PJ Fleck Interview on Sports Huddle 5-6-18

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Gopher FB Coach PJ Fleck appeared on the Sports Huddle with Sid, Dave and Max on Sunday.

Sid: Did any of the incoming FR turn down scholarships?
PJ: Full 1st class coming in June. a lot will have to contribute this year. we'll have to red-shirt some for the future. we're excited to get them on campus. we'll need them in the fall.

Sid: will some of the FR play right away?
PJ: we need them to play. we're a very young and inexperienced team. only have 9 scholarship seniors. our depth chart will be full of young guys. need those guys to come in and play. it will be good for our FB team.

Sid: 3 Gophers working out with Vikings. I saw they (the Vikings) had an oar.
PJ: the Whole state of MN is RTB. not just fans of Gophers. we believe in the same vision of championships. we've got a long way to go on our end. (RTB) connects a lot of organizations. it's more than football - it's a way of life. we need to let other teams know we're there for them. we support everything we possibly can.

Sid: how many former Gophers have signed with NFL?
PJ: 8 have tryout or signed as a free-agent. (MN has had) only 11 or 12 draft picks in the last 12-13 years. we've got to improve that. haven't had an OL drafted in 13 years. got to fix that. it's going to take a while. we need to do it with recruiting and development. I'm proud of the 8 guys who got opportunities. You see some guys get drafted in the 1st round, and a few years later they aren't in the NFL. other guys may not be drafted but they go on to have long careers.

Sid: Health of players who didn't take part in spring game?
PJ: (Winfield, Cashman) they'll be fine for the fall.

Sid: are the players on campus right now?
PJ: finals start tomorrow. got to finish strong academically.

Mona: new trend of players announce commitments online. Can you talk about the JUCO's or does some paperwork need to be filed?
PJ: not allowed to comment until they sign NLI or they set foot on campus. we're having success in recruiting. 8 commits. where we want to be. need help in interior DL. focus there in future. trying to rebuild roster. only 9 seniors - got to build for future, even out our classes. we're off and running for 2019 with strong class so far.

Mona: are you the last place on earth that still uses fax machine? (for NLI's)
PJ: this is the 1st year I took the fax machine out. For years I would not let it go. wanted to hear dial-up. problem was, everyone was sending fax in at 7:01 and it backs up the fax machine. we had 3 machines, all wound up backed up. this year we did it the efficient way. gave it (fax) up.

Max: do all players spend summer on campus?
PJ: most take summer school. In Future, I want every one taking internships. balance academics, conditioning, workouts. player can do some 7-on-7's, team activities we're (coaches) not allowed to be part of. Big benefit in MN with Fortune 500 companies - resources for kids to take advantage of. connection to surrounding businesses. Are you applying that as a FB team? we want every FB player to have an internship. life's about being busy. at MN you get one of best degrees in country. college prepares you for real world.

Sid: new Facility help recruiting?
PJ: puts us in upper echelon. another thing we've crossed off list. people use to say "not going to MN because of facilities." that's out the door. recruiting bounces back and forth. if its not that, its another thing. facilities are some of best in country. everyone who gets on campus and sees them for the first time is shocked and floored at what they've seen. it's not what the stereotype was. changes the mindset about MN. we're seeing a big spring in recruiting.

Sid: ticket prices were not raised. good seats at good price. Murray's certificate.
PJ: RTB, Ski-U-Mah. Farmers Almanac says weather for every home game will be just like today. (laughs)
 

Somebody explain the 9 scholarship statement - seems like that’s not correct.
 


Maybe not counting specialists?? Looking at the rivals scholarship chart I see 9 on offense defense plus maybe 2 for special teams

https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/scholarship-grid-1

Smith
Greene
Weyler
Gibson
Moore
Cashman
Huff
Huff
Shenault

Carpenter
Jordahl?

Well, that’s disingenuous and factually incorrect. Special teams is obviously crucial to team success and specialists are people too. One of the things that others me a bit is his propensity for overstating things. The mark of a salesman and a good bull****ter, yes, but I’d prefer reality and straight talk.
 




