New Coach for Minnesota

Didn't take long for Minnesota to name a new head coach for their football program.  I think that P. J. Fleck is an excellent choice after the job he did in Western Michigan - winners of 13 games this year and a bid to the Cotton Bowl.  He will need some patience though because he needs to win over the current Gopher players who are irate with the administration.

Fleck, now the youngest coach in the Power 5, isn't guarenteed success because coaches from the MAC that have been hired away by the Big 10 haven't done well recently.  Examples that I offer up:  Illinois - Tim Beckman (12-25), Purdue - Darrell Hazell (9-33), and Minnesota - Jerry Kill (25-26).  Another factor working against Fleck:  since 1971, the Gophers have had two coaches with winning records - Glen Mason and the man Fleck is replacing, Tracy Claeys.