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At this points, anyone that is critical of Fleck can only be critical because they have an issue with his personality - that's fine just be real about it. Certainly tighter games will reveal more.
As for his coaching, I've been pretty impressed so far on two fronts:
1st - I'm seeing good fundamental football play from the players. I'd like to see the secondary on defense be in better position some times but I think that may be a function of athleticism and not teaching and the reality is WR are going to at times get open. Anyone that remembers back to the Brewster years and Gutekunst years can remember when some players on the field were seriously clueless about tackling, blocking and position. This improved significantly under Kill and it seem to be continuing under Fleck.
2nd - the play calling and game management by Fleck has been very good. Now time will tell and tight game situations will be a better reflection of this coaching skill but so far so good. I really like Kill but there were at times some serious issues with his clock management and play calls near the end of the first half and end of the game with the game on the line. Recall that there was some discussion about the U hiring an assistant whose job was to focus on play calls and game time management during tight games. At this point, I see Fleck as a pretty decent game management coach. Now the last two blow out games didn't show too much beyond run and control the clock when you're ahead but the first game at home I think gave some insight into how Fleck may be a good game manager.
As for his coaching, I've been pretty impressed so far on two fronts:
1st - I'm seeing good fundamental football play from the players. I'd like to see the secondary on defense be in better position some times but I think that may be a function of athleticism and not teaching and the reality is WR are going to at times get open. Anyone that remembers back to the Brewster years and Gutekunst years can remember when some players on the field were seriously clueless about tackling, blocking and position. This improved significantly under Kill and it seem to be continuing under Fleck.
2nd - the play calling and game management by Fleck has been very good. Now time will tell and tight game situations will be a better reflection of this coaching skill but so far so good. I really like Kill but there were at times some serious issues with his clock management and play calls near the end of the first half and end of the game with the game on the line. Recall that there was some discussion about the U hiring an assistant whose job was to focus on play calls and game time management during tight games. At this point, I see Fleck as a pretty decent game management coach. Now the last two blow out games didn't show too much beyond run and control the clock when you're ahead but the first game at home I think gave some insight into how Fleck may be a good game manager.