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Just wanted to also say that in last night's pregame video Fleck signed-off "Ski-U-Mah" the "Row The Boat".
“When I kind of unveiled it (Row The Boat), everybody made fun of it, and people still do,” Fleck said. “But at the end of the day, that’s always going to happen when you sit there and say, ‘Here I am’ as a person, and you share yourself with other people instead of closing yourself off.”
Fleck trademarked the phrase and brought it with him to Minnesota in January 2017. The eye-rolling didn’t abate when the Gophers struggled to a 5-7 record last fall in Fleck’s first season as coach. But the marriage between the Gophers football program and “Row the Boat” has only become more intertwined as Fleck’s second season began Thursday against New Mexico State at TCF Bank Stadium...
Several families of fans have brought the phrase into their homes, from Andover to Detroit Lakes. It has helped them keep a positive attitude when life has dealt them challenges such as the pain losing a child, or battling serious health issues. Some of those stories have reached Fleck, and he has written letters back to the families...
The message behind “Row The Boat” has become therapeutic for the Conns.
“I get down a lot and I try to think that (Fleck is) still pushing forward,” Jerod said. “He’s a very positive person, and I think it’s a good thing to be. Sometimes I wonder how he can be that way and stuff. It’s just something that you use to motivate you.”
For last year’s spring game, the Conns made another oar as a tribute to Chloe. It has a picture of her holding the first family oar, with her middle name, Love, written on it. It also has a blue heart sticker, a token of her memory seen around Detroit Lakes.
“It’s symbolic and special and beautiful how much Jerod loves the Gophers and how supportive they’ve been to him,” Stacy said. “It’s something that him and Chloe really bonded over. It’s just special for us as a family.”
https://www.twincities.com/2018/08/...s-row-the-boat-is-helping-minnesota-families/
“When I kind of unveiled it (Row The Boat), everybody made fun of it, and people still do,” Fleck said. “But at the end of the day, that’s always going to happen when you sit there and say, ‘Here I am’ as a person, and you share yourself with other people instead of closing yourself off.”
Fleck trademarked the phrase and brought it with him to Minnesota in January 2017. The eye-rolling didn’t abate when the Gophers struggled to a 5-7 record last fall in Fleck’s first season as coach. But the marriage between the Gophers football program and “Row the Boat” has only become more intertwined as Fleck’s second season began Thursday against New Mexico State at TCF Bank Stadium...
Several families of fans have brought the phrase into their homes, from Andover to Detroit Lakes. It has helped them keep a positive attitude when life has dealt them challenges such as the pain losing a child, or battling serious health issues. Some of those stories have reached Fleck, and he has written letters back to the families...
The message behind “Row The Boat” has become therapeutic for the Conns.
“I get down a lot and I try to think that (Fleck is) still pushing forward,” Jerod said. “He’s a very positive person, and I think it’s a good thing to be. Sometimes I wonder how he can be that way and stuff. It’s just something that you use to motivate you.”
For last year’s spring game, the Conns made another oar as a tribute to Chloe. It has a picture of her holding the first family oar, with her middle name, Love, written on it. It also has a blue heart sticker, a token of her memory seen around Detroit Lakes.
“It’s symbolic and special and beautiful how much Jerod loves the Gophers and how supportive they’ve been to him,” Stacy said. “It’s something that him and Chloe really bonded over. It’s just special for us as a family.”
https://www.twincities.com/2018/08/...s-row-the-boat-is-helping-minnesota-families/