I'm sure we've said way worse about Bo Ryan on our message board
I've always gotten the impression that Gopher fans have shown Bo Ryan a lot of respect. Sure, remarks have been made, but respect was shown for his results, for the most part.
And RatherBeGolfing? How did you interpret that Ruppert was upset about anything??? Seems to me he was VERY CLEAR that he went to those sites for "kicks and giggles", and indicated elsewhere that he got some good laughs out of reading their posts and about how much attention was being paid to PJF at another team's site.
And RatherBeGolfing? It's the offseason, no games going on in an college sport, much less football. Very little on the recruiting landscape, I personally am getting very excited about the upcoming sports season, and am sort of BORED STIFF because there is so little to read or look at or watch out there. So I'm trying to pass the time doing other things to take my mind off of being bored, but if I didn't have so many other things to do, I'd definitely consider going to other team's sites, why not?
I personally think it is much stranger that you are asking him why he's going to other sites.
And during this period of the year, I don't think its strange at all that Badger fans and Iowa fans are talking so much about PJF and making fun of him, why not? And sure, of course they are afraid that he might succeed, because it sucks when your competition hires a new coach that is easy to poke fun of yet has the potential to succeed. I remember when Michigan first got their new coach, I felt very similar to the way Badger and Iowa fans feel right now. I thought that he was odd and easy to poke fun of, and I was actually very afraid that he might succeed in turning Michigan around. We were having some success vs Michigan for quite awhile there, at least success in comparison to before Mason came along. And my fears were legit, because that strange guy has turned Michigan around. Maybe that bodes well for us that UW and Iowa fans are feeling the same way that at least one Gopher fan, me, felt after Michigan first hired their current coach???