There's a reason that rational conversations are nearly impossible on this board - as soon as someone posts something against the pollyanna chorus, they get called out as a troll or not a fan. Nelson leaves the team? Leidner is better anyway! When I joined the board (after lurking for years), you weren't allowed to say anything bad about Brewster. There's so much wishful thinking and bad analysis/stats going on, forgive me if I desire a more reality-based examination of the team. From reading your posts, you'd think half the posters here are Badger or Hawkeye trolls. I've been following the Gophers since I attended graduate school in 1990, I don't have to defend myself to you. I'm not saying anything in this thread that half a dozen (or more) people aren't saying.