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per the Columbus Dispatch:
If sometimes it appears that new Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck is putting on a show, don’t adjust your set. That’s reality.
Riding on his “Row the boat” philosophy that elevated Western Michigan last year and made him one of the most sought-after coaches in the country, he will be the subject of a reality TV series on ESPNU next month called “Being P.J. Fleck.” In addressing the media that covers the Big Ten for the first time on Tuesday, Fleck, 36, said such promotion is a part of his job.
“This wasn’t something that we said: We’re going to have a reality show; let’s go find somebody to air it,” Fleck said. “They approached us, which was an honor. One thing I am hired to do is bring national exposure, national attention to the University of Minnesota. And that’s what we’re going to do.
“And the title, I don’t get to pick that. ‘Being P.J. Fleck,’ that’s not a title that I would necessarily pick. But I think it’s every head coach’s job and responsibility to bring attention to their institution.”
Though it’s his name in the title, as far as he is concerned, it’s all about the University of Minnesota.
“That’s not self-promoting, but I think every head football coach in America is self-promoting at some point,” said Fleck, who spent the 2006 season as a graduate assistant at Ohio State. “We’re all selling ourselves and showing what we’re like and recruiting our cultures and developing our cultures. You’re the front porch of the institution.”
http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20170725/big-ten-football--pj-fleck-brings-tv-spotlight-to-gophers
Go Gophers!!
If sometimes it appears that new Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck is putting on a show, don’t adjust your set. That’s reality.
Riding on his “Row the boat” philosophy that elevated Western Michigan last year and made him one of the most sought-after coaches in the country, he will be the subject of a reality TV series on ESPNU next month called “Being P.J. Fleck.” In addressing the media that covers the Big Ten for the first time on Tuesday, Fleck, 36, said such promotion is a part of his job.
“This wasn’t something that we said: We’re going to have a reality show; let’s go find somebody to air it,” Fleck said. “They approached us, which was an honor. One thing I am hired to do is bring national exposure, national attention to the University of Minnesota. And that’s what we’re going to do.
“And the title, I don’t get to pick that. ‘Being P.J. Fleck,’ that’s not a title that I would necessarily pick. But I think it’s every head coach’s job and responsibility to bring attention to their institution.”
Though it’s his name in the title, as far as he is concerned, it’s all about the University of Minnesota.
“That’s not self-promoting, but I think every head football coach in America is self-promoting at some point,” said Fleck, who spent the 2006 season as a graduate assistant at Ohio State. “We’re all selling ourselves and showing what we’re like and recruiting our cultures and developing our cultures. You’re the front porch of the institution.”
http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20170725/big-ten-football--pj-fleck-brings-tv-spotlight-to-gophers
Go Gophers!!