BleedGopher
Well-known member
- Joined
- Nov 11, 2008
- Messages
- 61,806
- Reaction score
- 17,753
- Points
- 113
per the Post Bulletin:
PHERSY: The University of Minnesota has some tough decisions to make. I feel strongly that Claeys should be gone; I can't get past the fact that he led an extremely misguided group of young men further down the wrong path. However, the appropriate response for AD Mark Coyle and U President Eric Kaler is to call Claeys into a meeting this week. They should ask Claeys how he intends to right this wrong, what his plan is for properly mentoring his players, and how he intends to distance himself and his program from players who engage in inappropriate activities moving forward. If Kaler and Coyle don't feel thoroughly satisfied with Claeys' response, they should fire him on the spot.
FELDY: The biggest question looming over Claeys and the program right now should be: Did the recent sexual assault allegations — and the manner in which Claeys chose to support his players — do more harm to the program than a 9-4 season and a Holiday Bowl victory did good? If I'm a recruit, or the parent of a recruit, I'm considering putting my son's future — not just the next four or five years — in Claeys' hands. I'd steer my child a different direction. Nobody is perfect, but there are plenty of other coaches out there I'd trust ahead of Claeys. That's what Kaler and Coyle should consider.
PHERSY: What's painful for these Gophers players (and maybe ironic): Had they not boycotted, my guess is that full 80-page report never would have come out. The University was hiding behind vague and misinterpreted privacy laws, just like many high schools and other colleges do on a regular basis. But as soon as that privacy policy didn't benefit the University, the report came out. Weird, huh? ... The bottom line for me is this — I've soured on Gophers football. I'm a Minnesotan (to the core) and a lifelong Gophers fan. My Saturdays wouldn't be the same without Gophers football. Yet, here I sit, completely disenchanted. To regain the trust of its fan base, an overhaul is needed, not only changing the coaching staff but also changing the type of human being we recruit to represent our state's largest University.
FELDY: Now is the perfect time to make a break. Claeys can coach football, we know that. Is he a Division I college head coach? We've seen enough to know that he doesn't always make the best decisions and, even after a nine-win season, the Gophers don't really have a signature victory. That means they beat the teams they should beat. Maybe we're piling on Claeys too much, but that's the responsibility that the head coach of one of the state's most high profile teams carries. This wouldn't fly at any top-10 program, and that's what Minnesota wants to be. It's time for Coyle to make a change.
http://www.postbulletin.com/sports/...cle_8a015fca-c019-5a06-aa68-989218c3a380.html
Go Gophers!!
PHERSY: The University of Minnesota has some tough decisions to make. I feel strongly that Claeys should be gone; I can't get past the fact that he led an extremely misguided group of young men further down the wrong path. However, the appropriate response for AD Mark Coyle and U President Eric Kaler is to call Claeys into a meeting this week. They should ask Claeys how he intends to right this wrong, what his plan is for properly mentoring his players, and how he intends to distance himself and his program from players who engage in inappropriate activities moving forward. If Kaler and Coyle don't feel thoroughly satisfied with Claeys' response, they should fire him on the spot.
FELDY: The biggest question looming over Claeys and the program right now should be: Did the recent sexual assault allegations — and the manner in which Claeys chose to support his players — do more harm to the program than a 9-4 season and a Holiday Bowl victory did good? If I'm a recruit, or the parent of a recruit, I'm considering putting my son's future — not just the next four or five years — in Claeys' hands. I'd steer my child a different direction. Nobody is perfect, but there are plenty of other coaches out there I'd trust ahead of Claeys. That's what Kaler and Coyle should consider.
PHERSY: What's painful for these Gophers players (and maybe ironic): Had they not boycotted, my guess is that full 80-page report never would have come out. The University was hiding behind vague and misinterpreted privacy laws, just like many high schools and other colleges do on a regular basis. But as soon as that privacy policy didn't benefit the University, the report came out. Weird, huh? ... The bottom line for me is this — I've soured on Gophers football. I'm a Minnesotan (to the core) and a lifelong Gophers fan. My Saturdays wouldn't be the same without Gophers football. Yet, here I sit, completely disenchanted. To regain the trust of its fan base, an overhaul is needed, not only changing the coaching staff but also changing the type of human being we recruit to represent our state's largest University.
FELDY: Now is the perfect time to make a break. Claeys can coach football, we know that. Is he a Division I college head coach? We've seen enough to know that he doesn't always make the best decisions and, even after a nine-win season, the Gophers don't really have a signature victory. That means they beat the teams they should beat. Maybe we're piling on Claeys too much, but that's the responsibility that the head coach of one of the state's most high profile teams carries. This wouldn't fly at any top-10 program, and that's what Minnesota wants to be. It's time for Coyle to make a change.
http://www.postbulletin.com/sports/...cle_8a015fca-c019-5a06-aa68-989218c3a380.html
Go Gophers!!
