Is Niko coming to MN?

% likelihood of Niko being our next coach

  • 100%

    Votes: 50 33.6%

  • 90%

    Votes: 44 29.5%

  • 70%

    Votes: 38 25.5%

  • 50%

    Votes: 24 16.1%

  • 0%

    Votes: 5 3.4%
  • Total voters
    149
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Drake University Gopher said:
Better question - is Lake coming with him as a grad transfer?!? Thank you Mr. "Give me the mother f’in ball" Queen
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I sure hope Evans comes. That kid is one of the better shooters in college ball (44% from 3s on the year!). Great opportunity to stick with his coach and move up to a bigger conference...and get paid of course.

Evans is from Kansas City....
 








His team seemed well disciplined, smart defenders and overall cool under pressure. I was skeptical but worth a flyer. Been 4 years since I have seen that here.
 




MilosRevenge said:
Passed up and proceeded to make three tournaments in four years including two at-large selections. Worked out for the best.
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4 years ago I would have been happier with a Niko hire than when we hired Ben, but that’s not saying much at all. Even if he likely would have given us 4 way better years than we got, his profile to move up wasn’t that strong at that point. In 2021 Niko had a history of improving programs but also 0 NCAA bids and barely a winning record. At any point in time there are a handful of guys like that, and even if it panned out, going with him would have been yet another crappy “he’s one of us” decisions.
 


I no longer believe he is coming. Somehow, in eight hours of sleep and a morning doom scroll, I have given up hope. Blame 50 years of inept support for athletes at Minnesota for making me believe that this school is designed to indoctrinate accepting losing as an option. We have a college that believes it is okay to go to battle and take the sword to the gut because every other soldier ends up with a sword in the gut. It is normalized like that is the way life is supposed to be. Just take it. It is normal to be assassinated. Lower your expectation, boys. You're at the U of M. No need to be toxic here!

I'll tell you what toxic is. Toxic is accepting the sword to the gut. That is true toxicity. Teaching young men to expect being a casualty is toxic. Expecting to be a lower-level cog in someone else's play is toxic. I want a return to the warrior ethos, the winner takes all, conquer the world mentality. I want the manifest destiny returned to the core of our existence.

Why would Niko want to come here? We won't even invest in ourselves with a better arena just because we want to. We are led to believe that lower expectations are nostalgic and better than having the best facility around. What introverted stupidity are we selling ourselves? I don't think any of us would say we couldn't be the baddest kingdom around just because in winter the sun doesn't shine. I know. We are not a kingdom. We are a basketball program at a university. We should try to conquer with it and dominate basketball. Any acceptance of the "well, half of teams lose on any given day" mentality needs to end today.

Let's go to Colorado. Rent a van and kidnap Niko and explain to him our earnest desire to be badass in Minnesota. If he isn't interested. We come home. We listen to our therapist. We pour ourselves a stiff drink. We promise our wives we'll be simps. We express our regrets to Niko before the judge. What could go wrong?
 



ShushPush said:
I no longer believe he is coming. Somehow, in eight hours of sleep and a morning doom scroll, I have given up hope. Blame 50 years of inept support for athletes at Minnesota for making me believe that this school is designed to indoctrinate accepting losing as an option. We have a college that believes it is okay to go to battle and take the sword to the gut because every other soldier ends up with a sword in the gut. It is normalized like that is the way life is supposed to be. Just take it. It is normal to be assassinated. Lower your expectation, boys. You're at the U of M. No need to be toxic here!

I'll tell you what toxic is. Toxic is accepting the sword to the gut. That is true toxicity. Teaching young men to expect being a casualty is toxic. Expecting to be a lower-level cog in someone else's play is toxic. I want a return to the warrior ethos, the winner takes all, conquer the world mentality. I want the manifest destiny returned to the core of our existence.

Why would Niko want to come here? We won't even invest in ourselves with a better arena just because we want to. We are led to believe that lower expectations are nostalgic and better than having the best facility around. What introverted stupidity are we selling ourselves? I don't think any of us would say we couldn't be the baddest kingdom around just because in winter the sun doesn't shine. I know. We are not a kingdom. We are a basketball program at a university. We should try to conquer with it and dominate basketball. Any acceptance of the "well, half of teams lose on any given day" mentality needs to end today.

