7 more years of PJ Fleck?

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Fleck's Frauds 6

Days ago, out of nowhere, the U of M announced another contract extension for PJ Fleck, tacking on a couple more years to his existing deal, that now runs through 2028. They did this for no reason, and before the 2 big games of the season, against Iowa and Wisconsin, which will determine if this season would be a success or another failure like every non-2019 Fleck season has been.

And then they go out and suffer a home loss every bit as embarrassing as their historic blunder against Bowling Green, losing 14-6 at home to Illinois in a game that was not nearly as close as that score implies.

It was 7-0 before I even got home from morning errands, and 14-0 before the end of 1. 14 points should not be a mountain to climb with 3 quarters to go, yet the Goofs didn't finally get on the board until less than 5 minutes remained (and even then couldn't make a damn PAT).

The defense escapes blame. They played fine. The offense was a catastrophe. The offensive line they love to brag about was a sieve. The run game was non-existent. And once again Tanner Morgan was an end to end liability at QB. Why this guy has been allowed to keep his starting job for the last 2 seasons is beyond me. He can't make any plays, except for the other team (bad turnovers, taking sacks for no reason).

Once again Fleck had a team seemingly unprepared for a non-marquee game. If they were looking ahead to Iowa next week, after already having the Bowling Green debacle, then that is a crushing indictment of this narcissistic head coach who too often seems more interested in spewing catchphrases than in game planning.

I'm so sick of the PJ Fleck deification in this town. 2019 was fun, but more and more that looks like an all time fluke. He has shown no ability to adapt in games that don't go his way from the start. The stunning regression of Morgan is at least somewhat on him.

And they hand him a contract extension....WHY? What is the fucking rush to keep rewarding a guy over and over before he actually does something? Are you THAT paranoid that if, by some miracle, you actually beat Iowa and Wisconsin, that some giant school is going to swoop in and take our precious Peej from us? So what if they do? The idea that you cannot possibly do better than a coach who himself was basically a last resort hire is ridiculous.

But that's all out the window now. The Gophers will absolutely lose, and likely lose badly, to both Iowa and Wisconsin (neither of which are even that great this year). 7-5 and a nothing bowl game is now the ceiling for this team. Because once again a PJ Fleck team failed. 

Here's to 7 more years of empty rhetoric and disgusting defeats. 🍻🍻🍻

Comments

  1. MichelleNovember 7, 2021 at 5:58 PM

    And if they decide to fire him the buyout will be outrageous.

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