Five Guys On A Shortlist: If the U Decides Change Is Needed, Aim High & Don't Be Cheap With That Big Ten Cash

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howeda7 said:
I tend to agree that Otz is not gettable. I doubt Miller or McDermott are either outside of the B1G/Big East factor.

My top 10 (after obligatory calls to Dutcher and Musselman).

1. Brad Brownell-Clemson. This is a reach too. But he's been there a long time, been on the hot seat a couple times and the ACC might be UNC or FSU bolting away from chaos. Would have to pay him a Fleck-ian salary though.

2. Darian DeVries-WVU

3. Ben McCollum-Drake

4. Tad Boyle-Colorado

5. Niko Medved-CSU

6. Chris Mack-Charleston

7. Leon Rice-Boise

8. Craig Smith-Utah

9. Anthony Grant-Dayton

10. Sundance Wicks-Wyoming
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Very few of these would garner the kind of excitement that is needed with this hire. Coyle screwed up the last hire terribly, and it is going to cost him quite a bit to recover.
 

Tucker32 said:
Big East has nowhere the money the Big Ten does. And, if you get the right coach in ticket revenue will increase significantly. I think you are way underestimating what the Big Ten dollars are and will continue to be compared to others. Not having football will be a significant disadvantage over time for the Big East schools.
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The Big East schools have some of the biggest budgets in all of college basketball.

This is pure lunacy that people are trying to argue something that isn't arguable. The Gophers have ZERO chance to lure Sampson, Miller, Otz, McDermott. ZERO. ZERO.

On one hand everyone is talking about how the gophers cant afford to keep players here and we always dumpster dive for players. On the other we have people saying they can win a bidding war for Sampson and TJO.

Cannot make this shit up
 





MUgopher32 said:
Forgetting about the state of the job.

But even money wise the Gophers are not upping the salaries of Otz or even McDermott or Miller. People are overestimating what we can spend for hoops and/or greatly underestimating what those teams all have.
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And you are not a coach...(1) I can coach in the Big Ten? Be in the best conference? (2). They are not very good, so I get to build it my way...nothing to tear down. No expectations...I'll be king when we win! (3) And, they are going to pay me a million, two million more dollars than I make now? (4) And my wife loves the idea of living in a major league city with tons of school choices and shopping. I don't know which one, but that's a factor for some HR hire. 5. New practice facility, home court games advantage.
 


60's Guy said:
And you are not a coach...(1) I can coach in the Big Ten? Be in the best conference? (2). They are not very good, so I get to build it my way...nothing to tear down. No expectations...I'll be king when we win! (3) And, they are going to pay me a million, two million more dollars than I make now? (4) And my wife loves the idea of living in a major league city with tons of school choices and shopping. I don't know which one, but that's a factor for some HR hire. 5. New practice facility, home court games advantage.
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1. The Big 10 is not the best conference. Its certainly not enticing anyone to leave the Big12 or SEC

2. Yeah, why would a coach leave where they are successful at a good program to go to a worse one

3. Why would they take less money

4. Have you watched basketball? We ended up with Ben Johnson for a reason. Losing has made this fan base legit braindead
 

MUgopher32 said:
1. The Big 10 is not the best conference. Its certainly not enticing anyone to leave the Big12 or SEC

2. Yeah, why would a coach leave where they are successful at a good program to go to a worse one

3. Why would they take less money

4. Have you watched basketball? We ended up with Ben Johnson for a reason. Losing has made this fan base legit braindead
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1. Big Ten has more money than the Big 12.
2. Tons of reasons...your AD is an idiot, you need a change, you do not feel appreciated for all you believe you have accomplished. On and on.
3. Nobody would. As several have said...Minnesota can find the money if they want to.
4. Basketball had absolutely nothing to do with hiring Ben Johnson.
 



MUgopher32 said:
The Big East schools have some of the biggest budgets in all of college basketball.

This is pure lunacy that people are trying to argue something that isn't arguable. The Gophers have ZERO chance to lure Sampson, Miller, Otz, McDermott. ZERO. ZERO.

On one hand everyone is talking about how the gophers cant afford to keep players here and we always dumpster dive for players. On the other we have people saying they can win a bidding war for Sampson and TJO.

