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SoMnFan -> RE: Gopher Football (11/1/2010 9:00:13 PM)
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Good idea karl .. you do the same.
First off, people have to stop associating "being hard on the players" with "ripping the program's results".
I bleed Maroon and Gold. Always have, always will. I love every kid who commits fully to this university.
That said, signing on to play here means you will be held to standards. if kids are giving their all and doing what they are told, they deserve 100% support, and get it from me.
Comments we make on these athletes differ from the ones we make on pros, (for the most part). All gloves are off on pros, imo.
If we get on Weber, I think most of that is about the coach's decision to play Weber. (just a disclaimer to get going)
I'm kind of in a different camp than most. I understand wanting a "name" guy. An established builder who has built before. I'm ok with that if it happens.
But I really think it may be a great time to try something I've always wanted to see.... a total commitment to the state of Minnesota.
I'm not dumb enough to think we can fully field MN kids and win. I understand our limitations. But I'd really like to see a coach come in, demand and get respect from Mn HS coaches, and demand and get respect from all Mn kids who can play at the D1 level. There has been a steady stream of MN kids contributing to good Wisconsin, Nebraska, Notre Dame, and Iowa teams, to name a few.
Of course, you have to land out-state guys who up your talent level. But until we stop losing our top kids, we can't complain about what they do everywhere else.
We complain thru the years and say MN kids lack speed or size or ability, yet you see them succeed in those other places.
Recruit them, respect them, and use them. Build some pride. And in that regard, I think you are better off going after a coach who is just like the program .... starting from scratch at the D1 level.
Someone who must mirror the program ... he must be hungry, dedicated, optimistic, hard-working, resilient, and loyal. Thats why I think it might take a young, Mn-based guy with ideas and pride and vision.
Because ... you have to look at the results you have gotten when you did not go that route ... when you went to Texas and Florida and Ohio for the majority of your players .... did it make you succesful?
We've lost games to South and North Dakota now. We are no longer "protecting" anything. No pride, no automatic respect.
We are at ground zero.
You know me ... more on this coming later. (probably) [:D]
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