Michael Rand Podcast: A listener wonders if Ben Johnson is getting a fair shake with Gophers

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Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with a listener question about Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson and the challenges he has faced.

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Podcast: A listener wonders if Ben Johnson is getting a fair shake with Gophers

Host Michael Rand starts with a listener question about Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson and the challenges he has faced. Rand also notes a tough ending for the Frost and another signing for the Twins.
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Go Gophers!!
 



MonikerSchmoniker45 said:
Life isn't fair. It's all about timing and CBJ's couldn't have been worse.
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Or better, depending on how you view things. I don’t think there’s a chance in hell he gets a P4 head coaching job with his resume in any other environment than what existed around George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in 2021.
 

MonikerSchmoniker45 said:
Life isn't fair. It's all about timing and CBJ's couldn't have been worse.
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Yeah, tough to say how he would have fared if he had gotten the gig during a time when rosters were much more stable. But that isn't the reality of college basketball now and for the foreseeable future so it really doesn't matter. He clearly is not well suited for this current environment.
 


Poor Ben.

He could sure be doing himself some favors by not being the lamest public-relations coach I have ever seen at this level. If he doesn't seem to care about the program's place in the community and its sports landscape, why would any donor or NIL-organizing entity go out of their way to boost the program?
 


He will end up on a staff somewhere and possibly land a mid major head job in five years if he’s lucky and have millions in the bank.
 




I'll take a hard pass on anything local sports media has to say. They're 100% in protective, "make excuses" mode for Ben, even the U of M athletics-tweaking curmudgeon Patrick.
 

"A listener wonders if Ben Johnson is getting a fair shake"

Which Gopherholer is the "listener?"

MNVCGUY?
 

A guy with no business getting the job in the first place gets 4 years and some are wondering if he's gotten a "fair shake"? Just getting the job in the first place equates to him standing on third after bunting down the first base line. He received the most "unfair shake" in his favor, not against it. People were all over PJ after going 6-7 last year even with all the equity he's built up, yet CBJ deserves no criticism. The double standard is beyond insane.

edit: I'm not clicking on that link to give him credit, so I'm venting based solely on the headline
 

The local media makes me want them to miss the B1G Tournament so we're spared the "Poor Ben he deserves another year!" narrative.
 



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