Stick with what you have:
"...And there's a rose in a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you're with
Love the one you're with
Love the one you're with..."
Murph is the only one foolish, fickle fans. Murph IS a GOPHER. Happ is a stinking badger. Fact of life kids. Murph has given the GOPHER all he has. How can any fickle fans ask for more? Happ breaks hearts at the free throw line. When the game is on the line: foul Happ! It has been done successfully by a lot of Big Ten Coaches. Happ has never figured out how to consistently make free throws. I know...rocket science right? He can't help it? Or, he is just too lazy to do it? He should have been able to keep working on free throws after all these years of playing. Larry Bird...Magic...Kevin McHale couldn't be depended on for pressure free throws? That helped make them a cut above many. Happ happens to be haphazzard when the game is on the line in the final five minutes due to that most basic of basketball fundamental skills.
How much is a rebound worth? I'd have to rate rebounding right up there with the ability to score...the ability to defend...the ability to make assists and the ability to walk and to deserve one of the five spots on the floor for any and every hoops team. The GOPHER has been blessed to have Murph for these years. Only ONE other player who has played Big Ten Basketball has MORE rebounds than MURPH. Does anyone else realize just WHAT that means? That is a crazy...crazy impressive statistic and accomplishment. Murph will FOREVER be one of the GREATEST Men's basketball players to have EVER been a GOPHER hoops player. Squeeze together a little more Lou Hudson, Kevin McHale, Michael Thompson, Randy Breuer and make room for the GOPHER faithful to honor Jordan Murphy. Offensive and defensive rebounding, along with the ability hit a respectable percentage of free throws makes up at least 50% of the skills to be one of the most golden of the GOPHER hoops players. Murph is the MOST in the category of rebounders to have ever played for the Maroon & Gold! Thanks for all the memories during a typical GOPHER basketball career. Thank you for being among that handful of the GREATEST to have played their home games in the BARN!