Fleck on Perich: “we knew during the season that he was leaving”; says he received a $2 million package to join the hugely-funded Ducks

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GopherTheJugular said:
Me too. He or someone close to him, even said something about how it was about taking care of his mom because they lived somewhere poor, in Chicago I think?
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I am pretty sure there was even An article his rookie year in Tampa about how it was the money
 

As for the last nail in the coffin that is Perich's Minnesota experience, if this reporting is true we actually now have a $$$ value willing to be paid by a fully-funded, top-tier program for a player with Koi's potential. I don't believe there is any way Minnesota can operate at that level for one player.

For Bucky, the potential we saw on the field at TCF indeed was real but we only could speculate on his Oregon contract and what he left for.

Also speaking of Bucky, the perception during the season was that he had some annoyance around nicknamegate. That annoyance however probably ended up being a very small consideration with the $$$ being far more prominent with his decision to transfer. My recollection is that unlike our current QB, Bucky came from more modest means that made the immediacy of the payoff very attractive.

Anywho, goodbye Koi and good luck. Haven't checked the schedules but here's hoping has has a prominent role in his time left contributing to beatdowns of I-O-W-A, Sconnie, and Nebbie.
 
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gopherbadgerman said:
Lots of people said that. Fleck haters said it was because of his nickname. Some of the program apologists insisted it was because Mo was coming back. There was lots of speculation on it.

I bet we could find some old posts...:)
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Few if any said that. All knew it was about the money
 




gopherbadgerman said:
It’s all because they tried to call him “Bucko”

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I totally believe now it was about money and lots of it was tongue in cheek, but I remember it was brought up by some people. I do not believe it though. It was the almighty dollar...
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I thought the Bucky/Bucko thing came up before he had the chance to transfer. Like, once he started playing good enough to keep getting on the field, it seemed people started the nickname change. But he totally finished out the season with that nickname - if it would have bothered him I'm sure he would have talked to his teammates about it, right?
 

Since memories are somewhat shaky on Bucko here goes...

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Gopher Teammates Have Changed "Bucky" Irving's Nickname for Rivalry Purposes

The Minnesota Gophers football team hates the Wisconsin Badgers so much that they had to change Mar'Keise "Bucky" Irving's nickname.
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As GBM noted, there was talk on GH and where I landed is we accept players and their nicknames as they are...Happy to have a "Herky Gopher" if they can be elite in maroon and gold.
 





GophersInIowa said:
It was probably the "Fleck makes everyone stand up and clap when he enters a room" that caused him to transfer.
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Is that common in sports after high school? As a grown man, I'd have a hard time showing respect like that for someone unless it was reciprocated when I entered a room he was in.
 

GopherTheJugular said:
Is that common in sports after high school? As a grown man, I'd have a hard time showing respect like that for someone unless it was reciprocated when I entered a room he was in.
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A guy from a no-name online publication claimed all these things with "anonymous sources" a few years ago. Multiple other players that were not afraid to hide behind being anonymous said it was all largely untrue and very misleading. A few said they did stand and clap at times but it was meant to wake them up and get their attention.

If even a third of the things that were claimed in the article were true, we'd be hearing a lot more about it.

Naturally the article also interviewed Hsu.

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Exclusive: Former Gophers Outline Toxic Culture Under P.J. Fleck

Former University of Minnesota football players describe a culture of intimidation and toxicity under head coach P.J. Fleck.
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While I still hate it, 2 million is life-changing. NFL isn't guaranteed for any of these guys.
 

Nax5 said:
While I still hate it, 2 million is life-changing. NFL isn't guaranteed for any of these guys.
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Agree, even if you don't make the NFL or struggle to catch on in the NFL investing $2 million when you are 20 years old will be looking pretty good when you are 50.

A quick google search estimates in 30 years you'll have $15-35 million saved.
 


MNfootballfan said:
Agree, even if you don't make the NFL or struggle to catch on in the NFL investing $2 million when you are 20 years old will be looking pretty good when you are 50.

A quick google search estimates in 30 years you'll have $15-35 million saved.
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No one under the age of 23 who receives $2-million is “investing” $2-million.
 

boozer said:
fleck saying we’ve only lost 2 key players is rich. beanie bishop, flip dixon, philip daniels, austin booker, etc. all would have been big helps on one way or another.
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I think he is saying for big time NIL money. Daniels could maybe be in that boat too but Booker barely played here, Dixon had 6 starts, and Bishop wasn't a guaranteed starter going into his senior season with us.
 

boozer said:
fleck saying we’ve only lost 2 key players is rich. beanie bishop, flip dixon, philip daniels, austin booker, etc. all would have been big helps on one way or another.
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Might have lost those guys primarily over playing time or role on team? I think PJ was talking about straight up financial l
over-bidding that couldn’t be close to matched.
 



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