
Press Conference: Coach Fleck, Coordinators Preview Season Opener
P.J. Fleck, Greg Harbaughc and Corey Hetherman meet the media.Sign up for daily email updates from Gopher Athletics! Go to http://www.gophersports.com/Gopher...

As far as I know, not from the staff. But both Ryan Burns and Chip Scoggins have said that Drake Lindsey was pretty clearly QB2. I believe they also said Wittke was QB3.Is there any mention anywhere about who will be QB2 and QB3?
Is there any mention anywhere about who will be QB2 and QB3?
I hope Drake is taking full advantage of someone like Max and watches how he goes about his business preparing and pays attention to the conversations Max is having with Harbaugh in terms of thinking your way through a game tactically.Harbaugh talked extensively about Lindsey and how well he ran the 2nd team in the Spring and how much he loves the kid.
My take after watching the presser is that I'm now really interested in seeing Majors after both PJs and Harbaugh's comments. I think one takeaway is that coaches love solid veteran players. So, once you get a guy on the practice field and realize you don't have to fix a bunch of stuff (little stuff like how to pick -up a blitz, breakdown tape, preparing yourself day to day) you get really excited. Plus, I'm getting the sense he has stepped up to also be a leader in that room.
The same goes for Max as you can see how excited Harbaugh is to get him out on the field. I think that has to do with experience as well as I said coaches love veteran players with good heads on their shoulders. So, when Harbaugh walks in the room like last year he probably spent 90% of his time teaching and fixing issues. Whereas with Max and everything he's seen, that's like 25% and the rest of the time you can actually have tactical conversations and share opinions about what you're seeing on tape and making adjustments. I think once you're at that spot you basically have an OC's dream.
I also agree on Hetherman's intensity (it's in the eyes). They didn't get into the DL much, but the media really didn't go there either. It's almost like there were no perceived issues there. There was more focus on the back end (LBs & Secondary) where I think there are more perceived weaknesses there. However, if there are he wasn't giving anything away because he was confidently speaking about how different guys have stepped up to fit their roles.
I think he was just throwing shade at his builder. Although, I've driven by doing work in that area and it's definitely big enough for a press conference.Did PJ say he had planned to have this intro press conference at his new house but it's not done yet?
listened to it while walking, so audio only. compared to Fleck and Hetherman, Harbaugh comes off (at least to my ears) as really laid-back. nothing wrong with that, just an interesting contrast.
one thing that stood out to me is that everyone seems to really be stressing depth. Fleck and both coordinators seemed to make it a point to talk about depth at various positions. Fleck said this team "has the most competition of any MN team he's coached."
I'm not questioning what they say. but they do seem to be making an emphasis on that topic - possibly in reaction to last year when the depth of the team was questionable, especially on defense.
LB is where I'd be concerned if there's injuries again. There isn't a ton of experience with the backups.If they have quality depth at linebacker, secondary, receiver that’s music to our ears.