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After serving one season at Ohio State in 2006 as a graduate assistant, Fleck returned to his alma mater in 2007 to coach wide receivers. He spent three seasons with the Huskies, a place where he was revered and "couldn't do much wrong," before getting an offer to coach wide receivers at Rutgers, where Greg Schiano had built a consistent program from the ground, up.
Speaking at Big Ten Media Days on Monday, Fleck said he was told by many when he took the job that he would have to work extremely hard for Schiano, but nothing could have prepared him for the expectations that Schiano would place upon him.
"Greg Schiano was not easy to work for, but that's what I needed in my life. I went out to Rutgers, and I remember asking people, 'Should I take this job?' And mentors of mine were like, 'Oh P.J., I don't know. I don't know if you are going to fit Greg.' So what did I do? I took it. Why? Because most of the things in my life I was told not to do, I did anyway because I wanted to do it the hard way," Fleck said. "I needed to be held accountable for everything. I needed to know how to discipline players. I needed to know how to discipline myself. Greg Schiano got me to do things I never even knew I could do in my entire life."
"He prepared me to become a head coach. He gave me leather skin. You can't be sensitive if you work for Greg Schiano. He hardened me," Fleck added. "If I would have never worked for Greg Schiano, I could have never been a head coach. I could not have handled the rigorous time commitment, I wouldn't have been able to handle discipline when you have to discipline.
"It was hard, and that is what I appreciate about him. He is the greatest influence of my entire life and he is still involved in my personal life and I talk to him all the time."
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...o-is-the-greatest-influence-of-my-entire-life
Go Gophers!!
After serving one season at Ohio State in 2006 as a graduate assistant, Fleck returned to his alma mater in 2007 to coach wide receivers. He spent three seasons with the Huskies, a place where he was revered and "couldn't do much wrong," before getting an offer to coach wide receivers at Rutgers, where Greg Schiano had built a consistent program from the ground, up.
Speaking at Big Ten Media Days on Monday, Fleck said he was told by many when he took the job that he would have to work extremely hard for Schiano, but nothing could have prepared him for the expectations that Schiano would place upon him.
"Greg Schiano was not easy to work for, but that's what I needed in my life. I went out to Rutgers, and I remember asking people, 'Should I take this job?' And mentors of mine were like, 'Oh P.J., I don't know. I don't know if you are going to fit Greg.' So what did I do? I took it. Why? Because most of the things in my life I was told not to do, I did anyway because I wanted to do it the hard way," Fleck said. "I needed to be held accountable for everything. I needed to know how to discipline players. I needed to know how to discipline myself. Greg Schiano got me to do things I never even knew I could do in my entire life."
"He prepared me to become a head coach. He gave me leather skin. You can't be sensitive if you work for Greg Schiano. He hardened me," Fleck added. "If I would have never worked for Greg Schiano, I could have never been a head coach. I could not have handled the rigorous time commitment, I wouldn't have been able to handle discipline when you have to discipline.
"It was hard, and that is what I appreciate about him. He is the greatest influence of my entire life and he is still involved in my personal life and I talk to him all the time."
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...o-is-the-greatest-influence-of-my-entire-life
Go Gophers!!