Maturi scheduled at 12:05pm on ESPN1500.

[MaxyJR1]

Tweet that he is first guest on Thursday.

 

[Doogie]

Will also be in-studio on Ch. 5 Sunday night on Sports Wrap at 10:45 p.m.

 

[go4rob]

Will also be in-studio on Ch. 5 Sunday night on Sports Wrap at 10:45 p.m.

Please throw a pie in his face for me!

 

[Doogie]

Please throw a pie in his face for me!

I won't go that far... I actually like him as a person... just don't agree w/ him when he recently said that it's tough to do his job because of all the negative media here... we are no different from any big market... and in his position, making the $$ he does, criticism will come when you swing-and-miss as badly as he did w/ Brew... and let's not forget him telling the Strib after the NIT loss to Cincinnati that Monson was out... he changed his mind the next day, brought Monson back, and wasted an entire hoops season that next year when Monson was gone 10-games in.

 

[Go4]

doogie, will 1500 and ch. 5 ask tough questions or will you just lob softballs out like most local reporters do here. talk big and then act soft when a target does an interview. you don't have to be rude to ask tough questions but i hope both 1500 and ch. 5 ask the tough questions.

- why has the hockey team gone down hill since he took over as ad?
- why haven't we won an ncaa tourney men's basketball game since he's been ad?
- why does he think borton will turn this around after leading a great program into the bottom of bt?
- what should new president focus his attention on regarding sports in first few months?
- what does maturi think of "reporters" that don't count big ten wins like iowa in tubby's resume? and on top of that, does maturi count the iowa wins when evaluating tubby? if so, why does his approach differ from some "reporters" locally.

 

[Unregistered User]

- why has the hockey team gone down hill since he took over as ad?
- why haven't we won an ncaa tourney men's basketball game since he's been ad?
- why does he think borton will turn this around after leading a great program into the bottom of bt?
- what should new president focus his attention on regarding sports in first few months?
- what does maturi think of "reporters" that don't count big ten wins like iowa in tubby's resume? and on top of that, does maturi count the iowa wins when evaluating tubby? if so, why does his approach differ from some "reporters" locally.

-do you think my baby looks more like me, or his mother?

 

[lakesbison]

ask him, why has it been since 1997 in basketball and 1960 in football (sans 1984 with ricky foggie,holtz) that OUTSTATE and the ENTIRE state has gotten behind U of Minnesota???

and not once since he's been here, by the way.

 

[goldengophers]

I think at this point in his career at the U of M as AD and having fired 2 football coaches, fired a basketball coach and watched his women's basketball and men's hockey slide to the bottom he should be asked: Have you considered resigning during your tenure?

 

[Ole]

Tweet that he is first guest on Thursday.

Guaranteed at some point he changes the subject on a tough question and tries to toute a non revenue sporting event coming up.
Seriously I would love to see someone blister him with tough questions and quite frankly I don't think it would be out of the question to ask if he's considered retiring(nice way of saying resign)

 

[Bisker82]

doogie, will 1500 and ch. 5 ask tough questions or will you just lob softballs out like most local reporters do here. talk big and then act soft when a target does an interview. you don't have to be rude to ask tough questions but i hope both 1500 and ch. 5 ask the tough questions.

- why has the hockey team gone down hill since he took over as ad?
- why haven't we won an ncaa tourney men's basketball game since he's been ad?
- why does he think borton will turn this around after leading a great program into the bottom of bt?
- what should new president focus his attention on regarding sports in first few months?
- what does maturi think of "reporters" that don't count big ten wins like iowa in tubby's resume? and on top of that, does maturi count the iowa wins when evaluating tubby? if so, why does his approach differ from some "reporters" locally.

Ask him, "If you were woking for a private company and cost that company millions the way you have with your extensions and subsequent buyouts, do you think you would still have a job?"

 

[GoGophers2005]

Ask him, "If you were woking for a private company and cost that company millions the way you have with your extensions and subsequent buyouts, do you think you would still have a job?"

