Change is difficult. Change is uncomfortable. Change can be ugly. But sometimes change is necessary. That statement holds just as true today as it is did when I wrote it after PJ Fleck had been hired. The Gophers lost their second consecutive B1G game to a team they probably should have beaten. Purdue tried giving the game away, but the Gophers simply don’t have the horses in the stable to put games away.
The message has been clear and repeated often since the end of last season. No matter who was coach, whether Claeys had been retained or a new coach brought in, this season was going to be a transition year.