LOL it is Minnesota a population of less than 6 mill. people where the hell is Fleck suppose to get recruits from. A top recruit from down south is not going to Minny to freeze his a** off in the winter. Keep hating everything BIG (except for your beloved TCUN). How did Minny do before Fleck... worse. Minny is surrounded by North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, just a hotbed of recruiting talent.
Yeah, I guess he’s done okay. The guys before him, Jerry Kill and Tracy Clays left a solid foundation and were instrumental in getting the boosters to improve the facilities and start supporting the program more than previously. So Fleck walked into a good situation. He’s done well. He wins his bowl games. He does benefit from the growth on the MSP metro, which is heading toward 4 million soon enough. He just seems like he’s stuck right now and his early momentum has stalled. And last night was the type of non-league game these lower level B1G teams need to win.
Football recruiting is like selling a house: location, location, location with a few exceptions, OSU being one of them. Based on recruiting North Carolina should easily beat Minny. Minny has likely hit their ceiling, decent program, but it will never be great. There is a reason why Saban left Mich. St for LSU recruiting, same with Meyer choosing UF over ND recruiting, the talent is down south and that is not going to change. It is why the BIG had to expand more talent in Kalifornia than the rest of the BIG combined, also the money.
Minneapolis- St Paul has talent. Also, the Chicagoland area isn’t too far away. Plus, there’s the Portal.
Lot of talent in Minny St Paul according to 247 sports not one 4/5 star in the entire state of Minnesota in the 25 class. Chicago LOL TCUN, OSU, and a school called ND also recruit Chicagoland plus Illinois and NW, not enough talent in Chicagoland for all those schools. TP yes but about all schools not named Clemson use the TP.
All true, but Wisky and Iowa…his chief rivals…have found a way to do it better and they don’t benefit from being in a major metro like MSP.
I just don't see it, his offenses are just too conservative and doesn't utilize the entire field. I called for Paul Chryst to be fired as well and literally a few weeks later he was gone. Minnesota can and should be much better than this.
Like other posters have said, Minneapolis has some solid talent and Chicago isn't far away. The portal is also available, and if Fleck actually ran an offense recruits could be excited for it would make recruiting other regions a lot easier.
Lot of school's recruit Minny don't they and Wisky is closer to Chicago than Minny as is ND and the whore named Ann Arbor plus NW and Illinois. Almost all colleges use the TP and Minny will get the leftovers. Lou Holtz who I think was a very good HC was 10 - 12 at Minny, and Fleck has done better than any other HC at Minny in 50 years (guessing). Easy to bash programs but I go by facts and the fact is Fleck has done better than any other HC at Minny in a long, long time. Another fact you are just plain ignorant.
You're actually using Lou Holtz as a reference when he was there only 2 seasons?
He did well at the beginning but he's crashed and burned now on his way to a 4th season at Minnesota finishing under 500. The program should have higher expectations considering their history and location in Minneapolis. Last night was a disaster and he's not what the program needs.
Quick flight from MSP to ORD or Midway.
1) Nike spent money out their rear ends to make Oregon “cool.”
Plus last I checked Oregon does border Cali. Really good coaches just don't grow on trees and when you do find one they are very difficult to keep just ask Washington or Mich. St.
NIL helps, but I don’t think this is a very economical solution if trying to get your family to all of your kid’s home games. Better have a Spirit Airlines or equivalent with a Chicago to MSP route.
It does border, but is pretty far flung from where the talent is located in Cal. The advantages that Oregon has is that there are a lot of Jimmys and Joes in California that can play power conference football, and there are few serious FBS football programs on the west coast.
it’s 13 hrs from Eugene to LA. Not exactly close.
They’ve always been boosted by Nike $
1. Correct but it’s not like they were recruiting warriors during that time, they got it done with scheme and speed.