MN Basketball Coaching Candidate Profiles: Craig Smith & Nico Medved

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Craig Smith:

Minnesota Basketball Coaching Candidate Profile: Craig Smith

The word that best describes the coaching career of Craig Smith? Winner. He's won at Mayville State, South Dakota, and is now winning at Utah State. Three years as Aggies

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Nico Medved:

Minnesota Basketball Coaching Candidate Profile: Niko Medved

Niko Medved's basketball life began at Williams Arena. His family had Golden Gopher season tickets so some of Medved's first basketball experiencers were watching Clem

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[goldengophers]

Niko

 

[Otis]

Porter Moser!

 

[PMWinSTP]

Porter Moser!

He would come here because...?

 

[Otis]

He would come here because...?

Bigger school.
Bigger money.
Bigger challenge.
Bigger conference.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Bigger school.
Bigger money.
Bigger challenge.
Bigger conference.

You don't think staying where he is (like Few) and building a legacy at Loyola, or taking the Marquette job are higher on his list? Also he had a chance to make bigger money in a bigger conference and a bigger challenge, and turned it down.

 

[Otis]

You don't think staying where he is (like Few) and building a legacy at Loyola, or taking the Marquette job are higher on his list? Also he had a chance to make bigger money in a bigger conference and a bigger challenge, and turned it down.

Eventually everyone's eyes get too big for their stomach.

Sooner or Later, The right "Big School" will come for Moser. If he is a die hard Catholic or something, it might be Marquette.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Eventually everyone's eyes get too big for their stomach.

Sooner or Later, The right "Big School" will come for Moser. If he is a die hard Catholic or something, it might be Marquette.

He went to a Catholic high school and a Catholic college, and is from Chicagoland area. DePaul or Marquette seem the most likely choices at this time if he actually wants to move.

 

[Otis]

He went to a Catholic high school and a Catholic college, and is from Chicagoland area. DePaul or Marquette seem the most likely choices at this time if he actually wants to move.

He sounds a little like Lou Holtz. I'm out.

 

[Chicago Gophers]

Porter Moser coached at University of Arkansas-Little Rock (and nearly knocked off Monson and Co. in The Barn in 2002, losing in overtime) and then coached at Illinois State. He has plenty of state school experience.