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These are obviously not verbatim, typed as fast as I could...
Tuesday, January 03, 2017
6:40 PM
Mark Coyle:
• I've made a very difficult decision that impacts many people, I did not take it lightly, student athletes, students, staff and donors will be upset with that decision
• I will honor his contract and the contracts of the assistant coaches
• I committed to everyone that we would have a program that would compete at the highest level, there's not reason why MN football can't compete tat the highest level, We are committed to finding a coach that will do that.
• He was professional, he was disappointed, but he understood. We'll honor the contract in full.
• When do you expect to have a new guy? I conducted 2 searches, it's going to feel like years, but we'll move quickly. It will feel like an eternity.
• I've received phone calls from people.
• Pressure from boosters - when I was hired, we talked about coming here that talk about having a program that makes MN proud, these are tough jobs, it has not been an easy 6 months for me, but we will not waiver. No pressure from the outside forces. I appreciate the support that I have from President Kaler.
• Timeline? Why today? It was important after the bowl game, you don't want to make decisions based on emotion, we evaluated.
• Fired for just cause? We will honor his contract, and the assistant coaches. Not the buyout, the full amount listed.
• Was this about the tweet? It wasn't about one instance, the events over the past few weeks underscored that.
• I can't tell you how frustrated our fans are. What I can talk about is having a program that operates with integrity and class.
• I took into account what was in the best long term interest for our program, there's no reason we can't compete at the highest level, we have a world class institution, we can find a leader what we want to do long term.
• If I could show you all the emails I got after the WI game…
• On targeting - it's looking at the whole program, you can't make a decision like this on one thing. I don't take these decisions lightly. I have impacted a lot of people. Targeting was part of the overall evaluation.
• Financial component - I'm thankful they support this decision, but we will work our way through that.
• Interest in the job? I go back to world class academic institution, best conference, wonderful state and community.
• Players have a right to be angry and frustrated. This is a learning experience for all of us. I hope those students understand that the M never comes off. My #1 goal is to make sure we provide a 1st class experience for all of our athletes.
• You're defined by your actions, due to privacy laws, I can't share everything, but we did talk about doing things the right way. High character, integrity. We've had those conversations.
• On transparency - I sat down with Claeys, and we were transparent. What was available to the coach? What was available to me that guided the decision to suspend the players.
• Everyone needs to take a deep breath, we had an 8 win season, and people were upset.
• On transferring or recruits not coming - Recruiting is a big part of any program, when we find our football couch, he will respond. I keep going back to, we're in the Big 10 conference, world class, etc.
• When we talk to our students staff and coaches, I talk about, let's live in truth always. There are student privacy laws I can't talk about.
• What's disappointing is we have 700 student athletes, and we're not talking about those things (like going to the Final 4). We're the highest rated public institution in the country when we're talking about academic achievements
• I saw a team that gave up halftime leads…like you all saw
• Why did he wait? As I said before, it was important that we didn't make a decision based on emotion. I had to take some time, this is a hard decision. I didn't want to rush into the decision.
• Solely or with Kaler - It was my decision, obviously I informed President Kaler and am thankful for the support he's given me.
• Why were players reinstated - can't comment.
• I'm convinced that we can win at the highest level, and do things the right way.
Tuesday, January 03, 2017
6:40 PM
Mark Coyle:
• I've made a very difficult decision that impacts many people, I did not take it lightly, student athletes, students, staff and donors will be upset with that decision
• I will honor his contract and the contracts of the assistant coaches
• I committed to everyone that we would have a program that would compete at the highest level, there's not reason why MN football can't compete tat the highest level, We are committed to finding a coach that will do that.
• He was professional, he was disappointed, but he understood. We'll honor the contract in full.
• When do you expect to have a new guy? I conducted 2 searches, it's going to feel like years, but we'll move quickly. It will feel like an eternity.
• I've received phone calls from people.
• Pressure from boosters - when I was hired, we talked about coming here that talk about having a program that makes MN proud, these are tough jobs, it has not been an easy 6 months for me, but we will not waiver. No pressure from the outside forces. I appreciate the support that I have from President Kaler.
• Timeline? Why today? It was important after the bowl game, you don't want to make decisions based on emotion, we evaluated.
• Fired for just cause? We will honor his contract, and the assistant coaches. Not the buyout, the full amount listed.
• Was this about the tweet? It wasn't about one instance, the events over the past few weeks underscored that.
• I can't tell you how frustrated our fans are. What I can talk about is having a program that operates with integrity and class.
• I took into account what was in the best long term interest for our program, there's no reason we can't compete at the highest level, we have a world class institution, we can find a leader what we want to do long term.
• If I could show you all the emails I got after the WI game…
• On targeting - it's looking at the whole program, you can't make a decision like this on one thing. I don't take these decisions lightly. I have impacted a lot of people. Targeting was part of the overall evaluation.
• Financial component - I'm thankful they support this decision, but we will work our way through that.
• Interest in the job? I go back to world class academic institution, best conference, wonderful state and community.
• Players have a right to be angry and frustrated. This is a learning experience for all of us. I hope those students understand that the M never comes off. My #1 goal is to make sure we provide a 1st class experience for all of our athletes.
• You're defined by your actions, due to privacy laws, I can't share everything, but we did talk about doing things the right way. High character, integrity. We've had those conversations.
• On transparency - I sat down with Claeys, and we were transparent. What was available to the coach? What was available to me that guided the decision to suspend the players.
• Everyone needs to take a deep breath, we had an 8 win season, and people were upset.
• On transferring or recruits not coming - Recruiting is a big part of any program, when we find our football couch, he will respond. I keep going back to, we're in the Big 10 conference, world class, etc.
• When we talk to our students staff and coaches, I talk about, let's live in truth always. There are student privacy laws I can't talk about.
• What's disappointing is we have 700 student athletes, and we're not talking about those things (like going to the Final 4). We're the highest rated public institution in the country when we're talking about academic achievements
• I saw a team that gave up halftime leads…like you all saw
• Why did he wait? As I said before, it was important that we didn't make a decision based on emotion. I had to take some time, this is a hard decision. I didn't want to rush into the decision.
• Solely or with Kaler - It was my decision, obviously I informed President Kaler and am thankful for the support he's given me.
• Why were players reinstated - can't comment.
• I'm convinced that we can win at the highest level, and do things the right way.
