Watch: Coach Fleck Signing Day Press Conference - University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gopher head coach P.J. Fleck introduced his 2023 recruiting class during a Wednesday morning press conference.
Fleck is really high on the kids that redshirted this year on both sides of the ball.For those wondering why no O-line transfers yet:
Mentions T. Nelson and Beers having “phenomenal freshmen year”, they are “starting to kick some butt”
Inject this hype straight into my veins please!!!Few things I heard that were interesting to me:
Fleck is incredibly knowledgeable about each player and their life/family. Not that big of a surprise but really cool to see him genuinely learn/remember things like that.
Mentions the WR class and says they’ve brought in X many guys “so far”
Compares Daniels to Ersery level of athleticism
States multiple times he thinks some freshman can help next season
Nuke averaged 20 yards per catch the last two years
Henderson was nicknamed the assassin at his previous school
Loosely compares Lanier to Bateman
Lanier and McWilliams are first two gopher WRs to be in All-American bowl (ever?)
Menz has “Coughlin type body”
Randle is “one of the biggest sleepers” / “like trill carter but longer”
Shikenjanski averaged +28 ppg in basketball
“The QBs are really excited about what we are bringing in”
Viotto used to routinely drive from Canada to MI to get QB lessons
PJ asks the recruits commit to “all of us”, the school, all coaches, fans, the state
Mentions T. Nelson and Beers having “phenomenal freshmen year”, they are “starting to kick some butt”
Rossi/Fleck: “those young LBs are gonna be dudes”
“Lindenberg might be the best LB we have ever coached by the time he’s done, ever”
More HS kids dream of being gophers than any PJ year prior
Still looking for Corner/OL and maybe DL in the portal
Thank you Gopher Devil. A couple of things I really l liked about the presser is PJ's ability to connect and make relationships with the player and their family. Really big for a program, as PJ stated, that does not have a lot of NIL to offer.Few things I heard that were interesting to me:
Fleck is incredibly knowledgeable about each player and their life/family. Not that big of a surprise but really cool to see him genuinely learn/remember things like that.
Mentions the WR class and says they’ve brought in X many guys “so far”
Compares Daniels to Ersery level of athleticism
States multiple times he thinks some freshman can help next season
Nuke averaged 20 yards per catch the last two years
Henderson was nicknamed the assassin at his previous school
Loosely compares Lanier to Bateman
Lanier and McWilliams are first two gopher WRs to be in All-American bowl (ever?)
Menz has “Coughlin type body”
Randle is “one of the biggest sleepers” / “like trill carter but longer”
Shikenjanski averaged +28 ppg in basketball
“The QBs are really excited about what we are bringing in”
Viotto used to routinely drive from Canada to MI to get QB lessons
PJ asks the recruits commit to “all of us”, the school, all coaches, fans, the state
Mentions T. Nelson and Beers having “phenomenal freshmen year”, they are “starting to kick some butt”
Rossi/Fleck: “those young LBs are gonna be dudes”
“Lindenberg might be the best LB we have ever coached by the time he’s done, ever”
More HS kids dream of being gophers than any PJ year prior
Still looking for Corner/OL and maybe DL in the portal
I love the dude. He's brought us so much joy since he's come here. He has us pissed off about 8 win seasons for God's sake!It's funny to hear people refer to PJ as a used car salesman or egotistical...when yoy listen to him speak, he's so insightful and gives you depth. Of course you're going to get some of his mantras but you can learn a lot if you actually listen to him.
I enjoy PJs pressers.
Just imagine if he could pair that development with being able to recruit more talented playersTo his credit, Coach gets more out of his players. Look at performance and recruiting rank and he gets more. It's like yards after catch.