Cannot make this shit up
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People that are this condescending and sure of themselves can’t be wrong. So I gotta side with him.
 


Tucker32 said:
Very few of these would garner the kind of excitement that is needed with this hire. Coyle screwed up the last hire terribly, and it is going to cost him quite a bit to recover.
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They don't need to generate excitement at the press conference. They need to hire someone who know's how to build a program and win with limited resources in CBB's current landscape. A competitive team will generate excitement.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
They don't need to generate excitement at the press conference. They need to hire someone who know's how to build a program and win with limited resources in CBB's current landscape. A competitive team will generate excitement.
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i mean the right hire can do both.....that makes the list a whole lot more selective but they gotta get this right
 



60's Guy said:
1. Big Ten has more money than the Big 12.
2. Tons of reasons...your AD is an idiot, you need a change, you do not feel appreciated for all you believe you have accomplished. On and on.
3. Nobody would. As several have said...Minnesota can find the money if they want to.
4. Basketball had absolutely nothing to do with hiring Ben Johnson.
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1. This right here is your issue. Leagues don't pay for coaches. Schools do. Minnesota does not have a bigger basketball budget than any of the teams of top coaches referenced. That is a FACT.

2. None of those coaches are in situations where they are unappreciated with bad ADs. Again, they are getting paid more and winning while loved.

3. No, the gophers cannot just magically make a budget they don't have appear.

4. Correct, resources did. They don't have them.

You can keep doubling down but its not going to get any more intelligent.
 

WoodburyTim said:
People that are this condescending and sure of themselves can’t be wrong. So I gotta side with him.
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Its not even condescending

Its just a fact the Minnesota golden gophers cannot poach a coach like Kelvin Sampson

Its embarrassing people even are arguing this
 

MUgopher32 said:
1. This right here is your issue. Leagues don't pay for coaches. Schools do. Minnesota does not have a bigger basketball budget than any of the teams of top coaches referenced. That is a FACT.

2. None of those coaches are in situations where they are unappreciated with bad ADs. Again, they are getting paid more and winning while loved.

3. No, the gophers cannot just magically make a budget they don't have appear.

4. Correct, resources did. They don't have them.

You can keep doubling down but its not going to get any more intelligent.
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You are just talking out of your Arse!!!

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I put together a spreadsheet with the top 60 basketball revenue schools.

The U is currently at a low spot in local/national popularity and it still ranks 44th this year at about $18 mil. That can easily be raise by about 4-5 mil if the program starts winning. that would put them into the top 20 - 30 programs in the country. Florida State jump this year from $18 to almost $25 mil, Arkansas did the opposite in dropping from $25 mill down to $20 mil just this year.

A good coach that brings in the fans can easily make the U one of the top 25. Hell, Rutgers is at 28th with $21 mil

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MUgopher32 said:
Its not even condescending

Its just a fact the Minnesota golden gophers cannot poach a coach like Kelvin Sampson

Its embarrassing people even are arguing this
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I agree with this. Coaches like those that have been mentioned go upward to bigger and better programs not downward to bottom feeder programs.

Keep the thought process for a new coach in the world of reality which would be a program builder from a Mid Major or a big time program assistant who has been with top level coaches throughout his career.
 

WHB Brewer said:
Why not Jay Wright. Hea available too
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Can you imagine? Holy Jesus

That would be the Home Run of Home Runs.

Retires from Villanova...takes Minnesota job haha. I like the sound of that.
 

I appreciate all the feedback on this topic. Interesting to hear all the different names. Let's take it to the next level and get more specific with names. I'm excluding all head coaches from the Big Ten and SEC (the Power 2, so to speak).

Let's say Mark Coyle sets his sights on a sitting heading coach from the ACC, Big, East, or Big XII, or a select group of others (for various reasons) from outisde those conferences.