The UofM's athletic revenue has grown more in his tenure than probably all previous AD's combined. But I'm sure he shouldn't get any credit for that. Extensions and buyouts....welcome to big time college athletics.

I've said this before but what Big Ten AD is blowing Maturi out of the water? Michigan's? Penn States? Indiana's? Iowa's?
I think to some extent each AD has their faults and gaping holes of where they have failed. It's pretty much a thankless job.

 

[Anderson8284]

Well, you can sure be polite, but maybe ask him

Maybe ask if you at least don't worry about the downward "trend lines" in the major sports (men's cbb, mens fb, puck)

 

[goldengophers]

The UofM's athletic revenue has grown more in his tenure than probably all previous AD's combined. But I'm sure he shouldn't get any credit for that. Extensions and buyouts....welcome to big time college athletics.

Can you tell me the inflation adjusted revenue growth and also the profit trend during that period?

 

[The Pope of Dinkytown]

doogie, will 1500 and ch. 5 ask tough questions or will you just lob softballs out like most local reporters do here. talk big and then act soft when a target does an interview. you don't have to be rude to ask tough questions but i hope both 1500 and ch. 5 ask the tough questions.

- why has the hockey team gone down hill since he took over as ad?
- why haven't we won an ncaa tourney men's basketball game since he's been ad?
- why does he think borton will turn this around after leading a great program into the bottom of bt?
- what should new president focus his attention on regarding sports in first few months?
- what does maturi think of "reporters" that don't count big ten wins like iowa in tubby's resume? and on top of that, does maturi count the iowa wins when evaluating tubby? if so, why does his approach differ from some "reporters" locally.

AND THE CORRECT ANSWERS ARE:

- why has the hockey team gone down hill since he took over as ad?
- I don't coach the hockey team. Go ask Lucia.-

- why haven't we won an ncaa tourney men's basketball game since he's been ad?
- I don't coach the BB team: Monson did and Tubby does. Go ask them.

- why does he think borton will turn this around after leading a great program into the bottom of bt?
- I don't think she will turn this around but it doesn't matter because nobody cares about women's sports anyways.

- what should new president focus his attention on regarding sports in first few months?
- The new president should focus 100% of his attention on budgetary problems and how to keep the U's academic standing from falling further into the toilet.

- what does maturi think of "reporters" that don't count big ten wins like iowa in tubby's resume? and on top of that, does maturi count the iowa wins when evaluating tubby? if so, why does his approach differ from some "reporters" locally?
- The local sports media is only concerned about wins and losses. My bosses at the U have higher priorties for the Athletics Department such as: (1) Budget; (2) NCAA compliance; (3) Athletic graduation rates; and (4) Maintaining a full complement of non-revenue sports at the U.

 

[Ole]

AND THE CORRECT ANSWERS ARE:

- why has the hockey team gone down hill since he took over as ad?
- I don't coach the hockey team. Go ask Lucia.-

- why haven't we won an ncaa tourney men's basketball game since he's been ad?
- I don't coach the BB team: Monson did and Tubby does. Go ask them.

- why does he think borton will turn this around after leading a great program into the bottom of bt?
- I don't think she will turn this around but it doesn't matter because nobody cares about women's sports anyways.

- what should new president focus his attention on regarding sports in first few months?
- The new president should focus 100% of his attention on budgetary problems and how to keep the U's academic standing from falling further into the toilet.

- what does maturi think of "reporters" that don't count big ten wins like iowa in tubby's resume? and on top of that, does maturi count the iowa wins when evaluating tubby? if so, why does his approach differ from some "reporters" locally?
- The local sports media is only concerned about wins and losses. My bosses at the U have higher priorties for the Athletics Department such as: (1) Budget; (2) NCAA compliance; (3) Athletic graduation rates; and (4) Maintaining a full complement of non-revenue sports at the U.

