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per Chip:
Coyle didn’t hire Pitino, but he continues to express faith in him after a season ruined by injuries and Reggie Lynch’s expulsion.
“I’m very comfortable and confident in Richard,” Coyle said.
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!!
Coyle didn’t hire Pitino, but he continues to express faith in him after a season ruined by injuries and Reggie Lynch’s expulsion.
“I’m very comfortable and confident in Richard,” Coyle said.
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!!