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Fleck acknowledged Monday that Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, who passed for 394 yards and accounted for five touchdowns against the Gophers in the Terrapins' 45-44 overtime victory last year, played a role in his decision.
"I just didn't want to give the guy, No. 3, the ball back as well, so that goes into it," Fleck said.
What a chicken shit! We held them in check for the half, but I didn't want them getting the ball with 30 seconds left because their guy scorched us last year. I didn't trust my defense to keep them from scoring for another half a minute.
I don't have a problem with it. Fleck is man enough to admit he learns from past experiences and has adjusted accordingly. Refreshing IMO.
There is no indication he learned from this and will adjust in the future.
He did learn from "going for it" with a few seconds left in the 1st half. He's been burned big time in those situations. Giving up an INT or fumble and points for the opposition right before the half. And you can bet if that had happened again, he'd be ripped for it.
Really? How many times has he been burned by it? Seems to me he has always been ultra conservative going into the half. He even admitted as much. Learned it from Jim Tressell, he said. Fleck was talking about Tagovailoa passing for 394 yards and 5 TD last year. As far as I know, there was no getting burned by going for it in the last 30 seconds of the half last year.
Fleck hasn't learned and adapted. He did what we always does and will probably continue to do. Run run run and grind it out in all situations. Probably run a few RB into submission in the process.
Really.
Fleck also noted his approach Saturday was the result of Minnesota being unsuccessful in a similar situation in Colorado.
On Sept. 18, Minnesota had a first and 10 at the Buffaloes 32. Tanner Morgan had an incompletion, and Sam Schleuter was flagged for ineligible receiver downfield. The five-yard penalty meant a 54-yard field goal attempt, and Trickett’s career long is 50.
With the clock continuing to run in Boulder, Colo., which was a whole separate communication issue with officials, Minnesota handed the ball off on the final snap of the half and time expired.
What does this prove, other than Fleck consistently has no idea how to run a 2 minute offense? If he had learned anything, he would have cleaned up the mistakes that led to ineligible receiver downfield. He would also have realized that from that distance on the last play of the half, he might as well air it out to the endzone instead of just handing off to kill the clock. Just proves he is consistently gutless and playing to not lose instead of playing to win.
Any other bad examples of Fleck astutely learning from past mistakes?
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