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per the Tampa Bay Times:
Ordinarily, assistant coaches in the NFL don’t wear football cleats to practice. P.J. Fleck doesn’t do ordinary.
If a Bucs receiver, tight end or running back beat his man to make a play, or if a defensive back intercepted a pass, Fleck was off to races, running down the unsuspecting ball carrier from behind with deliberate speed.
If he caught him and stripped the football, it meant wind sprints for the fumbling player after practice.
“He was just high energy,’’ receiver Vincent Jackson said of Fleck, who at age 32, served as the Bucs receivers coach in 2012 under Greg Schiano. “In 30 seconds, I felt a vibe with this man and I thought, ‘He’s not here just to be average.’ ’’
A self-described “runt,” generously listed at 5-foot-10, the sloganeering Fleck learned about inspirational messages growing up as one of the smaller kids in Illinois.
“I was one of those kids whose mom packed your lunch,’’ Fleck said. “I never knew what I was getting. It was in the fridge when I woke up. It was taped together because it was so big because I was a little guy and I was always trying to gain weight, so she always put an inspirational quote inside my lunch box every single day.
“I think you can always make an impression on someone in a short amount of time by saying something and I think as you continue to make your own program," Fleck said. "People always talk to us about we’re slogan people and we’re the slogan culture. We have a culture like everybody else. We just make it very public and very open to everybody to access and use and I’m not afraid to share it with people. A lot of people want to protect it and not share it?’’
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Go Gophers!!
Ordinarily, assistant coaches in the NFL don’t wear football cleats to practice. P.J. Fleck doesn’t do ordinary.
If a Bucs receiver, tight end or running back beat his man to make a play, or if a defensive back intercepted a pass, Fleck was off to races, running down the unsuspecting ball carrier from behind with deliberate speed.
If he caught him and stripped the football, it meant wind sprints for the fumbling player after practice.
“He was just high energy,’’ receiver Vincent Jackson said of Fleck, who at age 32, served as the Bucs receivers coach in 2012 under Greg Schiano. “In 30 seconds, I felt a vibe with this man and I thought, ‘He’s not here just to be average.’ ’’
A self-described “runt,” generously listed at 5-foot-10, the sloganeering Fleck learned about inspirational messages growing up as one of the smaller kids in Illinois.
“I was one of those kids whose mom packed your lunch,’’ Fleck said. “I never knew what I was getting. It was in the fridge when I woke up. It was taped together because it was so big because I was a little guy and I was always trying to gain weight, so she always put an inspirational quote inside my lunch box every single day.
“I think you can always make an impression on someone in a short amount of time by saying something and I think as you continue to make your own program," Fleck said. "People always talk to us about we’re slogan people and we’re the slogan culture. We have a culture like everybody else. We just make it very public and very open to everybody to access and use and I’m not afraid to share it with people. A lot of people want to protect it and not share it?’’
P.J. Fleck stirred waters for the Bucs before he rowed Minnesota’s boat
As an assistant on Greg Schiano’s staff in 2012, the Minnesota head coach seemed destined for stardom
Go Gophers!!