) that strongly resembles the 2018 group.
Quick refresher, Ben Johnson was an assistant for former Minnesota Head Coach Richard Pitino during the 2017 summer when Omersa and Kalscheur joined Oturu (who committed earlier that winter) as committed recruit. The local trio (Omersa from Orono, Kalscheur from DeLaSalle, Oturu from Cretin-Derham Hall) arrived on campus in June of 2018 but by that point Ben Johnson had taken an assistant job at Xavier.
Johnson has returned to Minnesota as the head coach and his first three commitments of the 2022 class have been Josh Ola-Joseph of Osseo, Braeden Carrington of Park Center, and Pharrel Payne of Park of Cottage Grove. Three players that - like the 2018 trio - are from Minnesota. The positions of those players - both in prospect status and spots on the floor - line up in a similar way.
Pharrel Payne (2022) and Daniel Oturu (2018). The similarities here are quite long. While Oturu is a bit longer, more agile, and was ranked higher (top 40), Payne is much stronger than Oturu was at that age and a more physical low player at that same age. As far as the similarities.
- Both players are from the Woodbury area with Daniel being from the eastern part of Woodbury (Daniel played for Stillwater High School before transferring to CDH) and Pharrel being from the southern part that leads to him going to Park of Cottage Grove.
- Both players are in that 6'8/6'9 range
- Daniel was ranked as a four star player and it's expected that Pharrel Payne will have four stars in his bio when the 247 rankings are resorted in September.
- Pharrel and Daniel are both viewed as the center pieces of their recruiting classes. Daniel had big potential and was drafted by the Clippers, Payne - who just turned 17 - also has great potential with a ceiling that is tough to measure.
- Both are active low post defenders that have great timing on their shot contesting/shot blocking, both rebound/rebounded aggressively and with constant effort, both are/were highly productive low post players that started developing a solid face-up jumper at the same time in their careers....
See more at article link.