How do you feel about the state of program right now?

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I am very disappointed in the start this season. At times they have looked really dynamic.

The last two seasons, I have seen the team play better as the year goes on, and the team has never quit.

I want to see the rest of this season before I make any decisions.

I’m not optimistic, but I’d like to see CBJ succeed, just like I’ve hoped every coach at The ”U” succeed.

GEDJ!
 

There is zero leadership at the top here at the U.We will continue to go for the surprise homerun instead of paying some money to a proven winner.
 

Unregistered User said:
The last two seasons, I have seen the team play better as the year goes on, and the team has never quit.
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Last year, sure. We definitely got better at the end of the season, and the team didn't quit (beating Rutgers, should've beaten Wisconsin at home, beating Nebraska in the BTT).

Two years ago- I think you should perhaps review how we finished up the season in Ben's first year.
 




How I feel after every game the past 2+ seasons, disinterested. If only I could stop checking the scores.

But like an old fool, I keep on checking hoping for mass improvement.
 

golfing18now said:
Yeah, I think I'll still take the other guy.
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Of course, that wasn't the point of my comment or the previous one. It was about an observation of one game, in which the observation was absolutely true that one night. No one involved in either of the comments was making any assessment of their preferred coach, as your post implies.

For the record, I'll take the other guy, too.
 

Holy Man said:
Of course, that wasn't the point of my comment or the previous one. It was about an observation of one game, in which the observation was absolutely true that one night. No one involved in either of the comments was making any assessment of their preferred coach, as your post implies.

For the record, I'll take the other guy, too.
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I understand Holy Man. I wasn't directing my comment at your presumed preference or any other poster's preference although it may have come off that way. My initial anecdote was related to the silliness of trying to derive any meaningful conclusion of a coach based on one game's banter when the coach knew he was mic'd up.
 

Bad Gopher said:
Reusse is disingenuous and intellectually dishonest, but he's not a liar, and he has good sources.
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He sometimes has good sources...and he is definitely a liar. You can play semantics saying he is "intellectually dishonest" but it is all the same. He knows he is spewing nonsense and does it anyways often to troll.
 




howeda7 said:
It's not entirely effort, but fund raising and networking is a skill. A very important skill for a modern power 5 athletic director.

Gopher basketball ranked in the top 25 in the nation in attendance every year from 1990 to 2003 and again four out of five years between 2009 and 2013. It has a fan base to raise $$ from, even if it's driven many of them away. It's not some impossible gig.
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In fact, Gopher basketball ranked in the top 10 in the nation in attendance almost every year between 1972 and 1984, including #1 in 1975. It started dropping a bit after the scandal in 1986 and with the renovation cutting seating in the early 1990s. (Up to 1977, the source below only showed the top 10.)

1972 - 3
1973 - 2
1974 - Not in top 10
1975 - 1
1976 - Not in top 10
1977 - 6
1978 - 4
1979 - 6
1980 - 4
1981 - 6
1982 - 5
1983 - 7
1984 - 9
1985 11		1986 - 16
1987 - 22
1988 - 23
1989 - 25
1990 - 15
1991 - 10
1992 - 14
1993 - 13
1994 - 13
1995 - 18
1996 - 17
1997 - 13


 

Hates Monikers said:
In fact, Gopher basketball ranked in the top 10 in the nation in attendance almost every year between 1972 and 1984, including #1 in 1975. It started dropping a bit after the scandal in 1986 and with the renovation cutting seating in the early 1990s. (Up to 1977, the source below only showed the top 10.)

1972 - 3
1973 - 2
1974 - Not in top 10
1975 - 1
1976 - Not in top 10
1977 - 6
1978 - 4
1979 - 6
1980 - 4
1981 - 6
1982 - 5
1983 - 7
1984 - 9
1985 11		1986 - 16
1987 - 22
1988 - 23
1989 - 25
1990 - 15
1991 - 10
1992 - 14
1993 - 13
1994 - 13
1995 - 18
1996 - 17
1997 - 13

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Actual raw #'s I found. Amazing we held out above 10K all the way to 2022. I'm sure last year went below and this year...yikes.

YearNational RankAverage Attendance
19901514,671
19911015,393
19921414,572
19931314,876
19941314,154
19951814,047
19961714,140
19971314,054
19981713,617
19991314,709
20001913,767
20012512,074
20022212,194
20032312,696
20042712,228
20053510,566
20062911,535
20073710,974
20082812,452
20092313,400
20102313,453
20112413,241
20123311,794
20132312,580
20143211,255
20152912,188
20163810,706
20173710,308
20182911,850
2019N/R >3010,675
2020N/R >3010,232
2021N/AN/A
2022N/R >3010,267
 

Wow! So we were always in the top 25 in the nation in attendance for over 30 straight years- ranging from the early 1970s to 2003. That is a huge credit to a fan base that saw lots of ups and downs during that same time frame.
 



howeda7 said:
He is? Based on what?
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if you're referring to X's and O's, Pitino teams were constantly outcoached. Many times, they were good unit half time and the other team/coach made adjustments and MN didn't make the necessary adjustments to counteract the other team's adjustments. In addition, Pitino's assistants did most of the taking and drawing up plays during timeouts. If Pitino was such a good XO's coach, he would have been offered a job at a better school AND not had his salary cut by 2/3's from his mn contract.
 

dbmn said:
if you're referring to X's and O's, Pitino teams were constantly outcoached. Many times, they were good unit half time and the other team/coach made adjustments and MN didn't make the necessary adjustments to counteract the other team's adjustments. In addition, Pitino's assistants did most of the taking and drawing up plays during timeouts. If Pitino was such a good XO's coach, he would have been offered a job at a better school AND not had his salary cut by 2/3's from his mn contract.
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Do you think he had average or above average talent to work with? I think that in the couple of years he did- he did just fine.
 

dbmn said:
if you're referring to X's and O's, Pitino teams were constantly outcoached. Many times, they were good unit half time and the other team/coach made adjustments and MN didn't make the necessary adjustments to counteract the other team's adjustments. In addition, Pitino's assistants did most of the taking and drawing up plays during timeouts. If Pitino was such a good XO's coach, he would have been offered a job at a better school AND not had his salary cut by 2/3's from his mn contract.
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I didn't say Pitino was a good X's and O's coach. He wasn't. He wasn't awful either. Probably slighly below average. I asked on what basis the OP was opining that Ben is better. There's little evidence of that. I would say our inbounds plays are better. Beyond that, I don't see it.
 

bga1 said:
Wow! So we were always in the top 25 in the nation in attendance for over 30 straight years- ranging from the early 1970s to 2003. That is a huge credit to a fan base that saw lots of ups and downs during that same time frame.
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What is the average attendance # going to be this year? 6K? 7K?
 


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