Athlon: Grading College Football's First-Year Coaching Hires for 2016 (MN: Claeys B+)

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7. Tracy Claeys, Minnesota
2016 Record: 9-4

Claeys’ first (and only) season in Minneapolis ended in controversy after he showed his support for a player boycott prior to the Holiday Bowl. Claeys was dismissed in early January, and Minnesota acted quickly in hiring former Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck to guide the program in 2017. After Jerry Kill’s sudden retirement, Claeys was promoted to the full-time position following the 2015 season. He went 2-4 as the program’s interim coach in 2015 but guided the Golden Gophers to a 9-4 record in '16. The nine-win campaign was only the eighth time Minnesota exceeded more than eight since 1901.

Final Grade: B+

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/grading-college-footballs-first-year-coaching-hires-2016

Go Gophers!!
 

BleedGopher said:
per Athlon:

7. Tracy Claeys, Minnesota
2016 Record: 9-4

Claeys’ first (and only) season in Minneapolis ended in controversy after he showed his support for a player boycott prior to the Holiday Bowl. Claeys was dismissed in early January, and Minnesota acted quickly in hiring former Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck to guide the program in 2017. After Jerry Kill’s sudden retirement, Claeys was promoted to the full-time position following the 2015 season. He went 2-4 as the program’s interim coach in 2015 but guided the Golden Gophers to a 9-4 record in '16. The nine-win campaign was only the eighth time Minnesota exceeded more than eight since 1901.

Final Grade: B+

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/grading-college-footballs-first-year-coaching-hires-2016

Go Gophers!!
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Of course. Now we pin our hopes and dreams on cliche's and quips. Get excited they say. I really hope Fleck comes through.
 

BleedGopher said:
per Athlon:

7. Tracy Claeys, Minnesota
2016 Record: 9-4

Claeys’ first (and only) season in Minneapolis ended in controversy after he showed his support for a player boycott prior to the Holiday Bowl. Claeys was dismissed in early January, and Minnesota acted quickly in hiring former Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck to guide the program in 2017. After Jerry Kill’s sudden retirement, Claeys was promoted to the full-time position following the 2015 season. He went 2-4 as the program’s interim coach in 2015 but guided the Golden Gophers to a 9-4 record in '16. The nine-win campaign was only the eighth time Minnesota exceeded more than eight since 1901.

Final Grade: B+

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/grading-college-footballs-first-year-coaching-hires-2016

Go Gophers!!
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Can't argue with that.
 


Since when did GHers start believing anything written in Athlon?
 


BleedGopher said:
per Athlon:

7. Tracy Claeys, Minnesota
2016 Record: 9-4

Claeys’ first (and only) season in Minneapolis ended in controversy after he showed his support for a player boycott prior to the Holiday Bowl. Claeys was dismissed in early January, and Minnesota acted quickly in hiring former Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck to guide the program in 2017. After Jerry Kill’s sudden retirement, Claeys was promoted to the full-time position following the 2015 season. He went 2-4 as the program’s interim coach in 2015 but guided the Golden Gophers to a 9-4 record in '16. The nine-win campaign was only the eighth time Minnesota exceeded more than eight since 1901.

Final Grade: B+

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/grading-college-footballs-first-year-coaching-hires-2016

Go Gophers!!
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They didn't exceed "more than eight." They exceeded eight.
 

Editors use spellcheck, but in modern "journalism" they never context or fact check.
 

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