- Sep 8, 2014
- 25,448
- 59,464
Personally, I think this guy should have held out for a better job. The things he did, at his age, and with his minimal level of experience (he was never even a coordinator when he got the job at WMU as a 32-year old) are very impressive. This is a great, great hire for Minnesota....but a risky move for Fleck. Jerry Kill did a good job building that program.
http://coachingsearch.com/article?a...ing--11-quotes-from-PJ-Flecks-Minnesota-intro
Here's what he said about recruiting:
Fleck signed some of the highest-ranked classes in MAC history. That recruiting emphasis was made clear on Friday.
“A lot of you will ask me about recruiting. The No. 1 thing in this culture and this program is recruiting. Listen to my words: It is recruiting. And it’s going to take every single person in this room. Media, you have a job to do. You’re going to do it. I promise, I’ll give you a lot. I have a job to do, and I know that. Recruiting is the No. 1 pipeline and lifeline to any program. What does that mean? We are going to recruit our student-athletes every single day with the positivity and energy of the University of Minnesota to think the University of Minnesota is the greatest place on earth. That is what we’re going to do. We’re going to recruit the finest student-athletes in the country, and you know where we’re going to start? Our elite state of Minnesota.”
http://coachingsearch.com/article?a...ing--11-quotes-from-PJ-Flecks-Minnesota-intro
Here's what he said about recruiting:
Fleck signed some of the highest-ranked classes in MAC history. That recruiting emphasis was made clear on Friday.
“A lot of you will ask me about recruiting. The No. 1 thing in this culture and this program is recruiting. Listen to my words: It is recruiting. And it’s going to take every single person in this room. Media, you have a job to do. You’re going to do it. I promise, I’ll give you a lot. I have a job to do, and I know that. Recruiting is the No. 1 pipeline and lifeline to any program. What does that mean? We are going to recruit our student-athletes every single day with the positivity and energy of the University of Minnesota to think the University of Minnesota is the greatest place on earth. That is what we’re going to do. We’re going to recruit the finest student-athletes in the country, and you know where we’re going to start? Our elite state of Minnesota.”