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per Megan:
P.J. Fleck spent the first day of 2020 basking in the Florida sun, as his Gophers toppled Auburn in the Outback Bowl to cap an 11-2 season that was only a figment of Minnesota’s imagination when that journey started.
Now, 297 days later, Fleck and the Gophers finally have another game to play, with Michigan visiting TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday night and the crew from ESPN’s “College GameDay” already on campus to mark the occasion.
The nine-plus months in between these events have been difficult for everyone with the coronavirus pandemic. It’s been a year of adjustments across the globe, for Fleck included.
“P.J. is not really a sit-still kind of person,” said Heather Fleck, his wife. “So when someone tells him he has to sit still, it’s rough.”
After months of false starts and confusion about whether there would be a Big Ten season at all, Fleck is back to having football dominate his time. But this year has taught Fleck how to coach in a new way: hands-off and from afar.
“Respond. Period,” is how Fleck said he managed his new socially distanced life. “ … We’re not going to allow this to dictate our behavior. We’re going to constantly grow. We’re going to constantly learn.”
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
P.J. Fleck spent the first day of 2020 basking in the Florida sun, as his Gophers toppled Auburn in the Outback Bowl to cap an 11-2 season that was only a figment of Minnesota’s imagination when that journey started.
Now, 297 days later, Fleck and the Gophers finally have another game to play, with Michigan visiting TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday night and the crew from ESPN’s “College GameDay” already on campus to mark the occasion.
The nine-plus months in between these events have been difficult for everyone with the coronavirus pandemic. It’s been a year of adjustments across the globe, for Fleck included.
“P.J. is not really a sit-still kind of person,” said Heather Fleck, his wife. “So when someone tells him he has to sit still, it’s rough.”
After months of false starts and confusion about whether there would be a Big Ten season at all, Fleck is back to having football dominate his time. But this year has taught Fleck how to coach in a new way: hands-off and from afar.
“Respond. Period,” is how Fleck said he managed his new socially distanced life. “ … We’re not going to allow this to dictate our behavior. We’re going to constantly grow. We’re going to constantly learn.”
As Gophers football finally returns, P.J. Fleck is a man in motion again
After months of confusion about whether there'd be a Big Ten season at all, P.J. Fleck is back to having football dominate his time. But this year has taught Fleck how to coach in a new way: hands-off and from afar.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!