2012-2013 Gophers

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

Theres no doubt the big ten is the best conference in the country.... but the gophers are losing to EVERYONE. Including northwestern, getting blown out by Iowa, not even showing up to play tonight..... And guess what, they play indiana next. This is turning into a horror show. If they lose to Penn St. or Nebraska Tubby should retire and give back his ludicris salary. There is no reason this team should look this bad regardless of what kind of talent you think they have. This is Tubby's 6th season, these are all HIS guys. If you think this is the best we can do Dr J, then thats sad. Look what Bo Ryan does with a bunch of no-name white guys. No matter how good of a coach you think he is, he isnt worth what hes getting paid and deserves the boot. I hope the new A.D. has the cahonez to do it.

[toughguy]

Tubby is tired and old. Get someone with some energy who gives a !@#$% in there. Your time is up Tubby - oh and we're keeping Williams arena too.

[echotrail]

Turn this loss into "Happy time"

When your team is too slow

And the morale has gotten too low

When the game moves too fast

And the stamina just can't last

When it's time to retreat after another defeat

And the solution you know is to move your feet

Put a smile on your face and take a chance

Turn up the music and do the "Tubby lockeroom dance".

[CodyDawg]

The talent is on this team to be much, much better than it is. Mbakwe will get a chance at the NBA and I bet and NBA team invites Rodney to camp as well. Austin because of his length could get a sniff and Dre if he improves some might too (although improving under Tubby is not likely). as stated, Flubby himsself said this was his most talented team. And that results in 30 point losses. How could anyone obviously defend that?

Tubby has no results to fall back on. He has accomplished nothing here. Just look at his record and his tourney success. 6 years of mediocrity is not acceptable.

The B1G is the best conference this year. All the pundits agree on this. Take a tlook at how many times Mich St was in the final four. over the last 15 years. Better than almost everyone. It ebbs and it flows but the B1G is solid and this year better than any other conference.

[DrJuice1980]

Neither Hollis has a chance at the NBA level or D league at that. Mbakwe doesnt have the size to play his game at the NBA, maybe D League but hes pretty much European League all the way. Rodney? Maybe but he needs to toughen up quite a bit.

[rundrave]

Rodney? Maybe but he needs to toughen up quite a bit.

I have seen his name listed on a couple draft boards. Coincidentally he was ranked lower/behind Colton Iverson.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/doug-gottlieb/21687186

[EBass]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/10080776

This read is pretty spot on. It's from 2007 when KU booted Tubby and he was headed here.

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

Wow... i wonder how to get a hold of this guy and have him pick next years super bowl winner for me to bet on! He was spot on and saw everything coming! thats a pretty telling article. I love the part about the assistant coaches especially... pretty much sums it all up while hes been here

[DrJuice1980]

He was spot on in the article. Pretty much word for word about where MN sits popularity wise in the Big 10.

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

He was spot on in the article. Pretty much word for word about where MN sits popularity wise in the Big 10.

Yeah... and if they had a better coach and a better record over the last six years they would sit higher in that order. Tubby has accomplished about as much as Dan Monson in his tenure so far.

[DrJuice1980]

I would agree with you on the Monson deal. Now we can be buds.

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

Hey, i never said we werent buds! Just dont get all the tubby love, thats all. The mans done ZERO to deserve it. Maybe if he actually accepted a little blame himself instead of blaming all the guys he recruited i would go easier on him....

[creepworm]

"A great leader takes all of the blame, and none of the credit."

I can't find who this quote is from, but certainly seems to apply here.

[Snag]

The injuries and transfers and Royce White issues probably saved Tubby from being exposed. He always had an excuse. This year is different.

Had Royce played, he might have been able to turn the program around.

[EBass]

They play #1 ranked Indiana on Tues. At least they are at home. Thing is to me they can compete with any team if they play up to their potential. This is what the coach does. Brings out the player's potential. That just doesn't happen here.

As a fan I would like to see Tubby pack up and don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

[CodyDawg]

EBass that is a great way to put it, Tubby's teams do not live up to their potential. Put another way, Tubby's teams are less than the sum of its parts. When your accomplishments are the same or less than Dan Monson, you dont have much to stand on.

[CodyDawg]

Anyone wanna predict the score tonite? I will start:

Indiana 76

Minnesota 54

[EBass]

Owe - not even within 20. I want to pull a rube and say gophs will put out a W, but that's betting with my heart and not my head.

IU-61

MN-53

[schmitty3]

IU-84

MN-58

[DrJuice1980]

Tubby got a shrink in there this past weekend so lets hope it worked. 68-62 Gophs in the upset of the year.

[paceman]

The gophs jump out to a big lead at home and hang on to win 78-72

[Snag]

Option 1: Gophers get up by 10 early, then Tubby does first substitution, Indiana ties it in 2 minutes, then Creen runs a press or zone and Indiana wins by 30.

Option 2: Gophers put up 4 points in the first 10 minutes but only give up 8. Then gophers keep running ball around top of key until they turn it over or throw up a desperation shot. Rim breaks, basketball goes backwards 30 years.

[toughguy]

Tonight is proving that the barn is just fine. Best venue in the state IMO. That place is rockin

[mr_jman]

What a great game so far! Final 4:36 to go and up by 1! COME ON GOPHERS!

[kelly-p]

The gophs jump out to a big lead at home and hang on to win 78-72

76-70 with 15.6 seconds. You should have bought a lottery ticket.