BleedGopher
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Go Gophers!!
Go Gophers!!
I think, maybe, I don't know.
If Richard Pitino could survive the basketball team's scandal, I think Clayes can too.
Sure, the football team might have been involved in a bigger scandal, amplified by the boycott, but the Gophers basketball program is a bigger name nationally than the football team...
ESPN and everyone else will soon forget about this
In the meantime, I hope the program can grow from it too
If Richard Pitino could survive the basketball team's scandal, I think Clayes can too.
Sure, the football team might have been involved in a bigger scandal, amplified by the boycott, but the Gophers basketball program is a bigger name nationally than the football team...
ESPN and everyone else will soon forget about this
In the meantime, I hope the program can grow from it too
If Claeys is fired, Coyle better have a strong, specific and transparent reason why directly tied to this issue. This puts the U in a potential legal bind, but just a week or two ago, Coyle said he stood by Claeys. Obviously this boycott and the suspensions hadn't happened yet, but the incident itself obviously had and it was known the investigation was ongoing. But Coyle endorsed Claeys with all the incident already part of his "resume" and the investigation ongoing. So Coyle looks really bad as well if he makes a move unless something specific happened in the last few days.
Go Gophers!!
As for Tracy, he could probably make nearly as much money as a coordinator or positions coach somewhere else. And at this point he may be thinking that he'd rather be doing that anyway. If he hadn't supported his players as he did, his personal brand with players would have been damaged (and that IS his brand; he's a players' coach; he certainly isn't a stunning public figure).
Agreed. Time for the U to pony up the big bucks for an upper tier coach.
This take is totally mid-informed.
- Tracy's tweet echoed the sentiments of the alumni and major donors.
- He took the only position a HC can in a situation such as this. Support the players as they wish to have their voices heard, rather than to tell them to STFU.
Kaler and Coyle will appear to be throwing him under the bus if they fire him over this. People will forgive it if they hire a all-star coach and staff. But that probably isn't going to happen. So the firing would solidify their own demise. Anything less than a big -time hire and the important supporters of this program will freak out.
As for Tracy, he could probably make nearly as much money as a coordinator or positions coach somewhere else. And at this point he may be thinking that he'd rather be doing that anyway. If he hadn't supported his players as he did, his personal brand with players would have been damaged (and that IS his brand; he's a players' coach; he certainly isn't a stunning public figure).
Maybe he should have spent more time communicating with the players versus partying in the Viking suite.
So you get fired for expressing your belief's? Coyle is the one who lied and who virtually sat on his hands since September 2. Maybe he should have spent more time communicating with the players versus partying in the Viking suite.
Yeah, I think Claeys is fried at this point.
I don't think a coach with any common sense would want to lead this program at this time. I could be wrong, maybe they'll be able to throw some real money around to try to clean this up.
I honestly think it is going to be Caruso or someone like that. . .
Pitino and Claeys can't be properly compared in this instance because Pitino never behaved in a publicly insubordinate manner toward the U of M and its administration.
I don't understand your beef with Coyle. From my understanding neither he nor any other university official was allow to comment on this investigation other than to say it was happening. He can still say very little.
The only thing I could think of was ask that the investigation be completed sooner, but I really doubt that was an option