Fleck: “We were 1-0 in the bye week. We used it perfectly. Whether that’s fundamentals, details, techniques, reflection, self-scouting..."

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Schnauzer said:
I think it will be a LOT more important for Wisconsin to win their bye weeks because, well, you know, that might be the only ones left on their schedule.

As for this Fleck comment, it is the kind of stuff that makes me roll my eyes as it relates to the much of the worthless stuff that he says.

Guys with seemingly minor injuries end up out for multiple games while he declares they are in great shape.

He'll tell the Big Ten Network that he has the most connected team he has ever been around and the Gophers will have a 5 win regular season.

It is the sugary non substance comments that get to me.

Not so much that I don't like Fleck. I do. I'm glad he is the Gopher coach. I just grow weary of the sugary meaningless stuff that pours out of his mouth.
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Fleck seems to enjoy talking to the media more then a lot of coaches and he is definitely higher on the slogans/cliche list then a lot of guys......but in the end every coach is basically giving the same speeches to the media on a weekly basis and most are just filler where there might be a nugget or 2 for the writers to latch onto.

I don't mind Fleck's style but I know it rubs some people the wrong way. The reverse was true when Kill was here, some people loved his down home country boy schtick, I found it hollow and fake.
 







STPGopher said:
Perhaps it's more succinct than "We had a very focused bye week. We watched film, we practiced fundamentals we..."
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RememberMurray said:
Exactly. And if Fleck had stated it in that way, they'd be complaining about him speaking in cliches.
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PJ is rarely succinct when it comes to praising the program, so I don't think that's it. In this case he followed up the 1-0 comment with “We used it perfectly. Whether that’s fundamentals, details, techniques, reflection, self-scouting and working Minnesota on Minnesota.” If he was trying to be brief or avoiding coach-speak, he wouldn't have needed to add that.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
PJ is rarely succinct when it comes to praising the program, so I don't think that's it. In this case he followed up the 1-0 comment with “We used it perfectly. Whether that’s fundamentals, details, techniques, reflection, self-scouting and working Minnesota on Minnesota.” If he was trying to be brief or avoiding coach-speak, he wouldn't have needed to add that.
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Fair. If not anything else, he is consistent. Whether we like it or not. Most all he says has a targeted audience. Although we fans received the message, it may not have been for us. Again, just my humble opinion. The 1-0 thing is more geared toward the programs culture. Perhaps another way of putting it is focus on this game and this game only. Do that every week and the rest will take care of itself.

Just uninformed speculation.
 




Could you imagine if he said we were 0-1 in the bye week? Mix it up. Throw the media a curve ball. They would never see it coming.

That makes me think back to ESPN when they were good and "the Rick" commercials. He said he likes to bunt during a home run derby just to mix it up a bit.
 


GopherGuy82 said:
Could you imagine if he said we were 0-1 in the bye week? Mix it up. Throw the media a curve ball. They would never see it coming.

That makes me think back to ESPN when they were good and "the Rick" commercials. He said he likes to bunt during a home run derby just to mix it up a bit.
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That would really tank our FPI on ESPN
 





Could be worse, a lot of Wisconsin Badger fans are saying with Luke Fickel still coaching, the Badgers are likely to go 0-1 in the bye week.
 


You can't say this after a loss.

Positivity is great, and I am a fleck guy, but this is certified 🌽
 

Sweet. 3-1 now. 1-0 in the B1G. That's right, this was a conference bye week.
 

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