Someone posted here recently that attrition under Fleck at WMU was worse than it has been at MN over similar periods. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Fleck had three full recruiting classes at WMU, as highlighted in the above headline. In 2013, he had just been hired and in 2017 he took his best recruits to MN (than God) with him. Fleck's 2014 class was his biggest and "appears" to have had the most attrition. But two of those players were JUCOs with only two years of eligibility and an OL was drafted into the NFL after his junior year. More importantly, several players Fleck signed couldn't make it into school and never stepped on the field at WMU. This happens more often in MAC programs than B10 ones.
Out of the remaining 69 recruits, 26 played in their freshman year, 26 were RSs and 17 eventually left the program. Fleck was most likely to play LBs as freshmen (4 out of 5), DL (4 out of 7), DBs (3 out of 8) and WRs (6 out of 15). He was most likely to RS OL (10 out of 13), RBs (4 out of 5) and QBs (all were RS). Fleck played (or tried to play) true FR on the DL, in the DB and at WR in his first year at MN. This is very similar to the way he approached this issue at WMU. As a percentage of his entire 2017 recruiting class, Fleck RS many more players this year than he ever did at WMU.
Fleck had three full recruiting classes at WMU, as highlighted in the above headline. In 2013, he had just been hired and in 2017 he took his best recruits to MN (than God) with him. Fleck's 2014 class was his biggest and "appears" to have had the most attrition. But two of those players were JUCOs with only two years of eligibility and an OL was drafted into the NFL after his junior year. More importantly, several players Fleck signed couldn't make it into school and never stepped on the field at WMU. This happens more often in MAC programs than B10 ones.
Out of the remaining 69 recruits, 26 played in their freshman year, 26 were RSs and 17 eventually left the program. Fleck was most likely to play LBs as freshmen (4 out of 5), DL (4 out of 7), DBs (3 out of 8) and WRs (6 out of 15). He was most likely to RS OL (10 out of 13), RBs (4 out of 5) and QBs (all were RS). Fleck played (or tried to play) true FR on the DL, in the DB and at WR in his first year at MN. This is very similar to the way he approached this issue at WMU. As a percentage of his entire 2017 recruiting class, Fleck RS many more players this year than he ever did at WMU.
