Reusse names U Men's Athletics its Turkey of the Year

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per Pat:

The Turkey of the Year for 2016 is a large and costly entity:

Men’s Athletics at the University of Minnesota.

The male athletes provided the university with the worst basketball team in 120 years of the sport in 2015-16, the once-proud hockey team just won the second of its past 17 games vs. other Minnesota teams, the 2015 football team went 5-7 and reacted to a bowl bid as if it was deserved, and even last Saturday, there were fewer than 25,000 spectators in the stadium for a season-saving victory over Northwestern.

Also on the résumé of men’s athletics is the Xanax ring that was operating inside the wrestling team and wound up getting legendary coach J Robinson dismissed.

Oh, yeah. The fellows also had so many videos of sexual encounters floating around in the ether that the Turkey Committee was wondering if a couple of coaches had brought in Ray J as a motivational speaker.

Meantime, the women athletes at the U keep on winning and embarrassing no one.

We’re still trying to get athletic director Mark Coyle to show up today to receive the Grand Gobbler.

First, it would be good to hear his voice in public, and second, Coyle might enlighten Turkey Banquet attendees on his timeline for having an overall men’s program that the winning Gophers women can be proud of.

http://www.startribune.com/patrick-...selection-it-s-go-bigly-or-go-home/402813536/

Go Gophers!!
 

Hard to argue..except for the season saving victory against NW, our men's programs have done some horrible things over the last year and deserve this turkey.

Here is to 2016-17 being the year of the Gopher!
 

I have no affiliation to UM Crookston, but I would love to hear why this effing pig felt the need to crap on a bunch of college kids playing D2 football.
 

I have no problem with this analysis. It is a wake up call. A wake up call we have been having for awhile now.

Go Gophers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 



Twins?
Timberwolves?
Vikings?
Wild?

Man, those blinders must be thick.
 

Usually I get a good chuckle out of his annual article, but this year's was unfunny & not creative.

He must be back on the sauce because he mailed this one in...
 

highwayman said:
Twins?
Timberwolves?
Vikings?
Wild?

Man, those blinders must be thick.
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We had a drug ring in wrestling, sex scandal in BB and worst record in 120 years, losing record in fb and a sex scandal at the top of the program...losing is one thing, being in the news every couple of months with embarrassing activity is quit another.
 

highwayman said:
Twins?
Timberwolves?
Vikings?
Wild?

Man, those blinders must be thick.
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Pretty sure they all took jabs if you read whole column.


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Sad when so many candidates, the committee could not even mention them all.

Gopherholers that want our programs held at higher standard, should be elated of this award. It is pretty crazy how Coyle is never present compared to previous two ADs. At least that's the perception.


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GopherinPhilly said:
We had a drug ring in wrestling, sex scandal in BB and worst record in 120 years, losing record in fb and a sex scandal at the top of the program...losing is one thing, being in the news every couple of months with embarrassing activity is quit another.
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I'd add in the didn't deserve the bowl game part. The team had a conference leading GPA. They earned it.
 

Worthy pick although I wish he would've made a note excluding the baseball program. One of the great stories.
 



the death of this hack will be a great day for the twin cities sports media - the reason so many minnesotans are miserable is because they think just like him

edit: oh and happy thanksgiving everyone! hope turkey day is restful and enjoyable for all of you
 

The last B1G Ten football title was shared with Indiana in 1967. The last basketball title was 1981 under Coach Dutcher. We've lost 12 straight games to our top rival in football, and I believe 6 in a row in basketball. I don't follow hockey, except for the fact over the last couple of years we've lost a lot of games to our instate Rivals.Perfect choice, and thank God for the Lady Gophers.
 

Has the board ever been called out? I think they are the u of m turkeys .

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Twins lost 103 games! Easy choice, but instead he gives them a pass because he loves his Twins. The Gophers are a college program that gets picked every three years. Ridiculous. Yes there were many issues over the past year, but 8-3 record this year and the basketball team is off to a 5-0 start. I thought it was a "wrap around" calendar, I guess he wrote the article a month ago. A&^$#hole
 


We're Comin' said:
Twins lost 103 games! Easy choice, but instead he gives them a pass because he loves his Twins. The Gophers are a college program that gets picked every three years. Ridiculous. Yes there were many issues over the past year, but 8-3 record this year and the basketball team is off to a 5-0 start. I thought it was a "wrap around" calendar, I guess he wrote the article a month ago. A&^$#hole
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No he didn't.

Twins pregame ceremony, June 10: David Ortiz was in town with Boston for his last series here. The personal gift to Big Papi in the brief ceremony was a jar of peanut butter, presented by former Twins teammates who once had been involved in filling his underwear with peanut butter. This made the Papi send-off as classy as the rest of the Twins season...

