Shooter: And word in coaching circles is that Tom Crean would love to have the Minnesota job.

[BleedGopher]

Per Shooter:

Two more names expected to receive consideration if the Gophers men’s basketball team makes a coaching change at season’s end: Ryan Saunders, the former Gopher from Wayzata who’s an assistant with the Denver Nuggets, and Sean Sweeney, the former University of St. Thomas and Cretin-Derham Hall star who’s the top assistant with the Dallas Mavericks.

Besides Colorado State head coach Niko Medved, the former Gophers team manager from Roseville, Utah head Craig Smith, who is from Stephen, Minn., is also expected to be considered.

And word in coaching circles is that Tom Crean, the fiery former Georgia, Indiana and Marquette coach, would love to have the Minnesota job.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Is his main talking point at the opening press conference going to be where Indiana was at when he took over?

 

[JZABR]

Lets do it.
Tom Crean looks like Dwight Schrute imo

 

[formerlybis]

Crean has been able to attract top end talent. However, there's a reason no one else has taken a chance on him - he can't actually coach. He had Anthony Edwards and went 5-13 in the SEC. His last year at Georgia he was 1-17. I'm sure the casual fan will see a name they recognize and get all excited. The "create fanbase buzz" crowd will be ecstatic.

 

[BarnBurner]

Hard pass.

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

Shooter definitely just pulled these names off of GopherHole

 

[Big Dawg]

"Two more names expected to receive consideration WHEN the Gophers men’s basketball team makes a coaching change at season’s end: "

There, I fixed it for you. No IF about it. He's done.

 

[Eastside Forever]

Eric Musselman would be interesting.

 

[Strongazzoffer]

I don't care if he can create buzz but can Crean or whoever gets the job get enough dollars on an annual basis to buy players. Listening to him on broadcast he seems to understand what's needed to win today the real question is can he do it? He's certainly has great players at all of his stops. Took Marquette to a final four won the big ten title at Indiana, but his teams fell off a cliff at the end at IU and his Georgia tenure was terrible. Always seemed like teams would adjust to him at halftime at IU and his teams would choke games away

 

[formerlybis]

Ask yourself which program Minnesota has more in common with, Marquette, Indiana, or Georgia.

 

[Eastside Forever]

Eric Musselman would be interesting.

Crean has been able to attract top end talent. However, there's a reason no one else has taken a chance on him - he can't actually coach. He had Anthony Edwards and went 5-13 in the SEC. His last year at Georgia he was 1-17. I'm sure the casual fan will see a name they recognize and get all excited. The "create fanbase buzz" crowd will be ecstatic.

his claim to fame came on 2003 Final 4 run led by Wade, Novak and Diener.

 

[MUgopher32]

Yeah idk about Crean. He can recruit and builds a solid relationship with players. But the actual coaching has been lacking.

There would be many worse hires out there, but don't think he should be a priority either.

 

[Dave H]

 

[howeda7]

I'm less concerned about what Crean did at Indiana than his complete face plant at Georgia. He couldn't even win with Anthony Edwards.

 

[LesBolstad]

Hard pass on Crean. He was worst at GA than BJ at MN. That's hard to believe