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The tweet was a spectacularly bad idea.

Going to the media and bragging that taking that stand was putting his job at risk was even worse.

When you have a job that pays you millions over the course of several years, do not do anything that stupid to jeopardize it.
 
Any players graduating that might have a year left? :) You can bet some will be jumping ship.
 
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huskymedic said:
JoeChristensen ‏@JoeCStrib 2m2 minutes ago
Confirmed: #Gophers coach Tracy Claeys has been fired.
Tracy Claeys fired as Gophers football coach
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Claeys was Kill’s longtime defensive coordinator and led the Gophers on a four-game Big Ten winning streak in 2013 as acting coach, while Kill recovered from epileptic seizures. Claeys took over as acting coach again on Oct. 28, 2015, when Kill stepped down, and two weeks later, then-interim AD Beth Goetz made Claeys the new head coach with a three-year, $4.5 million contract.

But the deal included a relatively small buyout -- $250,000 per remaining season, which allowed the University to hire a new athletic director who could then evaluate Claeys before deciding on his future. Coyle came aboard June 1.

The Gophers went 5-4 in the Big Ten this season, blowing second half leads in each of their four losses. Their losses to Penn State, Iowa and Nebraska were all one-possession games.

After watching the Gophers blow a 17-7 halftime lead at Wisconsin in an eventual 31-17 loss, Coyle waited two days before publicly voicing support for Claeys. Coyle released a statement that said: “Our football program has now won eight games in the regular season three times in four seasons. We expect that our program will continue to grow and I am committed to putting us in a position to do so.

“This includes working with Coach Claeys to evaluate where we need to improve and what each of us can do to ensure we meet our expectations.”

Sources told the Star Tribune that Coyle had also indicated to Claeys that he and his assistant coaches would be receiving contract extension offers, but extension talks never got off the ground in December, even before the suspensions were announced.

Coyle’s statement Tuesday continued: “I determined that the football program must move in a new direction to address challenges in recruiting, ticket sales and the culture of the program. We need strong leadership to take Gopher football to the next level and address these challenges. This decision is about the future of Minnesota football. ... Moving forward, we need a leader who sets high expectations athletically, academically, and socially.”

Coyle’s statement indicates all assistants and staff besides assistant to the head coach Dan O’Brien and linebackers coach Mike Sherels are gone. Most of the assistant coaches arrived with Kill before the 2011 season.
 
Fishy said:
The tweet was a spectacularly bad idea.

Going to the media and bragging that taking that stand was putting his job at risk was even worse.

When you have a job that pays you millions over the course of several years, do not do anything that stupid to jeopardize it.
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"Ooooh! THATS where I went wrong!"- Bob Diaco
 
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Player boycott was centered around demands for university officials to violate laws and policies. Now same players want to transfer because they don't trust administration.

Pass on any of them.
 
There are suddenly some unemployed coaches from a 9 win B1G team available. Anyone know if Goetz or Benedict were there at the same time as those guys.
 
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"Minnesota AD Mark Coyle stated tonight that they will pay out the full amounts due to Tracy Claeys and all staff members under their contracts (not their buyouts)."
 
Unless Randy saw this coming, I have to believe most of his staff is in place and these free agents would not end up here.
 
Fishy said:
Whoa...let's not get nuts here.

I'd charter a Megabus and bring the entire team to Storrs if I could.
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Part of my comments is based on a hunch that Randy isn't looking for protest type players (when the protest misguided).
 
huskymedic said:
"Minnesota AD Mark Coyle stated tonight that they will pay out the full amounts due to Tracy Claeys and all staff members under their contracts (not their buyouts)."
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JoeChristensen ‏@JoeCStrib 18m18 minutes ago
Correction, just got word from U official clarifying that Claeys will be getting the buyout (about $500,000) not the $3.1 million.

JoeChristensen ‏@JoeCStrib 17m17 minutes ago
7 #Gophers assistants who were fired will be paid in full, however. So Claeys gets buyout, assistants paid in full, per their contracts.
 
sportsart said:
Unless Randy saw this coming, I have to believe most of his staff is in place and these free agents would not end up here.
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It's possible BG was aware of what was coming... but yes probably still a long shot.
 
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CTMike said:
It's possible BG was aware of what was coming... but yes probably still a long shot.
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Oh, by BG you mean Goetz. For a second I reverted to early 2000s boneyard when BG was short for Ben Gordon.
 
Fishy said:
When you have a job that pays you millions over the course of several years, do not do anything that stupid to jeopardize it.
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"Now he tells me. Thanks for nothing Fishy!"​
 
huskymedic said:
Awaiting denials from the usual national guys.

Michael Kim ‏@MichaelKim120 48m 48 minutes ago
Former LSU football coach Les Miles flew to Twin Cities Wed. and is meeting with Univ. of Minnesota officials,
sources tell @120Sports.

Report: P.J. Fleck expected to be named next Minnesota head coach
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FOX 9 Sports ‏@Fox9Sports 27m 27 minutes ago
FOX 9 has learned through multiple sources that PJ Fleck has a tentative agreement with #Gophers to be the next head coach. 6-yr, $21M range
 
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