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And it is not going to be Jim Molinari, according to this source.
"Dan Monson, the former Gophers men's basketball coach, who was fired Nov. 30, said he is convinced that Detroit Pistons coach and Minnesota alum Flip Saunders is set to be his successor and that the deal was concluded before he was let go."
If there's anything in this article that does bother me, it's a couple of odd and conflicting comments by Dan Monson that seems to suggest he would have done a whole lot better than Jim Molinair had he stayed on as head coach, although he does praise the job Molinari is doing.
"it's been harder on him to watch the Gophers lose on television as they did Saturday than it was from courtside when he was the coach.
"It's worse, because you can't do anything about it..."
When the season started, Monson said he had no idea the Gophers... would fall to 3-12 in the Big Ten and 9-20 overall.
"Two years ago, when we won 21 games, we started that way, too. We were 2-3 to begin with, but then we won about 10 games in a row to get confidence up."
Monson praised his replacement, interim coach Jim Molinari.
"He's done a great job under tough circumstances," Monson said. "I think Jim is a great coach, but it takes a combination of things -- it takes players, it takes coaching, it takes confidence, it takes some luck."
There's also a mention that Minnesota might hire BOB KNIGHT
"Dan Monson, the former Gophers men's basketball coach, who was fired Nov. 30, said he is convinced that Detroit Pistons coach and Minnesota alum Flip Saunders is set to be his successor and that the deal was concluded before he was let go."
If there's anything in this article that does bother me, it's a couple of odd and conflicting comments by Dan Monson that seems to suggest he would have done a whole lot better than Jim Molinair had he stayed on as head coach, although he does praise the job Molinari is doing.
"it's been harder on him to watch the Gophers lose on television as they did Saturday than it was from courtside when he was the coach.
"It's worse, because you can't do anything about it..."
When the season started, Monson said he had no idea the Gophers... would fall to 3-12 in the Big Ten and 9-20 overall.
"Two years ago, when we won 21 games, we started that way, too. We were 2-3 to begin with, but then we won about 10 games in a row to get confidence up."
Monson praised his replacement, interim coach Jim Molinari.
"He's done a great job under tough circumstances," Monson said. "I think Jim is a great coach, but it takes a combination of things -- it takes players, it takes coaching, it takes confidence, it takes some luck."
There's also a mention that Minnesota might hire BOB KNIGHT
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