Reusse Thinks Tubby Will Bolt

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Anyone else hear him and Souhan this morning predict that Tubby will go south, see him at an ACC school or Arizona.
 

I have heard that the only place Tubby would even consider going to would be Maryland (because of personal connections to the program and area). That said, since Maryland is 7-2 and looks to be improving game-by-game they don't appear to be in a situation where they would fire Gary Williams. They have seen quite a bit of success while having Williams as coach.
 

Maybe, maybe not.....and I hope NOT...but if he did I could see him going to Maryland.
 


Correction - Reusse hopes Tubby will bolt. Not much for Pat to write about when things are going well.

It's fair game to speculate, of course, but this would seem highly unlikely based on how things are going. If Tubby hasn't convinced himself he can build a championship-caliber program here, he's definitely convinced us.

And if he bolts, he bolts. It would be unfortunate, but he's certainly made this a desirable job for the next guy.
 


Patrick can't stand to write anything positve about the U of M sports program. If the Gophers beat Kansas in 10 days you can bet he won't write anything good about Brewster or the team. He spends no time at the U talking with anybody inside the prgram so he has no insight as to what is going on with the players or the program.

Tubby will have to begin the Big Ten season 3-0 before the Fulda Flash has a positive thing to write about the hoopsters. Patrick should just write about the Wolves and Wild because those are the only teams in town that make him happy.

Tubby isn't going anywhere so Reusse needs to start this up instead of writing about the team and the players. Reusse only likes to write and talk about losers. You would think he could find plenty to write about at 600 1st Ave with McHale and the Wolves.
 

Is Reusse visible at games in the Barn? If so, I think a coordinated student section chant at him would be nice. As classless as possible.
 

His one complaint on Tubby was the Non Conference schedule was so weak. I heard Reusse say it once I heard it 1000 times! Yes, it was true, now they beat a Top 10 team and he finds something to be negative about. At least he was right on how the guys Brew recruited wouldn't make it academically and are thugs. Oh wait, he was WRONG on that as well.
 

Yes, yesterday was a no-win for the Gophers in Reusse's world. If Tubby loses, then he's exposed as a guy coaching a fraudulent team based on a weak nonconference slate. If Tubby wins, then he obviously now must be looking to leave.

I've never seen a guy like Reusse - who so relishes when the local college team flounders and who so despises when the local college teams flourishes. He takes a negative slant on everything he can relating to the Gophers. To the point of where he literally has to invent stuff or write about stuff no one cares about. The topper was when the Gophers were 7-1 in football - and there had to be no fewer than 100 neat things to write about - and this clown ridicules the team for selecting Northwestern as the homecoming opponent (as if that was some sort of earth-shattering news). If he had left any doubt before, he left little doubt after, Reusse jumped the shark that day.
 



I trust senile Sid more than Reusee when it comes to Gopher bball

Sour1729 said:
Is Reusse visible at games in the Barn? If so, I think a coordinated student section chant at him would be nice. As classless as possible.
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I have never seen Reusse at a Gopher basketball game. I have seen Myron and Sid at multiple games this year. They sit directly across from the visitors bench in press row. I assume Reusse would sit by them if he did attend. I guess being a fat sports writer gives you the right to predict a coach leaving a program even though you have done no journalistic research on the team itself.
 

I don't think Tubby would bolt for Maryland and I don't think Maryland, if Williams were to leave (which he shouldn't. He is Maryland basketball; more than even Lefty now. He writes his own ending), would be in the market for a coach his age. I would think they'd look younger or maybe Keith Booth is being groomed to replace Williams eventually. He's heavy connected in the Baltimore area (which is a must for a Maryland basketball coach) and has NBA experience.
 

tjgopher said:
If he had left any doubt before, he left little doubt after, Reusse jumped the shark that day.
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If he did indeed jump the shark, that means Happy Days are ahead for Gopher fans. I hope the Strib editors and radio station managers took note - Reusse's sports commentator days are numbered.
 

After all the absolute crap he has written over the years, its amazing the man still has a job.

This is just the latest in a never-ending cycle of irrevelancy when it comes to his views on anything Gophers.
 



If JohnnyGopher or another of the more informed posters on GopherHole was posting that they had heard some rumblings about Tubby leaving, I might start to worry. From what I've seen Pat isn't much of a gopher basketball fan and I have never seen any indication that he is at all connected to our program.

