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per the Free Press:
Fleck looked different. His head was shaved – he said he lost a bet with his wife – but he sounded the same. Before long, both hands were waving, as he got hyped up. He was “rowing the boat” and trying to be “elite. Yes, we have heard this before.
It’s the same spiel he used to transform Western Michigan, building that program since 2013 before converting a 13-0 regular season and a Cotton Bowl appearance into a Big Ten gig.
He bolted out the door, taking with him several WMU coaches, his strength and conditioning coach and a bunch of WMU recruits, including three from the state of Michigan. That’s what happens in college football when a program is used as a stepping stone.
You build it up as fast as you can, then bolt.
What happened to “Row the Boat?” His mantra?
He took that with him, too.
“I don't make any money from the row the boat saying,” Fleck said. “There's a portion that University of Minnesota will take and donate to charity at the Masonic Children's Hospital, which is something that my wife, Heather, and our family really feel strongly about that we would like that to be able to happen.
“I've learned a lot. John Cunningham, Mark Coyle, our athletic director and assistant athletic director, have done a tremendous job of educating me, our licensing department to make it all fit. So we're very lucky to have it. I love being able to bring it with us. I'm very thankful that Western Michigan was allowing us to bring our personal mantra but also a mantra we wanted to share with our entire community, to connect our community to our program, whether they like football or not.”
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...ta-p-j-fleck-michigan-jim-harbaugh/508660001/
Go Gophers!!
Fleck looked different. His head was shaved – he said he lost a bet with his wife – but he sounded the same. Before long, both hands were waving, as he got hyped up. He was “rowing the boat” and trying to be “elite. Yes, we have heard this before.
It’s the same spiel he used to transform Western Michigan, building that program since 2013 before converting a 13-0 regular season and a Cotton Bowl appearance into a Big Ten gig.
He bolted out the door, taking with him several WMU coaches, his strength and conditioning coach and a bunch of WMU recruits, including three from the state of Michigan. That’s what happens in college football when a program is used as a stepping stone.
You build it up as fast as you can, then bolt.
What happened to “Row the Boat?” His mantra?
He took that with him, too.
“I don't make any money from the row the boat saying,” Fleck said. “There's a portion that University of Minnesota will take and donate to charity at the Masonic Children's Hospital, which is something that my wife, Heather, and our family really feel strongly about that we would like that to be able to happen.
“I've learned a lot. John Cunningham, Mark Coyle, our athletic director and assistant athletic director, have done a tremendous job of educating me, our licensing department to make it all fit. So we're very lucky to have it. I love being able to bring it with us. I'm very thankful that Western Michigan was allowing us to bring our personal mantra but also a mantra we wanted to share with our entire community, to connect our community to our program, whether they like football or not.”
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...ta-p-j-fleck-michigan-jim-harbaugh/508660001/
Go Gophers!!