Heather Fleck Rips Star Tribune Columnist For Being 'Awful'

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — This isn't the first time Star Tribune columnist Patrick Ruesse is getting criticized for being overly negative, and it probably won't be the last. But if there's anyone who could change Reusse's tone, the Flecks are the family to do it.

On Thursday night, Ruesse took to Twitter to post a jab aimed at both Minnesota Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck and the Minnesota Wild:

Wild break out video of Phil Fleck screaming encouragement near end of 2nd period. Following pattern of end of 2017 Gophers football season, Wild don't score & lose 2-0 on empty-netter.

The tweet made fun of the fact the Gophers went 5-7 in 2017 and were shutout twice. Tired of Ruesse's antagonism, P.J. Fleck's wife Heather called him out for being "negative" and "awful":

Many Twitter uses backed up Heather's point, while others said Ruesse is just being realistic. The columnist responded to Fleck with one word, "balance."

Patch recently spoke with Gopher fans about the upcoming football season and what they think about coach P.J. Fleck. Here's what they had to say.

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Photo: Head coach P.J. Fleck of the Minnesota Golden Gophers kisses his wife Heather Fleck on the field after the game at TCF Bank Stadium on November 11, 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minnesota defeated Nebraska 54-21.(Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)