Welcome to Wednesday's edition of The Cooler, where I know what you think: yet? Let's go:

* The division between the current Gophers coaching regime and the previous one has been less marked in the last two years since P.J. Fleck took over from Tracy Claeys (and by extension to Jerry Kill).

Fleck's style – and even more so his insistence that Minnesota's culture was to be immediately and completely changed when he arrived for "Year Zero" after a nine-win season under Claeys – was periodically scrubbed. the old guard in the wrong way.

The most memorable quote this week in this area came from Claeys in a chronicle of Patrick Reusse a few months ago.

"We left a team of nine wins. We were going to face Seth Green at quarterback in 2017 and he was going to continue to improve, "said Claeys, now defensive coordinator for the state of Washington. "We would have won eight games last season and would be better this year. Although they want it, do not let me blame myself too much. "

If this was the neglected appetizer, the main dish arrived on Tuesday when Kill went to burn Fleck during a radio interview – shouting for his "intimacy" and having changed a lot since l? time when Fleck was working under Kill in northern Illinois.

The first series of stories about the explosive interview was unresponsive by Fleck (although attempts were made to reach him).

Fleck's reaction is still not 100% solid, but his wife, Heather, tweeted Wednesday morning – her first tweet in four days and her second tweet this month – which reads like a subtle replica. And P.J. Fleck has retweeted it.

It's a long-standing poster-type affirmation that begins with "people are often unreasonable and egocentric" and ends with "it's never been between you and them anyway". In the middle, she preaches succeeding and forgiving in the face of adversity.

Just a coincidence, right?

It appears to be a clever attempt to take the high road and defuse the situation – an attempt that, frankly, does not really look like a beautiful person (Kill for spreading old grievances that made the one of the newspapers, Fleck for what he is accused of).

In any case, one could imagine that the pot is going to simmer a moment, but who knows? Both coaches have an ego big enough to fill football stadiums – they simply display them in different ways.

* The Wild is ALWAYS in the second wild card position starting Wednesday morning, with the rest of the Western Conference stubbornly refusing to pass Minnesota in free fall, even after a second consecutive 4-0 home defeat.

But now, there are FOUR teams at a Minnesota point and, according to the Hockey Reference playoff odds report, the Wild is just down to 26% after being around 70% at the break from the stars .

* The cheapest ticket for Duke vs UNC Wednesday in men's basketball is over $ 2,500. Or you can watch on ESPN at 8pm without additional charges other than your cable / satellite subscription.