Welcome back to Sports Extra.
Take a look at this Coach Fleck in
the Gophers on a tear this summer
on the recruiting trail there.
2024 recruiting class currently top 15
in the nation according to 24/7 sports.
Over 20 commits now,
including all but two of the top ten
players right here in the state of Minnesota,
the class is on pace.
For the best in program history according
to 24/7 sports. And we are lucky
to be joined by a couple of those
local standouts that make up this
special 2024 recruiting class,
joined by prior Lakes G Day of A
Siri Chanhassen's Sam Macy as well
as Eden Prairie's A Most Sane.
Fellas, thanks so much for joining us.
Yeah, yeah. Sam, I want to start with you.
I grew up here, Chanhassen kid.
When you got that Minnesota offer,
what was going through your mind?
Honestly,
it was surreal. So I went to camp
and then they pulled me aside.
Afterwards, they got pulled in Pj's
office and had about a 45 minute
conversation. And I honestly,
I committed right in the spot.
Walk me through that conversation.
What's it like with PJ Fleck
as well as your parents?
Honestly, I kind of blacked out a
little bit talking to him. I was
a little nervous. But yeah,
again, just unreal experience.
Today, Mo, I know you guys had plenty
of options throughout the Midwest.
What made you want to stay
home and play for the Gophers?
Honestly, it's a it's a blessing to
be able to stay home close to family,
go to college here, like have all your
local friends and family watch you play.
You know, being able to go home at any time
is like really underrated for you, Mo.
Well, like he said, close to home.
And you know, as a kid growing up and seeing.
Gopher, Gopher hoodies. Gopher shirts.
You know it's just it's just a dream.
School is where you want to be.
How much pride you take growing up
here in the Twin Cities and staying
home to play for the Gopher Sam.
Yeah, a ton, a ton.
So traditionally before PJ got here a
lot of guys didn't want to stay home.
So and I feel like we're starting
to set a precedent that this
is where Minnesota guys are is
where Minnesota guys want to be.
So and obviously coach has had huge
influence on that huge influence
on me and on these guys that.
This is, this is the place to be.
What was the best part of your
official visit? Jude. We'll start
with you. The best part probably
was PJ flick speech the second day.
You know, we talked about like NIL deals,
like some of the things that coaches are
like afraid to talk about on official
visits because it might steer away up,
you know recruits.
But he like, he dove into that.
He talked about, you know how he doesn't
believe in NIL and recruiting, you know.
It shouldn't be a factor.
And you know, like if you're great
at what you do, you'll get paid.
That's how it is.
I mean, other than the dinners,
expensive dinners, I'll say, you know,
just being around all the commits,
you know, my future teammates,
How excited are you for your senior
seasons, Sam, we'll start with you
stag. I mean, I'm ready to go. So I
play class below these guys,
so I got to go through them to
get the state championship, so.
I mean, that's the goal,
obviously always to win a
championship. That's mentality.
I mean, last year we were in the semifinals
game away from the state championship.
So it's all it's all my team's been
thinking about, just getting right
back because we have a lot of,
we have a lot of good talent right now.
So we really believe,
we really believe they're going to
go to the state championship today.
I'm super excited. You know,
we have Eden Prairie Intersection,
so we have to go through them
to get to State, you know,
hopefully beating them for the first time,
that'd be pretty cool.
No hoping in my team to state championship.
I love it. I love it the the
friendly banter between these two
future teammates already starting
for the senior year of high school.
Fellas, congratulations.
Thanks so much for taking the time.
Best of luck this senior year to both of you.
You Sam, when they're going
headtohead who you rooting for.
Don't ask me that.
I'm dealing with that.
I'm not getting the way out
of these two little. Amen.
Amen. Fellas. Thanks so much.
Congratulations.
Yeah, appreciate it.
Thank you.