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It's a good thing we're changing the culture. This is unacceptable.
Well we were tied for 2nd in FBS for 2014-15 academic year in football...so we're slipping!
FBS 2014-15 APR
1. Duke (995)
2t. Minnesota (992)
2t. Northwestern (992)
2t. Wisconsin (992)
5. Vanderbilt (990)
We can't say for sure we weren't tied for 1st in 2015-16. The information is incomplete. We are listed at #5. So anything below top 5 in 2016-17 will be moving the culture in the wrong direction going forward. To be clear, my issue is not with PJ. It is with Mark Coyle's nonsensical reasons for needing a change in coaches.
But he didn't say their academics were bad.
We can't say for sure we weren't tied for 1st in 2015-16. The information is incomplete. We are listed at #5. So anything below top 5 in 2016-17 will be moving the culture in the wrong direction going forward. To be clear, my issue is not with PJ. It is with Mark Coyle's nonsensical reasons for needing a change in coaches.
...or do we...Wow. Amazing considering we don't have someone doing the basketball players homework anymore.
We can't say for sure we weren't tied for 1st in 2015-16. The information is incomplete. We are listed at #5. So anything below top 5 in 2016-17 will be moving the culture in the wrong direction going forward. To be clear, my issue is not with PJ. It is with Mark Coyle's nonsensical reasons for needing a change in coaches.
It does show that Coyle overstated his case and unnecessarily threw the previous staff under the bus. It would have been enough to say that while some things were going OK others were not and that he felt the need for a change of direction to lift up all areas.Just because the program was doing well academically doesn't mean there weren't valid reasons for a coaching change.
Looks like we got ourselves some readers...
Just because the program was doing well academically doesn't mean there weren't valid reasons for a coaching change.
It does show that Coyle overstated his case and unnecessarily threw the previous staff under the bus. It would have been enough to say that while some things were going OK others were not and that he felt the need for a change of direction to lift up all areas.
It does show that Coyle overstated his case and unnecessarily threw the previous staff under the bus. It would have been enough to say that while some things were going OK others were not and that he felt the need for a change of direction to lift up all areas.
Yes. Recruiting. Not enough 4 stars.
Ding, ding, ding. The culture thing was beyond stupid, and the previous staff was right to be pi$$ed about it. What they did with the program was incredible. I don't know Mark Coyle personally, but he strikes me as either incredibly inarticulate or incredibly spineless. Again, I hate to attack him when we're not acquainted, but I couldn't shake the feeling he was trying to assign some sort of blame where very little fell. In my opinion, a man with backbone stands at the podium and says it like it is: "Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys, and the rest of the staff made incredible strides with this program. The academic success is unprecedented -- near the top of the nation. Athletic success has improved dramatically. Unfortunately, ticket sales, recruiting, and general excitement around the program have not followed. Our football team is committed to winning a national championship and I've felt for months that it wasn't going to happen under the current regime. While the program may have maintained current levels of success, I could not foresee the next step being taken. As such, I made the difficult decision to change course and bring in a new leader."
Ding, ding, ding. The culture thing was beyond stupid, and the previous staff was right to be pi$$ed about it. What they did with the program was incredible. I don't know Mark Coyle personally, but he strikes me as either incredibly inarticulate or incredibly spineless. Again, I hate to attack him when we're not acquainted, but I couldn't shake the feeling he was trying to assign some sort of blame where very little fell. In my opinion, a man with backbone stands at the podium and says it like it is: "Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys, and the rest of the staff made incredible strides with this program. The academic success is unprecedented -- near the top of the nation. Athletic success has improved dramatically. Unfortunately, ticket sales, recruiting, and general excitement around the program have not followed. Our football team is committed to winning a national championship and I've felt for months that it wasn't going to happen under the current regime. While the program may have maintained current levels of success, I could not foresee the next step being taken. As such, I made the difficult decision to change course and bring in a new leader."
Coyle’s statement:
I made a difficult decision today on behalf of the University of Minnesota. With the support of Board of Regents’ leadership and President Eric Kaler, I have decided to take the Gophers football team in a different direction with new coaching leadership.
I determined that the football program must move in a new direction to address challenges in recruiting, ticket sales and the culture of the program. We need strong leadership to take Gopher football to the next level and address these challenges.
This decision is about the future of Minnesota football.
Moving forward, we need a leader who sets high expectations athletically, academically, and socially.
Then from his initial press conference introducing PJF: Coach Fleck, when we had a chance to meet the other day the very first thing that stood out to me was his authentic energy and passion. He's a leader. If you look at his success on the field, went from a team 1-11 to 13-0 and an opportunity to play in the Cotton Bowl, if you look at academic success of the students and how they set record marks academically in the mid American conference, and if you look at his vision, you know, I talked last week or earlier this week about a vision that we want to compete at the highest level with great integrity and character, academically, athletically and socially, and I feel like his teams have done that.
Coyle didn't think Claeys was the guy to get it done here long term. It's his job to assess that and it's within his right to replace the coach because of it.
Unfortunately, Coyle wasn't man enough to say it. Instead, he made up reasons and it makes him look like an ass.
Coyle didn't think Claeys was the guy to get it done here long term. It's his job to assess that and it's within his right to replace the coach because of it.
Unfortunately, Coyle wasn't man enough to say it. Instead, he made up reasons and it makes him look like an ass.
What did he make up?