Gopher student section very audible "F*ck Bo Ryan" chant, most despised?
I was watching Wisc gag away their game last night wondering how in the hell this same team shot so well against us while going something like 11 minutes without a FG in the second half when I heard a very audible "F*ck Bo Ryan" chant coming from the what I assume was the student section in The Barn. Admittedly, it is kind of catchy, easy to dance to and was pretty clearly heard so I assume there were many, many people participating.
This got me to thinking. It takes a special kind of coach to get the opposing fans worked up enough for a large scale eff-you chant. I can't imagine Beilein getting the same treatment or Matta or basically the rest of the B1G coaches (maybe Izzo, not sure), but Ryan obviously got the Gopher fans going, is not popular on this board and was ranked most hated bball coach in an informal poll of some fans for other B1G teams.
Would you put Ryan as most hated bball coach? Who ranks right behind him?
February 15th, 2013 at 12:43 PM ^
Or in the whole country?
February 15th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 1:08 PM ^
Our country needs more men like Bobby Knight; keeps us from getting soft. Keeps people like Craig James from taking over. He and Leach are A-OK in my book.
~Herm
February 15th, 2013 at 1:15 PM ^
is fake.
February 15th, 2013 at 1:22 PM ^
Starting? Dude is faker than a Notre Dame girlfriend. He still has more insight than most real people on here.
February 15th, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
slightly terrified of Herm.
February 15th, 2013 at 1:21 PM ^
You think I'm soft? Six, er, I mean five hookers would allegedly beg to differ. Leach is lucky I didn't allegedly snap his neck too!
February 15th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
Bobby Knight is a bitter old man and a hypocrite of the highest order. It's fine to humiliate your players while you're supposedly trying to instill integrity and leadership in them if you practice what you preach. But interviewing for a job that isn't vacant, suing your former employer for "emotional distress" after they fired you for your millionth angry outburst, physically assaulting your players, quitting in the middle of a season, and throwing a temper tantrum in response to the smallest perceived slight hardly smacks of integrity or leadership. The B1G and college basketball are better off without him.
February 15th, 2013 at 6:14 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 11:26 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
There is a reason all those 5 stars flocked to OSU when he got there even after OSU was put on probation for cheating under Jim O'Brien.
February 15th, 2013 at 1:14 PM ^
Weren't most of the guys from the big class from Ohio?
February 15th, 2013 at 2:29 PM ^
Conley Jr and Oden were from Indiana, IIRC.
February 15th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
Indiana: Conley Jr, Oden, Thomas
Ohio: Mullens, Sully, Cook , Buford, Koufus
Not exactly sure where the injustice is in getting three 5 star players from Indiana....
February 15th, 2013 at 3:22 PM ^
But you can't automatically assume that just because a guy is local that everything is on the up-and-up, either. Three of the four guys that were found guilty of taking money from Ed Martin (Chris Webber, Robert Traylor and Maurice Taylor) were from Detroit, which has sent us athletes forever.
The main thing about Matta that has to raise eyebrows IMO is that he was able to come in and quickly recruit at a higher level than Jim O'Brien had. In this sport, with the AAU meat market and such, to be known as an ace recruiter is to invite suspicion.
February 15th, 2013 at 5:32 PM ^
Jim O'Brien was a lazy and poor recruiter.
I don't really understand your argument. If you're a good recruiter, you cheat. If you're a bad recruiter, you suck?
Matta has gotten some, but certainly not all, of the good talent in Ohio. He has also gotten some of the talent in Indiana while Indiana basketball was a mess.
Are you suspicious of Hoke because he quickly came in and recruited at a higher level than RichRod?
February 15th, 2013 at 8:14 PM ^
I think the argument is that the basketball recruiting scene has become a corrupt cesspool (to a greater degree than football), with sleazy AAU coaches, street agents and whatnot, that if you're reeling in tons of stars, you must be willing to bend/break the rules. Would anyone be shocked if Calipari's program got nailed?
BTW, how do you know that O'Brien was a "lazy" recruiter? He actually paid a recruit out of his own pocket . . . that sounds like pretty proactive behavior on his part.
February 15th, 2013 at 11:45 PM ^
Saying he paid a recruit is unfair. He lent Alex Radejovic's family money to pay for funeral expenses for the father who died in war torn Yugoslavia. This was after he was ruled inelgible to play in college.
From wikipedia:
O'Brien claimed Ohio State improperly fired him and sued the university for $3.5 million in lost wages and benefits. O'Brien argued his loan did not violate NCAA bylaws because he knew Radojevic already had lost his amateur status by playing for money overseas. At trial, Geiger, NCAA lead investigator Steve Duffin both testified that O'Brien made the loan for humanitarian reasons, not as an inducement to get Radojevic to sign with Ohio State. NCAA infractions committee chairman David Swank testified that O'Brien's actions did not violate NCAA rules. A judge found Ohio State had breached the contract and awarded O'Brien $2.4 million. The award was upheld on appeal to the Ohio Court of Appeals and Ohio Supreme Court.[4]
February 15th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
I really do think Bo Ryan is part Badger. It's creepy.
Necessary:
Edit: He's also apparently an evil wizard.
February 15th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
As a Google search on "Bo Ryan looks like . . ." reveals, I'm not the first to point this out:
February 15th, 2013 at 4:56 PM ^
Dude's heart is two sizes too small.
February 15th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
He is an ass.
February 15th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
But Fuck Tom Izzo even harder
February 15th, 2013 at 6:09 PM ^
those are some great preferences.
February 15th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 12:52 PM ^
Dat hair.
February 15th, 2013 at 1:16 PM ^
fly downcourt and peck ya.
February 15th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
Let it go gray, Fred Flintstone, you're getting old...
February 15th, 2013 at 2:04 PM ^
Shouldn't that dude behnd Crean have a thought bubble that reads "Don't get caught watching the paint dry, fellas!"
February 15th, 2013 at 3:54 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 12:53 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 3:07 PM ^
For Smith, it could be modified to "F*ck you, Tubby."
(He's probably not hateable enough to warrant it, though.)
February 15th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
He seems like a colossal d-bag.
Also
wondering how in the hell this same team shot so well against usEvery team shoots great against us. Has to do with our defense, but we have to learn how to play with the bulls eye on our backs.
February 15th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
...what's going on there while staring?
February 15th, 2013 at 1:17 PM ^
handful.
February 15th, 2013 at 1:25 PM ^
He's pulling off the turtle. He's tough. He's a Man.
February 15th, 2013 at 3:34 PM ^
He's 40.
February 15th, 2013 at 6:18 PM ^
It looks like someone just told him "XYZ, Coach!"
February 15th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
This is certainly OT, and certainly should NOT be filed under "Football"
February 15th, 2013 at 1:03 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 1:19 PM ^
At least Tubby Smith is likeable
http://deadspin.com/5984590/university-of-minnesota-head-coach-tubby-sm…
no /s
February 15th, 2013 at 1:26 PM ^
Least likeable to most:
Ryan (easy)
Izzo (the whining, the ref working)
Crean (this guy could turn into a monster)
Groce (I think this guy has smug troll potential once he's winning)
Matta (he's made a few snarky comments over the years)
Painter (I respected his reasonable take on the Manny Harris incident a few yrs back)
Smith (eh)
McCaffrey (his own players probably rank him higher)
Dudes who coach PSU/Braska (?)
Carmody (baffled, beleagured, sad, defeated, seems like a decent guy)
Beilein ("John Beilein is a saint!")
February 15th, 2013 at 1:23 PM ^
His vinegar strokes?
EDIT: Damn, meant under the Tom Crean GIF.