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per Chip:
Year 1 in the transition to Fleck encountered challenges and disappointing results, but drawing conclusions at this point is unfair. It’s too soon to render a verdict on any hire after one year.
“I get that patience is a four-letter word,” Coyle said. “We needed to shake the tree. That’s not being disrespectful to anybody before. But in my opinion, we just needed something different.”
Football and men’s basketball are tone-setters, so leaps by those two programs would alter the department’s narrative. Completion of the $166 million Athletes Village should be a game-changer, too.
Coyle recalled a conversation he had with Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez at Big Ten meetings soon after being hired.
“You’re successful when people stop making excuses,” Alvarez said.
That message has stuck with Coyle.
“We need to stop making excuses, and we need to embrace the opportunity we have in front of us,” he said.
An immaculate new facility eliminates one major excuse. That complex paired with a wave of new coaches gives the department a vastly different appearance two years into Coyle’s tenure. As he relaxed in a coffee shop this past week, he sounded optimistic about a big payoff.
“I truly feel like we’re on the verge of taking that next step,” he said.
http://www.startribune.com/two-years-in-as-gophers-ad-mark-coyle-has-set-new-course/482461081/
Go Gophers!!
Year 1 in the transition to Fleck encountered challenges and disappointing results, but drawing conclusions at this point is unfair. It’s too soon to render a verdict on any hire after one year.
“I get that patience is a four-letter word,” Coyle said. “We needed to shake the tree. That’s not being disrespectful to anybody before. But in my opinion, we just needed something different.”
Football and men’s basketball are tone-setters, so leaps by those two programs would alter the department’s narrative. Completion of the $166 million Athletes Village should be a game-changer, too.
Coyle recalled a conversation he had with Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez at Big Ten meetings soon after being hired.
“You’re successful when people stop making excuses,” Alvarez said.
That message has stuck with Coyle.
“We need to stop making excuses, and we need to embrace the opportunity we have in front of us,” he said.
An immaculate new facility eliminates one major excuse. That complex paired with a wave of new coaches gives the department a vastly different appearance two years into Coyle’s tenure. As he relaxed in a coffee shop this past week, he sounded optimistic about a big payoff.
“I truly feel like we’re on the verge of taking that next step,” he said.
http://www.startribune.com/two-years-in-as-gophers-ad-mark-coyle-has-set-new-course/482461081/
Go Gophers!!
