Dutcher on Tubby's recruits: were not much better as seniors than they were as frosh

[BleedGopher]

It's like a former U.S. president taking shots at an outgoing U.S. president's policies:

One Twin Cities resident well-versed with Gophers basketball, former coach Jim Dutcher, said he wasn’t surprised by Teague’s decision. The Gophers never showed the sort of upward movement expected from a coach with Smith’s previous track record.

“When [Teague] said ‘the ability to recruit,’ I thought, in six years [under Smith] the Gopher have not had a guy drafted by the NBA, in six years they have not had a first-team all-conference player,” Dutcher said. “So when you look at recruiting, and ask, ‘Did he do a great job?’ you’d have to say no.”

Dutcher also questioned Smith’s ability to develop the talent he did recruit. Most of Smith’s top recruits, Dutcher said, “were not much better as seniors than they were as freshmen.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/199968361.html

Go Gophers!!

 

[Sparlimb]

He's got a point. As mentioned in another thread, Rodney had a better chance to get drafted coming out after year 1 than year 4...

 

[jovs]

“But it is my responsibility to provide oversight to financial management,” she said. “And I was concerned that his contract was extended with an increased buyout if there were concerns about his performance.”

I had no problem extending Tubby's contract last year, giving him a 2.5 million buy out was insane, if that is what it took to retain him they should have told him to hit the road, it's not like this year was an exception, it has been the rule for a few seasons.

 

[KyGopherfan]

Well if the players could actually have 24 hr access to a gym like most other D1 athletes, their development would be better. Also, let's not cherry pick players. There are many players that did indeed get better under Tubby.

 

[Gopher Warrior]

Dutcher & Tubby.. forever married in Gophers history for their roles in the Jimmy Williams debacle.

 

[GophersInIowa]

It's like a former U.S. president taking shots at an outgoing U.S. president's policies:

One Twin Cities resident well-versed with Gophers basketball, former coach Jim Dutcher, said he wasn’t surprised by Teague’s decision. The Gophers never showed the sort of upward movement expected from a coach with Smith’s previous track record.

“When [Teague] said ‘the ability to recruit,’ I thought, in six years [under Smith] the Gopher have not had a guy drafted by the NBA, in six years they have not had a first-team all-conference player,” Dutcher said. “So when you look at recruiting, and ask, ‘Did he do a great job?’ you’d have to say no.”

Dutcher also questioned Smith’s ability to develop the talent he did recruit. Most of Smith’s top recruits, Dutcher said, “were not much better as seniors than they were as freshmen.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/199968361.html

Go Gophers!!

He recruited one guy that was already drafted (White), two that will almost surely be drafted (Mbakwe and Hollins), and several that could (Iverson and Hollins).