Let’s just jump right in, shall we?
Coaching
— Tracy Claeys will be Minnesota’s head coach in 2017. As Joe Christensen reports, it looks like Claeys and AD Mark Coyle had already come to the understanding the coach would be back, and all that remains is the details.
— Extending Claeys’ contract was probably Coyle’s only choice, and some subset of fans were going to be upset no matter what the decision, as Chip Scoggins suggests.
— GopherNation offers his own perspective on the decision, and notes that nothing about this situation is cut-and-dried, but it was ultimately the right decision.