Bob Nielson?

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Why is it that this guy is not given a legitimate chance? He currently has the #1 D2 team and is an athletic director on top of that. I'm pretty sure he would know how to run a program. Plus moving down to the cities within the same system couldn't be that hard financially for the U. Does the D2 angle scare people that much??
 


cfield23 said:
How about Leslie Nielsen?
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leslie nielsen would be good if he did his press conferences like lt. frank drebin.

if nielsen isn't available what about bob newhart?
 


I am a big believer that coaches can coach at any level. I believe there are (a few) top HS coaches out there that given the chance could be every bit as good as anyone at the D-1 level.

Having said that, this is not the direction we are going to go or should go, no matter how good of a coach Nielsen is.
 


Right now the state of MN has more quality DII and lower coaches than perhaps ever before. However, the timing isn't right for another coach with little DI head coaching experience.

It's too bad really. If the gophers were coming off the firing of an established coach I think the climate would be right for an up and comer. Right now the gophers are in the opposite situation.
 

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Go4 said:
leslie nielsen would be good if he did his press conferences like lt. frank drebin.

if nielsen isn't available what about bob newhart?
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Do you hear anyone laughing?

What an undereducated and ignorant sense of humor!

Stop posting this trash.
 

winning in D2 is not winning in D1.

Everything is different, and the Gophers are not in a position to take a waiver on a risky coach.

Each coach is a risk, but going the D2 route is about as risky as it comes.
 





D2 < DI-AA

DI-AA < DI Non-BCS

NI Non-BCS < DI BCS

It seems to me like Mr. Nielson might be a few steps away from the qualifications we're looking for. He should be qualified to be the University of Minnesota head coach in about another 15-20 years of progressively higher-level jobs.
 

jags1998 said:
I am a big believer that coaches can coach at any level. I believe there are (a few) top HS coaches out there that given the chance could be every bit as good as anyone at the D-1 level.

Having said that, this is not the direction we are going to go or should go, no matter how good of a coach Nielsen is.
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Do a little research on the last few coaches to make the jump from high school to D1.
 




I like the Nielson idea, but under the circumstances the deciders at the U can't hire him. They've already announced that they're going to make a huge hire, and no matter how good Nielson is, he isn't a huge hire. Bruininks and Maturi have already made any such hire impossible.
 

everybody knows my name said:
I like the Nielson idea, but under the circumstances the deciders at the U can't hire him. They've already announced that they're going to make a huge hire, and no matter how good Nielson is, he isn't a huge hire. Bruininks and Maturi have already made any such hire impossible.
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Agree 100%. Under different circumstances, Nielson may be a solid choice. Unfortunately for Nielson, those circumstances don't exist at the present time.
 


NateDawgUM said:
Do a little research on the last few coaches to make the jump from high school to D1.
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I am very well aware of the track record. I remember every minute of the Gerry Faust era as I'm sure you do. I thought I qualified my point well enough but maybe not. My point is that while differences are obvious between D-1 and other levels, good coaching is good coaching. The best coaches could coach at any level. Would Brad Anderson from Wayzata or Mike Grant set the Big Ten on fire? Probably not. But they wouldn't embarass themselves imo. Obviously there is a coaching progression to follow and it would be pretty silly for any D-1 school to bypass that progression.
 


jags1998 said:
I am very well aware of the track record. I remember every minute of the Gerry Faust era as I'm sure you do. I thought I qualified my point well enough but maybe not. My point is that while differences are obvious between D-1 and other levels, good coaching is good coaching. The best coaches could coach at any level. Would Brad Anderson from Wayzata or Mike Grant set the Big Ten on fire? Probably not. But they wouldn't embarass themselves imo. Obviously there is a coaching progression to follow and it would be pretty silly for any D-1 school to bypass that progression.
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There's good coaching, and there is good experienced coaching. Coaches can jump up a level, but hiring a coach out of D-II is a significant risk. Hiring a coach out of high school to coach a D-I team is an enormous risk.
 

I saw an awesome park board coach in Minneapolis this fall, maybe we should hire him. He probably "understands Minnesota". :rolleyes:
 


RodentRampage said:
There's good coaching, and there is good experienced coaching. Coaches can jump up a level, but hiring a coach out of D-II is a significant risk. Hiring a coach out of high school to coach a D-I team is an enormous risk.
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Again, I agree. I wouldn't hire a D-II coach either, here much less a HS coach. I'm just sayin ... there are lots of good coaches out there and they don't all reside in D-1. Bam.
 


While he is not the right hire at this time, I am 100% certain that this program would be in much better shape had he been hired last time. If not for the "splash" that has been promised, I would fully endorse hiring Nielson. The guy knows how to run a program.
 

Recruiting

Minnesota does not have the built in established recruiting advantages that Ohio St and Notre Dame have. A division II coach or a high school coach is going to find skepticism from recruits.
We already have recruiting disadvantages at Minnesota and we are not coming off a successful season in addition. He'd have to win quickly with the players he has in house to squelch the critics.

Pretty risky and as has been said the timing is not right.
 

Shores Esq said:
While he is not the right hire at this time, I am 100% certain that this program would be in much better shape had he been hired last time. If not for the "splash" that has been promised, I would fully endorse hiring Nielson. The guy knows how to run a program.
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That's weird how you know that when it didn't ever happen and there is no way to know that.
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GopherFan75 said:
That's weird how you know that when it didn't ever happen and there is no way to know that.
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a) I think its one of those "opinion" things
b) There is no way to know it ... but how could it have been worse? That's actually a pretty good idea for a new thread - suggest ways that this could be worse (for all the glass in half full people out there).
 

GopherFan75 said:
That's weird how you know that when it didn't ever happen and there is no way to know that.
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Agree. I had a friend of mine who is a big UMD supporter say that hiring Nielson would be a good idea and I just looked at him. Seriously? The differences between coaching at UMD and the U are so wide it's barely even worth mentioning. Move up to FCS and then small time FBS, have some success at both those levels and then MAYBE he would be worth the gamble. Right now? No way.
 

Has any BCS conference team ever hired a head coach with no experience above the D2 level?
 

Bo Darville said:
Has any BCS conference team ever hired a head coach with no experience above the D2 level?
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Notre Dame hired Gerry Faust (HS coach only) before the 1981 season.

I'm sure there are others.
 

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