What grade would you give the Gophers coaching in the win over Virginia Tech?

[GopherHole Staff]

What grade would you give the Gophers coaching in the win over Virginia Tech?

 

[USAF]

An "A-yo!"

 

[#2Gopher]

Many new players on both teams, hard to predict what's going to happen. Gave him an A to go with his Mayo bath.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

We won = A

 

[GoGophersUMN]

A- with a few points lost due to special teams issues and getting too fancy with trick plays too early.

 

[Frink]

Creamy

 

[Gilthorp57]

A....Boyyyyahhh!!!

 

[MNfootballfan]

A - Did what he had to do to win. Played a lot of players. Had fun.

I hate on Fleck at times for his in game coaching and truly think we lose some games because of his conservative approaches to some games, but I am so glad he is our coach. He has built a program where the players seem like they truly care about each other.

 

[hello-world]

This was a weird year. Probably should have upset a playoff team but got beat convincingly by Rutgers. Will give A for the win and admit that I have no idea what good looks like for the Gophers in this new environment.

 

[Word]

This was a weird year. Probably should have upset a playoff team but got beat convincingly by Rutgers. Will give A for the win and admit that I have no idea what good looks like for the Gophers in this new environment.

Losing by TD is convincing? Game was close the entire time and if not for a turnover in our end and a dropped pick six we probably win.

 

[Word]

I thought that Rutgers was pretty clearly the better team that day

Stats are almost identical. It probably felt worse because our o-line was so bad that day and it was a game we were favored to win.

 

[BilldGopher]

From the stands a clear A. Saw the stats at the half and on paper it was closer than it seemed in person. Had a little "oh no" a couple of times but the defense took care of it. Fun game to watch as a Gopher.

 

[akgo4]

A-/B+ - Showed a little rust early and treaded water in the 2nd half. That team wasnt that good....

 

[Gopherchase]

Stats are almost identical. It probably felt worse because our o-line was so bad that day and it was a game we were favored to win.

I don’t think I ever thought we were gonna win that game. It just was a Buzzkill from the beginning. Iowa at the half I thought we were gonna win — when we recovered the ball against Michigan on the onside kick I thought we were gonna win —- UNC when our distracted by his on-line schtick kicker lined up I thought we were gonna win. Rutgers, regardless of the stats, felt like a disaster and that we were gonna get beat from the jump, IMO. I thought we were gonna come out a house a fire trying to kill AK but we were flat as flat could be.

 

[pinky mingo]

A, because the players had fun with the gadget and trick plays. It was good to see and has to help in recruiting.

 

[GoForGold]

A+ for the defense.

 

[Batc0017]

Time out usage was elite

 

[Spoofin]

B. I mean we won, but we played against 8 starters and it wasn’t out of reach.

 

[Go4]

a, and fleck's mayo bath and flava flav reaction was a+

 

[STPGopher]

A-/B+ - Showed a little rust early and treaded water in the 2nd half. That team wasnt that good....

Just my uninformed opinion. The team more than matched Virginia Tech's intensity. The feel in the stadium was that the Gophers were in control for most of the game. Even after the shaky start that should have been a hands to the face penalty on the defender that drove the blocker into Koi.