Posted: 03/29/13 15:59, Edited: 03/29/13 16:00
by Dave Mindeman
Time for a sports update and another rant.
The University of Minnesota is going to pay Tubby Smith $2.5 million to NOT coach....and now the rumors are that the U is about to hire Flip Saunders to be the real coach....at, I suspect, a substantial salary in a similar range.
When those tuition increases happen, does anybody think about that?
Nobody pays the big bucks to the U of M women's hockey coach but that team made an astounding run this year. Undefeated and National Champions. Can't do better than that. Amen.
Twins home opener will be played in freezing weather. Can't think of a worse feeling than a cold baseball thrown inside and jams the hitter on the handle. Ouch. Ah, but we have outdoor baseball, right Bremer and Blyleven? You guys sit in the heated booth while we all freeze our asses off. Advantage Justin Verlander.
The Wild is finally looking good. Playoff implications are in order. Guess hockey really is saved for St. Paul. But even with the improvement, the lockout still probably cost local businesses too much to break even for the year.
Timberwolves season is almost over. Thank God.
And then there is the Vikings. We send Percy Harvin...probably the best all around football player in the conference to the soon to be Super Bowl bound Seahawks....and then we sign another washed up Packer retread in Greg Jennings. Well, at least this guy can actually catch the ball.
And we have an actual quarterback - no, not Ponder. Matt Cassell.
When do the Lynx start playing again?