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per the Daily:
One of the greatest women’s hockey head coaches of all time could be jobless next season — providing a friendly reminder that the “What have you done for me lately?” mentality is alive and well in college sports.
Gophers basketball fans saw this first hand two years ago when a national-championship-winning head coach got shown the door in favor of a coach who went 18-14 in his only season as a head coach.
From that perspective, the jump from former head men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith to Richard Pitino seems rather ridiculous.
But at that point in time, not many saw Smith as the coach who led a powerhouse Kentucky program for 10 seasons or someone who brought Minnesota to the NCAA tournament in three of his six seasons.
Instead, the vast majority viewed him as a coach who couldn’t win in the conference or the postseason and saw Pitino as someone who could provide a youthful spark.
Now, barring a phenomenal run to close its season, the Gophers men’s basketball team will probably miss the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season.
Not one bad peep can be heard about Pitino, so it’s interesting that people aren’t so patient with head men’s hockey coach Don Lucia.
http://www.mndaily.com/sports/2015/...e-you-done-me-lately-mentality-alive-and-well
Go Gophers!!
One of the greatest women’s hockey head coaches of all time could be jobless next season — providing a friendly reminder that the “What have you done for me lately?” mentality is alive and well in college sports.
Gophers basketball fans saw this first hand two years ago when a national-championship-winning head coach got shown the door in favor of a coach who went 18-14 in his only season as a head coach.
From that perspective, the jump from former head men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith to Richard Pitino seems rather ridiculous.
But at that point in time, not many saw Smith as the coach who led a powerhouse Kentucky program for 10 seasons or someone who brought Minnesota to the NCAA tournament in three of his six seasons.
Instead, the vast majority viewed him as a coach who couldn’t win in the conference or the postseason and saw Pitino as someone who could provide a youthful spark.
Now, barring a phenomenal run to close its season, the Gophers men’s basketball team will probably miss the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season.
Not one bad peep can be heard about Pitino, so it’s interesting that people aren’t so patient with head men’s hockey coach Don Lucia.
http://www.mndaily.com/sports/2015/...e-you-done-me-lately-mentality-alive-and-well
Go Gophers!!
