BleedGopher
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per Chip:
A recruit stopped by the Gophers football complex for an unofficial visit recently. Coach P.J. Fleck was unavailable since he was taking part on the Gopher Road Trip outside the metro.
No problem.
Fleck’s staff attached an iPad to a 50-inch TV, had the recruit sit on a couch in Fleck’s office and Fleck dialed FaceTime from his hotel room. Fleck and the recruit shared a 30-minute conversation remotely. Face to face, in a 2017 sense.
That meeting provides a glimpse of Fleck’s recruiting style. A simple phone call would be too boring or impersonal for the youngest Power 5 coach in college football.
The football department also recently hired a full-time digital content coordinator. Chris Jackson’s primary role is to record video of Fleck in action and pump it out on social media.
If Fleck is at practice, visiting a hospital or delivering oars to businesses, Jackson will record that interaction and produce a package. Fleck unplugged.
Winning remains the best recruiting tool, of course. Fleck must start initially by selling his vision. Some coaches view recruiting as necessary evil. One gets the sense that Fleck lives for this stuff.
http://www.startribune.com/for-goph...ime-is-the-best-time-in-recruiting/426635061/
Go Gophers!!
A recruit stopped by the Gophers football complex for an unofficial visit recently. Coach P.J. Fleck was unavailable since he was taking part on the Gopher Road Trip outside the metro.
No problem.
Fleck’s staff attached an iPad to a 50-inch TV, had the recruit sit on a couch in Fleck’s office and Fleck dialed FaceTime from his hotel room. Fleck and the recruit shared a 30-minute conversation remotely. Face to face, in a 2017 sense.
That meeting provides a glimpse of Fleck’s recruiting style. A simple phone call would be too boring or impersonal for the youngest Power 5 coach in college football.
The football department also recently hired a full-time digital content coordinator. Chris Jackson’s primary role is to record video of Fleck in action and pump it out on social media.
If Fleck is at practice, visiting a hospital or delivering oars to businesses, Jackson will record that interaction and produce a package. Fleck unplugged.
Winning remains the best recruiting tool, of course. Fleck must start initially by selling his vision. Some coaches view recruiting as necessary evil. One gets the sense that Fleck lives for this stuff.
http://www.startribune.com/for-goph...ime-is-the-best-time-in-recruiting/426635061/
Go Gophers!!
