Nah, that's not the answer to everything Gopher football. Explain from the Wisconsin side why they'd poach Jaydon Everett? Yes, I'm sure a multi year contract for more money is why Everett left but nothing about his performance here tells me that's the guy we are going to poach if we are Wisconsin.
If this was the one adjustment we'd make, this program would change overnight.
Or Wisconsin is that desperate.It's odd that Wisconsin would snipe our running back coach in the year we were 17th in the B1G in rushing yards on the season and 18th in conference games. But maybe he is good at coaching RBs.
did get a pay increase, but this is weird move given the uncertainty around fickell moving forward
Looks like it's official, along with a few other additions mentioned.
www.thedailygopher.com
Mo no good? Best RB I’ve seen at MN! Pro experience, who could we pay that would be better?
Who cares? I'm far from a Fleck apologist, but I can't envision a better candidate than the program's all time leading rusher, who has coaching experience. He was the only logical choice. He's not an OC (yet).
Best athlete does not always equal best coach.
There are a bunch of knobs on this site that think if you've never played the game at a high level you're destined to be a terrible coach (they like to use that one with Danny Collins), I'd love to see them chime in
You made my point by saying who could we pay.
Only logical choice?
I think this is not the point to make with Mo because he was definitely NOT the best athlete and he still accumulated all those stats and accolades. He didn't have measurables or top end speed. He was great at showing patience finding the hole, waiting for it to develop and getting through it. He's the exact sort of guy to teach vision, footwork, blocking, finishing a run.
Fleck doesn't seem to have a vast network of coaches willing to work with him. I'd guess there's a pretty good reason that many of his coaching hires came via Schiano recommendations. He knows Mo, Mo knows him. I'd assume he knew he was going to hire Mo the minute the other guy was gone.
He may be the only logical choice based on your thoughts above. That doesn't mean the best choice. A small circle doesn't seem to be a positive to me.
Problem is partly related to him becoming a head coach at such a young age. Not a lot of time under other coaches to develop a bunch of relationships. Also, as noted, he is a bit of a unicorn among "football guys".
Nothing does.
Positives are competing and winning. Positives are hiring experienced coaches.
It's pretty common across college football for assistants to move around frequently. Money, opportunity to work with and under different coaches all comes into play.
If memory serves...PJ credited him with being "an assistant coach" while he was rehabbing the achilles.
My guess is they saw some of it while he was playing and back to visit. Fleck has referred to him as "Coach Mo" more than a few times. You have to start somewhere as a coach and build that skill set.
I suspect that is the big key to how this turns out ...
