Pioneer Press: How does new Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck get those recruits?

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For all the talking Fleck does, Umlor was sold on him when he wasn’t saying a word. Before his junior season, Umlor visited Western Michigan’s campus in Kalamazoo days before the Broncos’ 2015 preseason camp.

“From the first time I met him, I knew he was someone that I wanted to play for,” Umlor said. “When I first met him, he didn’t talk anything about football. He said, ‘Tell me about yourself and how you came to be who you are.’ ”

Umlor shared — and shared and shared — how faith, family and football are his passions.

“He said, ‘Nate, if I didn’t think your story was interesting, I would have stopped you,’ ” Umlor recalled. “I thought it was interesting, and since then I thought he was going to be my coach.”

http://www.twincities.com/2017/01/2...l-how-does-pj-fleck-get-those-recruits-coach/
 

per Greder:

College football programs are known to pump loud music into practices, but new Gophers coach P.J. Fleck put a bigger spin on it when he was coach at Western Michigan. He had a DJ booth inserted into the Broncos’ Waldo Stadium to play during games.

During his four-year run at Western Michigan, Fleck sometimes had a DJ mixing Kanye West and Drake jams into practice, with an occasional Toby Keith tune mixed in for country folk. Fleck, mic’d up, would cut the music at times when he needed to coach his players.

Recruits took notice.

“He understands our generation better than any coach in the country, I think,” said Nate Umlor, a Allentown, Mich., tight end and part of Fleck’s first recruiting class at Minnesota.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/01/2...l-how-does-pj-fleck-get-those-recruits-coach/

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BleedGopher said:
per Greder:

College football programs are known to pump loud music into practices, but new Gophers coach P.J. Fleck put a bigger spin on it when he was coach at Western Michigan. He had a DJ booth inserted into the Broncos’ Waldo Stadium to play during games.

During his four-year run at Western Michigan, Fleck sometimes had a DJ mixing Kanye West and Drake jams into practice, with an occasional Toby Keith tune mixed in for country folk. Fleck, mic’d up, would cut the music at times when he needed to coach his players.

Recruits took notice.

“He understands our generation better than any coach in the country, I think,” said Nate Umlor, a Allentown, Mich., tight end and part of Fleck’s first recruiting class at Minnesota.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/01/2...l-how-does-pj-fleck-get-those-recruits-coach/

Go Gophers!!
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What an elite article
 

Many people are already turned off by some of Fleck's vocabulary choices while others simply mock it, but there's a purpose behind it all.
 

"He had a DJ booth inserted into the Broncos’ Waldo Stadium to play during games." There is a place for it but if it displaces the band I will not go.
 



He's definitely unconventional. This is well worth the 3 minutes and change, if you haven't seen the video of PJ taking on a player in full gear. He's nuts, but in a good way. The best part is Sly Stallone informing the walk on player via the stadium scoreboard video board that he was being awarded a full scholarship.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fgzcHTElp5E


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joshvanklomp said:
Many people are already turned off by some of Fleck's vocabulary choices while others simply mock it, but there's a purpose behind it all.
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Yes there is. Some people are use to more words like "f--k you," "you're a loser etc. I welcome the positive vibes that he brings and wish that some posters would take note. Grant it some of these are the trolls and they will keep at it. Guess those words fit their life and personality.
 

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