The article Souhan wrote today in the Star Tribune is the WORST article I have ever read by a sports journalist:
1) The vast majority of the words Souhan writes in his article are about other head coaches in Minnesota. One would think that due to these head coaches Minnesota sports fans have relished winning Super Bowls, World Series Championships, NBA titles and more.
2) Souhan writes 7 paragraphs in his entire article about PJ Fleck. The first one is the only “kind of positive” paragraph. It’s about the successful 2019 season, but, he even then, he negates any positivity by ending the paragraph with “Those Victories elevated expectations. He has not met them.”
3) Souhan writes 2 paragraphs about the 2022 season. The Gophers won 9 games and won their bowl game. But, that wasn’t a good season in Souhan’s eyes.
4) Now Souhan is down to basically 4 negative paragraphs about PJ Fleck. One mediocre season and the “sky is falling” for the Gopher football program. Guess that’s why Souhan could only come up with 4 negative paragraphs.
5) Prior to this season, PJ Fleck’s .614 winning percentage was the 3rd best among the 11 Minnesota head coaches with at least 45 games under their helm behind only Henry Williams and Bernie Bierman. PJ Fleck and Henry Williams are the only two Gopher head football coaches in history to record nine or more wins in a seasons twice. Fleck’s 11 wins in 2019 were the most for a Gopher football team since Williams 13 win season in 1904.
6) Prior to this season, PJ Fleck has averaged more wins per season compared to any Gopher head football coach in history (not including the shortened pandemic season) and that number is 8 wins per season.
7) Sorry, Mr. Souhan, but, you just wrote the worst article ever written in the history of sports journalism.
1) The vast majority of the words Souhan writes in his article are about other head coaches in Minnesota. One would think that due to these head coaches Minnesota sports fans have relished winning Super Bowls, World Series Championships, NBA titles and more.
2) Souhan writes 7 paragraphs in his entire article about PJ Fleck. The first one is the only “kind of positive” paragraph. It’s about the successful 2019 season, but, he even then, he negates any positivity by ending the paragraph with “Those Victories elevated expectations. He has not met them.”
3) Souhan writes 2 paragraphs about the 2022 season. The Gophers won 9 games and won their bowl game. But, that wasn’t a good season in Souhan’s eyes.
4) Now Souhan is down to basically 4 negative paragraphs about PJ Fleck. One mediocre season and the “sky is falling” for the Gopher football program. Guess that’s why Souhan could only come up with 4 negative paragraphs.
5) Prior to this season, PJ Fleck’s .614 winning percentage was the 3rd best among the 11 Minnesota head coaches with at least 45 games under their helm behind only Henry Williams and Bernie Bierman. PJ Fleck and Henry Williams are the only two Gopher head football coaches in history to record nine or more wins in a seasons twice. Fleck’s 11 wins in 2019 were the most for a Gopher football team since Williams 13 win season in 1904.
6) Prior to this season, PJ Fleck has averaged more wins per season compared to any Gopher head football coach in history (not including the shortened pandemic season) and that number is 8 wins per season.
7) Sorry, Mr. Souhan, but, you just wrote the worst article ever written in the history of sports journalism.
