So Fleck takes over a Minnesota team that was 9-4 the year before he got there and they get 5 wins last year and this year will be lucky to win 2 more. Yet the he seems to still get preferential media treatment.
Frost has been an unmitigated disaster in year one. Poor play on the field and tons of transfers. All while taking over a much better roster and much better resourced scandal-less program than what Lovie inherited.
Chip Kelly is another name out there who has been pretty disastrous with a much better starting point.
Lovie seems to have taken a disproportionate heat for taking over a 5-win program riddled with scandal - this doesn't even take into account that he took the job in March and basically got no chance to bring in any of his own players until year 2.
It just seems odd to me that other new coaches tend to get the benefit of the doubt with regarding to rebuilding programs in much better starting situations while Lovie seems to have faced strong head winds from both the fans and national media within the first few games of his college coaching career.
I know many think that who cares about the media perception, etc but it has undoubtedly affected our recruiting and other teams including the Fleckster, Fitzee, and the Squawks especially use the media fodder as ammunition to negative recruit against us...
Frost has been an unmitigated disaster in year one. Poor play on the field and tons of transfers. All while taking over a much better roster and much better resourced scandal-less program than what Lovie inherited.
Chip Kelly is another name out there who has been pretty disastrous with a much better starting point.
Lovie seems to have taken a disproportionate heat for taking over a 5-win program riddled with scandal - this doesn't even take into account that he took the job in March and basically got no chance to bring in any of his own players until year 2.
It just seems odd to me that other new coaches tend to get the benefit of the doubt with regarding to rebuilding programs in much better starting situations while Lovie seems to have faced strong head winds from both the fans and national media within the first few games of his college coaching career.
I know many think that who cares about the media perception, etc but it has undoubtedly affected our recruiting and other teams including the Fleckster, Fitzee, and the Squawks especially use the media fodder as ammunition to negative recruit against us...
