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per Dennis Dodd:
They started showing up on P.J. Fleck's doorstep shortly after he took the Minnesota job in January.
Kids, adults, neighbors, thrill seekers.
"Some guys ding-dong ditch and take off," Fleck said. "Some teenage kids. They think it's funny."
A local paper revealed the Flecks' address in a real estate section story about the property. Since then, the world has literally beaten a path to the coach's door.
They all come -- in some way -- to gawk. Never mind Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino lives four doors down. Or that Minnesota is decidedly hockey and Vikings territory.
Right now, Philip John Fleck owns the town, or at least that part of it that is trying to figure out this pinball of a man taking his next big step at a decidedly mid-level Big Ten program.
Meanwhile, Heather and P.J. get a chuckle out of it when they check security cameras of their front porch via their cell phones.
"It was big news when we bought the house," Fleck said. "Everybody in our neighborhood has [come over]. That's great. It's your neighborhood.
"But there's been some random people. 'Is this where Coach Fleck lives?' My wife is, like, 'Um, no.' We get a lot of that."
Isn't this how the latest version of P.J. has to be unveiled? Armed with hype, hustle and a harried style, let's just say it's not surprising Fleck wouldn't shy away.
Accompanying a mercurial rise to a Power Five job at age 36 are whispered accusations of Fleck being a phony, self-promoter.
"You're not the first person to say that to me," the coach said. "I don't know what it really means."
Nor does he really care. You've probably seen the coach turn coal into a diamond.
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...awing-attention-for-minnesota-now-wins-later/
Go Gophers!!
They started showing up on P.J. Fleck's doorstep shortly after he took the Minnesota job in January.
Kids, adults, neighbors, thrill seekers.
"Some guys ding-dong ditch and take off," Fleck said. "Some teenage kids. They think it's funny."
A local paper revealed the Flecks' address in a real estate section story about the property. Since then, the world has literally beaten a path to the coach's door.
They all come -- in some way -- to gawk. Never mind Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino lives four doors down. Or that Minnesota is decidedly hockey and Vikings territory.
Right now, Philip John Fleck owns the town, or at least that part of it that is trying to figure out this pinball of a man taking his next big step at a decidedly mid-level Big Ten program.
Meanwhile, Heather and P.J. get a chuckle out of it when they check security cameras of their front porch via their cell phones.
"It was big news when we bought the house," Fleck said. "Everybody in our neighborhood has [come over]. That's great. It's your neighborhood.
"But there's been some random people. 'Is this where Coach Fleck lives?' My wife is, like, 'Um, no.' We get a lot of that."
Isn't this how the latest version of P.J. has to be unveiled? Armed with hype, hustle and a harried style, let's just say it's not surprising Fleck wouldn't shy away.
Accompanying a mercurial rise to a Power Five job at age 36 are whispered accusations of Fleck being a phony, self-promoter.
"You're not the first person to say that to me," the coach said. "I don't know what it really means."
Nor does he really care. You've probably seen the coach turn coal into a diamond.
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...awing-attention-for-minnesota-now-wins-later/
Go Gophers!!