Sid: new Facility help recruiting?
PJ: puts us in upper echelon. another thing we've crossed off list. people use to say "not going to MN because of facilities." that's out the door. recruiting bounces back and forth. if its not that, its another thing.
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Thanks SON.

I notice the question if any of the Freshman turn down a scholarship wasn't answered. Is that in regards to Zack Annexstad?
 




If your posts are serious, your name is perfect.

Can you think of a reason PJ would misstate the number of seniors? And, the grid has a glaring mistake.

I am certainly pompous at times but I dont think that makes me unique. I’ll own it.
 

Can you think of a reason PJ would misstate the number of seniors? And, the grid has a glaring mistake.

I am certainly pompous at times but I dont think that makes me unique. I’ll own it.

Are scholies awarded to walk ins automatically renewed? Is there a chance Blake didn't get one this year? Would seem unlikely but?


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Can you think of a reason PJ would misstate the number of seniors? And, the grid has a glaring mistake.

I am certainly pompous at times but I dont think that makes me unique. I’ll own it.

There are 9 between offense and defense. Maybe he left out the specialists because they play roughly 5% of the time.
 




Are scholies awarded to walk ins automatically renewed? Is there a chance Blake didn't get one this year? Would seem unlikely but?


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It’s possible but would seem cruel and unusual since we’re under the limit and those guys do play quite a bit in very important roles.

Seem more likely PJ wants to make it sound like he has a higher hilll to climb than he really does, so if the team face plants he can point to the lack of experience. IMO just say the team is inexperienced and stop with the misleading schaolarship count and wacked percentages.
 

So...you guys are doubling down on this.

So you want to argue that it's super important to have SR kickers and long snappers on the field compared to position players, when the specialists only play a handful of plays? Has Jordahl's long snapping significantly improved and won us games between his FR and JR years? Carpenter's best season was as a Sophomore.

You see much more drastic improvement in position players as they get older. They are more important then specialists who don't improve that much throughout their career and are only on the field a handful of plays. No I don't care that Fleck didn't include them in his count.
 

So you want to argue that it's super important to have SR kickers and long snappers on the field compared to position players, when the specialists only play a handful of plays? Has Jordahl's long snapping significantly improved and won us games between his FR and JR years? Carpenter's best season was as a Sophomore.

You see much more drastic improvement in position players as they get older. They are more important then specialists who don't improve that much throughout their career and are only on the field a handful of plays. No I don't care that Fleck didn't include them in his count.

It's not "super important" they are scholarship seniors but it is "super annoying" coach continues to exaggerate and misstate things for transparent reasons. Just don't do it. I don't like our coach would fit in at Guido's European Luxury Car Emporium. Totally unnecessary.

I'm shocked.
 

It's not "super important" they are scholarship seniors but it is "super annoying" coach continues to exaggerate and misstate things for transparent reasons. Just don't do it. I don't like our coach would fit in at Guido's European Luxury Car Emporium. Totally unnecessary.

I'm shocked.

He learned this style from Trump
 

It's not "super important" they are scholarship seniors but it is "super annoying" coach continues to exaggerate and misstate things for transparent reasons. <b>Just don't do it. </b>I don't like our coach would fit in at Guido's European Luxury Car Emporium. Totally unnecessary.

I'm shocked.

I'm with you here. PJ says things all the time that aren't factually correct. Often just an exaggeration, but always just what he thinks people want to hear. Why even say it? Took a pay cut, focus on 8 hour radius, lots of open practices (people's team), was a grade school teacher, 9 Senior scholarships, etc. Dude is a windbag. Plain & Simple.

What you did wrong here is you called him out on it. That is no longer allowed here on GH. It makes you a "fan". Dah.

Well, the PJ worshippers win. This is my post # 10,784 and it will be my last. I feel sorry for those that believe blindly in this fraud and it isn't fun for me anymore to debate with them. I pity those that defend the crap he spews as many have for each of the examples I have listed above - and there are many more examples. I don't expect this to break any hearts as my goal has never been to be popular on here - just to post my thoughts and have fun. I'm not anymore, so I won't anymore.

