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P.J. Fleck talks Conor Rhoda, Antoine Winfield Jr. and positional depth
The Gopher football team practiced inside TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday afternoon with over 100 junior recruits visiting campus this weekend. Tempo continued to be a theme throughout the session as the players flew between drills and worked 1-on-1 with coaches. Head coach P.J. Fleck said he wants to consistently test his players. With only three of the 12 total installs implemented, Fleck said their “how” is being tested.
“How mentally tough are they?” Fleck said.
Fleck is testing the players’ ability to respond to adversity through a variety of organized situations in practice. He said inexperience is showing up on offense, but it is related to players having limited exposure to games.
“There’s not a lot of experience out there that has played a ton of football on the offensive side,” he said.
Fleck said it won’t get any easier as the 2018 roster will be younger in almost every way next year. With limited depth up front on both sides of the ball, the coaches will value the experience young players receive this year.
“We are going to get a lot younger in 2018 than we actually are going to get older,” Fleck noted. “The D-Line depth, the offensive line-depth, we have to establish more depth here.”
READ MORE: http://www.gopherhole.com/news_article/show/773980?referrer_id=331171
The Gopher football team practiced inside TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday afternoon with over 100 junior recruits visiting campus this weekend. Tempo continued to be a theme throughout the session as the players flew between drills and worked 1-on-1 with coaches. Head coach P.J. Fleck said he wants to consistently test his players. With only three of the 12 total installs implemented, Fleck said their “how” is being tested.
“How mentally tough are they?” Fleck said.
Fleck is testing the players’ ability to respond to adversity through a variety of organized situations in practice. He said inexperience is showing up on offense, but it is related to players having limited exposure to games.
“There’s not a lot of experience out there that has played a ton of football on the offensive side,” he said.
Fleck said it won’t get any easier as the 2018 roster will be younger in almost every way next year. With limited depth up front on both sides of the ball, the coaches will value the experience young players receive this year.
“We are going to get a lot younger in 2018 than we actually are going to get older,” Fleck noted. “The D-Line depth, the offensive line-depth, we have to establish more depth here.”
READ MORE: http://www.gopherhole.com/news_article/show/773980?referrer_id=331171
