No, it was time for a change in year 8.
It’s a message board. I do have opinions on it.
How many years did Pitino have his team in or receiving votes for the Top 25 at some point during the season???
He hasn't coached a game or practice nor met any recruits in person.
How many years did he finish in the top 25?
Teams do ebb and flow. We pounded Michigan and Michigan St. They recovered. Without the injuries our course very likely is different.
I don’t know if it’s based in race, but I will always have issues with people saying he looks shabby (when he doesn’t), unprofessional (when he doesn’t), and that he’s not working hard (come on now). Feels an awful lot like a micro aggression.
If he had 70% winning percentage he’d still
Don’t believe I’ve read anybody suggesting he should be fired.
I understand calling everything racist is currently the way of the world but saying criticism of Ben Johnson is racist is quite the reach.
One? Two? Three? With votes? I dunno.
It is done. He is the coach. Mark Coyle did hire him. Nothing anybody can do about it. Write an email to him with your disappointment and suggestions, maybe. I choose to support him as coach (even if I have some heartburn about the upcoming season).
2 months in...
No clue, nor do I care. Our coach is Ben Johnson. You have judged him incompetent over his first two months.
Well said.
Because: (i) he cant recruit MN any worse than the previous coach; (ii) I expect he will connect with his players better than Pitino; (iii) he has a strong Xs and Os assistant; (iv) I think he will be more willing to get down and dirty on the recruiting trail.
Well, first, I don't call everything racist. Second, had people actually given Ben Johnson a chance the issue of racism would not be as strongly correlated. As it is, Johnson is just over 2 months into his job and people are whining. Racism has to be considered since Pitino was given a pass, but Johnson is not given the same pass.
Who hasn’t or isn’t giving Johnson a chance? Has there been calls for his firing 2 months in? It’s criticism and nothing more. Correlating the criticism to racism based on the timing of the criticism is a reach.
Aren't you at least interested in why that up today every player, except 1, has entered the portal and why no player from a major div 1 team hasn't joined the Gophers? How many div 1 teams have had this mass exodus of players? Was it because Pitino left? Was it because they didn't see a path to being on a good team? Didn't they want to play for an inexperienced coach? Unless the player tell us why they left all we can do is speculate. Until the new coach, like any new coach in this similar situation, can show us he's capable there will always be those who 2nd guess a new coachs hire.
Was not about liking him. It was about knowing he was a crappy coach.
Pitino is a bottom 10% coach in conference history. Ben gets his chance to do better now.
I like his assistants a whole lot. I like the tone and focus on character. I like the quiet nature. I like having a smart coach. We actually have a chance to build a foundation.
Wow ! That is the standard ? What about conference contention, a conference title, a elite 8 or final 4. What about doing well enough to sell out the Barn.
Overall body of work was garbage. He failed here miserably. Next man up.
Yeah, it would be one thing if this was 2 months into the actual season, but this is two months into the most chaotic 'off season' we will likely see in our lifetime. The fan base here is more depressing than the unfolding events.
So if Ben does not get any P6 transfers does that mean all the transfers are racist? Are all the Gophers who transferred out of the program racist as well? None of them have given Ben "a chance" therefore they are racist, especially if they go to a program with a white coach. Everyone of those people are speaking their opinions with their actions about BJ and they only gave him 2 months as well.