kellyleeks
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I believe that Coyle hired him at Syracuse. Would you take him over Claeys?
That's the track record at a P5 school. One could make an argument that we are more appealing than Syracuse, but with the current scandal I'm not entirely sure. Not to mention, when we had a brand new stadium about to open, the best we could do was Tim Brewster.
That's the track record at a P5 school. One could make an argument that we are more appealing than Syracuse, but with the current scandal I'm not entirely sure. Not to mention, when we had a brand new stadium about to open, the best we could do was Tim Brewster.
Could have had Charlie Strong. Maturi just chose wrong.
Too early to tell on Babers, he's only been at Syracuse 1 year. He's a good offensive coach.
I believe that Coyle hired him at Syracuse. Would you take him over Claeys?
It is not true Tim Brewster is the best we could do.
Tim Brewster is what we did. That doesn't mean he was the best we could do.
So ironic considering your stance on TC. Oops, I forgot - this was his 5th year.
No one here knows that with 100% certainty. I'm not a fan of Joel, but have to believe that he would've taken another option over Brewster if one was available.
No one here knows that with 100% certainty. I'm not a fan of Joel, but have to believe that he would've taken another option over Brewster if one was available.
I knew it wouldn't take long for you to comment on that. I'm sure you'd like to tell me again how Claeys/Sawvel and the majority of the staff haven't been at Minnesota for 6 years?
You don't think there were any other coaches available to accept a big ten job?
None?
OkayI'm sure Mike Grant would've taken the job, but Brewster was the best that we could do. I don't believe that Joel was so inept that he wouldn't have take Strong over Brewster. He may have believed that Brewster was a better hire than Kiffin (who would've left ASAP). I'm sure that if we were willing to pay $4m a year we could've done better, but we weren't.
Kill was also the best we could do and he wasn't on the radar when that search starts. We got lucky there.
Please let me know if I got anything wrong there.
I believe that Coyle hired him at Syracuse. Would you take him over Claeys?
Too early to tell on Babers, he's only been at Syracuse 1 year. He's a good offensive coach.
Who are you responding to?If we are considering Claeys to be in his 6th season, are we also giving him credit for rebuilding the program after Brewster?
Like, is he in his 1st year or his 5th year?
Who are you responding to?
The poster that said it's too early to tell on Babers because it was his first year but that this isn't really Claeys first year because he was here with Kill (the same poster doesn't credit Claeys for the turnaround under Kill).
The poster that said it's too early to tell on Babers because it was his first year but that this isn't really Claeys first year because he was here with Kill (the same poster doesn't credit Claeys for the turnaround under Kill).
This was Claeys first full year as a head coach but it was also year 6 of the Kill/Claeys program. Claeys said this himself, and that was his reasoning for expecting 10 wins with a chance of winning the B1G West. Claeys absolutely deserves credit for turning the defense around and bringing the Gophers from the basement to a middle of the pack B1G program.
Babers started from scratch at a new school this year. Claeys didn't.
"8 to 10" wins.
Nice try though, particularly the way you slipped it into an otherwise reasonable post.