How many of the following sitting head coaches would get YOUR SEAL OF APPROVAL, AND and be BOTH INTERESTED & GETTABLE for Minnesota? I'm listing every coach, even if there's no chance in h*ll to land them. I ask that you name no more than 5. We'll add up the numbers on New Year's Day and give Coyle our top 5 recommendations from this list! (wink, wink)

1. Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway (Memphis)
2. Andy Kennedy (UAB)
3. Earl Grant (Boston College)
4. Mark Madsen (Cal)
5. Brad Brownell (Clemson)
6. Jon Scheyer (Duke)
7. Leonard Hamilton (Florida State)
8. Damon Stoudamire (Georgia Tech)
9. Pat Kelsey (Louisville)
10. Jim Larranaga (Miami)
11. Hubert Davis (North Carolina)
12. Kevin Keatts (NC State)
13. Micah Shrewsberry (Notre Dame)
14. Jeff Capel (Pitt)
15. Andy Enfield (SMU)
16. Kyle Smith (Stanford)
17. Adrian Autry (Syracuse)
18. Ron Sanchez (Virginia)
19. Mike Young (Virginia Tech)
20. Steve Forbes (Wake Forest)
21. Anthony Grant (Dayton)
22. Archie Miller (Rhode Island)
23. Mark Schmidt (Saint Bonaventure)
24. Thad Matta (Butler)
25. Greg McDermott (Creighton)
26. Chris Holtmann (DePaul)
27. Ed Cooley (Georgetown)
28. Shaka Smart (Marquette)
29. Kim English (Providence)
30. Rick Pitino (Saint John's)
31. Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall)
32. Danny Hurley (UConn)
33. Kyle Neptune (Villanova)
34. Sean Miller (Xavier)
35. Tommy Lloyd (Arizona)
36. Bobby Hurley (Arizona State)
37. Scott Drew (Baylor)
38. Kevin Young (BYU)
39. Wes Miller (Cincinnati)
40. Tad Boyle (Colorado)
41. Kelvin Sampson (Houston)
42. TJ Otzelberger (Iowa State)
43. Bill Self (Kansas)
44. Jerome Tang (K-State)
45. Steve Lutz (Oklahoma State)
46. Jamie Dixon (TCU)
47. Grant McCasland (Texas Tech)
48. Johnny Dawkins (UCF)
49. Craig Smith (Utah)
50. Darian DeVries (West Virginia)
51. Chris Mack (College of Charleston)
52. Mitch Henderson (Princeton)
53. John Groce (Akron)
54. Brian Wardle (Bradley)
55. Ben McCollum (Drake)
56. Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa)
57. Leon Rice (Boise State)
58. Niko Medved (Colorado State)
59. Steve Alford (Nevada)
60. Brian Dutcher (San Diego State)
61. Tim Miles (San Jose State)
62. Sundance Wicks (Wyoming)
63. Will Wade (McNeese)
64. David Richman (North Dakota State)
65. Johnny Tauer (Saint Thomas)
66. Eric Henderson (South Dakota State)
67. Bryan Hodgson (Arkansas State)
68. Randy Bennett (Saint Mary's)
69. Bryce Drew (Grand Canyon)
 

Tucker32 said:
Very few of these would garner the kind of excitement that is needed with this hire. Coyle screwed up the last hire terribly, and it is going to cost him quite a bit to recover.
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Outside of Musselman and Dutcher, no realistic hire will generate immediate excitement. They will have to actually win games to do that, and not just against the Morgan State's of the world.
 

MUgopher32 said:
1. The Big 10 is not the best conference. Its certainly not enticing anyone to leave the Big12 or SEC

2. Yeah, why would a coach leave where they are successful at a good program to go to a worse one

3. Why would they take less money

4. Have you watched basketball? We ended up with Ben Johnson for a reason. Losing has made this fan base legit braindead
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While you might be right about specific coaches, anyone who suggested we could hire Tubby Smith in 2007 would have been similarly dismissed.

The B1G and the SEC have the most $$ now and that advantage will continue to grow in the future. This isn't just about basketball it's about total AD revenue and wanting to be in the "Big 2".

So I don't buy that we can't poach a coach from the Big 12/ACC or especially the Big East. We may not get McDermott or Otzelberger specifically, but the notion should not and cannot be dismissed categorically.
 

MUgopher32 said:
Its not even condescending

Its just a fact the Minnesota golden gophers cannot poach a coach like Kelvin Sampson

Its embarrassing people even are arguing this
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Kelvin Sampson is about to turn 70. He shouldn't even be a target even if we could get him. But other Big 12 coaches like Tad Boyle and DeVries? Certainly.
 

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