Correct. PJ just fired a good friend of his from the Gopher's OC position. NOTHING and NOBODY are going to get in the way of his pursuit of ELITENESS for the Gopher football team. PJ thrives on difficult conversations (except maybe with Heather).
When a veteran gets beat out or replaced during the season, it is not because he suddenly doesn't know the offense or doesn't read defenses. It's usually because someone else is more physically gifted. Sometimes you take higher ceiling over experience.
Except PJ has a fault…he won’t switch QBs unless they get hurt. 100% Zack was crippled and should not have been the QB, but he was. He had to go AWOL at halftime to lose his job.
We might disagree some on calling it a fault but you are 100% correct that Fleck likes to stick with one guy and doesn't want to flip flop between QBs (with the exception of the occasional wildcat package).
Everybody loves the back-up QB, until about the 3rd game in, when you start to understand why he's the back-up and not the full-time starter. Obviously, there are exceptions here and there, but generally speaking, there's a reason the back-up is the back-up.
Iowa is an example of this. Petras gets replaced by Padilla, somewhat due to injury but also due to performance. Padilla looks ok against us in game one but struggles after that and eventually gets replaced in the second half of the Nebraska game by Petras.
Yup. I'm inclined to agree.
Yes. Tanner is an obvious apostle of the RTB/Fleck culture. Meaning - he would likely acknowledge and adopt Fleck’s assessment or decision if Athan or Cole or someone else provides the best chance for team success. Also, how many times had Coach Fleck stated that Tanner is “like having another coach on the field”. Perhaps KC has his assistant QB coach already on staff. If there is true competition, it is mostly good. I continue to look forward, again, to when our athletic, striding, QB, keeps it and runs for 20-30 yards through the massive holes that exist away from the opponent’s run pursuit - more often. See: NU ‘21 game. Knuth - fall of ‘24 or ‘25?!?! No doubt the KC announcement was as well received in Harrisburg, SD, as in the other corners and outposts of Gold Country.
Because they don't want to believe that Fleck didn't have anyone on the roster who can do better than a sub-60 completion percentage and 10:8 TD:INT ratio.
yeah that will be interesting to see how that plays out......but Kramers high school measurables were better then athans across the board....40, Shuttle, and vertical.
Even if that were true, how would it be gifting?
Yeah, this idea that some are hanging onto that Morgan is the starter no matter what is just kind of sad at this point.
The backup is ALWAYS better. Always.
I think some watch too much NFL and not enough college football, so they have unrealistic expectations of what a starting qb should look like.
Are you assuming Athan will get equal 1st team reps as Tanner? That's really the only way to get a true comparison. I think it's a false assumption.
Well, let's cut to the chase; at the very minimum, it's imperative that the starting QB have an exceptionally hot female significant other. Speaks to his confidence and all those things, they've done studies, written books
If you follow their social media (mostly Instagram these days) you get to see a more personal side to these guys. And you can test your hot gf theory, but you should toss ZA and JC into the mix to make it fair.
The odds of Morgan completing four and a half seasons without some kind of injury are extremely low. He's been an ironman three and a half years, missing only two meaningful snaps in the last seconds at Iowa City in 2019.
And Petra's gets pulled for Padilla during the Big Ten title game.
Nobody can rationally say Tanner has not earned all the starts he has made. Some folks just believe Fleck is wedded to the idea the guy who starts the season keeps the job all year unless he is hurt to the point he can't play.
They are both putrid. And who hates Iowa?
There is some lamenting about the fact that they were never given a shot because Fleck will only play Morgan, not because he earned the job but because he is Fleck's chosen one who will never ever ever ever ever get replaced no matter how terrible he is because Fleck would rather play Morgan and lose than play another QB who would give the team a better chance to win.