I have yet to see anyone try and claim this hasn’t been a rough year.
Not venting or angry about anything. I worry about our the product on the field being unwatchable like it has been this year IMO. I don’t care about W and L as much as being prepared and then having a cogent plan on game day. I think our coach sucks at that. We have lost the close ones and not shown up three times— two against tough opponents and one in NC that isn’t as tough as we thought. That IMO was the worst game of the year. I guess my expectation is competent game plans and game day coaching. I don’t know how we don’t get an F this year.
I think in the past he’s been a poor game day coach too but has had superstars like 31, et al and 24 to bail him out. I don’t think this is a new issue it’s just more evident when your QB is bad and you lack star power.
Maybe relative to expectations, but if Purdue, Wisconsin and Iowa played the average incarnations of themselves during the majority of Mason’s stretch, and I’m not pining for Mason, the old time teams would beat the now teams by probably three TDs. PJ has an easier road it’s comparing apples and oranges.
Do your odds for a successful blitz improve any if:
Feelings? Anyway, you are not arguing with me. You are babbling from a set perspective that you seem to think is necessary to defend at all cost. Have at it.
I certainly agree with that and wouldn't make a change after this year. Doesn't matter what we think on that anyway because Fleck's job is more than safe with Coyle.
Adding to the above, one of Fleck's weaknesses has nothing to do with game planning, football philosophy, or game day coaching. It is his penchant for staying with a guy too long at times.
And exactly why would I care about that and what would it have to do with a discussion on a message board?
When your qb is bad and you lack star power your on field product is going to be exactly what we're looking at this year. See: the past 60 years of Gopher football and every other program this year who are 6-6 or worse. There's no magic formula here. We have the right coach and system, we need an offensive coordinator and players to execute it.
Question: Will an elite offensive coordinator entertain coming to Minnesota?
I don't think we need an elite one, we need one with a pulse. I think the hard part is finding a competent one who is willing to work under the atypical culture Fleck has in the locker room. Obviously Ciarrocca could handle it and he was competent at worst. With a 60% qb and an oc with a plan you can have some success, we've been doing it here for years.
Well what they did didnt work, so the odds that it worked is 0
Or, the antiquated O just doesn’t work anymore unless your talent overwhelms and has no chance of allowing you to come from behind or have a prayer against more talented teams and should be retired before the wheels really fall off. It’s not a winning formula — sorry to say 31 and 24 type superstars- NFL players just aren’t on the horizon. And I’ll keep saying it although folks tell me to just not tune in—the whole things sucks to watch.
Me? Fleck’s weaknesses are quite generally known. His concept of offensive football is too limited, easy to defend, cautious and timid. Most fans with the exception of you see that.
An offensive coordinator who has the experience and track record to make a real difference is not coming here to teach execution of the current offensive system. He will bring his own system or he won’t come at all.
Your post assumes nobody has worked with AK the past 11 months. Why would you believe that?
Then you agree they should have brought big pressure and disrupted his timing and forced him to run, throw a quicker short pass, run it himself, or eat a sack.