Even more negative than he was on Sid. Coyle has to be cringing. No reason to renew season tickets really from what I hear him saying.
Basically, sounds like we should forget about 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Fleck says we lost a lot of seniors, have a lot of depth problems,team will have to learn offense, defense, special teams.
Have to learn culture.
He says we Need a lot of patience. Lot of work to do.
Team also has to adjust to new coaches, new style, new culture.
Don't worry about winning games. Worry about process. Long way to go.
Need help from alums, media, community.
Haven't won for 50 years.
Won't happen overnight. Not in one season or two seasons.
Says he wants to recruit guys that don't need convincing. Wants guys that want to be here. That see it as a fit.
Says he only had two weeks to recruit 2017 class, so really, look to 2018, 2019.
Says only has five offensive linemen. Says only one underclass dt.
They need to stop letting him talk. Find someone with some positivity.
Someone who embraces the how of how close this team was in 2014 and 2016 to winning the west. Someone who can sell the idea that with a little more sideline motivation, with a little better s and c work, with two great oline coaches, with two great wr coaches, with an actual quarterback whisperer that we can make the next step. Someone who can say how tough the schedule was in 2015 but how close the team was to beating TCU, Michigan. Point out that this team, this program, is so close and if we can just get a few pieces to click and stay healthy we can be really good, not just close.
He acknowledged he has great rbs and great lbs. He acknowledge the kids have shown great willingness to learn, adapt, lead, change.
They need to stop him from talking about five olinemen in April and get Warinner talking about some of his past successes and how excited he is to get to September and have Weyler, Greene, Wright, Calhoun as experienced vets with size, strength, maturity. How he is eager to work with Upper classmen Connelly, Dovich, Oseland who got feet wet and with good looking redshirts like Olson and Schlueter. Maybe mention How happy they are Andries stayed home and how much they like Sassack and Schmitz.
Instead of Fleck talking about how bad the program is, maybe let Norries talk about great APR, great stadium, great facilities. Let Norries talk about character team developed, bonds they formed while dealing with losing Jerry to epilepsy, being left leaderless and lame ducked because of Norwood, about overcoming overzealous EOAA. Maybe have the NFL scout guy they brought in to be personnel guy talk about all the NFL talent turned out since 2014 with more to come in 2017 instead of having Fleck talk about depth issues and how many holes there are.
Instead of letting Fleck talk about 2020, have Burns talk about coaching two 1,000 yard backs in 2017 and great depth with McCrary cleared. Or have Callahan speak on getting Lingen to the NFL in 2017 and having big Woz work into a bigger role in 2017 or how Beebe fits their h back role perfectly or they really like the howpher of Witham and Kieft and how great te recruiting went.
or let hometown kid speak on Simon turning Still and or others into NFL rcvrs in 2017 and 2018, how they have had all frosh WRs every year, that they had two stars and made them NCAA leading rcvrs. Maybe instead of letting Fleck whine about QB experience, point out all the QB successes Ciarrocca has had at Delaware, Rutgers, WMU with guys he had no prior experience with...coaching freshman all American at Rutgers.
Fleck is going to scare off ticket buyers and any chance of creating a home field advantage with his multi season rebuilding talk. Need to market The rebuild is over. The next step taking is here.
Instead of lettting Fleck go on about the number of underclass def tackles in April, let Paup talk about putting guys from Northern Iowa in the NFL and how eager he is to work with four good,looking def tackles in Rich, Stelt, Merrick and Moore...plus all the great recruits coming in June, including a juco all American. Let Smith talk to Sid about all the lbs he put in the NFL and the lbs he coached in the NFL and how he likes Celestine and Poock in 2017 as NFL prospects.
Instead of allowing Fleck go on about the holes in the secondary, maybe get coach mo on with PA to talk about the level of talent in the SEC he saw and how Minnnesota has a tradition and culture established in recent years of getting dbs drafted that matches the best and how Jalen and Myrick will continue that and how he thinks All frosh Winfield, experienced vets McGhee and Ayinde and speedy corners Shenault, Kiondre, and Craighton look good. Maybe have him mention how they shut down the highly touted Wazzu passing game despite all the suspensions and Durr injury. Maybe have him talk about the great recruiting class.
Coyle or somebody neeeds to teach Fleck about connecting with people in a positive way.