Who ARE you?
Holy crap, if maturi said these things I'd hope the interviewer slapped the bejesus out of him.
He's a failure, period, quit defending him, or quit trolling with his apparent success as your bait.
99% of University alums want him gone 3 years ago.

 

[Geezo Beezo]

The UofM's athletic revenue has grown more in his tenure than probably all previous AD's combined. But I'm sure he shouldn't get any credit for that.

Much of that credit for that should go to Jim Delany and the Big Ten Network and increased payouts from March Madness.

He should get credit for TCF Bank Stadium, and that is a major feather for his cap. But that cap is pretty dingy due to the decline of the major sports. Kinda like putting really nice rims on a 1992 Dodge Shadow.

 

[year of the gopher]

- what should new president focus his attention on regarding sports in first few months?
- The new president should focus 100% of his attention on budgetary problems and how to keep the U's academic standing from falling further into the toilet.

Okay, not to be too off-topic here, but show me one shred of evidence that the U's academic standing has fallen into the toilet. Seriously, bash Maturi, bash Bruininks, bash whoever you want for their decisions about major sports, but the academic standing of the U has INCREASED in recent years.

 

[goldengophers]

Nice bit Pope

 

[Bisker82]

The UofM's athletic revenue has grown more in his tenure than probably all previous AD's combined. But I'm sure he shouldn't get any credit for that. Extensions and buyouts....welcome to big time college athletics.

I've said this before but what Big Ten AD is blowing Maturi out of the water? Michigan's? Penn States? Indiana's? Iowa's?
I think to some extent each AD has their faults and gaping holes of where they have failed. It's pretty much a thankless job.

Are you seriously trying to justify the wasting of millions of dollars? I'm sure all of the students facing tuition hikes would like to have something to say about it.

There are plenty of ADs out there (I would wager the majority) who would definitely not consider giving their coaches extended contracts & pay raises only to turn around and fire them the next year; again costing their universities Millions!

 

[Go4Broke]

Okay, not to be too off-topic here, but show me one shred of evidence that the U's academic standing has fallen into the toilet. Seriously, bash Maturi, bash Bruininks, bash whoever you want for their decisions about major sports, but the academic standing of the U has INCREASED in recent years.

Get a clue. The U is ranked 64th among all Tier 1 National Universities by US News & World Report (2011). Ranking 64th in anything is an utter embarrassment. If only the citizens of Minnesota worried as much about the U's academic ranking as they do about sports. The U is Minnesota's only research university. We should never be lower than the Top 10 no matter how much taxpayer money it takes. The U is the No. 1 economic resource and jobs generator in Minnesota. Nothing else is close to it.

 

[howeda7]

AND THE CORRECT ANSWERS ARE:

- why has the hockey team gone down hill since he took over as ad?
- I don't coach the hockey team. Go ask Lucia.-

- why haven't we won an ncaa tourney men's basketball game since he's been ad?
- I don't coach the BB team: Monson did and Tubby does. Go ask them.

- why does he think borton will turn this around after leading a great program into the bottom of bt?
- I don't think she will turn this around but it doesn't matter because nobody cares about women's sports anyways.

- what should new president focus his attention on regarding sports in first few months?
- The new president should focus 100% of his attention on budgetary problems and how to keep the U's academic standing from falling further into the toilet.

- what does maturi think of "reporters" that don't count big ten wins like iowa in tubby's resume? and on top of that, does maturi count the iowa wins when evaluating tubby? if so, why does his approach differ from some "reporters" locally?
- The local sports media is only concerned about wins and losses. My bosses at the U have higher priorties for the Athletics Department such as: (1) Budget; (2) NCAA compliance; (3) Athletic graduation rates; and (4) Maintaining a full complement of non-revenue sports at the U.

Shouldn't you be replying to fan emails? They expect responses in 2 hours or less. That's what's really important. Who cares if it takes an entire year to execute a routine contract extension with the basketball coach?

