The Comparable 4: Minnesota (Johnson), Iowa State (Otzelberger), Penn State (Shrewsberry), Utah (Smith)

[RockChalk]

Looks like TJ has snagged a couple of good ones in the portal so far.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Looks like TJ has snagged a couple of good ones in the portal so far.

Does he make less than Ben?

 

[gopherbadgerman]

You are forgetting that when Ben is fired he will spend his career telling everyone why no one can succeed at MN. All the check cashing clock watchers we fire are immediately victims of a no win sitch. Ben will be no different. ‘Not my fault, man’

Lol. Well he might be right. No one has really won at MN in 25 years. That’s a lot more than a trend.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Lol. Well he might be right. No one has really won at MN in 25 years. That’s a lot more than a trend.

I don't buy that it's impossible to win here, we just need the right coach to do it. And no one has won significantly in 25 years, but surely making the tournament 50% of the time is a realistic goal, because that was accomplished by a coach who was so bad we fired him for poor performance.

 

[Bad Gopher]

Lol. Well he might be right. No one has really won at MN in 25 years. That’s a lot more than a trend.

Well, we're no Penn State.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

I don't buy that it's impossible to win here, we just need the right coach to do it. And no one has won significantly in 25 years, but surely making the tournament 50% of the time is a realistic goal, because that was accomplished by a coach who was so bad we fired him for poor performance.

Yep. Over a decade and two coaches ago too. I never said it’s impossible, it’s not anywhere. But thinking MN is more than a bottom 4-5 b10 job is a dream.

 

[Some guy]

Yep. Over a decade and two coaches ago too. I never said it’s impossible, it’s not anywhere. But thinking MN is more than a bottom 4-5 b10 job is a dream.

Correct. But if you get 9th in the big ten every year you make the ncaa tourney 85% of the time lately.
So we should try to make it a bottom 6 job instead of a bottom 5 job

 

[Bad Gopher]

Yep. Over a decade and two coaches ago too. I never said it’s impossible, it’s not anywhere. But thinking MN is more than a bottom 4-5 b10 job is a dream.

If you would've told someone in 1995 that Wisconsin would develop into a quasi blue blood in the coming years, they'd have put you in the funny farm. Every job is what you make it.

 

[Gophers_4life]

Correct. But if you get 9th in the big ten every year you make the ncaa tourney 85% of the time lately.
So we should try to make it a bottom 6 job instead of a bottom 5 job

Bottom 8 not too far in the future.

Unless that means we're getting 10 in the tournament a year.

 

[Some guy]

Bottom 8 not too far in the future.

Unless that means we're getting 10 in the tournament a year.

When the big ten adds USC and UCLA the big ten will certainly be more likely to send more teams to the tournament. Not sure where the average year will settle out.

5-6 games go differently this year and the big ten could’ve sent 10-11 when the conference was just at 14 teams. Michigan, Rutgers, and Wisconsin all very close to making it


Win your non conference + go 8-10 in the big ten = automatic bubble at worst

 

[Ope3]

Otzelberger just received a 2 Year Extension.

Iowa State gives Otzelberger 2-year extension

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger has received a two-year contract extension that keeps him with the Cyclones through the 2028-29 season.

www.espn.com

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Now makes more than BJ.