PalmettoHawkFan
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i'm in for your staff
i've got all of two years of experience coaching the 10th grade to a losing record
really i'm a track coach so I guess we'll run a lot
can I telecommunte? minny sucks and its cold.
Ha - no one wants the Gopher job
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i'm in for your staff
i've got all of two years of experience coaching the 10th grade to a losing record
really i'm a track coach so I guess we'll run a lot
can I telecommunte? minny sucks and its cold.
goldenhawk96
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They have to land a big name. The Hawks will rue the day we missed on Lavin and Pearl!!!
In all seriousness, there are a TON of good ones out there; I just hope they pick from the TONS of bad ones out there!
In all seriousness, there are a TON of good ones out there; I just hope they pick from the TONS of bad ones out there!
hawkdrummer1
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Big City, yes.
More in-state talent than...well, only Iowa and Nebraska...maybe Wiscy
Dump of an arena..with no improvement in site
No modern practice facility
Old fan base (don't like the blue hairs at CHA?..you should go to a game at Williams arena)
Minnesota may be a better job than Iowa on several levels...but it has serious shortcomings too.
More in-state talent than...well, only Iowa and Nebraska...maybe Wiscy
Dump of an arena..with no improvement in site
No modern practice facility
Old fan base (don't like the blue hairs at CHA?..you should go to a game at Williams arena)
Minnesota may be a better job than Iowa on several levels...but it has serious shortcomings too.
Having a pro team in the same city is also a challenge. The casual fan is going to spend their money to see D Rose, LaBron, Durrant, etc over today's college kids.
Of course just getting into the playoffs in the West is brutal right now, but one and done has left college hoops kind of faceless.
Of course just getting into the playoffs in the West is brutal right now, but one and done has left college hoops kind of faceless.
hawkdrummer1
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As in football, I reject that premise as a "loser's" excuse. (especially when the bball team is the TWolves)
-pro and college fans are largely different groups
-there are more people within a 1 hour drive of Minnesota's campus, than in the entire state of Iowa. And they are the only D-1 program.
-There's "move to do" in the city...the classic Gopher excuse. Nice try. People do what THEY WANT to do. If their college hoops team excites them, they'll go to the game. Period. If it doesn't they don't go.
A big part of Minnesota's problem has always been the cramped urban campus. It doesn't sell as a "college experience" to the fan...like Iowa City, Bloomington, Ann Arbor, Madison...college towns. Minneapolis, not so much.
atomicblue224
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I'll read body language and sign language from tom crean and relay secret play to you and you can switch the plays according to opposing team body language , I just want free hot dogs and pizza and free cute Sign language interpreter.
INTIMIDATORHawk
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Not understanding the lack of acknowledgement for how good the Purdue program has been. They are top 4/5 in the Big Ten, no question.
How many Big Ten titles has Purdue won in the last 20 years compared to Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota?
How many Big Ten titles has Purdue won in the last 20 years compared to Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota?
Bigtenchamp
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Minnesota is probably also the coldest campus in the big ten - I think I remember reading that once.
Bigtenchamp
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actually I take that back - It was one of the coldest campuses in the nation.
I will bet money that Ty Jones and Vaughn do not end up at Minny,no matter who they land.
Does the state of Minnesota produce some bb talent...yes.
But, if you look at top 150 lists for 2013,14 and 15, Minny has less guys on it than Wisconsin by far.
Only Iowa and Nebraska have less in the Big Ten footprint. Great 3 players for the 2014 class in Minny,but that is about it.
Minneapolis is a pro town,and in pro towns,the local HS kids do not have loyalty to UMinn....maybe outside of the urban area,but not where most of the players live.
Iowa is a better bb job than Minny. otherwise,that list is about right.
Does the state of Minnesota produce some bb talent...yes.
But, if you look at top 150 lists for 2013,14 and 15, Minny has less guys on it than Wisconsin by far.
Only Iowa and Nebraska have less in the Big Ten footprint. Great 3 players for the 2014 class in Minny,but that is about it.
Minneapolis is a pro town,and in pro towns,the local HS kids do not have loyalty to UMinn....maybe outside of the urban area,but not where most of the players live.
Iowa is a better bb job than Minny. otherwise,that list is about right.
imported_ankle23
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if i were minny i'd try to get howland.
MeatMan
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this. Howland is a good coach. ended badly in UCLA but he's actually won some big games.
This is why Barta kept everything secret when he hired Lick and Fran. You don't let favorites be known; you go about things confidentially for the protection of all. I am amazed that so many ADs do not understand this.
Herkyalert
Banned
Sounds like Fip Saunders turned them down over disputes about who would be on staff.
What a mess up north.
What a mess up north.
Herkyalert
Banned
He's pretty dirty and considering Minnesota's past issues with cheating, there is no chance they entertain Howland.
Doublewide
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What has Howland done that would make you call him dirty? I can't think of anything.
Stanzi
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He won a lot of games and attracted good recruits.
hawkdrummer1
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Just read this on a Minnesota site. Saunders was their "sure thing" ace-in-the-hole. Boy are they screwed now.
