Jefferson is Gone

[Bad Gopher]

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

Well that sucks. Out of the 3 HS commits, this was the only one I cared about keeping

 

[DietCokeFan]

Down to three players. lol

 

[Drake University Gopher]

Getting less and less confident in next season by the day. It’s still super early.

 

[upnorthkid]

Down to three players. lol

Iron 3 season. Gonna be legit

 

[Sparlimb]

Iron 3 season. Gonna be legit

Dude, we almost lost a game 5 on 3. Not sure which illustrious coach that was, but I remember it.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Getting less and less confident in next season by the day. It’s still super early.

Not sure how much a true freshman like Jefferson would have impacted next year but bummer to lose him as he at least looked like a decent prospect.

Niko has lots of spots and playing time to offer up in the portal.

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

Getting less and less confident in next season by the day. It’s still super early.

Because we lost a freshman recruit?

 

[Holy Man]

Niko cooled on him.

Niko can be trusted.

 

[GoldenMAV30266]

Portal bigs it is

 

[Slim Tubby]

 

[mkAz]

That’s disappointing news, I thought that he had some potential.

 

[TNGophfan]

Here's a thought. Why don't we let Niko put his roster together the way he wants and then judge how the team performs next year.
Nah!!! What fun is that.

 

[saintpauljeff]

lol year 0 gonna be lit

 

[mkAz]

 

[Bad Gopher]

Understandable. That judgment is best made by the athlete.

 

[ShushPush]

lol year 0 gonna be lit

 

[tjgopher]

Anyone panicking or cashing in their chips at this point doesn't understand college sports. This is how it works now. There are dozens of programs with long-time coaches with almost no returning players on their current roster. A new incoming coach is obviously going to have a thin roster at this point (and much by design).

This will take weeks to months to finalize the Gopher 2025-26 roster. The new guy has been on the job for basically 4 days.

Buckle in and lets see where the ride goes.

 

[bga1]

Anyone panicking or cashing in their chips at this point doesn't understand college sports. This is how it works now. There are dozens of programs with long-time coaches with almost no returning players on their current roster. A new incoming coach is obviously going to have a thin roster (and much by design).

This will take weeks to months to finalize the Gopher 2025-26 roster. The new guy been on the job for basically 4 days.

Buckle in and lets see where the ride goes.

There is no reason why we can't be good in this upcoming year. Every year now stands on its own, even for most incumbent coaches. Once again- 4 of the sweet 16 coaches are new to their teams this year. This is an exciting month ahead!

 

[Ewert86PC]

*sigh* Still need to adjust more to this new era of college sports.

 

[JZABR]

Hopefully Shinholster stays

 

[Bad Gopher]

Hopefully Shinholster stays

Just for his name alone! If Dr. Strangelove said that name, his arm would reflexively salute.

 

[scools12]

I would assume the vast of majority if not all of GHole has not seen a single minute of Ben Johnson’s three high school recruits play other than a highly edited YouTube video.

Getting freaked out over a player leaving you have absolutely no clue about especially a high schooler is something I will never understand.

 

[Bad Gopher]

Ryan saying it's mutual.

 

[USAF]

Spindoctors spinning.

 

[Bad Gopher]

Spindoctors spinning.

No matter, it takes two willing parties to tango.

 

[Blackhammer]

Hopefully Shinholster stays

Sounds like a mid major guy. Not concerned about losing any of these recruits but it does make you wonder why Thorson staying didn’t impact their decisions. But maybe Niko just didn’t like them.

 

[DLib]

It’s probably Ben’s fault

 

[mkAz]

I would assume the vast of majority if not all of GHole has not seen a single minute of Ben Johnson’s three high school recruits play other than a highly edited YouTube video.

Getting freaked out over a player leaving you have absolutely no clue about especially a high schooler is something I will never understand.

Who’s freaking out?

 

[Holy Man]

My guess is the right fit will be an explicit promise of playing time that coach suggested needed to be earned.