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per the Detroit Free Press:
When it comes to unique behavior, Jim Harbaugh and P.J. Fleck lead the way — with room to spare — inside the Big Ten Conference.
On Saturday night(7:30 p.m., FOX), Harbaugh's Michigan squad will welcome Fleck's Minnesota team into Michigan Stadium for a Little Brown Jug game.
Neither has coached against the other before. They don't come from the same coaching tree. Their paths have barely crossed. Outside of coaching football and briefly living in the state of Michigan at the same time, there aren't many direct ties between the two.
Well, that's not quite true.
"He's one of the coaches I've respected and looked up to for a long time, especially as a young coach," Fleck said Tuesday on the Big Ten teleconference. "We're always taught to be ourselves and I don't know a lot of coaches who are truly themselves.
"Jim Harbaugh is himself. And he's taught me, for a long time, that it's OK to be yourself. I give him a lot of credit for that. He's a trailblazer and a pioneer of making sure you can be yourself in all areas."
Fleck has his oar, Harbaugh has his meritocracy. Fleck's always talking about being "elite," Harbaugh's always talking about bringing an "enthusiasm unknown to mankind."
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...higan-jim-harbaugh-minnesota-fleck/817986001/
Go Gophers!!
When it comes to unique behavior, Jim Harbaugh and P.J. Fleck lead the way — with room to spare — inside the Big Ten Conference.
On Saturday night(7:30 p.m., FOX), Harbaugh's Michigan squad will welcome Fleck's Minnesota team into Michigan Stadium for a Little Brown Jug game.
Neither has coached against the other before. They don't come from the same coaching tree. Their paths have barely crossed. Outside of coaching football and briefly living in the state of Michigan at the same time, there aren't many direct ties between the two.
Well, that's not quite true.
"He's one of the coaches I've respected and looked up to for a long time, especially as a young coach," Fleck said Tuesday on the Big Ten teleconference. "We're always taught to be ourselves and I don't know a lot of coaches who are truly themselves.
"Jim Harbaugh is himself. And he's taught me, for a long time, that it's OK to be yourself. I give him a lot of credit for that. He's a trailblazer and a pioneer of making sure you can be yourself in all areas."
Fleck has his oar, Harbaugh has his meritocracy. Fleck's always talking about being "elite," Harbaugh's always talking about bringing an "enthusiasm unknown to mankind."
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...higan-jim-harbaugh-minnesota-fleck/817986001/
Go Gophers!!
