#808: Is Koi Perich a TRAITOR for Leaving the Gophers?!

Minnesota Gophers Superstar and home-state kid Koi Perich has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal - has he turned his back on the Gophers program?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The bashing of Gophers' safety. Koi Parrish has already begun.
Former alum have called him a trader, But I'm gonna
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(00:45):
Koi Parrich has officially entered the transfer portal, and so
many people are up in arms about his decision to
leave the Gophers. He is a freshman phenom, he takes
a step back a second year, and now he is
likely leaving. But he is not a trader. Let's not

(01:08):
forget that Cooy turned down the Ohio State University to
give his Gophers an opportunity. Who in the right mind
would turn down an opportunity to win a national championship,
And in fact, That's what he did. He turned down
a national championship to play in some meaningless Pop Tart

(01:33):
Bowl or whatever it was. The Ohio State University won
a national championship while he played a season with the Gophers.
Let me ask you a simple question. Do you hold
yourself to a high standard? I think you're going to
answer yes to that question. Let me ask this next question.

(01:53):
If you were working a job that had no opportunity
to increase in pay or opportunity or rise to another level,
would you stay in that job forever? Or if a
massive corporation like Google came calling, would you leave for

(02:13):
a better opportunity. That's all Koy is doing. He is
doing what any of us would do. The Gophers are
going nowhere that matters. They're not going to a national championship,
and Ohio State is competing for a national championship every
single year. Instead of being frustrated that he is leaving,

(02:35):
I think we should be grateful that he gave the
U of them an opportunity, a chance to prove that
it could turn itself around and become a legitimate program.
But they were middle tier before he got here, and
their middle tier now what determines a successful season for

(02:58):
the Gophers is beating Wisconsin or Iowa whooped to do it,
brought home a pig or an axe cool. What determines
a successful season for Ohio State is winning a national championship.
Different standards. Koy leaving the Gophers for a bigger program
is not a sign of him being a trader, but

(03:20):
it is actually courageous. Since nineteen oh four, the Gophers
have had one eleven win season. In the past fifteen years,
Ohio State has had thirteen eleven win seasons. It's not
even an argument if he wants to give himself the
best opportunity and the best environment to showcase his skills
and to win games, and to possibly earn even more

(03:43):
than he leaves, and it's a decision we all would make.
Don't pretend that you're holding him to a different standard
that you'd hold yourself. We would all make that choice.
Cooy was stuck in a dead end job with no
opportunity to rise with the Gophers, and now he's changing
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