SON - thanks so much for posting these weekly updates (& DL before you). Best part of the site - I get to keep up w/o having to listen to PJ talk out loud. I will still read these every week for that reason. Thanks Again. Go Gophers!


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Thanks Son for taking the time to do this. Sorry to hear the usual bickering on the board.
 

I'm with you here. PJ says things all the time that aren't factually correct. Often just an exaggeration, but always just what he thinks people want to hear. Why even say it? Took a pay cut, focus on 8 hour radius, lots of open practices (people's team), was a grade school teacher, 9 Senior scholarships, etc. Dude is a windbag. Plain & Simple.

What you did wrong here is you called him out on it. That is no longer allowed here on GH. It makes you a "fan". Dah.

Well, the PJ worshippers win. This is my post # 10,784 and it will be my last. I feel sorry for those that believe blindly in this fraud and it isn't fun for me anymore to debate with them. I pity those that defend the crap he spews as many have for each of the examples I have listed above - and there are many more examples. I don't expect this to break any hearts as my goal has never been to be popular on here - just to post my thoughts and have fun. I'm not anymore, so I won't anymore.

SON - thanks so much for posting these weekly updates (& DL before you). Best part of the site - I get to keep up w/o having to listen to PJ talk out loud. I will still read these every week for that reason. Thanks Again. Go Gophers!


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Agree with the thanks SON for posting these every week. I, as I'm sure many others do as well, look forward to reading this each week.
Spoofin, don't give up the fight.

All of what you stated here is true. PJ is a windbag, time will tell if his coaching is up to elite BIG standards. All of us, no matter what we think of him hope that he can be the one to take us to new heights.
 

There are 9 between offense and defense. Maybe he left out the specialists because they play roughly 5% of the time.

Yup. 5 %.

Let’s see how the results of special teams. Weather guy might eat those words.
 

I'm with you here. PJ says things all the time that aren't factually correct. Often just an exaggeration, but always just what he thinks people want to hear. Why even say it? Took a pay cut, focus on 8 hour radius, lots of open practices (people's team), was a grade school teacher, 9 Senior scholarships, etc. Dude is a windbag. Plain & Simple.

What you did wrong here is you called him out on it. That is no longer allowed here on GH. It makes you a "fan". Dah.

Well, the PJ worshippers win. This is my post # 10,784 and it will be my last. I feel sorry for those that believe blindly in this fraud and it isn't fun for me anymore to debate with them. I pity those that defend the crap he spews as many have for each of the examples I have listed above - and there are many more examples. I don't expect this to break any hearts as my goal has never been to be popular on here - just to post my thoughts and have fun. I'm not anymore, so I won't anymore.

SON - thanks so much for posting these weekly updates (& DL before you). Best part of the site - I get to keep up w/o having to listen to PJ talk out loud. I will still read these every week for that reason. Thanks Again. Go Gophers!


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I think you bring a lot to this board. I’d reconsider.

For example, now I can talk about asterisks and scholarships. We have 9* seniors. We have 16* open scholarships for next year. It’s come to this.
 

NONE of PJ's banter would be annoying to me, if he didn't make such a big deal of his culture and then in so many ways not follow it himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwH2IGCmlec If you want to just skip to Farmers Alliance at 1:28 it's hilarious, you can't make it up.
 

NONE of PJ's banter would be annoying to me, if he didn't make such a big deal of his culture and then in so many ways not follow it himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwH2IGCmlec If you want to just skip to Farmers Alliance at 1:28 it's hilarious, you can't make it up.

Dang, I went and watched....(wish you would not have posted the link)
 

I'm with you here. PJ says things all the time that aren't factually correct. Often just an exaggeration, but always just what he thinks people want to hear. Why even say it? Took a pay cut, focus on 8 hour radius, lots of open practices (people's team), was a grade school teacher, 9 Senior scholarships, etc. Dude is a windbag. Plain & Simple.

