You’re going to have to decide if you hate it enough to fire fleck. Even if he fires his coordinators. He is going to replace them with more conservative coordinators. He is the 2nd most conservative coach in the conference behind Ferentz.
The quality of some of the players on defense is a larger problem than the scheme in my mind.Yes - very clearly not the coordinators. Who runs a nickel defense in the B1G West? Every team you need to beat likes to run the ball. Yet we have 5 defensive backs and two very slow linebackers.
I think it's a combination. The defense Minnesota is running works fine but only with quick linebackers. Everytime a team throws / runs outside of the hashes, we get treated to watching one of Minnesota's two lumbering LBs futility trying to close a gap that they have no chance of reaching while the corners try to shed blocks and get back up to help. Leaves a lot of open field for any team with a remotely decent running back.The quality of some of the players on defense is a larger problem than the scheme in my mind.
Iowa is super vanilla but makes tackles and doesn’t get beat.
Winfield covered up for a lot of mediocre play in front of him at times.
Fleck recruits have been great offensively but I haven’t seen it yet on defense
YES! I don't care if he knows every defensive call and recites them in his sleep...MSM is not athletic enough to be an every down LB in the B1G, I'm sorry. I'm desperately wanting to see Lindenberg and more of Gordon and Willis. Even if they have no clue where to line up or which direction to go they need to be out there learning IMO.I think it's a combination. The defense Minnesota is running works fine but only with quick linebackers. Everytime a team throws / runs outside of the hashes, we get treated to watching one of Minnesota's two lumbering LBs futility trying to close a gap that they have no chance of reaching while the corners try to shed blocks and get back up to help. Leaves a lot of open field for any team with a remotely decent running back.