There has been speculation about needing to wait until May because of contract issues at A&M--and he is Canadian, which may require additional paperwork from the U.
We need to relax. Obviously, if he had listened to Assistant Coach Thorson's podcast, there is a lot to be excited about his comments.
I wonder if this is an end of May situation or we might hear something early next week. Hopefully it's all finalized soon.
He's doing what he can getting players who can step in and be serviceable and competitive this season, with his focus on 2022 class.
Tough to say what the board will do but feel confident you will have plenty of negative things to say about it if that happens.
Just listened to Thorson's recent podcast with Gaard. It was a fun listen, and I enjoyed hearing him gush about BJ. Particularly when he talks about his vision, his drive, attention to detail, and ability to connect/listen/build relationships.
It's possible it doesn't materialize. But I've read from more than place that it seems odd there's not much interest in Miller, and the likely explanation is that his coming here is a not-very-well-kept secret. Same with McNeily, but the lack of buzz around him is more understandable considering he'll be two years removed from high school and hasn't played one second yet. Still, even a Power 5 guard that was highly rated would be getting some interest from someone, yet... crickets.
I agree but say Ben is even better...he has 6 so far not 5.
Do you think it's a coincidence that Mitchell ended up at NIU? He couldn't get off the bench when the team was God awful and wasn't recruited to stay here.
Cool...but what teams win with that formula? Sounds great but...
He's got what, nine state titles at De LaSalle? He preaches tenacious defense in addition to good offense. We are going to see consistency and team discipline developed. His HS teams were great at playing team ball.
Thorson is a really good coach. Absolutely, but there a lot of advantages to coaching at DeLaSalle versus the competition. Recruiting makes a pretty big difference when most of your opponents are not doing so by restrictions. You got the best players every year you should win.
We should. We should trust that Coyle chose well. Yet, history is not on Ben's side when looking at UMN basketball head coaches. Moreso, Ben has zero head coaching experience. You cannot blame people for tending toward negative at this point when there is no sample size from Ben and a handful of mediocre coaches who have funneled through the doors.
I get that nobody wants to see the team struggle in 21-22 but anyone concerned with the record next year needs to take a step back and realize that isn't what we should be looking at right now.
If Coyle hired Pitino, he probably would have been gone in less than 8 years. Coyle came in the middle of his tenure and right around when Pitino had his best regular season, it seems that bought him more rope than what he actually deserved. Keeping another coach around longer than he needs to be because the previous coach got more time than he deserved is cutting off your nose to spite your face. Hopefully in 5 years we will not be having this conversation.
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That is only the case if they were on the team last year. So if Johnson came back he would not count against the limit.
I see. That makes sense.
You're ONLY checking 5 times per day? I match that each hour of each day! I think if I was retired, I might live on Gopherhole, at least until we get the scholarships filled.
Don't be ridiculous.
Not sure he knows of any other way to be.