Pay raise, or is this like "assistant to the regional manager"?#HatsOff to #Gophers @CoachMo15 who was named Assistant Head Coach today! #SkiUMah #RTB https://t.co/skLHrbmQtN pic.twitter.com/IByDk0fzBx— Minnesota Football (@GopherFootball) December 21, 2017
Okay, Assistant Head Coach, is that recognized as significant in the football world? Does each team only have one, or do multiple guys carry the title? Is it above Offensive and Defensive Coordinator titles? How do those two feel about it? How does Warinner feel about it? Just wondering if it really means anything in the big picture other than recognizing him for doing a nice job of recruiting? And if the rest of the staff is all in with the announcement?
Didn't mean to diminish the announcement, just curious... Congrats Mo!!
Hopfully he can take some of that Xs & Os responsibility away from the HC.
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What does this even mean?
What does this even mean?
You’ve said before that you’re just a full-time internet message board troll. Clearly a fan wouldn’t post the garbage you do on a daily basis. 2017 showed that you are not all that good at being a troll or a fan.PJ has said he isn't an Xs and Os guy. Clearly a HC needs to do some of that. 2017 showed he isn't all that good at it.
You’ve said before that you’re just a full-time internet message board troll. Clearly a fan wouldn’t post the garbage you do on a daily basis. 2017 showed that you are not all that good at being a troll or a fan.
What does this even mean?
Hopfully he can take some of that Xs & Os responsibility away from the HC.
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PJ has said he isn't an Xs and Os guy. Clearly a HC needs to do some of that. 2017 showed he isn't all that good at it. Hopefully as Asst HC Mo will have more say and can do more of this aspect instead of the HC.
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Um, I am pretty positive Fleck calls zero plays. So, yea....
Not a super close comparison, but neither is Dabo Sweeney. He trusts his Assistants to handle the intricacies of the X's & O's, so I see no problem with Coach Fleck doing that also.
Right. Only "fans" criticize.
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Not disputing any of this. I think PJ's track record is impressive so however he wants to do it.
However, running with this, if we don't expect PJ to be involved with game planning, Xs & Os, etc. what do we expect? Calling plays is one thing, but shouldn't a HC be involved in the game plans & the Xs and Os? Is he strictly PR and Motivation?
Seriously, all I said was PJ said he isn't that, & IMO he showed nothing in '17 to show otherwise (again, talking strategies only here), and that maybe promoting Mo will take some of those responsibilities from PJ. Why this offends people I don't know. Well, I do, but don't get it. What do I know, I'm only a "fan".
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I suspect since they are state employees they may have to slot in to certain salary bands and the job titles determine which band you are in.Good for him, he has done a great job with recruiting so far.
I don't understand what naming someone asst. head coach does. This isn't a knock on Coach Mo, I am wondering why this is done anywhere.
If this title gets him paid more, can't they just pay him more without the title being added or is their a limit as to how much a DB coach can make, but when the asst. HC title gets added that limit increases?
If he aspires to be a head coach, is this title really going to sway some school into hiring him?
You make it sound like your 10,000+ posts amount to some sort of thought-provoking critical analysis on coaching in the Big Ten.
Right. Only "fans" criticize.
Not disputing any of this. I think PJ's track record is impressive so however he wants to do it.
However, running with this, if we don't expect PJ to be involved with game planning, Xs & Os, etc. what do we expect? Calling plays is one thing, but shouldn't a HC be involved in the game plans & the Xs and Os? Is he strictly PR and Motivation?
Seriously, all I said was PJ said he isn't that, & IMO he showed nothing in '17 to show otherwise (again, talking strategies only here), and that maybe promoting Mo will take some of those responsibilities from PJ. Why this offends people I don't know. Well, I do, but don't get it. What do I know, I'm only a "fan".
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I suspect since they are state employees they may have to slot in to certain salary bands and the job titles determine which band you are in.
No salary bands for these guys. AD and BoR set/agree on a pool of $$. To me it's a tip of the hat to him, with some added responsibility, and a way to differentiate him from the other coaches to justify a nice bump.
As I understand it, the "Assistant Head Coach" title is a 'first among equals' situation. If something happens to the HC, the Assistant is the guy who would make game-day decisions, etc. (as opposed to one of the Coordinators).
It is also a way of recognizing a top assistant coach, and quite possibly providing a salary bump if the coach is getting offers from other schools. So now, as I understand it, if another school wanted to hire him away from the Gophers, they would have to make him a Coordinator - basically upping the ante for another school that might have been looking at Linquist.
As far as Fleck - hey, he's not a big X's and O's guy. that's fine. Every coaching staff has its own way of doing things. Some head coaches take a direct role in game-planning and calling plays on game day for the O or D. Other head coaches take the CEO approach - they run the show, but the coordinators do the game plan and play-calling. As long as it works, nobody cares how you get there. It's only when it doesn't work that people raise questions.
ironically, for those of us who did have questions about some of the game-planning and play-calling last year, that means we are NOT taking shots at Fleck - because he is not making play calls.
No salary bands for these guys. AD and BoR set/agree on a pool of $$. To me it's a tip of the hat to him, with some added responsibility, and a way to differentiate him from the other coaches to justify a nice bump.