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This morning on Tim Brando's show on Sirius 91 said there are great stories out of the Big Ten and Minnesota is becoming the best one. He mentioned that if the wins keep coming this will become one of the best national stories soon.

Although, Brando then said (paraphrasing) "It's a great story and we've tried and tried to get guests from the team and coaching staff but nobody is willing to interview. This is going to start garnering real national attention and you'd think they'd like to get out in front of it."

Brando was very complimentary about the team but seemed perplexed that no one at the U would want to come on his national show to talk about it.
 

It's because our Coaching Staff and Team are concentrating on Penn State and not some damned radio show.
 

Maybe they just don't want to talk to that arrogant donkey. If you recall, he went on a little tirade after Tubby was canned and chastising them saying, "They're Minnesota, how can they possibly think they can do better" (or something close to that). Brock Vereen was on KFAN today, Drew Goodger was on The Ticket yesterday, so I don't think that they're unwilling to do interviews.
 

F*** the national media and what they think of the Gophers. We've been disrespected and made a joke of by them for too long. This isn't just some "cute little feel good story" that Brando and the rest of the national press makes it out to be. Lets get this straight, the Gophers are out to kick every big ten team's butt, and not just to be a pleasant surprise story.
 

GameDay said:
F*** the national media and what they think of the Gophers. We've been disrespected and made a joke of by them for too long. This isn't just some "cute little feel good story" that Brando and the rest of the national press makes it out to be. Lets get this straight, the Gophers are out to kick every big ten team's butt, and not just to be a pleasant surprise story.
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Well this is awkward. Kill and Claeys sat down with ESPN gameday today for interviews that will air on Saturday.
 


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GameDay said:
F*** the national media and what they think of the Gophers. We've been disrespected and made a joke of by them for too long. This isn't just some "cute little feel good story" that Brando and the rest of the national press makes it out to be. Lets get this straight, the Gophers are out to kick every big ten team's butt, and not just to be a pleasant surprise story.
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If they win this Saturday, maybe someone will do one as we have a bye the following week.
 

I'm not too worried about it. We've made the progress I expected. We actually have a realistic shot at 9-4. If we beat either MSU or Wisc, I'll be ecstatic. We've made progress, and I hope we continue that trend.
 

He is very understanding of the demands on the coaching staff and said he understood their unavailability. Someone has sent a Gopher Helmet which he has on set every once in while. He is no enemy. He commented that The Rouser, now that's a fight song.
 



JoeDirt said:
This morning on Tim Brando's show on Sirius 91 said there are great stories out of the Big Ten and Minnesota is becoming the best one. He mentioned that if the wins keep coming this will become one of the best national stories soon.

Although, Brando then said (paraphrasing) "It's a great story and we've tried and tried to get guests from the team and coaching staff but nobody is willing to interview. This is going to start garnering real national attention and you'd think they'd like to get out in front of it."

Brando was very complimentary about the team but seemed perplexed that no one at the U would want to come on his national show to talk about it.
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You're paraphrasing, so perhaps this is slightly off. Things change and the transition from losing to winning has much attached to it. The demands for time increase, which is a good thing, and the desire to take advantage of those opportunities is there, but you can't forget those that have been with you all along. And, if your media requests have gone from 5 to 50, there just isn't enough time in the week. Perhaps Brando said something like that, but it might have gone like this:

Brando's Producer: This is Joe from Brando's show, we want Kill on for an hour at 10 a.m.
UM Athletic Communications: His interview docket is full at that time. Would you like an assistant coach or player?
BP: No! We're big timers! We want Kill. Have him cancel everything to accommodate us!
UMAC: *click*

The same thing goes for bandwagon fans. When this thing really gets rolling, tickets will be harder to come by, along with prime tailgating spots, etc. Shouldn't we take care of those fans that stuck with us during the bad times before we cater to those that come late to the party, saying "hey, we're here now. Where's all the good stuff?"
 

killme said:
The demands for time increase, which is a good thing, and the desire to take advantage of those opportunities is there, but you can't forget those that have been with you all along. And, if your media requests have gone from 5 to 50, there just isn't enough time in the week.
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The Brando Show this week aside, what's the point of elevating the program when you don't utilize all avenues to elevate the program? If PTI wants him for five good minutes....nope, where were you after the Iowa game last month?

If this was happening under normal circumstances and not during Coach Kill's still sort of leave of absence, then he darn well better be available for the national media.

killme said:
The same thing goes for bandwagon fans. When this thing really gets rolling, tickets will be harder to come by, along with prime tailgating spots, etc. Shouldn't we take care of those fans that stuck with us during the bad times before we cater to those that come late to the party, saying "hey, we're here now. Where's all the good stuff?"
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No. You say welcome new fans, we hope you have a great time and keep coming back to help provide a game day atmosphere that impresses recruits, make media notice the demand for coverage and helps the team win.

