My point was that action made it a bigger deal than it should be. Fleck could have downplayed it and said the focus needs to be on "the Illinois Championship Season" not that he's going to make $5M more, but he didn't.
That’s what I would prefer too. But he may have been making a show of it for recruiting reasons. I don’t get recruiting
Oh, come on, seriously?
People use fleck rumors all the time to negative recruit. So yes….it could’ve been a strategy. I didn’t say I agree it’s a good strategy. I don’t think they handled it well.
Sorry, that makes no sense it didn't have anything to do with recruiting.
If people are negative recruiting you by saying you are going to leave, making a huge deal about signing a contract to stay long term does make sense.
My comments were about signing it in front of the team, not the extension.
Trickett's downslide has been one of the most disappoint things about this team this season. It started out with so much promise. Wow. Having a kicker you don't have complete faith in literally changes how you call plays when you cross midfield. Way, way too many missed opportunities and points left on the field.
Yeah. And it really doesn’t make sense why we play for field goals with that kind of inconsistency from the K position.
Yes and no. Coyle hung on to Richard too long and I can see how some might feel the same thing starting to happen if this season, where Fleck says this is the best team he has ever had, ends up 7-5 with a bowl game in Detroit.
To be fair he said that before he knew 6 of his top 8 skill guys were going to miss significant snaps this year
Your man-crush runs deep.
On who? Autman bell and Ibrahim?
The HC.
Well I’m not sure what more you want me to say other than what I’ve said. The wideouts the coach recruited who were healthy weren’t good enough to run the game plan they ran yesterday and it cost them the game. And I believe the game plan stemmed from the coaches arrogance that our players were flat out better than Illinois. Then he didn’t make halftime adjustments.
The winning % between Mason and Fleck is pretty close. I question if the recruiting under Fleck is all that much better since the winning % comparison is so close?
Didn't say anything about firing him. Seems each comment that's critical of him is followed by a defensive response by you.
You don’t want to talk football?
Good grief. So you'll be happy with 7-5, got it.
I already said in another thread weeks ago that this season would be a disappointment even if we won out but lost the big ten title game. Because 10-3 Minnesota doesn’t make the rose bowl and bowling green would have cost us the rose bowl.
Him being the HC has already surprised me!
I mean, they aren't that close.
And yet you want to stick with Fleck, that makes a lot of sense.