Top Tweets for #Firecoyle

Jason Stahl @JasonStahl__

over 5 years ago

Yet another major MN reporter calling Coyle out. #firecoyle

Mark Rosen @KFANRosen

over 5 years ago · Minneapolis

Gophers AD, Mark Coyle, missing in action on @60Minutes, not a good look

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Megan Smith @mnrunner89

over 5 years ago

Finally someone calling Coyle out for the crook that he is laying it all out there. He insists he must cut 3 teams to save $1.6m now but then asks for $70m loan? At that large of a loan, just keep all your sports. Unreal how his spending is allowed to go on unchecked. #firecoyle

over 5 years ago

At a Board of Regents meeting this Thursday, Mark Coyle, AD at the U of Minnesota, is asking the university for a $70 million+ bailout of his department. I lay out the case against this bailout, and the case against Coyle, in my newsletter today: https://t.co/ZK7s5DbfTX

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over 5 years ago

So after insisting he had to urgently cut 3 teams to save $1.6 million, Coyle is now asking for a MASSIVE bail out loan to cover budget shortfall instead of balancing his budget. Hypocrisy at its finest. #firecoyle #gophersports https://t.co/EK4kEjhtGV

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over 5 years ago

Yep. Despite increasing budget each year, @GopherSports still owes debt for their outrageous spending on the facilities they value more than those who use them. #firecoyle #savegophersports

over 5 years ago

Colleges and universities will spend almost any amount of money to build winning football and basketball programs, so even in good financial times, deficit spending has become the norm. https://t.co/nfAj3R8LIx

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over 5 years ago

Ironically, the expert chosen for this interview is a successful former track athlete, one of the sports Coyle cut. She's right. There are other ways to make budget trims. #firecoyle #saveolympicsports

over 5 years ago

“Every time there's an economic downturn, [college athletic programs] protect the core business, which is football, which means that other sports are on the chopping block,” says ASU’s Victoria Jackson. “There are other ways to trim the budget.” https://t.co/tFwjZNfCGC

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over 5 years ago

We agree with @Mikeburns265. Covid is being used as a spoke cover to try to hide years of money mismanagement and misplaced priorities by AD's. #firecoyle #saveolympicsports

over 5 years ago

“I think every athletic director who's dropping programs is using the COVID pandemic as an excuse,” says men’s gymnastics coach Mike Burns about his dropped team. There are now only 13 college men’s gymnastics programs, compared to 150+ in the 70s. https://t.co/xgYDLoKR3v

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over 5 years ago

Most AD's dream of having an Olympian in their programs and teams bringing home NCAA trophies. #markcoyle eliminated the national champion/olympic hopeful and highest ranking program from 2019 in his dept. #firecoyle #savegophergymnastics

over 5 years ago

The Univ of Minnesota eliminated the men’s gymnastics program, citing a multimillion dollar hole in the athletic budget caused by the pandemic. Team member and Olympic hopeful Shane Wiskus says the dismantling of this talented team “breaks my heart.” https://t.co/dhC8KNBr34

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over 5 years ago

Classy way to tell your long time coaches and current SA's you're eliminating their team...😒 #firecoyle #noclass

over 5 years ago

“A 15-minute call to [say,] ‘Your life as you know it is now changed forever.’” University of Minnesota men’s gymnastics coach Mike Burns describes the call that told him and his athletes that their sport would be eliminated. https://t.co/sxGn7B3hrd

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over 5 years ago

#ICYMI #MarkCoyle declined to interview with @60Minutes and explain why he decided to cut 3 sports...not a good look for him, especially when even the PPE exploiter in the lead off story agreed to interview. #firecoyle

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