Still haven't started their senior year. He wasn't hired to win the transfer portal. He was hired to win games. Our AD feels that recruiting high school players better will win more games. Our old guy was the transfer king.No activity for a month.
BJ needs to put some stuff together soon.
Still haven't started their senior year. He wasn't hired to win the transfer portal. He was hired to win games. Our AD feels that recruiting high school players better will win more games. Our old guy was the transfer king.
I'm really curious how we're going to fill this roster out.
Recruiting is about building relationships. The transfer portal this year is not the norm. I would be more concerned if Johnson filled the roster without care just to have warm bodies. I believe that they are being very deliberate and shrewd in waiting until some quality players have found that they no longer have a roster spot waiting for them and the Gophers will benefit by offering a soft landing spot. I have no doubt that the coaching staff has already built relationships with many of these athletes and will benefit in the coming weeks.No activity for a month.
BJ needs to put some stuff together soon.
Maybe we don't want any of them?No activity for a month.
BJ needs to put some stuff together soon.
How the hell do you know what Coyle really feels? I'm amazed at how some people can so easily transfer their own views onto others.
I'd guess the irony is lost on you.
LOL! He is going to be the emperor of transfer before this is over. He's going to need at least 10 incoming to have a roster that he can practice with. The paperwork burden, between the outgoing guys and the incoming has to be incredible.How the hell do you know what Coyle really feels? I'm amazed at how some people can so easily transfer their own views onto others.
On the whole, Pitino's transfers served him well. His bigger personnel problems were failing to acquire, retain, and develop enough good secondary and prep players. Since Johnson has recruited 6 transfers so far this season (more than Pitino ever did in a year) with more to come, I guess that makes him the "Transfer Emperor."
You don't have to be that patient, deliberate or shrewd when you have 6 open scholarships to burn. If they get 3 quality players out of the remaining 6 spots- count me as amazed and enthusiastic about being competitive this fall. I am one who believes that Johnson and staff will coach well and get players that play hard and have skills. The recruiting is a serious concern.Recruiting is about building relationships. The transfer portal this year is not the norm. I would be more concerned if Johnson filled the roster without care just to have warm bodies. I believe that they are being very deliberate and shrewd in waiting until some quality players have found that they no longer have a roster spot waiting for them and the Gophers will benefit by offering a soft landing spot. I have no doubt that the coaching staff has already built relationships with many of these athletes and will benefit in the coming weeks.
They have open scholarships coming out of their ears and with the transfer portal, "saving" any for 2022 is unnecessary. Between those who graduate/move on and the inevitable 3-4 transfers, they will have more than enough.Recruiting is about building relationships. The transfer portal this year is not the norm. I would be more concerned if Johnson filled the roster without care just to have warm bodies. I believe that they are being very deliberate and shrewd in waiting until some quality players have found that they no longer have a roster spot waiting for them and the Gophers will benefit by offering a soft landing spot. I have no doubt that the coaching staff has already built relationships with many of these athletes and will benefit in the coming weeks.
no activity for a month and BJ in the same post. Sounds like your marriage is a sitcom!No activity for a month.
BJ needs to put some stuff together soon.
I do agree that they are purposely being patient and deliberate and I'm trying not to put my own feelings of being impatient with the situation on them as I'm sure they have a plan (as ecoperson said). The sky is absolutely not falling, but at some point, the bad news has to end this spring and more good news comes in.You don't have to be that patient, deliberate or shrewd when you have 6 open scholarships to burn. If they get 3 quality players out of the remaining 6 spots- count me as amazed and enthusiastic about being competitive this fall. I am one who believes that Johnson and staff will coach well and get players that play hard and have skills. The recruiting is a serious concern.
