All Things P.J. Fleck Rumor Mill Thread - Listed as Candidate for Other Jobs

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gophmeister said:
Take this with a grain of salt but some podcaster named George Wrightster who played at Oregon is claiming PJ is #2 on the list after Kalen DeBoer. Don’t shoot the messager. I am throwing this out there as fodder for discussion or ridicule.
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Color me a little skeptical that this guy is tight enough with Michigan AD to know what the list looks like and where PJ falls on it but like I said in another post, I would not be shocked if he were higher on the list then some in here would expect him to be.

My assumption is that there are some other bigger names they will go after first but it might not take very many No's for them to get to the point where a guy like Fleck becomes a real consideration.

Especially if they put a lot of stock in running a clean program because Fleck certainly seems to do that.
 

GopherNuts said:
I doubt it'll happen but it would be interesting to know who would be on Coyle's list if Fleck were to get the Michigan offer. Nick Rallis would probably be up there I would think. Probably would go the coordinator route as there's not a great deal of appealing options at this point in the cycle.
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Dungy
 

PJ Fleck isn't getting the Michigan job, not only would their fanbase turn their noses up at him the boosters would pull their money.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Color me a little skeptical that this guy is tight enough with Michigan AD to know what the list looks like and where PJ falls on it but like I said in another post, I would not be shocked if he were higher on the list then some in here would expect him to be.

My assumption is that there are some other bigger names they will go after first but it might not take very many No's for them to get to the point where a guy like Fleck becomes a real consideration.

Especially if they put a lot of stock in running a clean program because Fleck certainly seems to do that.
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Doesn’t matter if he’s tight with the AD, that AD is about to lose their job and won’t be making this decision… no inside info but read the tea leaves.
 


gopherdudepart2 said:
PJ Fleck isn't getting the Michigan job, not only would their fanbase turn their noses up at him the boosters would pull their money.
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So is there a candidate besides Deboer that they wouldn't react that way for? Because there aren't many realistic candidates more qualified than PJ.
 



howeda7 said:
If PJ were to leave they almost have to go with an interim for a year. A program like MN can't hire after the coaching cycle is already over. That's how you end up with Brewster.
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I’m just not sure who you make interim from this current staff. 2026 would be a lost season regardless as PJ leaving would come with a mass exodus but it would definitely be interesting. Somebody is getting screwed big time by the Michigan hire unless they go interim, hope it’s not us.
 



GopherNuts said:
I’m just not sure who you make interim from this current staff. 2026 would be a lost season regardless as PJ leaving would come with a mass exodus but it would definitely be interesting. Somebody is getting screwed big time by the Michigan hire unless they go interim, hope it’s not us.
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There is a coach who's familiar with both the Gophers and being an interim coach:cool:....
 

GopherNuts said:
I’m just not sure who you make interim from this current staff. 2026 would be a lost season regardless as PJ leaving would come with a mass exodus but it would definitely be interesting. Somebody is getting screwed big time by the Michigan hire unless they go interim, hope it’s not us.
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Hopefully we don't have to find out but that is a tricky one because there are not a lot of obvious future head coach candidates on the current staff. When Rossi was here he would have been an obvious candidate for interim head coach. On the current staff my assumption is it would probably have to be Harbaugh.
 






I don't think Michigan boosters and fans want a coach that runs a life program. They want one who runs a football program.

But nothing would shock me in today's college football world.
 





gopherdudepart2 said:
PJ Fleck isn't getting the Michigan job, not only would their fanbase turn their noses up at him the boosters would pull their money.
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My buddy specifically said he wouldn't pull his (significant) contributions if PJ was hired, but he absolutely would if Brian Kelly is.
 


There are likely three lists. One that has big name hires, one that has stable but meh hires, and one that has "fix the in house issues" hires. Whichever group at Michigan has the most influence in the hiring process will dictate which list the hire comes from.

Fleck is absolutely top three (probably #1) on the fixer list and likely in the top 5-10 on the meh but stable list. I don't think he'd be unpopular among the boosters if it's clearly conveyed to them that the internal issues are so great that they're unable to hit a big name home run. I do think with greater resources he'd continue to be successful, he's done well enough here with scraps. The leash would be two feet long, however. Once he stabilized things internally, they'd can him on his first stumble of two for whichever big name becomes available. I don't think he wants to be Michigan's temporary stopgap.
 



Will some program, AD, college president.. just A N Y B O D Y — hire PJ away from us, we have suffered enough.
 






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