 

[year of the gopher]

Get a clue. The U is ranked 64th among all Tier 1 National Universities by US News & World Report (2011). Ranking 64th in anything is an utter embarrassment. If only the citizens of Minnesota worried as much about the U's academic ranking as they do about sports. The U is Minnesota's only research university. We should never be lower than the Top 10 no matter how much taxpayer money it takes. The U is the No. 1 economic resource and jobs generator in Minnesota. Nothing else is close to it.

Get a clue, huh?

Ah yes, that esteemed source of information on academia, U.S. News & World Report. Nobody who actually knows anything about colleges gives a rip about US News other than that some small percentage of ignorant parents will look at the rankings when thinking about undergrad choices for their kids. And despite that the U is in the top 20 in the country in national merit scholars admitted and has continued to see its freshman admissions statistics (high school rank, GPA, ACT scores) shoot through the roof to the point that some Minnesotans complain that it's too exclusive.

And as for the real economic driver, research, the U is ranked 14th among all universities (9th among public) in science and engineering research spending, 8th among public universities in total research expenditures, and 6th in the world among all universities in technology transfer (i.e., turning research into actual products for actual business).

 

[GopherOnWheels]

Get a clue, huh?

Ah yes, that esteemed source of information on academia, U.S. News & World Report. Nobody who actually knows anything about colleges gives a rip about US News other than that some small percentage of ignorant parents will look at the rankings when thinking about undergrad choices for their kids. And despite that the U is in the top 20 in the country in national merit scholars admitted and has continued to see its freshman admissions statistics (high school rank, GPA, ACT scores) shoot through the roof to the point that some Minnesotans complain that it's too exclusive.

And as for the real economic driver, research, the U is ranked 14th among all universities (9th among public) in science and engineering research spending, 8th among public universities in total research expenditures, and 6th in the world among all universities in technology transfer (i.e., turning research into actual products for actual business).

+1000

 

[WhatAMaroon]

Any chance that Fat Reusse will not be doing the interview? Or that toad Mackey?

 

[RodentRampage]

Get a clue. The U is ranked 64th among all Tier 1 National Universities by US News & World Report (2011). Ranking 64th in anything is an utter embarrassment. If only the citizens of Minnesota worried as much about the U's academic ranking as they do about sports. The U is Minnesota's only research university. We should never be lower than the Top 10 no matter how much taxpayer money it takes. The U is the No. 1 economic resource and jobs generator in Minnesota. Nothing else is close to it.

#64 is quite good.

US News and World Report's top 10 schools are:

Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
University of Pennsylvania
Cal Tech
MIT
Dartmouth
Duke.

They are all private colleges, and 6 of them are Ivy League schools. The University of Minnesota is in the top 25 for public universities. The U is an enourmous school, its size and mission keep it from being more highly rated.

 

[Go4Broke]

Get a clue, huh?

Ah yes, that esteemed source of information on academia, U.S. News & World Report. Nobody who actually knows anything about colleges gives a rip about US News other than that some small percentage of ignorant parents will look at the rankings when thinking about undergrad choices for their kids. And despite that the U is in the top 20 in the country in national merit scholars admitted and has continued to see its freshman admissions statistics (high school rank, GPA, ACT scores) shoot through the roof to the point that some Minnesotans complain that it's too exclusive.

And as for the real economic driver, research, the U is ranked 14th among all universities (9th among public) in science and engineering research spending, 8th among public universities in total research expenditures, and 6th in the world among all universities in technology transfer (i.e., turning research into actual products for actual business).

Everything you say might be true but how would we know because you didn't cite any sources. Furthermore, if you think only a small percentage of high school students and their parents rely on the US News and World Report you are mistaken. Whatever the reality the U's national reputation is extremely mediocre. But it doesn't matter anyway because the U has reached its high water mark as an academic institution. The Republicans in control of the State Legislature hate the people who run the U and they are going to make them pay one way or the other.

