Terrific Article From the Daily Gopher

[jmag21]

I'm sure you guys know about the daily gopher, the sbnation gopher blog, but Buck Bravo has a great article over there on the current state of the Gopher basketball program. His basic point is that the team has been a disappointment, but the people blaming Tubby don't seem to realize that the team is only a disappointment because of how the expectations were for this team, and that critics aren't properly taking into account how devastating the off-the-floor problems have been to this team. I'd strongly encourage everybody to give it a read.

http://www.thedailygopher.com/2010/2/17/1313715/dont-be-a-fairweather-fan-and

 

[josh087]

He lost a lot of validity in the article when he talked about the impact of Devron Bostick. Other than a couple of baskets @ Wisc last year he has never shown any signs of having any impact on this year's team.

Sure, 3 years ago, most of us would have taken 14 wins, 6 games to go, and Tubby as the coach.

But circumstances are different. He returned a full lineup of players from an NCAA Tournament team.

Now, was last year's team a great team? No. Were they good? Maybe. They won a TON of close games. @CSU, @Wisc, @Iowa, @Indiana, & Wisc are just a few of the games that could have EASILY gone the other way last year. Those are the type of games that, other than @ PSU, we have lost this year.

That said, you are what your record is, and I think Tubby & Maturi do deserve heat for the performance this year based on the circumstances that changed from 3 years ago.

 

[ruralgopher]

How does Maturi deserve heat for the basketball disppointment? Tubby deserves some heat for sure, but Maturi didn't let the same players regress from last year.

 

[Friend Of Tubby]

No One More Disappointed Than Team And Coaches

I'd think they are more disappointed than anyone else.

 

[guru]

I'd think they are more disappointed than anyone else.

I think there are at least a dozen coaches/teams that could say that this year. NC, UCLA, UCONN, WASH, etc. It happens, it's not a pattern, yet...