And the New Gopher Coach Is... [Archive]

No_Skill

12-06-2010, 02:02 AM

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/300776/group/Sports/

aces1180

12-06-2010, 02:08 AM

It should make it easy for us to get tickets to the Bison game at TCF next year....

The fans are ready to jump of the bridge in Gopherland!

Bisonguy

12-06-2010, 03:00 AM

It should make it easy for us to get tickets to the Bison game at TCF next year....

The fans are ready to jump of the bridge in Gopherland!

Jumping off the bridge or saying they only need two or three good recruiting classes to contend for the Big 10 championship. :rofl:

bisonmike2

12-06-2010, 03:02 AM

and the new northern illinois coach is....craig bohl?

tony

12-06-2010, 03:03 AM

I actually think Kill will win a lot of games for the Gophers next year. Defenses are supposedly easy to fix and, imo, the Gophers should just have pounded the ball all year and that fits Kill's style.

NDSUstudent

12-06-2010, 03:24 AM

Kill is the anti-Brewster, great hire by the Gophers.

mebisonII

12-06-2010, 02:09 PM

I love the way this thread shows up on the main board. It looks like the new gopher coach is whoever posted last.

And the New Gopher Coach Is...
mebisonII

I'll start immediately! :ranting: Until I'm replaced! :(

Notorious

12-06-2010, 02:13 PM

Kill is the anti-Brewster, great hire by the Gophers.

I agree...they needed a no-nonsense guy. He will do as well as possible given the miserable situation there. Ending the season with some momentum may just help them turn things around a little...

Still don't ever see them any better than a .500 team....ever.

HandoEX

12-06-2010, 02:54 PM

I love this hire for the Gophers. Kill has a good track record of turning losing programs around and won't blow the hot air that Brew did. My main concern is the lack of interest from all the fans because Kill isn't a big time name.

tony

12-06-2010, 03:10 PM

I love this hire for the Gophers. Kill has a good track record of turning losing programs around and won't blow the hot air that Brew did. My main concern is the lack of interest from all the fans because Kill isn't a big time name.

If Bisonville has taught me anything, it's that fans are fickle.
If Kill wins games, the fans will come around. :)

As Bohl and Vigen have shown, it doesn't matter if the fans believe in what you are doing, but it is critical that the players buy into it (and a lot of that has to do with having players with the character to commit to what the coaches are doing instead of moping around.) Heck, apparently having fans rag on the team the couple years has brought the Bison team together so maybe having fans having a hissy over Kill's hiring will have a similar effect on the Gophers.

GOB1SON

12-06-2010, 07:17 PM

Buy the t-shirt!

http://rlv.zcache.com/the_day_maturi_killed_gopher_football_tshirt-p235312384922416683a9t5r_325.jpg

SDSUAlum08

12-06-2010, 09:22 PM

Buy the t-shirt!

http://rlv.zcache.com/the_day_maturi_killed_gopher_football_tshirt-p235312384922416683a9t5r_325.jpg

As a Gopher fan I think this is pathetic.

NDSUstudent

12-06-2010, 09:33 PM

Buy the t-shirt!

http://rlv.zcache.com/the_day_maturi_killed_gopher_football_tshirt-p235312384922416683a9t5r_325.jpg

Pathetic, Kill could coach circles around Maturi's last hire...

sambini

12-07-2010, 02:46 AM

Give e guya chance.

Wally

12-07-2010, 04:16 AM

What do gopher fans think their program is? Ohio St, Alabama, Oregon, etc? Closed Circuit to gopher nation....Big name coaches aren't banging down the doors for a reason. The job isn't that attractive. The same people who loved the Brewster hire, I'm sure now hate the Kill hire.

rutlandbison

12-07-2010, 03:39 PM

Buy the t-shirt!

http://rlv.zcache.com/the_day_maturi_killed_gopher_football_tshirt-p235312384922416683a9t5r_325.jpg
Gopher football was dead long before this hire. Some gopher fans need to give the guy a damn chance. I think he will get it done.

bisonmike2

12-07-2010, 04:37 PM

I agree with Sid Hartman's article on Kill. Does this mean I'm going crazy?

EndZoneQB

12-07-2010, 08:17 PM

Gopher football was dead long before this hire. Some gopher fans need to give the guy a damn chance. I think he will get it done.

No kidding...what day was Maturi hired?

WildBill

12-08-2010, 09:27 PM

What do gopher fans think their program is? Ohio St, Alabama, Oregon, etc? Closed Circuit to gopher nation....Big name coaches aren't banging down the doors for a reason. The job isn't that attractive. The same people who loved the Brewster hire, I'm sure now hate the Kill hire.

I can tell you that they had a couple of big names sniffing around. One had problems with his buyout, the other got cold feet. It's not the best job, but it is a job in a power conference and a new stadium. Just hiring a new president and having a lame duck AD is what scared most away.