 

[Unregistered User]

Everything you say might be true but how would we know because you didn't cite any sources. Furthermore, if you think only a small percentage of high school students and their parents rely on the US News and World Report you are mistaken. Whatever the reality the U's national reputation is extremely mediocre. But it doesn't matter anyway because the U has reached its high water mark as an academic institution. The Republicans in control of the State Legislature hate the people who run the U and they are going to make them pay one way or the other.

US News & World Report is now producing a list of schools that have the "best undergraduate teaching." How did they do that? According to their description of their methodology, the magazine "asked top academics as part of the regular U.S. News peer assessment survey to name the schools that they think have faculty with an unusually strong 'commitment to undergraduate teaching.'" Got that? They measured the quality of teaching at one school by asking people who work at other schools how good the teaching is.

Many college rankings - including US News & World Report - rank colleges based on the proportion of faculty who are full-time. The problem? According to a report from The Delta Cost Project, "in higher education, in contrast to K-12, there is no consistent research showing that access to full-time faculty pays off in greater student learning, student retention, or degree attainment."

Most of the major college rankings are based in part on selectivity: either by looking at the acceptance rate or by looking at the high school GPAs and SAT scores of students. But a savvy student might be better off attending a school with a bunch of students who are dumber than he is. Why? A recent study of law school grads found that the correlation between class rank and salary is stronger than the correlation between school prestige and salary. "Under-matching" - that is, attending a law school where you're smarter than many of your classmates - is likely to result in better grades and a better class rank and a higher salary. Princeton economist Alan Krueger has theorized that this phenomenon may explain why students who get into elite colleges but attend less elite colleges earn as much money as students who attend elite colleges. Krueger found that students who graduate seven percentile ranks higher in their class tend to earn about 3.5 percent more money.

 

[Nashvlgopher]

Everything you say might be true but how would we know because you didn't cite any sources. Furthermore, if you think only a small percentage of high school students and their parents rely on the US News and World Report you are mistaken. Whatever the reality the U's national reputation is extremely mediocre. But it doesn't matter anyway because the U has reached its high water mark as an academic institution. The Republicans in control of the State Legislature hate the people who run the U and they are going to make them pay one way or the other.

The U’s reputation nationally is anything but mediocre. I am a grad student at Vanderbilt right now (which ranks pretty highly according to US News) and the admissions folks there were very impressed with the fact that I had done my undergrad at the U and told me that my performance at a school of that caliber contributed significantly to my being accepted. Since being at Vanderbilt, I can say that I have found the overall academic quality there to be inferior to what I experienced at the U of M DESPITE the fact that Vandy is ranked 17th and the U is ranked 64th according to US News.

 

[GoGoGophers]

#64 is quite good.

US News and World Report's top 10 schools are:

Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
University of Pennsylvania
Cal Tech
MIT
Dartmouth
Duke.

They are all private colleges, and 6 of them are Ivy League schools. The University of Minnesota is in the top 25 for public universities. The U is an enourmous school, its size and mission keep it from being more highly rated.

STOP MAKING SENSE!!11!1! GO4Broke says we should be top 10, so therefore it must be true despite the logic you have presented (and most rational people already understood).

Maybe our new president should tear up the charter from 160 years ago that set the mission of the public, land grant institution, cut the size of our school by 75%, and institute the same admissions criteria as the private colleges currently in the top 10. GO4Broke demands it!11!

 

[buddylee853]

#64 is quite good.

US News and World Report's top 10 schools are:

Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
Stanford
University of Pennsylvania
Cal Tech
MIT
Dartmouth
Duke.
They are all private colleges, and 6 of them are Ivy League schools. The University of Minnesota is in the top 25 for public universities. The U is an enourmous school, its size and mission keep it from being more highly rated.

Get a clue. The U is ranked 64th among all Tier 1 National Universities by US News & World Report (2011). Ranking 64th in anything is an utter embarrassment. If only the citizens of Minnesota worried as much about the U's academic ranking as they do about sports. The U is Minnesota's only research university. We should never be lower than the Top 10 no matter how much taxpayer money it takes. The U is the No. 1 economic resource and jobs generator in Minnesota. Nothing else is close to it.

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