Tubby has made big money for several years and has a nice contract here -- he doesn't need to leave for financial reasons. We have many players that fans absolutely love, many of whom are local, and Tubby still gets the loudest cheers during introductions -- did that happen at UK? Would it be likely at Maryland? I also doubt that he feels much stress here. At this point in his career how much is adoration and low stress worth?

The only issue I see could be resolved by starting a sign-up sheet here on the 'Hole to make sure all of Tubby's shoveling is done for him. Man is it cold out there today!
 

don't see it

He's been there, done that with Kentucky. Each of the elites are associated with a name coach. He was always being compared to Pitino at Kentucky, and at Arizona it would be Lute. Also, AZ is Lute's creation. The receuiti g base is better here. There are more quality players coming g out of MN than AZ and we're the only D1 program. With the talent he has coming in there is nowhere that will be any better unless you are talking about NC, Duke, UCLA or such. I beleive he wants to make "his program" here. He hasn't really done that anywhere.
 

That fat shit**** was the first journalist I read and listened to when I got to Minnesota. I hate to say it but I thought all Minnesotans knew as little about sports as him. He is useless and I stay away from anything he writes or says.
 

You folks are the ones who don't get it. It's cold here, there is no loyalty in the business, Tubby is not the saint that everyone thinks that he is, the U can't deliver on any of the big money capital projects that he demands. This was a soft landing for him, but now he feels much better about himself. Let's enjoy this year and we'll see what happens.

Tubby's career path has nothing to do with Reusse's weight. I hope that most of the "Fat Pat" posts have been written by non students. If not, I'm frightened for the future of the U.
 

ChemEGopher said:
I have never seen Reusse at a Gopher basketball game. I have seen Myron and Sid at multiple games this year. They sit directly across from the visitors bench in press row. I assume Reusse would sit by them if he did attend. I guess being a fat sports writer gives you the right to predict a coach leaving a program even though you have done no journalistic research on the team itself.
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Reusse usually sits in the press row in the second deck.
 

Jamiche,

I can't speak for anyone here, but from my perspective, I'm less worried about the fat around his waist as I am the fat between his ears, which is considerable.

His goal is always to rain on somebody's parade and as a result, he is imminently predictable. I have yet to see even an attempt at objectivity in his "coverage" of Gopher sports, whether it be football, basketball or hockey.

And even when he does credit a Minnesota team, such as when he wrote a column about Mike Hebert and the volleyball team, he still managed to take a swipe at Tubby Smith in the process by talking about how at least the volleyball team schedules some real teams. In short, he has an extreme negative bias towards the University, which is why people on here take shots at him.

Based on your previous statement, I guess we can assume that you're in the same boat as Patrick on this one? I'm just trying to clarify.
 

Didn't anyone else listen? Souhan blasted Maturi for talking about an extension for Brewster coming off the Iowa debacle and that he should be talking to Tubby about a ten year deal. They stated that Tubby is still put-off about the lack of a practice facility.
 

MRJ said:
Jamiche,

I can't speak for anyone here, but from my perspective, I'm less worried about the fat around his waist as I am the fat between his ears, which is considerable.

His goal is always to rain on somebody's parade and as a result, he is imminently predictable. I have yet to see even an attempt at objectivity in his "coverage" of Gopher sports, whether it be football, basketball or hockey.

And even when he does credit a Minnesota team, such as when he wrote a column about Mike Hebert and the volleyball team, he still managed to take a swipe at Tubby Smith in the process by talking about how at least the volleyball team schedules some real teams. In short, he has an extreme negative bias towards the University, which is why people on here take shots at him.

Based on your previous statement, I guess we can assume that you're in the same boat as Patrick on this one? I'm just trying to clarify.
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I sure hope he stays, but nothing in college basketball or football surprises me.

I think Reusse is a very talented columnist. I find his columns unvarnished and devoid of the usual sycophancy that the beat writers must exhibit in order to maintain their sources. I also think that he praises when praise is due (including the U). Sometimes his topics are a little obscure or dated but his writing is always substantive.
 

JohnnyGopher still needs to atone for the major player transferring away from the Gophers that never happened. I hope his source wasn't Myron.
 

jamiche said:
I sure hope he stays, but nothing in college basketball or football surprises me.