Because Musselman is coaching a team that just went to the Elite 8 and likely would have demanded being the highest paid college coach ever to leave that and rebuild a bottom of the league team. The problem likely wasn't who we passed on it is who passed on us.I still have no clue why we didn't hire Musselman. That was the right choice and the team we had currently was on the brink of being pretty damn good with some legitimate coaching. This was to please the racial hire boosters and advocates. This hire is going to set us back years.
He said so in the press conference and previous interviews. "Recruiting is the lifeblood of the program" I believe is the line he uses or something similar.How the hell do you know what Coyle really feels? I'm amazed at how some people can so easily transfer their own views onto others.
I agree that Pitino was great at getting transfers. We can agree to disagree on what his biggest personal problems were. I think his biggest personal issues was recruiting/not developing higher quality team defendersOn the whole, Pitino's transfers served him well. His bigger personnel problems were failing to acquire, retain, and develop enough good secondary and prep players.
You can't be serious with this comment this year.... How would you rather he fill his roster?Since Johnson has recruited 6 transfers so far this season (more than Pitino ever did in a year) with more to come, I guess that makes him the "Transfer Emperor."
no kidding, why not just go hire Jay Wright or Chris Beard too... On the Musselman front, he's a tough personality to have around and wears on people. He lost his top assistant to a similar level job this year and rolls through them for a reason. Let$ wait and $ee how legit this Arkan$a$ thing la$ts and play$ out.Because Musselman is coaching a team that just went to the Elite 8 and likely would have demanded being the highest paid college coach ever to leave that and rebuild a bottom of the league team. The problem likely wasn't who we passed on it is who passed on us.
You forgot to mention Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich, and Pat Riley too since we are also talking the NBA thing on other threads.no kidding, why not just go hire Jay Wright or Chris Beard too... On the Musselman front, he's a tough personality to have around and wears on people. He lost his top assistant to a similar level job this year and rolls through them for a reason. Let$ wait and $ee how legit this Arkan$a$ thing la$ts and play$ out.
He didn't pass on us. He was not approached.Because Musselman is coaching a team that just went to the Elite 8 and likely would have demanded being the highest paid college coach ever to leave that and rebuild a bottom of the league team. The problem likely wasn't who we passed on it is who passed on us.
That's a legit concern with Muss.no kidding, why not just go hire Jay Wright or Chris Beard too... On the Musselman front, he's a tough personality to have around and wears on people. He lost his top assistant to a similar level job this year and rolls through them for a reason. Let$ wait and $ee how legit this Arkan$a$ thing la$ts and play$ out.
That's a legit concern with Muss.
no kidding, why not just go hire Jay Wright or Chris Beard too... On the Musselman front, he's a tough personality to have around and wears on people. He lost his top assistant to a similar level job this year and rolls through them for a reason. Let$ wait and $ee how legit this Arkan$a$ thing la$ts and play$ out.
Not sure it's the churn & burn level that you've made it appear with Musselman. Yes Patrick left for OU this year, but he and Porter Moser have a long history. Musselman made two strong hires in Kieth Smart and Gus Argenal, who worked with/for him at Nevada. That said, maybe the first part I could see being the case (tough personality, etc.).no kidding, why not just go hire Jay Wright or Chris Beard too... On the Musselman front, he's a tough personality to have around and wears on people. He lost his top assistant to a similar level job this year and rolls through them for a reason. Let$ wait and $ee how legit this Arkan$a$ thing la$ts and play$ out.
It's not going to go well FYI.I think its a little early for the sky is falling in terms of recruiting. I think if 2022 doesn't go well that is a huge problem. He likely wasn't going to get many prep players in 2021.
I've been as critical of Johnson as anyone but his inability to land commitments currently isn't my biggest concern.
There are at least three camps right now:Is it time to combine some of these threads into an
"All things - doubts about Ben Johnson" thread?
at this point, I'm not sure Johnson could do anything to please his critics.
all I know is that the Gophers will play basketball next season. somebody will be on the roster. and at the end of the year, we can all review the season and form our own opinions about how well Johnson has done.