Fleck: I had a player walk in say, it's just business. I said it's not business here. There's a piece of business here, but this is not business.

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As a parent, I have no idea how a parent couldn't talk to Fleck and feel like they didn't want him to mentor their kid through college. He has the corner on the life program take in the current CFB market and I think it will continue to sell well, particularly among families of players who are good to excellent but understand the statistical odds of making it pro. And realistically, those are the types of kids we want. They come from families who leave egos at the door and want their kids to be prepared for the real world whether that's as a football player or anything else.
 

mngg11 said:
As a parent, I have no idea how a parent couldn't talk to Fleck and feel like they didn't want him to mentor their kid through college. He has the corner on the life program take in the current CFB market and I think it will continue to sell well, particularly among families of players who are good to excellent but understand the statistical odds of making it pro. And realistically, those are the types of kids we want. They come from families who leave egos at the door and want their kids to be prepared for the real world whether that's as a football player or anything else.
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I think you give parents too much credit. I maintain very few parents even know who their kid is.
When parents find out in a specific instance what PJ's view point is...because it is relayed back at some point in a family disagreement...then the fireworks begin. They disagree with PJ. In most cases I'm guessing PJ is right and it is all a big misunderstanding but conflict happens over life lessons with parents and coaches. Hence, you draw the line up front...I'm their coach, not their parent.

PJ emphatically stating he is not the parent of his players but their coach is in direct response to a parent telling him that...you are not the parent to my son. It's not easy being PJ or Nick Saban because it often crosses to religion....different faiths have different viewpoints on some pretty basic things...."That's not what we believe in our family."

Parents used to say: "Listen to your coach, he's right." It ain't like that anymore. It's a minefield.
Hooray for PJ to take on the tough conversations.
 

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