{"id":165154,"date":"2022-12-22T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T11:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pj-fleck-accuses-wisconsin-of-negative-recruiting-luke-fickell-responds\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T11:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T11:33:01","slug":"pj-fleck-accuses-wisconsin-of-negative-recruiting-luke-fickell-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pj-fleck-accuses-wisconsin-of-negative-recruiting-luke-fickell-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"PJ Fleck accuses Wisconsin of negative recruiting, Luke Fickell responds"},"content":{"rendered":"
During his early signing period press conference, Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck<\/b> accused Wisconsin of negatively recruiting one of his commits<\/a>defensive tackle Martin Owusu<\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b>. The Badgers had made a late scholarship offer to the three-star prospect on Tuesday, less than 24 hours prior to the start of the early signing period, but Owusu stayed firm to the Gophers.<\/p>\n “Wisconsin came in, tried to flip him early,” said Fleck. “Showed me all the text messages of them doing everything they can to negative recruit to flip us and it didn’t work. <\/span><\/p>\n “So, we axed it.”<\/span><\/p>\n First-year head coach Luke Fickell<\/b><\/b>who was hired by UW last month, addressed Fleck’s comments when asked. <\/span><\/p>\n “I know nothing about — I’ve never, I won’t negative recruit,” said Fickell. “I’m not saying that somebody didn’t call. I know, we may have reached out to somebody, but I wouldn’t think that we would have said anything negative about a guy going anywhere.<\/p>\n Here was Luke Fickell’s response:<\/p>\n “I won’t recruit negative.” #badgers<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/L36xVBCIf1 pic.twitter.com\/PiB5yF9uIs<\/a><\/p>\n\n