Quite honestly, a person has to hate the Gophers and the U of M to post the stuff you post. You do you, but the fans on here ain't buying it. The insistence that the next 25 years unavoidably have to be the same as the last 25 years is emotional, not logistical or rational.
The greatest predictor of future performance is past performance. I don't hate the Gophers but the proof of it being a bad job is extraordinarily clear to anyone who isn't blinded.
Emotional and over-simplistic. The nature of the world is change, but you have to make your own change and success. When I joined that one company in 1994, we turned it around overnight, and they've been successful ever since, even after our departure. Unconditional pessimism is illogical and irrational and is a form of drama queen-ism.
Speaking of clowns I bet you’re a PJ hater as well…
You'd be wrong, yet again.
Maybe you should use some of that departure money to save the future of Minnesota Basketball!
What's a worse job in the B1G and why is Minnesota a better job than them? Is it the 100 year old arena? The cold climate? Is it the bottom tier NIL support? Is it the bottom tier coaching staff allotment? What puts Minnesota over the top?
Not trying to convince you of anything. Just calling out your bullshit for the benefit of other posters who might be taken in by the seductive message of hopelessness and passivity.
No. In our 11 losses we average losing them by almost 11 points per game. In our 7 wins our average margin of victory is 5. We have gotten blown out about 7 times and are 7-4 in the tighter games in conference. This is a bad team that fights (to their and Ben's credit) and has been lucky to get 7 wins. Rigsby has been a total non-factor in about 20 games yet he carried them to victory almost single handedly in 2 of the wins. Very fortunate.
That was secondary to Ben being the opposite of Pitino. Pitino was not liked among the local AAU while Ben was well liked. They thought Ben would have a better chance at landing locals because he was well liked.
I'm not arguing for keeping Ben Johnson but the next $2 million dollar coach is going to suck too so I don't think it matters. Maybe the 'U' will finally pony up for a big time coach but I think there's a reason they ended up with the coaches they have the last 2 cycles, and its not 'DEI'.
Race is irrelevant. You need to check your implicit biases!
Bill Belichek was ran out of Cleveland.
Total baloney example of seeing what you want to see. Ie, tunnel vision with a self fulfilling prophecy coming from implicit bias if not blatant bias.
No...it is a guy using a cool victory and a wild take to garner some chat. Happens all the time especially when coaches are likely going to be fired.
Look, you and the others floating this idea that the U is desperate to keep him could turn out to be right but I still have yet to hear anyone give me a valid reason why they would be desperate to do this.
Maybe but I really don't know what Davis gains by making a ridiculous tweet that is getting mocked on twitter and by the local fanbase of the team it was about.
That is a terrible comparison man...of course the Stones would flood the market it helps sell tickets. (In reality for a band like them it likely doesn't but for bands in general sure) That isn't some conspiracy everyone does that.
He got engagement...that's it. How often do you think alot of the people mocking him post to his tweets?
I mean we saw stuff like that around every football firing too. That was why people who never coached college (or even shown an interest) were always top of the list for some people. We suck so might as well just hire a joke it's the best we can do!
The Gophers made the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and 2019. Are you ok?
This was the paramount message during Pitino’s last 4 years.
That’s another thing- the Barn is awesome for watching college basketball. If you haven’t been to a game at the Barn in 20-30 years get back there and embrace it.
What do movies have to do with it?
Perfectly okay! The Gophers have made the tournament 6 times the last 25 years. Hired 2 coaches with a combined 1 year of head coaching experience the last 2 cycles. Per people who would know the budget for the next coach isn't going to change. We play in a 100 year old arena. We have bottom tier NIL. You get what you pay for and that is a bottom tier B1G team.
