BleedGopher
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per Joe:
Longer with Lucia?
Contract info: Coyle gave Lucia a two-year extension in October 2016. Lucia is making $612,500 this season. To buy him out after this season would cost $315,000.
Decision time: Lucia, 58, is in his 19th season at Minnesota and has given no indication he’s ready to quit. The Gophers are surging with a 6-1-1 record in their past eight games. To bring Lucia back without an extension could damage recruiting, creating too much uncertainty.
The case for: Lucia led the Gophers to NCAA titles in 2002 and 2003 and had them back in the NCAA championship game as recently as 2014. His players continue to thrive in the classroom. The team’s most recent multiyear APR (academic progress rate) was a perfect 1,000.
The case against: The Gophers haven’t won an NCAA tournament game since 2014, when they lost the title game to Union. Attendance is dropping. The proud program has advanced to the Frozen Four just twice in the past 12 seasons. The Gophers suffered first-round NCAA exits in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Forecast: Lucia could quiet, if not silence, critics with one NCAA tournament win. Two would send the Gophers to the Frozen Four in St. Paul. Another year without an NCAA tourney win, however, would elicit more calls for change.
http://www.startribune.com/decision...a-marlene-stollings-richard-pitino/474864373/
Go Gophers!!
Longer with Lucia?
Contract info: Coyle gave Lucia a two-year extension in October 2016. Lucia is making $612,500 this season. To buy him out after this season would cost $315,000.
Decision time: Lucia, 58, is in his 19th season at Minnesota and has given no indication he’s ready to quit. The Gophers are surging with a 6-1-1 record in their past eight games. To bring Lucia back without an extension could damage recruiting, creating too much uncertainty.
The case for: Lucia led the Gophers to NCAA titles in 2002 and 2003 and had them back in the NCAA championship game as recently as 2014. His players continue to thrive in the classroom. The team’s most recent multiyear APR (academic progress rate) was a perfect 1,000.
The case against: The Gophers haven’t won an NCAA tournament game since 2014, when they lost the title game to Union. Attendance is dropping. The proud program has advanced to the Frozen Four just twice in the past 12 seasons. The Gophers suffered first-round NCAA exits in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Forecast: Lucia could quiet, if not silence, critics with one NCAA tournament win. Two would send the Gophers to the Frozen Four in St. Paul. Another year without an NCAA tourney win, however, would elicit more calls for change.
http://www.startribune.com/decision...a-marlene-stollings-richard-pitino/474864373/
Go Gophers!!