Quote from: localcoach on July 03, 2007, 04:29:15 PM
First, he's basically a Minnesota legend and there aren't too many places you can go, except maybe north country, where people don't know who he is.

Wohler very well might be a legend, but it certainly isnt due to his collegiate basketball legacy, which is kind of what his departure should be judged on, no? 30-47 overall, and 12 games under .500 in the MIAC isnt my idea of "turning it around". So, again, he made the right move to head back to the high school level. Cord Of The North, I dont doubt that he left of his own volition, but I believe many associated with Hamline hoops had no problem watching him go. Thats why its not a surprise, however newsworthy of a move it might have been. To Local, and others, who mentioned Hamlines lack of attention to sports, Id say many would point you to the renovated football and track complex on campus. Sure, its not something that created widespread upgrades across the athletics department, but it shows that athletics arent COMPLETELY forgotten at HU.


Localcoach,
Although new to the site and seemingly late on the comment, I would still like to throw in my two cents after coming upon your comment here.

Undeniably, Wohler is a legend in Minnesota for his accomplishments as a player and a coach. Your statistics seem to support your very biased stance through the pretences which you look. However, what you have overlooked would most defenitely disregard any of your opinions. That would be his accomplishments as a coach at the college level. Do we have to look at what the Hamline team was before he got there? If I am correct, the last time (before the wonderful coach Wohler, of course) won a MIAC playoff game was in 1996.

Only two years before Wohler, Hamline finished last in the MIAC; however, third-year coach Barry Wohler helped to rejuvenate a program that needed new life. In his first coaching season, he helped a last place team climb to seventh in the MIAC. The following year he guided the team to the precipice of the promise land: a sixth seed in the MIAC Tournament.

I'm sorry, how close have you gotten to this accomplishment, Sir? You must have done more, considering your highly critical standpoint.

And as far as your assumption: "So, again, he made the right move to head back to the high school level. Cord Of The North, I dont doubt that he left of his own volition, but I believe many associated with Hamline hoops had no problem watching him go. Thats why its not a surprise, however newsworthy of a move it might have been."
Have you, yourself asked Hamline if they were happy for the move? I highly doubt it, as I personally have heard very different. And have you considered the fact that his son, who is entering High-School ball, and proving his athleticism, may have been reason for his leaving? Perhaps, he wanted to leave another legacy, in his son. As Barry Wohler's coach and father in High-School did as well.