Reusse: Mark Coyle leaves his mark with coaching changes

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Coyle has the personality of a beige wall in public, and enjoys releasing statements over answering questions. He also took credit with Kaler for ending the brief walkout in December 2016 by the Gophers’ football team, when the decisive outreach to the athletes involved neither of them.

What Coyle has been is aggressive in remaking the coaching staff.

He saw the need for an overhyped salesman in football and already had P.J. Fleck in his pocket when the Gophers went to San Diego for the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27, 2016. That’s why he and Kaler looked as if the family dogs had died as Claeys’ team completed a 17-12 upset of Washington State.

Motzko was Coyle’s target all winter, as Lucia’s Gophers continued to play mediocre hockey in front of small audiences. Even with a successful season, Stollings made no connection with Minnesota prep coaches or fans — and it was an easy call to bring in the all-time connector, Whalen, experience and Lynx duties be danged.

Beige wall or not, Coyle has done the job in hiring coaches.

http://www.startribune.com/mark-coyle-leaves-his-mark-with-coaching-changes/479781023/

Go Gophers!!
 




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