Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gophers enduring growing pains in Year 1 under P.J. Fleck

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per the Journal Sentinel:

Year 1 for P.J. Fleck at Minnesota has been akin to rebooting a computer.

The Gophers, who finished 5-4 in the Big Ten and 9-4 overall last season under Tracy Claeys, are starting over.

Minnesota (5-6, 2-6 Big Ten) enters its regular-season finale against visiting Wisconsin (11-0, 8-0) still striving to find consistency on offense and defense, as well as a victory over a quality Big Ten foe.

The Gophers are tied for 95th nationally in points scored (21.4 per game) and 120th nationally in passing offense (133.9 ypg).

Last season, they outscored teams by a combined 206-102 in the first half of games, which allowed them to rely on their running game in the second half.

This season, the Gophers have been outscored by a combined 137-128 in the first half and when they’ve had to rely on their passing game the results have been ugly.

“We have a very young and inexperienced football team,” Fleck said after his team’s 39-0 loss to Northwestern, which built a 25-0 halftime lead. “We’ve got to be better in the weight room. We’ve got to develop our players.

“We’ve got to be in our scheme longer. We’ve got to be able to recruit at an incredibly high level and that’s on the way.”

https://www.jsonline.com/story/spor...owing-pains-year-1-under-p-j-fleck/882906001/

Go Gophers!!
 

Lots of people seem to forget about the struggles that both Barry Alvarez and Kirk Ferentz went through when they took over Wisconsin and Iowa respectively. We don't always get immediate successful results when you go through a coaching change and cultural change. It usually takes 3-4 years before you start seeing results. It just takes some time and people need to realize that.


Alvarez Overall Conf
1990 1-10 0-8
1991 5-6 2-6
1992 5-6 3-5

Ferentz Overall Conf
1999 1-10 0-8
2000 3-9 3-5
2001 7-5 4-4
 

No one forgets that the Gophers have been on continual recycle mode for the past 50 years...
So far the Gophers are the Windows Vista version of football programs. Short lived and malfunctioning...
I'm just hoping for stability. It would be great if Fleck brings that and then mellows out in time. His shtick is mainly due to the shortness of his previous stays. If he ever truly gets a long-term culture developed he won't need a million acronyms to sell.
 

Lots of people seem to forget about the struggles that both Barry Alvarez and Kirk Ferentz went through when they took over Wisconsin and Iowa respectively. We don't always get immediate successful results when you go through a coaching change and cultural change. It usually takes 3-4 years before you start seeing results. It just takes some time and people need to realize that.


Alvarez Overall Conf
1990 1-10 0-8
1991 5-6 2-6
1992 5-6 3-5

Ferentz Overall Conf
1999 1-10 0-8
2000 3-9 3-5
2001 7-5 4-4

Excellent stats with a message.
 

Alvarez took over a 2-7 team and I believe Ferenz took over a 2-8 team. People seem to forget. Now next year we can be at the same starting point as they were.
 





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