Let's go to Colorado. Rent a van and kidnap Niko and explain to him our earnest desire to be badass in Minnesota. If he isn't interested. We come home. We listen to our therapist. We pour ourselves a stiff drink. We promise our wives we'll be simps. We express our regrets to Niko before the judge. What could go wrong?
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ShushPush said:
I no longer believe he is coming. Somehow, in eight hours of sleep and a morning doom scroll, I have given up hope. Blame 50 years of inept support for athletes at Minnesota for making me believe that this school is designed to indoctrinate accepting losing as an option. We have a college that believes it is okay to go to battle and take the sword to the gut because every other soldier ends up with a sword in the gut. It is normalized like that is the way life is supposed to be. Just take it. It is normal to be assassinated. Lower your expectation, boys. You're at the U of M. No need to be toxic here!

I'll tell you what toxic is. Toxic is accepting the sword to the gut. That is true toxicity. Teaching young men to expect being a casualty is toxic. Expecting to be a lower-level cog in someone else's play is toxic. I want a return to the warrior ethos, the winner takes all, conquer the world mentality. I want the manifest destiny returned to the core of our existence.

Why would Niko want to come here? We won't even invest in ourselves with a better arena just because we want to. We are led to believe that lower expectations are nostalgic and better than having the best facility around. What introverted stupidity are we selling ourselves? I don't think any of us would say we couldn't be the baddest kingdom around just because in winter the sun doesn't shine. I know. We are not a kingdom. We are a basketball program at a university. We should try to conquer with it and dominate basketball. Any acceptance of the "well, half of teams lose on any given day" mentality needs to end today.

Let's go to Colorado. Rent a van and kidnap Niko and explain to him our earnest desire to be badass in Minnesota. If he isn't interested. We come home. We listen to our therapist. We pour ourselves a stiff drink. We promise our wives we'll be simps. We express our regrets to Niko before the judge. What could go wrong?
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Wow....just wow.....I mean I hope this is a bit.....but damn.

My dad used to tell us that "Not every thought that goes through our head needs to come out of our mouth.".......that probably applies to posting on message boards as well :)
 

MNVCGUY said:
Wow....just wow.....I mean I hope this is a bit.....but damn.

My dad used to tell us that "Not every thought that goes through our head needs to come out of our mouth.".......that probably applies to posting on message boards as well :)
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I know what you meanMNVC. I still regret my email to the U they said we need to have Happy Days night at a bball game with the Fonz and Ron Howard.
 


MNVCGUY said:
Wow....just wow.....I mean I hope this is a bit.....but damn.

My dad used to tell us that "Not every thought that goes through our head needs to come out of our mouth.".......that probably applies to posting on message boards as well :)
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Wow...just wow. I mean I hope this is a bit...but damn.

My dad used to tell us that "Everybody has a voice. Maybe you should listen." In your case read for irony, satire and to the end. Then, use your head and say, "It wasn't about me."
 




Now good thing about Coyle is we’ll find out when it happens, 1:19AM be damned! I’m thinking Tuesday with a similar time frame to Iowa/McCollum (even if not official official). We’re not quite as sleazy as NC State / Wade.
 

ShushPush said:
Wow...just wow. I mean I hope this is a bit...but damn.

My dad used to tell us that "Everybody has a voice. Maybe you should listen." In your case read for irony, satire and to the end. Then, use your head and say, "It wasn't about me."
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Im sure your dad would be proud his pseudo philosophical son used his life lessons to lecture some stranger on a University of Minnesota sports message board🤣
 





mngg11 said:
Im sure your dad would be proud his pseudo philosophical son used his life lessons to lecture some stranger on a University of Minnesota sports message board🤣
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When the heckler in the crowd speaks, nobody wants to hear it. Not even a table full of hecklers.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Portal moves quick but a day or two isn't going to kill us in regards to players.
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Nikos impressive performance will open some doors. B1G 💵 will open a few others. I suspect he has a list of players to contact.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Portal moves quick but a day or two isn't going to kill us in regards to players.
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At least we have an interim coach to sell the program. We should hear announcements in 3, 2, 1.

Would somebody check on Thorsen to see if he still has a pulse and the money?
 

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