First runner-up: Paul Molitor, Twins manager:

OK, some of you wanted Terry Ryan in this spot, but as usual, the Turkey Committee was ahead of the curve — giving the big honor to Terry in 2013.

Plus, the departed general manager can’t make today’s banquet. He’s still occupied looking through his files to find the exact moment he agreed to sign Byung Ho Park as a DH and move Miguel Sano to right field.

Molitor almost pulled off the Grand Turkey, based on what came off as far too much tolerance for the dreadfulness exhibited by the worst team (59-103) in Twins history.

The manager allowed Sano to coast along overweight and happy, treated Joe Mauer as if he still was a star, watched more baserunning mistakes in an average series than he had made in a 21-year career ... on and on.

Through it all, he was the phlegmatic Minnesotan, as the Twins’ disappearing audience wanted some show of disgust. And now he’s back, and hopefully with a few embers of fire.

That takes us to the Grand Turkey. The Chairman and the Turkey Committee were able to come to a consensus early at the decisive gathering. We didn’t have to wait past midnight to see what Michigan was going to do.
 


It was not a Good year for the major men'S sports at the U of M. I seem to remember a few people on this board who did not think a 5-7 FB team should be going to a bowl game.

Bottom line - it's an opinion column. Reusse has a right to his opinion.
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
I have no affiliation to UM Crookston, but I would love to hear why this effing pig felt the need to crap on a bunch of college kids playing D2 football.
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I actually played football at UMC back when we were making the transition to D2. It's obvious he doesn't know anything about the situation. Pretty much nothing can be done other than shut down the programs (which would be stupid). D3 is not really an option. Maybe the UMAC down the road but I know recently they were not allowing any new members. NAIA is dying.

It's a small school with little community support.
 

Reuse decided in August that Tracy Claeys was in fact his Turkey of the Year and wouldn't have to give this a second thought. I am sure the article was already written by the time we lost to Penn State. But, even Pat couldn't award this to Claeys this year, not after posting an 8-3 record, so the easy audible was to just give the award to the entire men's athletic program. Nice work Pat, every time I read one of your articles you leave me wanting.....less. Once a hack, always a hack!
 



GopherBulldog said:
How could the Twins not win this? The depths of futility experienced this year are almost impossible to duplicate.
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Well, except for the fact that Gophers men's basketball had a far worse record despite having massive institutional advantages over several of the teams they lost to...sure.
 

dpodoll68 said:
Well, except for the fact that Gophers men's basketball had a far worse record despite having massive institutional advantages over several of the teams they lost to...sure.
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Was the award given to the men's basketball team or men's gopher sports?
 

dpodoll68 said:
Well, except for the fact that Gophers men's basketball had a far worse record despite having massive institutional advantages over several of the teams they lost to...sure.
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I think the Twins were worse just because I think they were the bigger disappointment. Nearly made the playoffs the season before with pretty much the same team back. Most everyone expected the Gophers basketball team to be bad. Not that bad of course.
 

GophersInIowa said:
I think the Twins were worse just because I think they were the bigger disappointment. Nearly made the playoffs the season before with pretty much the same team back. Most everyone expected the Gophers basketball team to be bad. Not that bad of course.
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I completely agree. In pro sports, you also have the organizational flexibility given the ability to execute trades as well as free agency that you don't have in college athletics. Having an insanely dismal and embarrassing year in pro sports is much more on "the organization" than in college athletics.
 

BleedGopher said:
per Pat:

The Turkey of the Year for 2016 is a large and costly entity:

Men’s Athletics at the University of Minnesota.

The male athletes provided the university with the worst basketball team in 120 years of the sport in 2015-16, the once-proud hockey team just won the second of its past 17 games vs. other Minnesota teams, the 2015 football team went 5-7 and reacted to a bowl bid as if it was deserved, and even last Saturday, there were fewer than 25,000 spectators in the stadium for a season-saving victory over Northwestern.

Also on the résumé of men’s athletics is the Xanax ring that was operating inside the wrestling team and wound up getting legendary coach J Robinson dismissed.

Oh, yeah. The fellows also had so many videos of sexual encounters floating around in the ether that the Turkey Committee was wondering if a couple of coaches had brought in Ray J as a motivational speaker.

Meantime, the women athletes at the U keep on winning and embarrassing no one.

We’re still trying to get athletic director Mark Coyle to show up today to receive the Grand Gobbler.

First, it would be good to hear his voice in public, and second, Coyle might enlighten Turkey Banquet attendees on his timeline for having an overall men’s program that the winning Gophers women can be proud of.

http://www.startribune.com/patrick-...selection-it-s-go-bigly-or-go-home/402813536/

Go Gophers!!
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Really? Takes one to know one. Reusse is, and has always been, a big fat turkey. Long live Sid!
 

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