Steve Wojciechowski linked to Gophers job

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EG#9 said:
So a guy from the Kentucky Rivals forum hears "Wojo to Minnesota" on a radio program I've never heard of and it causes panic? I would be really pissed if Wojo was our coach, I hate that guy (like right behind Laettner and ahead of Brian Cardinal in least favorite college players of all time).
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No one panicking, it's worth discuss some of the top assistants. I don't think he's on the list.
 

What's with all the hate with Wojo? There's no more big names available why not take a risk he already took a risk with firing Tubby why not take another one? If it doesn't pan out he can try again in 4-5 years.
 

Johnnyboy18 said:
What's with all the hate with Wojo? There's no more big names available why not take a risk he already took a risk with firing Tubby why not take another one? If it doesn't pan out he can try again in 4-5 years.
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I would rather cheer for Iowa than wojo. Ya I said it
 


howeda7 said:
This. If he was that hot of a commodity, he'd have a head job somewhere already. Second, if by some chance he does succeed here, he'll be out the door at the first chance, especially when Coach K retires.
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The line to replace K will be long. I hope our next coach is in it. Means we had some fun at the barn in between. What I don't want to see is us fire another coach after 6 or 8 years. That means visiting Badger and Hawkeye fans had a lot of fun at the barn in between hire and fire.
 

BarnBoy said:
Odd first line to his Wiki page:

Steve "Wojo" Wojciechowski (born August 11, 1976) is an American basketball coach and former player of Polish origin.
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He will accept the job with the condition that Sid gives him gift certificates to Kramarczek's not Murray's, per Andy Cats.
 

With the Internet and countless sources of rumors and bogus information I don't believe half of these links to the job we hear. Shaka said no, Flip turned it down for some reason, not sure the rest of the offers are even factual. Perhaps Teague has his guy and is working on the details while everyone panics.
 




lugnard said:
The line to replace K will be long. I hope our next coach is in it. Means we had some fun at the barn in between. What I don't want to see is us fire another coach after 6 or 8 years. That means visiting Badger and Hawkeye fans had a lot of fun at the barn in between hire and fire.
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Well it's not going to be Quin Snyder. Johnny Dawkins isn't looking so hot either. Coach K's tree is only marginally better than Tubby's. I'd rather give Scott Nagy or Saul Philips a shot before I'd stoop to one of Coach K's lapdogs.
 


XMan said:
Perhaps Teague has his guy and is working on the details while everyone panics.
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I think it passed the point where that is even remotely true. Just my opinion.
 




As with much of the info in this search, the source here seems suspect, but of course you never know. I'm not familiar with Wojcieshowski's coaching reputation beyond what a very quick google search can return but can see that the reaction is pretty aggressively negative here. I'd be interested in hearing from those so negative on the idea as to why...lack of HC experience, personna as a player, or something completely different?
 

tikited said:
I think it passed the point where that is even remotely true. Just my opinion.
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+1. Teague is not smarter than the AD's at UCLA and USC, etc. We don't have a coach yet because we're either aiming way too high or getting rejected by everyone. I'd love to be wrong, but it get's less likely with each passing day.
 



howeda7 said:
+1. Teague is not smarter than the AD's at UCLA and USC, etc. We don't have a coach yet because we're either aiming way too high or getting rejected by everyone. I'd love to be wrong, but it get's less likely with each passing day.
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Guerrero is garbage, trust game.

Haden is a baller though.
 



Teague can't be that stupid. Hiring Wojo is a fireable offense. If I'm gonna go after an assistant, Richard Pitino would make more sense. At least he's spent 1 year as the head coach at FIU.
 

KyGopherfan said:
Teague can't be that stupid. Hiring Wojo is a fireable offense. If I'm gonna go after an assistant, Richard Pitino would make more sense. At least he's spent 1 year as the head coach at FIU.
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+1. Plus a certain % of Minnesotans who only really pay attention to the Vikings would think it was a really great hire until the first game.
 

This has got to be an April fools joke. There is no way this is true. No way.
 


Sid still struggles with Lucia. He says GAGliardi...after 50 years talking with him. Coach K is impossible.
 

Hiring a head coach who has been a college head coach and has been successful isn't going to happen.
We are out of names. I absolutely don't want to hire a guy just because he already has been a head coach. The candidates who keep getting mentioned have proven they can't shine for very long or at all.

It has to be an assistant, at this point. The key to that is the right guy. Those of you against that... How about Kevin Ollie at UConn as an example...in his first year he won 20 and went 10 and 8 in conference. We have more talent here then UConn started the season with. The right guy can be more successful than Tubby from day one. The right guy is very likely not already a head coach who already has a track record of mediocrity.

The A list is exhausted.
 

60's Guy said:
Hiring a head coach who has been a college head coach and has been successful isn't going to happen.
We are out of names. I absolutely don't want to hire a guy just because he already has been a head coach. The candidates who keep getting mentioned have proven they can't shine for very long or at all.

It has to be an assistant, at this point. The key to that is the right guy. Those of you against that... How about Kevin Ollie at UConn as an example...in his first year he won 20 and went 10 and 8 in conference. We have more talent here then UConn started the season with. The right guy can be more successful than Tubby from day one. The right guy is very likely not already a head coach who already has a track record of mediocrity.

The A list is exhausted.
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If we are going assistant coach, I am fine with that but not Wojo.

As far as a list of college basketball head coaches who have already been successful. . . we aren't even CLOSE to running out of names. It's not even remotely close.
 

60's Guy said:
Hiring a head coach who has been a college head coach and has been successful isn't going to happen.
We are out of names. I absolutely don't want to hire a guy just because he already has been a head coach. The candidates who keep getting mentioned have proven they can't shine for very long or at all.

It has to be an assistant, at this point. The key to that is the right guy. Those of you against that... How about Kevin Ollie at UConn as an example...in his first year he won 20 and went 10 and 8 in conference. We have more talent here then UConn started the season with. The right guy can be more successful than Tubby from day one. The right guy is very likely not already a head coach who already has a track record of mediocrity.

The A list is exhausted.
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One year is an awful small sample size by which to judge the Ollie promotion as a success.
 

60's Guy said:
Hiring a head coach who has been a college head coach and has been successful isn't going to happen.
We are out of names. I absolutely don't want to hire a guy just because he already has been a head coach. The candidates who keep getting mentioned have proven they can't shine for very long or at all.

It has to be an assistant, at this point. The key to that is the right guy. Those of you against that... How about Kevin Ollie at UConn as an example...in his first year he won 20 and went 10 and 8 in conference. We have more talent here then UConn started the season with. The right guy can be more successful than Tubby from day one. The right guy is very likely not already a head coach who already has a track record of mediocrity.

The A list is exhausted.
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I am perfectly okay with this - just get the right assistant.
 

Bob_Loblaw said:
If we are going assistant coach, I am fine with that but not Wojo.

As far as a list of college basketball head coaches who have already been successful. . . we aren't even CLOSE to running out of names. It's not even remotely close.
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I am okay with this too.

I didn't expect it to be easy - or fast.
 

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