I think Reusse is a very talented columnist. I find his columns unvarnished and devoid of the usual sycophancy that the beat writers must exhibit in order to maintain their sources. I also think that he praises when praise is due (including the U). Sometimes his topics are a little obscure or dated but his writing is always substantive.
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So in your opinion, has there been NO praise due for the Gopher football or basketball program for anything in the past 6 years? That is when I first moved to Minnesota and started listening to/reading Reusse, and I can't remember an article that overwhelmingly praised either sport. There was one quasi-positive football article this year, but there were still some jabs thrown in. I can, however, remember MULTIPLE articles where he just ripped the teams. I don't think it is always deserved, and I'm actually surprised that you consider yourself to be as generally negative about Gopher teams as Reusse is. Call me an idealogue, but praise and a little homerism in a HOME TOWN MARKET doesn't always have to be attributed to sycophancy.

EDIT: Whoa, sorry for the Wren-esque capitalization.
 

I can't say that I've archived his columns but, let's face it, there hasn't been much to praise at the U over the last six years. Mase's arrogance was increasingly inverse to the number of quality wins and Monson drove the basketball program into the ditch. There have been some nice ones along the way, but not many.

Barreiro is too harsh, Souhan is to hoakey and Reusse is about right.
 


I think calling last year's Gopher basketball team a "bunch of losers" even before we'd played a game was an undeserved punch in the gut for a team that put out 100% effort on the floor that is just so typical of asinine Pat.
 

jamiche said:
I think Reusse is a very talented columnist. I find his columns unvarnished and devoid of the usual sycophancy that the beat writers must exhibit in order to maintain their sources. I also think that he praises when praise is due (including the U). Sometimes his topics are a little obscure or dated but his writing is always substantive.
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Reusse WAS - at one time - a talented columnist. He now has become nothing more than a guy who writes without conviction. He hammers - not because he truly believes it - but more because he wants a reaction. He wants to stir the pot simply for the sake of stirring the pot. His writings are simply too inconsistent to call it anything else. I'd prefer my writer to have strong conviction when he writes and Pat does not. He's fallen into this trap because as he's gotten older, his energy level has waned and he's become lazy. He doesn't attend games or news conferences nearly as much, relying more on his colleagues and loyalists to give him 2nd hand accounts of events.

And, I'm not sure how you can says his writing is ALWAYS substantive. I would say without a doubt that 2008 was easily the worst year of his career. He wrote more meaningless drivel this year than ever. There were columns where I literally wondered out loud how in the world he would think anyone could want to read any of it.

No, he is no longer a talented columnist. There are still some around the country, but Pat is certainly not one of them. He's become a guy who specializes in creating half-truths and straw men to win fights that are silly to even start. In doing so, he generates reactions by the minions. That is now his goal. Nothing else. And, that, is not the mark of a talented columnist.
 

Nutshell, meet TJ

You captured exactly what Reusse has evolved into. Used to be a must read for interesting articles and quality, even if I didn't agree with his P.O.V. Now I still read him, but more out of a curiosity factor, not for informative, well written prose. How will he create a way to criticize Brewster, carrying on his silly feud with the head coach? Will his column continue to be disjointed and pointless?

A couple years ago, Reusse was quite critical of Jay Mariotti and his feud with Ozzie Guillen, chiding Mariotti for criticizing without ever visiting the locker rooms. How exactly are you different Patrick? He's become irrelevant as far as providing good information to readers, and he's hardly ever entertaining anymore.
 

tjgopher said:
And, how many times has Pat been in the 2nd deck for a game in the Tubby Smith era?
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The second deck press box is about 15 seats away from me. He's been at about half of the games I've attended. Considering all of the teams that he covers, that's pretty good.
 

ShowinGoldyLove said:
I think calling last year's Gopher basketball team a "bunch of losers" even before we'd played a game was an undeserved punch in the gut for a team that put out 100% effort on the floor that is just so typical of asinine Pat.
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I don't remember that column but I didn't think that last year's team put out that much more of an effort than under Monson. I suspect, though I have no inside information, that Tubby walked into a difficult locker room and was only able to change the culture marginally.

This year is a completely different story. These guys really do hustle and play defense.
 

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