With a record of 10-12 since taking over, and after an 0-8 start following Randy Wittman’s dismissal, McHale’s Wolves are now 10-4 under his tutelage since then, bringing the team (including Wittman’s dismal 4-15 start) to an overall record of 14-27 at the halfway point of the season. The question that remains is, can McHale [...]
Minnesota Gophers men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith may be a legend who has led the Gophers to heights unseen since the heyday of a pre-scandal heyday of Clem Haskins, or perhaps Jim Dutcher in 1982. Still, there are growing pains associated with the turnaround Smith is engineering. That has become obvious over the last two [...]
No one’s handing out any silk ties to new Timberwolves coach and former Wolves vice president Kevin McHale just yet, but after bottoming out to a 4-15 start to the season that cost Randy Wittman his job, McHale finally has the Wolves on a hot streak. The youth-laden team has won six of their last [...]
Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier interviewed for three coaching vacancies over the last couple weeks, but did not end up as the final choice at any of those locations; now Frazier says he’s done looking this year. Of course, it’s not like Frazier’s fall-back position is to sell horse supplies at a veterinarian retailer, either. [...]
For the first time this season, the Minnesota Timberwolves are on a long streak and it doesn’t involve losing! And no, you read that right, you don’t need eyeglasses. Under new coach Kevin McHale, no longer a team president, the Wolves have finally shown signs of life, winning their last four games, as well as [...]
When push came to shove, Tavaris Jackson and the Minnesota Vikings receiving corps reverted to form and blew it big-time against the sixth-seeded Philadelphia Eagles in the first-round playoff game that the Vikings should have won. Minnesota proved to be as reliable as a liability-only car insurance policy after an accident; it left the owner [...]
