Maturi on Gophers hire: You're not following Lombardi

Not even following, Charlie Weis. (1st)

(1st) real post, anyway!

This BS spam really must STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glenn Mason is still available.

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Originally posted 09:16 AM ET  10.18 by MAROONEDinOmaha

Glenn Mason is still available.

So is Steve Addazio... and Scot Loeffler...

It's kind of funny that a report came out and said if he lost this past weekend, he would be fired and he came out and flatly denied that report. Then they lose and he is fired.

What "big name" coach would want to coach there ? He would be destined to fail. It is harder to recruit in a pro sports team town.

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Originally posted 09:33 AM ET  10.18 by .5 NotClever <3Lolo

He needed to be put out of his misery... Seriously, what coach would want this gig.. I know its Big 10 and all

There will be a lot of coaches line up for the job but you are right- it has to be one of the more unattractive places to coach in the nation.

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Originally posted 09:44 AM ET  10.18 by GrandTheftHarley

Mason's sittin' pretty in a BTN commentator's chair. Besides, how does Minnesota bring him back after the way they jilted him?

I was being facetious.

They get rid of a guy that wins 6-9 games a year to try to get to the next level. This is not the 30's and 40's anymore. Minnesota won't see the likes of that anymore. Brewster came in and ran the program down. Hopefully they can get a guy that can recruit, but also has good assistants that can coach. I say give the job to Ed Orgeron so he can replenish the pantry, and then bring in a coach after three years to win with what the Ogre would have recruited. Look what it did for Ole Lady and Houston Nutt.

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Originally posted 09:46 AM ET  10.18 by .5 NotClever <3Lolo

I bet Osbourne was having breathing problems..I did say NU was going down when that NU fan was all up on you last week.. Funny thing they acted like they were much better than Boise/TCU :)

I thought about the NU guy as the Horns were laying the smack down. Your defense wore the black shirts this weekend.

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Originally posted 10:06 AM ET  10.18 by Commodore Fan

There will be a lot of coaches line up for the job but you are right- it has to be one of the more unattractive places to coach in the nation.

I'll admit the program isn'tin a good place right now, but that said you could argue the Gophers basketball team was in even worse shape before Tubby Smith decided to come to Minnesota.

The football team has a state-of-the-art stadium, a decent core of players brought in by Brewster the last two years who have yet to play much, and deep pockets thanks to the boosters. I'm sure there are plenty of successful mid-major school coaches who would jump on the opportunity to coach a Big Ten team (and get a pay increase), especially when there are almost zero expectations going in.

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Don't you mean Golden Gopher?Besides, I heard hayden Fox is ready to make the jump from the Minn. State U. Screaming Eagles. He's well known, won a Championship and can recruit like nobodys business.

Man, I miss that show!

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Originally posted 10:36 AM ET  10.18 by .5 NotClever <3Lolo

Seriously, you think they will go after Leach? Isnt Mangino a consultant? Do they have the $$$$ to pay a big time Coach... Didnt Tubbby have ties to Minny?

Yea, Tubby likes to fish!