BleedGopher
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per Bennett's Q&A:
Jeff J. emails: In the lead-up to the Minnesota-Northwestern game, there was much talk about whether Tracy Claeys was coaching for his job. In the aftermath of the game, which number should be most important in Minnesota AD Mark Coyle's evaluation: eight or seven? As in, eight wins or seven targeting penalities/ejections? (Saturday's hit on Northwestern's Austin Carr was particularly egregious.) Which number best illustrates Claeys' coaching and teaching?
Bennett: Minnesota's continued problems with targeting is strange and a little troubling. But I don't think you can pin it all on the coaching staff. Claeys is right when he says that a few of them have been bang-bang plays where the defender didn't have a lot of choice. Others have been dicier. Should the Golden Gophers undergo a serious review of their tackling techniques and teaching methods this offseason? That's fair to suggest.
But I don't think that will weigh at all in Claeys' future. Minnesota has eight wins, tying the most it has had in any season since 2003. And the Gophers still have a chance to beat Wisconsin and win a bowl game. It would be pretty tough not to bring back Claeys given what the team has accomplished this season. Ask yourself this: Who could Minnesota reasonably hire whom you're sure would do better?
http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/pos...owa-with-its-qb-situation-tracy-claeys-future
Go Gophers!!
Jeff J. emails: In the lead-up to the Minnesota-Northwestern game, there was much talk about whether Tracy Claeys was coaching for his job. In the aftermath of the game, which number should be most important in Minnesota AD Mark Coyle's evaluation: eight or seven? As in, eight wins or seven targeting penalities/ejections? (Saturday's hit on Northwestern's Austin Carr was particularly egregious.) Which number best illustrates Claeys' coaching and teaching?
Bennett: Minnesota's continued problems with targeting is strange and a little troubling. But I don't think you can pin it all on the coaching staff. Claeys is right when he says that a few of them have been bang-bang plays where the defender didn't have a lot of choice. Others have been dicier. Should the Golden Gophers undergo a serious review of their tackling techniques and teaching methods this offseason? That's fair to suggest.
But I don't think that will weigh at all in Claeys' future. Minnesota has eight wins, tying the most it has had in any season since 2003. And the Gophers still have a chance to beat Wisconsin and win a bowl game. It would be pretty tough not to bring back Claeys given what the team has accomplished this season. Ask yourself this: Who could Minnesota reasonably hire whom you're sure would do better?
http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/pos...owa-with-its-qb-situation-tracy-claeys-future
Go Gophers!!