Minnesota has offered Fleck the job

Submitted by snarling wolverine on

...according to the Huge Show.

Huge is now claiming that they are close:

 

Sources tell me Minnesota is close to a deal with PJ Fleck.

— HUGE (@Hugeshow) January 5, 2017
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trueblueintexas

January 5th, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^

I was hoping they would go after Craig Bohl or Chris Klieman. I think both would be a good fit and would get Minnesota to a perinial 8+ win team with a consistent chance at 10 wins. 

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Hotel Putingrad

January 5th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^

for his sake, I hope he turns them down. It's a bad situation. Ticket prices are up, attendance is down. Donors are pissed, the ad is in way over his head, and the president is a dead man walking. He'll, even the Board of Regents may be replaced by the Governor. And, oh by the way, no one in the metro area cares about college teams like the Gophers, including alums. This job is literally a frozen wasteland.

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BlueRy

January 5th, 2017 at 3:44 PM ^

I am alum of Michigan and Minnesota and you're correct - there's not a ton of support for that program. Hockey and basketball (to a lesser extent) seem to be the only college sports that get people amped here.

That said, it's difficult to see Fleck transitioning to a successful Power 5 program directly from Western. Perhaps if he does something akin to what Chris Petersen did at Boise (prolonged excellence over a number of years). There likely needs to be an intermediate step.

He'd be in prime position for a strong Power 5 job if he put together a few 8 or 9-win seasons at MN. Something that's definitely possible.



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pinkfloyd2000

January 5th, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^

;-)

I kid.

Sorta.

Part of me thinks that he should stay at WMU and jump himself to a much better job in a few years, but hey, at least now he'll get a legitimate (I didn't say expected or realistic) shot at participation in the college football playoffs.

He's a great coach, and he's probably just the sort of guy Minnesota needs. I think Purdue fans might be a little jealous.

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Danwillhor

January 5th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^

is that he's not an X & Os guy. He's truly more of a motivational guy and recruiter so his success is directly related to who he has around him. That can and has worked at many successful places but I don't quite see the guy as the young prodigy that others do. He'd be a fine hire for Minnesota from a name and potential standpoint. I'm just not sure he is the type that can turn a mediocre team into a good one in the B1G. Say, if they don't recruit as well as they feel they need to or he loses an important assistant, can he make up for that as a coaching mind? Can he see what's going on and make adjustments, etc? He dominated the MAC with much better players than everyone else and hung with a Wisconsin team that isn't a huge threat to drop more than 24 points a game. A good, young HC for sure but one I'm not sure wouldn't be better off staying at WMU for another year. Again, still would be about the best hire Minnesota could make right now. Bigger programs had major interest.

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Die Mannschaft

January 5th, 2017 at 6:42 PM ^

is he is a sensationalist. I've listened to him way too many times about how his "sources" are claiming this or that, and come to find out that none of it was true. All I'm saying is, take anything Huge says on air with a grain of salt, because my "sources tell me" that Huge isn't as connected as he leads everyone to believe.

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Jibbroni

January 5th, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^

This is Bills chance to show that he is an insider with sources and knowledge worthy of the national stage. Nothing more. Just a local guy with bigger aspirations touting connections that prolly equate to golf buddies!



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