UNI locks in on Ben Jacobson with 10-year deal

[Da Coach]

The Minnesota fan base recalls the last coach they hired from a midmajor- Dan Monson. And how did that work out?
I doubt they go after another midmajor coach.
IMO, if your scenario happens (and I don't think it will) they would hire someone with credentials more like Tubby's.

[bball24]

Hewitt turned down St. Johns this morning.

[ph]

The Minnesota fan base recalls the last coach they hired from a midmajor- Dan Monson. And how did that work out?
I doubt they go after another midmajor coach.
IMO, if your scenario happens (and I don't think it will) they would hire someone with credentials more like Tubby's.

..like coaching a MVC team to 2 consecutive MVC championships and S16?

[Da Coach]

Are you referring to Jacobson? Did you mean Sweet 16?
Nobody recently has taken an MVC team to the Elite 8.

Would Jacobson come with a guarantee that he could take Minnesota to the Sweet 16?
Unless he did, the memory of Dan Monson is still too strong in the UM fans' minds. Recall that Monson also had tremendous success too, before taking the UM job.

[SFP]

Ben Jacobson will have his pick and any school who has an opening would be lucky to get him regardless. The leaders of the school cannot worry about what their fan support thinks about a possible candidate. It really is about who can possibly be the most successful coach in the long run. Success solves a ton of problems. If I'm Ben I'd wait it out for a school that really knows what they want and has the means to make it happen. Minnesota and Iowa are not what you call hot bed recruiting grounds and getting those urban players to go there is not easy compared to other schools.

[Future Walk-On]

So they just announced...that Jacobson signed that 10 year deal...they just said it during the game...

This isn't true is it?

[lefty]

I remember when Dave Snell would say "why we let these guys(UNI) in our league I'll never know".......I guess it was to raise the bar in our league

[Da Coach]

They were pretty bad for the first 12 years they were in the MVC.

[tornado]

but we've said that recently about Indiana State, yet they've had far greater success in the NCAA Tournament than UNI..

[Future Walk-On]

I remember back through my childhood UNI always being bad...it was like a Win-Win each year