Next Up: Tim Miles

[ccgophfan]

Miles looks great, but the question appears to be "Can the U of M be attractive to recruits in either basketball or football?" There just seems to be an atmosphere surrounding the U that is not attractive. Is it the weather or the A.D. or the college curriculums or the "loserville" tab, or what?

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Because I'm a "link guy" - from today's Denver Post: Colorado State basketball ready to build on fast start

http://www.denverpost.com/csu/ci_19669649

Go Gophers!!

I have no problem admitting it; I'm a huge Miles fan. I would love it if he were the Gophers next coach (whenever that may be). I knew him briefly when he was coaching Southwest State (or MN State-Marshall or whatever they're called now) and was really impressed.

Unlikely to happen anytime soon, I know. And unfortunately, by the time the Gophers job is even remotely open, it wouldn't surprise me if Miles has moved on to a bigger job by then. His CSU team is/will be DECENT this year, but next year they'll be REALLY good, with everybody returning, boasting a starting 5 that has at least 2-3 years of starting experience.

 

[howeda7]

Can Tim Miles recruit? This program needs a top-notch recruiter and solid assistant coaches to take care of the Xs and Os. Look at the Ohio State and Texas basketball programs. They have high level recruiters as head coaches, not high level basketball intellects. Recruiting. Recruiting. Recruiting. Recruiting. Recruiting.

OSU and Texas have something else that helps all of the above: $$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Cayman]

Can Tim Miles recruit? This program needs a top-notch recruiter and solid assistant coaches to take care of the Xs and Os. Look at the Ohio State and Texas basketball programs. They have high level recruiters as head coaches, not high level basketball intellects. Recruiting. Recruiting. Recruiting. Recruiting. Recruiting.

They also have a ton of roster turnover and rely on consistently getting those 5-star recruits to help the team for a year, maybe two, and then leave.

For example, Ohio State has 14 players on its roster currently. They have 11 underclassmen, and of their three upperclassmen, William Buford, the sole senior on the team, is the only one who really gets much playing time. Kentucky, I repeat, KENTUCKY has more upperclassmen on their team than Ohio State does. Texas also seems to rely heavily on hoarding all the best recruits, many of them leaving for the NBA after the brief time they spend there.

I don't want to see Minnesota become one of those programs even if they are successful. I like watching players return for multiple years, where you can say, "I remember when he was a freshman, and look where he is now," instead of having an entirely new team every year. Plus I have to think Ohio State is playing dirty, after seeing all the improper benefits they're willing to give to their football players, I wouldn't be surprised to see their doing the same thing on the basketball front.

 

[howieramone]

Not at all. But it took Duke a lot longer than 5 years to become Duke.[/QUOTE

So true. I lived in Philadelphia when Duke first made their move. Gene Banks a 6-4 PF from Philly, Spanarkel and I think Giminski.

 

[howieramone]

He would have, and did cheat to keep the players on the team to allow them to develop.

The Fab Five was paid $350,000 thru street agents. Like Tarkanien(sp?) said, the NCAA is so mad, they slapped another 2 years on Cleveland State.