In Pat Forde's Monday column he notes Baylor's game tonight against Oklahoma still had tickets available. He also notes not one home game during RGIII's final season sold out. Bandwagon fans are essential.
 

Maximus said:
The Brando Show this week aside, what's the point of elevating the program when you don't utilize all avenues to elevate the program? If PTI wants him for five good minutes....nope, where were you after the Iowa game last month?

If this was happening under normal circumstances and not during Coach Kill's still sort of leave of absence, then he darn well better be available for the national media.


No. You say welcome new fans, we hope you have a great time and keep coming back to help provide a game day atmosphere that impresses recruits, make media notice the demand for coverage and helps the team win.

In Pat Forde's Monday column he notes Baylor's game tonight against Oklahoma still had tickets available. He also notes not one home game during RGIII's final season sold out. Bandwagon fans are essential.
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Seems reasonable and right even. Maybe with Brando it's simply a case of Kill/Claeys not being available at the time that Brando's Producer want him to be available? Kill has been very savvy and very available when dealing with the media. Can't think of a case where he'd start turning down national exposure to the public and recruits.

The Baylor/Oklahoma game Thursday night is still unsold? RG111's Senior Year didn't have a sell-out game?

Wonder if all the Bear and Sooner fans head to their websites with hand wringing queries about lousy fan bases, lazy students and shoddy marketing? :eek:
 





Maximus said:
The Brando Show this week aside, what's the point of elevating the program when you don't utilize all avenues to elevate the program? If PTI wants him for five good minutes....nope, where were you after the Iowa game last month?

If this was happening under normal circumstances and not during Coach Kill's still sort of leave of absence, then he darn well better be available for the national media.

No. You say welcome new fans, we hope you have a great time and keep coming back to help provide a game day atmosphere that impresses recruits, make media notice the demand for coverage and helps the team win.

In Pat Forde's Monday column he notes Baylor's game tonight against Oklahoma still had tickets available. He also notes not one home game during RGIII's final season sold out. Bandwagon fans are essential.
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I didn't say turn down interviews because they weren't here a month ago. My point was if there are only so many hours in the day, and folks that were here a month ago needed Kill's time, they would get it. Certainly more interview demands come with success. He's dealt with that before. If Brando did say they've "tried and tried...and no one is willing" then we really have a story. This DID NOT HAPPEN.

And, you misunderstood my point about the bandwagon fans. There are tickets left for this week's game. I think they'll sell out. I also think the Wisc game will sell out, and if someone decides it would be really exciting to go to that game, there may not be tickets available. I would never turn away fans wanting to jump on the bandwagon. But, I also wouldn't pull tickets from faithful fans to give to the Johnny-come-latelys, either.
 

Where do the facilities rank, compared to the rest of the B1G for football and basketball?
 

my guess is that our coaching staff would prefer to discuss Football and not why the head coach is in the booth coaching. National Media jumps at something out of the norm and now will focus on the coach instead of the product on the field.

If national media wants to discuss the game coming up or about how young this team really is and how well they are playing- time could be found to do interviews.

players and staff are getting local interviews and are content on discussing "football" instead of illnesses.
 

The Gophers at 7-2 are a hot item, but to the national media are largely a momentary distraction from the likes of Alabama, Florida State, Ohio State, and Oregon. If we lose to Penn State this weekend, the buzz will end and they'll move on to the next big thing. Even if we continue to roll on and win Saturday and against Wisconsin, there's no guarantee about what the 2014 season will bring. We could be back to 6-6 and looking at a bowl trip to Detroit. Time will tell. The point is if Kill and the staff had legitimate scheduling conflicts or were so booked up with other media appearances that a line had to be drawn, then fair enough. However, this program is in no position to blow off any national media on the basis of grudges or slights, real or perceived. The hot streak the team is on may not last and should be milked for all its worth in every possible way. At some point, unless we break through to the elite, the national media will get progressively less interested and chances to talk to Brando or Fowler or SI or USA Today or whomever will be fewer and less emphasized.
 

DoubleB said:
my guess is that our coaching staff would prefer to discuss Football and not why the head coach is in the booth coaching. National Media jumps at something out of the norm and now will focus on the coach instead of the product on the field.

If national media wants to discuss the game coming up or about how young this team really is and how well they are playing- time could be found to do interviews.

players and staff are getting local interviews and are content on discussing "football" instead of illnesses.
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Good point.
 

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