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per Chip:
Coyle wanted to move expeditiously and stealthily. He called Fleck late one night to arrange an interview. Chicago. Lunch. Tomorrow.
Four university officials joined Coyle: then-president Eric Kaler and three of Coyle’s top executives John Cunningham, Rhonda McFarland and Julie Manning. A booster loaned them a private plane.
They met at Gibsons, an upscale steakhouse with dark wood paneling and servers who bring out raw cuts to show customers. The restaurant is attached to the DoubleTree hotel across the interstate from O’Hare’s runways. Private room, in the back.
Coyle felt the program needed a “shot of energy and sense of urgency” in making a coaching change. He referred to it as shaking the tree. By the end of the interview, he felt like he was clutching the tree in gale-force winds.
Fleck walked into the room carrying a basket filled with binders that had the Gophers logo on the front cover and “Minnesota Gophers” on the spine.
He handed each person a binder. Then he laid out his vision in a Fleckian TED Talk.
http://www.startribune.com/how-p-j-fleck-got-the-gophers-job-but-didn-t-get-lunch/564986222/
Go Gophers!!
Coyle wanted to move expeditiously and stealthily. He called Fleck late one night to arrange an interview. Chicago. Lunch. Tomorrow.
Four university officials joined Coyle: then-president Eric Kaler and three of Coyle’s top executives John Cunningham, Rhonda McFarland and Julie Manning. A booster loaned them a private plane.
They met at Gibsons, an upscale steakhouse with dark wood paneling and servers who bring out raw cuts to show customers. The restaurant is attached to the DoubleTree hotel across the interstate from O’Hare’s runways. Private room, in the back.
Coyle felt the program needed a “shot of energy and sense of urgency” in making a coaching change. He referred to it as shaking the tree. By the end of the interview, he felt like he was clutching the tree in gale-force winds.
Fleck walked into the room carrying a basket filled with binders that had the Gophers logo on the front cover and “Minnesota Gophers” on the spine.
He handed each person a binder. Then he laid out his vision in a Fleckian TED Talk.
http://www.startribune.com/how-p-j-fleck-got-the-gophers-job-but-didn-t-get-lunch/564986222/
Go Gophers!!