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per TheSportsBank:
On Tuesday, Minnesota Golden Gophers Coach P.J. Fleck opened up the early morning session of B1G Media Days. His INTENSE HIGH ENERGY style was no doubt placed in this specific slot to help supplement the caffeine for everyone. Fleck was immediately followed by Northwestern head man Pat Fitzgerald, and the juxtaposition of the two head coaches invites a recall of their famous meeting of the minds a decade ago.
“Pat Fitzgerald, I remember 10 years ago I came here to Chicago to meet Pat and just had lunch, talked to me about what being a head coach was all about,” Fleck said in his opening statement. “I knew I wanted to be a head coach.”
“When I was an assistant at Northern Illinois, I would call coaches and ask them if I could just take them to lunch,” Fleck said.
“He was the only coach that ever said yes; literally,” the Sugar Grove, IL native and former NIU Huskies star continued.
“I drove to Evanston and took him out to lunch and here I am just a position coach in the Mid-American Conference and he’s a Head Coach in the Big Ten, and he was willing to share a lot of things with me. I have a ton of respect for him, always have, always will and I think he’s one of the best coaches in the country.
“Not just the collegiate level but NFL, high school, in all of football.”
Pat Fitzgerald was asked about the meeting too.
“I saw a guy that was very driven. He wanted to learn and grow and ask me questions about how I manage things as a young head football coach and how I do things on a day-to-day basis with the staff, all the way to the players, everything in between,”he said.
“Two Chicago guys, and obviously his relationship with Jim Phillips and some other coaches that I knew.”
“I could tell he had goals about what he wanted to do, and I think we had a good conversation,” Fitzgerald continued.
http://www.thesportsbank.net/northw...zgerald-on-their-business-lunch-a-decade-ago/
Go Gophers!!
On Tuesday, Minnesota Golden Gophers Coach P.J. Fleck opened up the early morning session of B1G Media Days. His INTENSE HIGH ENERGY style was no doubt placed in this specific slot to help supplement the caffeine for everyone. Fleck was immediately followed by Northwestern head man Pat Fitzgerald, and the juxtaposition of the two head coaches invites a recall of their famous meeting of the minds a decade ago.
“Pat Fitzgerald, I remember 10 years ago I came here to Chicago to meet Pat and just had lunch, talked to me about what being a head coach was all about,” Fleck said in his opening statement. “I knew I wanted to be a head coach.”
“When I was an assistant at Northern Illinois, I would call coaches and ask them if I could just take them to lunch,” Fleck said.
“He was the only coach that ever said yes; literally,” the Sugar Grove, IL native and former NIU Huskies star continued.
“I drove to Evanston and took him out to lunch and here I am just a position coach in the Mid-American Conference and he’s a Head Coach in the Big Ten, and he was willing to share a lot of things with me. I have a ton of respect for him, always have, always will and I think he’s one of the best coaches in the country.
“Not just the collegiate level but NFL, high school, in all of football.”
Pat Fitzgerald was asked about the meeting too.
“I saw a guy that was very driven. He wanted to learn and grow and ask me questions about how I manage things as a young head football coach and how I do things on a day-to-day basis with the staff, all the way to the players, everything in between,”he said.
“Two Chicago guys, and obviously his relationship with Jim Phillips and some other coaches that I knew.”
“I could tell he had goals about what he wanted to do, and I think we had a good conversation,” Fitzgerald continued.
http://www.thesportsbank.net/northw...zgerald-on-their-business-lunch-a-decade-ago/
Go Gophers!!
