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per Rossow:
Barring something disastrous, Fleck won’t be coaching for his job in 2019, but he might be coaching to cement fan support around the state. Another marshmallow-soft schedule will be expected to produce more victories than Claeys did with a similar slate last season.
It will also be the third year for the current players in his program. The unfamiliarity and inexperience about what’s required on certain plays or packages should be gone for upperclassmen.
The ability to sign top recruits is viewed strength of the young leader, and Fleck and his staff will have players from two full recruiting classes on the roster in 2019. While at Western Michigan, the Broncos produced the Mid-American Conference’s first or second ranked recruiting class in three straight years according to national recruiting websites.
They had the top rated group again for 2017. Fleck recruiting pitch should be even better at a Big Ten school, especially with the new athletic facilities being built.
All these factors mean Fleck’s first big performance review will come in 2019. Kill and Glen Mason both won eight games in their third year at Minnesota, which was a two- and three-victory increase from their respective second seasons. Fleck isn’t taking over a program in shambles like those coaches did and eight wins won’t be good enough.
Fleck is Coyle’s “guy” — a big-name hire who will be given more than three years to succeed. But if the hype about him is true, his third year will be opportunity for the Gophers to have a historic season and earn fan interest for years, and possibly decades to come.
http://www.1500espn.com/gophers-2/2017/01/p-j-flecks-big-performance-review-will-come-year-3/
Go Gophers!!
Barring something disastrous, Fleck won’t be coaching for his job in 2019, but he might be coaching to cement fan support around the state. Another marshmallow-soft schedule will be expected to produce more victories than Claeys did with a similar slate last season.
It will also be the third year for the current players in his program. The unfamiliarity and inexperience about what’s required on certain plays or packages should be gone for upperclassmen.
The ability to sign top recruits is viewed strength of the young leader, and Fleck and his staff will have players from two full recruiting classes on the roster in 2019. While at Western Michigan, the Broncos produced the Mid-American Conference’s first or second ranked recruiting class in three straight years according to national recruiting websites.
They had the top rated group again for 2017. Fleck recruiting pitch should be even better at a Big Ten school, especially with the new athletic facilities being built.
All these factors mean Fleck’s first big performance review will come in 2019. Kill and Glen Mason both won eight games in their third year at Minnesota, which was a two- and three-victory increase from their respective second seasons. Fleck isn’t taking over a program in shambles like those coaches did and eight wins won’t be good enough.
Fleck is Coyle’s “guy” — a big-name hire who will be given more than three years to succeed. But if the hype about him is true, his third year will be opportunity for the Gophers to have a historic season and earn fan interest for years, and possibly decades to come.
http://www.1500espn.com/gophers-2/2017/01/p-j-flecks-big-performance-review-will-come-year-3/
Go Gophers!!
