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Maybe it's just me, but I'm starting to get a different vibe with the program. Fleck is successfully recruiting higher ranked kids it seems and now getting the top Minnesota kids.
If he can keep getting the QB position right, I think we are about to make the next step up.
Hope I'm correct and not being too enamored with recent developments.
 
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Just as important as the QB position is the receiving corp. We saw in 2019 what happens when you have a capable QB and skilled receivers. Brosmer was fantastic, but didn't have difference makers for receivers.
 







TNGophfan said:
Maybe it's just me, but I'm starting to get a different vibe with the program. Fleck is successfully recruiting higher ranked kids it seems and now getting the top Minnesota kids.
If he can keep getting the QB position right, I think we are about to make the next step up.
Hope I'm correct and not being too enamored with recent developments.
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I have the same feeling too. We're continuously getting more high end talent each year.
 

GopherGold01 said:
You can definitely see the shift over the last 5 years in how the top in-state recruits view the program.
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Biggest thing to me is that those kids formative years have been while gopher football was good. They didn’t watch a bunch of 2 or 3 win teams. Kill into Fleck has been stable and solid or better. Every year.
 
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MN kids clearly like what Fleck is doing, so do their coaches. The top guys routinely stay home now. Wisky isn't getting a sniff anymore. Kudos to Fleck.

I would love to see a 5-star kid emerge in the next class or two and see if Fleck can keep him home.
 

I think kids and families are realizing Fleck is who Fleck is. Not a carpet bagger and not a phony. He is who he is and many kids and parents love it.
Also, most of these kids have spent some time at his camps and get him and the program.
I admit that I never thought he would be here 9 years, but, and it's a big but, with the proper support and NIL money, I can see him being our Ferenz or Alvarez.
 

TNGophfan said:
Maybe it's just me, but I'm starting to get a different vibe with the program. Fleck is successfully recruiting higher ranked kids it seems and now getting the top Minnesota kids.
If he can keep getting the QB position right, I think we are about to make the next step up.
Hope I'm correct and not being too enamored with recent developments.
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I think part of what we are seeing is the benefit of the program being relevant again for an extended period of time, especially as it pertains to local kids.

Current local recruits were in middle school and high school during these Fleck years and many of them probably attended youth camps at the U of M.
 

UpAndUnder43 said:
Biggest thing to me is that those kids formative years have been whole gopher football was good. They didn’t watch a bunch of 2 or 3 win teams. Kill into Fleck has been stable and solid or better. Every year.
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It also helps that there are a number of Gophers who were coached by P.J. and are now in the NFL.
 



It's a combination of all of these takes that y'all have posted. Fleck is the common denominator but the guy has been doing ALL of the right things in the intangibles and behind the scenes departments
 

A lot of the current MN HS jrs and seniors were at impressionable ages in 2019 when it became clear what this program can be. On the other hand, they are far too young to have a memory of Mason come from ahead losses or Brewster bear hunts.
 

NIL is for sure playing a role here. In Minnesota, I’m thinking we have enough money to be competitive and to expend a little bit more on local guys. I know tOSU has unlimited funds for football but they would’ve priced Perich like a four star while we would’ve assigned a higher value. So, although they have more overall resources, our offer may have been competitive plus the quick availability of playtime would allow a quick upgrade in terms.

Also, the fact that this is above board also really helps. All the schools bending the rules clearly had a prior advantage and we sure weren’t one of them.
 

In the end Fleck seems to be the same pre NIL and post. He did not sell out his culture for stars who would take a check. He is using NIL to enhance his culture and his culture is bound to attract more $$$ if he can show he can win at a high level. People love a program that develops young men, not merely football players and the U of M seems to be collecting young men who want a program like this. Excited to see where this goes.
 

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