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Charlie Walters:
http://www.twincities.com/vikings/c...lters-notre-dames-harrison-smith-fits-vikings
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J Robinson, the Gophers wrestling coach who has won three NCAA titles and six Big Ten championships, sees no reason to go outside for Minnesota's new athletics director.
"We want to see a person who understands the university, understands winning, understands fundraising, understands what coaching is and what the student-athlete experience is," Robinson said. "I think there are people here who fit that bill and that you don't have to go around the country to look for."
Robinson would like Gophers baseball coach John Anderson to succeed departing AD Joel Maturi.
"I'm guessing we're paying Joel Maturi somewhere around $400,000; why do we want to pay someone $800,000 or $900,000 and add a half-million dollars?" Robinson said. "It doesn't make sense. Why do we have to spend $100,000 (search firm fee) to look around when there are people here who already understand the problems?
"The university has come out with a list of what they want (in a new AD). Everything on that list, John Anderson is. He understands winning, he understands fundraising - he raised $7.5 million (for a new stadium) - he understands the university, he understands the student-athlete experience. He understands it all because he's lived it, been a part of it. He's seen it.
"But the most important thing of all those is that he understands the problems that need to be fixed. That in itself is the critical thing. He's been through nine athletic directors and three or four presidents, so he understands what the problems are and the campus structure. And you have to be able to understand that to be able to fix it."
Robinson, 65, who has been at Minnesota for 26 years, said money isn't the answer to improving Gophers athletics.
"Everybody says we've got to invest more money in football and basketball, and that's not true," he said. "It's the biggest farce in the world, and nobody will talk about it. From 1972 to 1992, Indiana won the Big Ten (men's) basketball title 10 times. From 1992 to 2012, they won it twice. You think they invested any less money in the last 20 years? No. What was the difference? The difference was one thing - leadership."
Football?
"From 1992 to 2012, 75 percent of the time Michigan, Ohio State or Wisconsin won the Big Ten," Robinson said. "Northwestern won it three times in the last 20 years. Are you trying to tell me they spent more money than those other schools and they won it three times? Money's not the factor."
The Gophers expect to name a new AD by next month.
"So we're going to look for this big, highfalutin AD who's going to cost us a half-million dollars more? We're going to add another half-million dollars of debt when we have somebody that, if you double the guy's salary, already knows what all the problems are. You have to know what the problems are and have the power to fix them.
"Instead of coming in here for one or two or three years and then trying to figure out what's going on here, you've already got somebody who already knows it. John Anderson would do a great job."
Anderson, 56, is a Minnesota grad who has more Big Ten baseball coaching victories than anyone in history. He is about to sign a new five-year contract.
http://www.twincities.com/vikings/c...lters-notre-dames-harrison-smith-fits-vikings
DON'T PRINT THAT
J Robinson, the Gophers wrestling coach who has won three NCAA titles and six Big Ten championships, sees no reason to go outside for Minnesota's new athletics director.
"We want to see a person who understands the university, understands winning, understands fundraising, understands what coaching is and what the student-athlete experience is," Robinson said. "I think there are people here who fit that bill and that you don't have to go around the country to look for."
Robinson would like Gophers baseball coach John Anderson to succeed departing AD Joel Maturi.
"I'm guessing we're paying Joel Maturi somewhere around $400,000; why do we want to pay someone $800,000 or $900,000 and add a half-million dollars?" Robinson said. "It doesn't make sense. Why do we have to spend $100,000 (search firm fee) to look around when there are people here who already understand the problems?
"The university has come out with a list of what they want (in a new AD). Everything on that list, John Anderson is. He understands winning, he understands fundraising - he raised $7.5 million (for a new stadium) - he understands the university, he understands the student-athlete experience. He understands it all because he's lived it, been a part of it. He's seen it.
"But the most important thing of all those is that he understands the problems that need to be fixed. That in itself is the critical thing. He's been through nine athletic directors and three or four presidents, so he understands what the problems are and the campus structure. And you have to be able to understand that to be able to fix it."
Robinson, 65, who has been at Minnesota for 26 years, said money isn't the answer to improving Gophers athletics.
"Everybody says we've got to invest more money in football and basketball, and that's not true," he said. "It's the biggest farce in the world, and nobody will talk about it. From 1972 to 1992, Indiana won the Big Ten (men's) basketball title 10 times. From 1992 to 2012, they won it twice. You think they invested any less money in the last 20 years? No. What was the difference? The difference was one thing - leadership."
Football?
"From 1992 to 2012, 75 percent of the time Michigan, Ohio State or Wisconsin won the Big Ten," Robinson said. "Northwestern won it three times in the last 20 years. Are you trying to tell me they spent more money than those other schools and they won it three times? Money's not the factor."
The Gophers expect to name a new AD by next month.
"So we're going to look for this big, highfalutin AD who's going to cost us a half-million dollars more? We're going to add another half-million dollars of debt when we have somebody that, if you double the guy's salary, already knows what all the problems are. You have to know what the problems are and have the power to fix them.
"Instead of coming in here for one or two or three years and then trying to figure out what's going on here, you've already got somebody who already knows it. John Anderson would do a great job."
Anderson, 56, is a Minnesota grad who has more Big Ten baseball coaching victories than anyone in history. He is about to sign a new five-year contract.
