Gophers interested in talking to Chris Collins?

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Lol. Are we really going to freak out and analyze these two half way through the first season?
 


Not freaking out - just a Duke fan stroking a former Dukie. Nothing more, nothing less. Funny that he used the word "biases".
 




It's fun to look back. Certainly I've been wrong before and maybe less definitive statements would do everyone better. Makes me look silly at times and probably others in this thread as well. Open mind can be a good thing
 

Pewterschmidt said:
It's fun to look back. Certainly I've been wrong before and maybe less definitive statements would do everyone better. Makes me look silly at times and probably others in this thread as well. Open mind can be a good thing
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You already posted about Collins in the game thread. Everyone knows you're a Duke fan. Good for you. You know Gopher fans on the board are pissed because the Gophers lost and this puts a serious crimp in the tourney hopes, but you had to dig up a thread buried for almost a year because it's fun to look back? Your timing gives you away.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
You already posted about Collins in the game thread. Everyone knows you're a Duke fan. Good for you. You know Gopher fans on the board are pissed because the Gophers lost and this puts a serious crimp in the tourney hopes, but you had to dig up a thread buried for almost a year because it's fun to look back? Your timing gives you away.
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It's topical
 




Pewterschmidt said:
It's topical
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You mean typical, as in typical Duke fan making everything about Duke...it's like you guys think you invented the game. And if we wanted an offense that stood around for 30 seconds, has trouble inbounding the ball against the press and a team primarily made up of slow guys that can't dribble we would have held on to Tubby.
 

GopherinPhilly said:
You mean typical, as in typical Duke fan making everything about Duke...it's like you guys think you invented the game. And if we wanted an offense that stood around for 30 seconds, has trouble inbounding the ball against the press and a team primarily made up of slow guys that can't dribble we would have held on to Tubby.
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Huh? Are you talking about Collins? Seems to me he's playing to his team's strengths and weaknesses. The systems he's been exposed to don't play that style. I tend to prefer coaches that have the ability to adapt to their personal, especially their first year as a coach. Maybe that's just me.

Also, most, if not all Duke fans acknowledge that James Naismith invented the game. Not sure where you are going with that one.
 

Pewterschmidt said:
Huh? Are you talking about Collins? Seems to me he's playing to his team's strengths and weaknesses. The systems he's been exposed to don't play that style. I tend to prefer coaches that have the ability to adapt to their personal, especially their first year as a coach. Maybe that's just me. Also, most, if not all Duke fans acknowledge that James Naismith invented the game. Not sure where you are going with that one.
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Someone bring back the ISU fans, this guy might be worse.
 

scher215 said:
Someone bring back the ISU fans, this guy might be worse.
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Can you explain? Curious what I said. On a day that NW won at Williams arena, I bumped a thread where everyone but one chastised the idea of hiring the coach that just won. Certainly an interesting look back. Then I explained that we can all be a little softer in our online opinions.

Personally, I've been wrong. I fell for the Brewster Kool-Aid. It can be humbling to be so sure of something and then getting kicked in the balls when I should have been more cautious in my opinion.
 





MaxyJR1 said:
This is an interesting take. Do we know what's Teague's balance of academics and basketball will be? This is so opposite of Maturi, Teague really left the door open to any hire. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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funniest. Who cares now?
 

One point to clarify. I'm not saying I'd take Collins over Pitino. I like the latter's penchant for analytics and I think he has shown in the limited time I've seen him to coach players up and can adjust his style game-to-game. I just happen to think that anyone that dismissed Collins because he was a Duke assistant is likely foolish. Both can be good coaches and Minnesota considering Collins as a head coach was likely the right thing to do.
 


I hope Collins is successful. I would love to see Northwestern make the Tourney at long last. Be nice to see Minnesota, Iowa and NU supplant some of the tired old usual suspects, especially the skunks. Turn the league upside down.
 

After watching the last few weeks and seeing the emergence of Nebraska and Northwestern....I'm wondering just how tough this league is going to be in the coming years with potentially two less sub-par teams to get three or four wins against. Could be brutal if this is the trend for these two teams and not just a blip on the radar. I like what Collins is doing.
 

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golfing18now said:
After watching the last few weeks and seeing the emergence of Nebraska and Northwestern....I'm wondering just how tough this league is going to be in the coming years with potentially two less sub-par teams to get three or four wins against. Could be brutal if this is the trend for these two teams and not just a blip on the radar. I like what Collins is doing.
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Going back to 2000 the Gophers record vs N'western is now 16-14 & vs Nebraska is 6-4. Combined they have lost 3 in a row to those teams.
 

Ope3 said:
Going back to 2000 the Gophers record vs N'western is now 16-14 & vs Nebraska is 6-4. Combined they have lost 3 in a row to those teams.
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On the upside, Ope, vs Wisconsin and Ohio State, combined we have won 2 in a row...
 

Ope3 said:
Going back to 2000 the Gophers record vs N'western is now 16-14 & vs Nebraska is 6-4. Combined they have lost 3 in a row to those teams.
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Thanks for the research. That's pretty sad. Perception certainly hasn't been reality, in my cases, unfortunately. Probably speaks to where the Gophers have been in the conference pecking order in the last ten years, as much as anything (22-18 against those two)
 

It seems like we lose a game to Northwestern every year, so those stats don't surprise me at all.
 

GopherJake said:
It seems like we lose a game to Northwestern every year, so those stats don't surprise me at all.
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Pretty much, 2000 & 2001 the Gophers won the only meeting both times. The only other sweep was 2008 (3-0).
 

solid road win tonight over a coach that has energized his program.
 


Collins needs to energize his program more. They only scored 32 points all game at home.
 

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