BleedGopher
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What a dumb quote from Coyle to start the video -- basically saying our brand new state of the art facility isn't state of the art but instead just okay.
As always, Coyle gets it right and far too many goofballs in GopherHole are out to lunch. Coyle knows hardly anybody in the Big 10 will be talking about Athlete's Village after Northwestern completes their significantly more expensive practice facilities and Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State undoubtedly upgrade theirs within the next couple of years in order to keep up. When that happens the Gophers will have no better than the 5th best practice facilities in the Big 10 but at least they will be in the conversation when recruits compare scholarship offers. Coyle is saying the Gophers are not done with Athlete's Village. There will be a continuing need for the U to invest in its athletic programs in order in order to keep up with the top schools and start regularly competing for Big 10 Championships. Coyle is exactly the right guy to lead the Gopher's into the future. Gopher fans will start to understand that soon enough.
As always, Coyle gets it right and far too many goofballs in GopherHole are out to lunch. Coyle knows hardly anybody in the Big 10 will be talking about Athlete's Village after Northwestern completes their significantly more expensive practice facilities and Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State undoubtedly upgrade theirs within the next couple of years in order to keep up. When that happens the Gophers will have no better than the 5th best practice facilities in the Big 10 but at least they will be in the conversation when recruits compare scholarship offers. Coyle is saying the Gophers are not done with Athlete's Village. There will be a continuing need for the U to invest in its athletic programs in order in order to keep up with the top schools and start regularly competing for Big 10 Championships. Coyle is exactly the right guy to lead the Gopher's into the future. Gopher fans will start to understand that soon enough.
As always, Coyle gets it right and far too many goofballs in GopherHole are out to lunch. Coyle knows hardly anybody in the Big 10 will be talking about Athlete's Village after Northwestern completes their significantly more expensive practice facilities and Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State undoubtedly upgrade theirs within the next couple of years in order to keep up. When that happens the Gophers will have no better than the 5th best practice facilities in the Big 10 but at least they will be in the conversation when recruits compare scholarship offers. Coyle is saying the Gophers are not done with Athlete's Village. There will be a continuing need for the U to invest in its athletic programs in order in order to keep up with the top schools and start regularly competing for Big 10 Championships. Coyle is exactly the right guy to lead the Gopher's into the future. Gopher fans will start to understand that soon enough.
As always, Coyle gets it right and far too many goofballs in GopherHole are out to lunch. Coyle knows hardly anybody in the Big 10 will be talking about Athlete's Village after Northwestern completes their significantly more expensive practice facilities and Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State undoubtedly upgrade theirs within the next couple of years in order to keep up. When that happens the Gophers will have no better than the 5th best practice facilities in the Big 10 but at least they will be in the conversation when recruits compare scholarship offers. Coyle is saying the Gophers are not done with Athlete's Village. There will be a continuing need for the U to invest in its athletic programs in order in order to keep up with the top schools and start regularly competing for Big 10 Championships. Coyle is exactly the right guy to lead the Gopher's into the future. Gopher fans will start to understand that soon enough.
Thanks for clarifying. When I watched the video, I thought, wow Mark. You just opened the new facility and you're already downplaying it? How did you get this job?
But thanks to you, I now know it was the absolutely smartest, bestest, rightest, gosh darn gee whizziest thing to say. We're so lucky to have you to translate.
Yes, and nobody can have an opinion except people like you and Slab and Spoofin, etc. You guys who don't like Coyle are always right and always ready to let everyone else know who doesn't agree with you that they are fools. Get a life.
What a dumb quote from Coyle to start the video -- basically saying our brand new state of the art facility isn't state of the art but instead just okay.
As always, Coyle gets it right and far too many goofballs in GopherHole are out to lunch. Coyle knows hardly anybody in the Big 10 will be talking about Athlete's Village after Northwestern completes their significantly more expensive practice facilities and Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State undoubtedly upgrade theirs within the next couple of years in order to keep up. When that happens the Gophers will have no better than the 5th best practice facilities in the Big 10 but at least they will be in the conversation when recruits compare scholarship offers. Coyle is saying the Gophers are not done with Athlete's Village. There will be a continuing need for the U to invest in its athletic programs in order in order to keep up with the top schools and start regularly competing for Big 10 Championships. Coyle is exactly the right guy to lead the Gopher's into the future. Gopher fans will start to understand that soon enough.
It is not a great quote- it was an inarticulate way to express that we are going to have facilities that are among the best. That's accurate and appropriate, but I'd have preferred him to tout this as the biggest and best investment that the U community has made into it's student athletes and we are excited about the dividends it will pay for years to come.
The place is absolutely elite- the basketball facilities are fantastic and the football complex area is also elite in pretty much every way. Don't let Coyle's poor sales skills distract you
It is not a great quote- it was an inarticulate way to express that we are going to have facilities that are among the best. That's accurate and appropriate, but I'd have preferred him to tout this as the biggest and best investment that the U community has made into it's student athletes and we are excited about the dividends it will pay for years to come.
The place is absolutely elite- the basketball facilities are fantastic and the football complex area is also elite in pretty much every way. Don't let Coyle's poor sales skills distract you
Yes, and nobody can have an opinion except people like you and Slab and Spoofin, etc. You guys who don't like Coyle are always right and always ready to let everyone else know who doesn't agree with you that they are fools. Get a life.
I think that is the main issue. What he is saying is true and actually should be seen as a positive by fans because he refers to the biggest investment the department has made in sports in a long time as "first step" meaning they are planning for the future. But it felt out of place at the start of the video and probably should have been worded differently.
There are some though that will instantly try to find the negative in anything Coyle says because they don't like him.
So have we decided that it was really the video editor's fault for putting that quote at the beginning and not somewhere in the middle?
It is not a great quote- it was an inarticulate way to express that we are going to have facilities that are among the best. That's accurate and appropriate, but I'd have preferred him to tout this as the biggest and best investment that the U community has made into it's student athletes and we are excited about the dividends it will pay for years to come.
The place is absolutely elite- the basketball facilities are fantastic and the football complex area is also elite in pretty much every way. Don't let Coyle's poor sales skills distract you
This is a better description of his quote. While not the best, it certainly wasn't that awful either. If he would've said it is the best ever, people would've blasted him for that also. The guy really can't win. But, I think being Gopher AD in general is a lose-lose with many of the posters here regardless. Some will always dislike the AD.