Pitino turned FIU around in a year how long to turn the Gopher ship around

[UpAndUnder43]

He won more in year 1 with a shittier situation than Dennis Gates did...but Gates is the savior.

 

[MennoSota]

First season at FIU was a tremendous turnaround. How long to turn the much bigger Gopher ship around ? 1 year ?, 2-3 years ? 3-5? I'm betting on 2-3.

The ship is going in the right direction. It just keeps listing and taking on water, which slows the ship down.
With the right coach, UMN can pickup speed quickly.

 

[Otis]

He won more in year 1 with a shittier situation than Dennis Gates did...but Gates is the savior.

You talking about FIU or Minnesota?

I didn't think he inherited a totally terrible team here. Not great, but it did have the Hollins brothers.

 

[UpAndUnder43]

You talking about FIU or Minnesota?

I didn't think he inherited a totally terrible team here. Not great, but it did have the Hollins brothers.

FIU. They had 6 players and they weren't all scholarship guys. He made the conference championship game. Gates gets an excuse cause he took a bad situation. It was better than what Pitino had at FIU

 

[cjbfbp]

\They also would have won that game if Dre Hollins had played, but he was injured to by our dirty red friends.

Ooooh that pissed me off! As I recall it was Josh Gasser. We won the game where he was hurt but faltered in the ones immediately after that.

 

[cjbfbp]

But we won the NIT and set the university record for legal wins in a season!

Like I said before, I thought his first season was a pretty decent one, nothing to be embarrassed about. I enjoyed the NIT run. Even attended one of the games (St. Marys).