Leidner: I don’t know who would want to be part of this program at this time.

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This is why Coyle hopefully has the next coach lined up, simply to keep kids in school.
 

I've been as big of a Leidner supporter as anyone. That being said, what a really, really, REALLY stupid thing for him to say. You don't throw your alma mater under the bus, even when it made a mistake by firing your coach. He's going to look back at this 5, 10, 15 years from now with the benefit of maturity and realize what an absolute idiot he was for opening his mouth.
 


Give Leidner a break. It's emotional moment for those guys. I don't mind them being angry.
 

dpodoll68 said:
I've been as big of a Leidner supporter as anyone. That being said, what a really, really, REALLY stupid thing for him to say. You don't throw your alma mater under the bus, even when it made a mistake by firing your coach. He's going to look back at this 5, 10, 15 years from now with the benefit of maturity and realize what an absolute idiot he was for opening his mouth.
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Actually would love to hear your thoughts on all of this.

I know you were a TC supporter. You didn't like that I wasn't. But my real question is, is the sky falling?
 


Who do these football players think they are? What happened to respecting authority whether you like it or not? The everyone-gets-a-trophy generation cries and pouts when they don't get their way. Are these football athletes playing for their coaches or administration? No. They representing the students of Minnesota who don't have the privileges the players have. Grow up and deal with the crap that is handed to you. Welcome to life!


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Vandy said:
Give Leidner a break. It's emotional moment for those guys. I don't mind them being angry.
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Exactly! It is an emotional moment and perhaps instead of taking to Twitter he should have put the damn phone down rather than tweet. Think for a day or two before spouting off. If this whole team had done that back in December we most likely wouldn't be looking for a new coach right now. Leidner has learned nothing from what has happened.


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University of Minnesota....typical.

The NCAA should allow each player the ability to transfer and be eligible immediately!


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You guys hate on Leidner too much, he's better than anyone else we had by far. Plus he ranks third is passing yards, second in completions, second in completion percentage, third rushing yards by qb, first rushing tds by qb. Not to mention he's never had any off the field or character issues. Oh, and he went 31-21 in his four seasons while making a bowl game each year. For a school that had struggled to get six wins per year I'd say he had a pretty nice career.

He's got a good point about the not wanting to be part of the program too. When you fire a coach who won nine games for the second time in a century, there's going to be some question marks. And Claeys wasn't supporting sexual assault, he was sticking with his team and showing them support. It's nice to be on good terms with your players.

Iowa has had two coaches since 1979, Wisconsin fired its last coach in 1989. I'd say they have quite a bit more success than us, I wonder if there's any correlation there? The U needs some stability in its program.
 

mcal24 said:
You guys hate on Leidner too much, he's better than anyone else we had by far. Plus he ranks third is passing yards, second in completions, second in completion percentage, third rushing yards by qb, first rushing tds by qb. Not to mention he's never had any off the field or character issues. Oh, and he went 31-21 in his four seasons while making a bowl game each year. For a school that had struggled to get six wins per year I'd say he had a pretty nice career.

He's got a good point about the not wanting to be part of the program too. When you fire a coach who won nine games for the second time in a century, there's going to be some question marks. And Claeys wasn't supporting sexual assault, he was sticking with his team and showing them support. It's nice to be on good terms with your players.

Iowa has had two coaches since 1979, Wisconsin fired its last coach in 1989. I'd say they have quite a bit more success than us, I wonder if there's any correlation there? The U needs some stability in its program.
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I agree they need stability, which is exactly why they had to either extend long term or fire. They didn't punt. That's good. You can disagree with the decision but a one year extension with a tiny buyout would've just ended in a firing next year anyways.
 

Sportsfan24 said:
University of Minnesota....typical.

The NCAA should allow each player the ability to transfer and be eligible immediately!


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Agreed. If any of the players do not feel that they can play for this administration then I truly hope they transfer assuming that's in their best interest academically.
 

kellyleeks said:
Agreed. If any of the players do not feel that they can play for this administration then I truly hope they transfer assuming that's in their best interest academically.
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They can, but why would the NCAA change the rules based on this one case?
 



