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per Souhan:
Thompson has been doing good works for a long time in the Twin Cities, and his charitable bent gives him another reason for liking Fleck.
“He’s big on teaching, and on giving back in the community,” Thompson said. “I think that plays a role in building well-rounded athletes. You sit with the elderly, or needy kids or the less fortunate, and you have an opportunity to be humbled, and that humility is one of the most powerful characteristics you can develop.”
Can the Gophers become a powerhouse program? And if they do, can they keep Fleck?
“I think the program can go even higher, after watching it up close,” Thompson said. “He’s doing the things that can turn a program around, like Barry Alvarez did with Wisconsin.
“I think we can keep Coach Fleck, as well. I’m not a close personal friend of his, but I think we can keep him because, simply put, there’s a lot here in Minnesota.”
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Thompson has been doing good works for a long time in the Twin Cities, and his charitable bent gives him another reason for liking Fleck.
“He’s big on teaching, and on giving back in the community,” Thompson said. “I think that plays a role in building well-rounded athletes. You sit with the elderly, or needy kids or the less fortunate, and you have an opportunity to be humbled, and that humility is one of the most powerful characteristics you can develop.”
Can the Gophers become a powerhouse program? And if they do, can they keep Fleck?
“I think the program can go even higher, after watching it up close,” Thompson said. “He’s doing the things that can turn a program around, like Barry Alvarez did with Wisconsin.
“I think we can keep Coach Fleck, as well. I’m not a close personal friend of his, but I think we can keep him because, simply put, there’s a lot here in Minnesota.”
Tuned-in former Gopher Darrell Thompson expects football team to have even greater success
But the former standout running back is worried about his mentoring program for at-risk kids and troubled by the NFL's apathy toward former players with needs.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!