What you did wrong here is you called him out on it. That is no longer allowed here on GH. It makes you a "fan". Dah.

Well, the PJ worshippers win. This is my post # 10,784 and it will be my last. I feel sorry for those that believe blindly in this fraud and it isn't fun for me anymore to debate with them. I pity those that defend the crap he spews as many have for each of the examples I have listed above - and there are many more examples. I don't expect this to break any hearts as my goal has never been to be popular on here - just to post my thoughts and have fun. I'm not anymore, so I won't anymore.

SON - thanks so much for posting these weekly updates (& DL before you). Best part of the site - I get to keep up w/o having to listen to PJ talk out loud. I will still read these every week for that reason. Thanks Again. Go Gophers!


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Hang in there spoofin. You are usually on the mark with respect to pj.
 

I'm with you here. PJ says things all the time that aren't factually correct. Often just an exaggeration, but always just what he thinks people want to hear. Why even say it? Took a pay cut, focus on 8 hour radius, lots of open practices (people's team), was a grade school teacher, 9 Senior scholarships, etc. Dude is a windbag. Plain & Simple.

What you did wrong here is you called him out on it. That is no longer allowed here on GH. It makes you a "fan". Dah.

Well, the PJ worshippers win. This is my post # 10,784 and it will be my last. I feel sorry for those that believe blindly in this fraud and it isn't fun for me anymore to debate with them. I pity those that defend the crap he spews as many have for each of the examples I have listed above - and there are many more examples. I don't expect this to break any hearts as my goal has never been to be popular on here - just to post my thoughts and have fun. I'm not anymore, so I won't anymore.

SON - thanks so much for posting these weekly updates (& DL before you). Best part of the site - I get to keep up w/o having to listen to PJ talk out loud. I will still read these every week for that reason. Thanks Again. Go Gophers!


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There are no PJ worshippers on the board. Just because people are giving him some support doesn’t mean that they blindly follow every thing he says. You have yourself too emotionally bent out of shape about PJ, the prior coaches, etc... it is just college football, enjoy the ride and root for your team. I am willing to give PJ some slack on the RTB crap because he seems to be going in the right direction. We will see, but try to give him some slack on your BS meter and hope for the best.


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I'm with you here. PJ says things all the time that aren't factually correct. Often just an exaggeration, but always just what he thinks people want to hear. Why even say it? Took a pay cut, focus on 8 hour radius, lots of open practices (people's team), was a grade school teacher, 9 Senior scholarships, etc. Dude is a windbag. Plain & Simple.

What you did wrong here is you called him out on it. That is no longer allowed here on GH. It makes you a "fan". Dah.

Well, the PJ worshippers win. This is my post # 10,784 and it will be my last. I feel sorry for those that believe blindly in this fraud and it isn't fun for me anymore to debate with them. I pity those that defend the crap he spews as many have for each of the examples I have listed above - and there are many more examples. I don't expect this to break any hearts as my goal has never been to be popular on here - just to post my thoughts and have fun. I'm not anymore, so I won't anymore.

SON - thanks so much for posting these weekly updates (& DL before you). Best part of the site - I get to keep up w/o having to listen to PJ talk out loud. I will still read these every week for that reason. Thanks Again. Go Gophers!


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He gone.


At least he didn't announce this on Kare 11 news.
 

In basically every college football preview I've ever read, authors will reference 6 of 11 starters returning on offense, or 9 of 11 returning on defense. Or 18 of 22 starters returning. Has anyone ever seen someone reference a number higher than this? Do kick returners count? Or the middle guy on punt coverage? Or the holder? Everyone is important, but discussions usually center around the 11 guys on offense and defense. Sorry to offend...
 

NONE of PJ's banter would be annoying to me, if he didn't make such a big deal of his culture and then in so many ways not follow it himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwH2IGCmlec If you want to just skip to Farmers Alliance at 1:28 it's hilarious, you can't make it up.

Ok I went too...so is this a case of omission or commission with the scholies?
 

The usual suspects whining about what a football coach says.

The real pity should be for those that act like it’s personal and never stop whining about it.


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