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I agree they need stability, which is exactly why they had to either extend long term or fire. They didn't punt. That's good. You can disagree with the decision but a one year extension with a tiny buyout would've just ended in a firing next year anyways.
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I don't know that he would have been fired, if he continued to win 7+ games I would be happy to keep him around. But for all I know he would coach us to a 3-9 season next year. Still, now we're set to have a 3-9 season with a new coach and all of the recruits/players that will transfer. Make a coach show he can't win before you get rid of him. Especially when you've been one of the worst football programs in the Big 10 over most of our lifetimes.
 

mcal24 said:
I don't know that he would have been fired, if he continued to win 7+ games I would be happy to keep him around. But for all I know he would coach us to a 3-9 season next year. Still, now we're set to have a 3-9 season with a new coach and all of the recruits/players that will transfer. Make a coach show he can't win before you get rid of him. Especially when you've been one of the worst football programs in the Big 10 over most of our lifetimes.
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I personally thought Claeys proved he couldn't win when he couldn't get a score against Michigan his first year due to total mismanagement. Maybe someone in the admin thought the same thing.

You don't think he proved he can't win. I thought he did.


Again, you can disagree with their assessment...but you can't say the move was anti-stability. The move was to bring stability.
 

kellyleeks said:
Agreed. If any of the players do not feel that they can play for this administration then I truly hope they transfer assuming that's in their best interest academically.
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I hope they all transfer...watch Marky C. try and explain how his leadership has led to us forfeiting all our games next year and losing tens of millions of dollars. **** him.
 

GopherinPhilly said:
I hope they all transfer...watch Marky C. try and explain how his leadership has led to us forfeiting all our games next year and losing tens of millions of dollars. **** him.
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Do you honestly think that would happen?
Stop drinking
 

Some guy said:
I personally thought Claeys proved he couldn't win when he couldn't get a score against Michigan his first year due to total mismanagement. Maybe someone in the admin thought the same thing.

You don't think he proved he can't win. I thought he did.


Again, you can disagree with their assessment...but you can't say the move was anti-stability. The move was to bring stability.
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You mean except for the bowl game last year, 9 wins this year including a bowl game. What planet are you on...you can hate Claeys and be happy for his firing, but when you say idiotic and stupid **** like this you make yourself look like a dbag troll.
 


GopherinPhilly said:
You mean except for the bowl game last year, 9 wins this year including a bowl game. What planet are you on...you can hate Claeys and be happy for his firing, but when you say idiotic and stupid **** like this you make yourself look like a dbag troll.
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Maybe, but I have been saying all year I thought he should be gone.
After the Purdue win I didn't think there was any chance he would be. I was wrong.


Guy is 6-8 in big ten play.
0-1 Michigan
0-2 Iowa
0-1 Ohio state
2-0 Illinois
0-2 Wisconsin
0-1 Nebraska
1-0 Purdue
0-1 penn state
1-0 Rutgers
1-0 Maryland
1-0 northwestern

6-0 against
Illinois, Rutgers, Maryland, Purdue, northwestern

0-8 against
Penn state
Ohio state
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska

Beat 8-5 Wazzu though so maybe he is a winner and I am wrong
 

About 50 better quarterbacks than you Mitch.


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Some guy said:
I personally thought Claeys proved he couldn't win when he couldn't get a score against Michigan his first year due to total mismanagement. Maybe someone in the admin thought the same thing.

You don't think he proved he can't win. I thought he did.


Again, you can disagree with their assessment...but you can't say the move was anti-stability. The move was to bring stability.
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So we fire our coach every four years to gain stability?
 


mcal24 said:
So we fire our coach every four years to gain stability?
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He was an interim coach completely lacking the personality required to be a power 5 head coach, the anti Jerry Kill if you were.
 

Mitch has a great legacy....got his coach fired for his stupid boycott and goes to twitter to denounce the firing instead of apologizing to fans for his significant role in it. This generation feels entitled to everything, but I have to say, I have yet to see anyone on this football team take responsibility for any of their actions....do any of them even know how to say "I'm sorry, I screwed up?"
 


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If you think you'll fire him next year, much better move for stability to do it now.
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No coach is lined up and when is national signing day?

It will be interesting to see how many of our verbal commits flip in the next week.

I don't think the timing could be worse.
 


Vandy said:
No coach is lined up and when is national signing day?

It will be interesting to see how many of our verbal commits flip in the next week.

I don't think the timing could be worse.
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Agreed. That's why until last night I didn't think they'd fire him.
 

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