re: Former Players, Staff Reveal Troubling Allegations of Toxic Culture Under P.J. Fleck

Basically just calling out his douchey motivational approach. Not toxic. The elite thing is so cringe.

What’s the conversion rate of PJ Fleck bank notes to Schrute bucks?

I can’t believe I wasted my time reading that shite. Fleck is kind of a goober and I think the acronyms are corny, but what is he doing wrong?

What team or organization on the planet doesn’t have a handful of disgruntled players/employees who talk bad about the boss behind their backs?

The players complaining were probably low character guys. This gives me Texas Tech and Adam James vibes.

nothing article imo

That clapping anytime fleck entered the room is weird. He has some other odd things going on but they seem to team building to me. I like the drug thing. Ok you test hot but you’re doing most program things right, we aren’t going to throw you away. You will chances to get it right as long as you stay on the path, I like that. My big take on this is Fleck is a weird dude, newsflash we already knew this.

Two other players who were holdovers from the prior regime told FOS that indoctrination started right after Fleck was hired as head coach in January 2017.

Dan Nichol, Minnesota’s head football strength and conditioning coach who followed Fleck over from Western Michigan and interned at Iowa under disgraced strength coach Chris Doyle, gathered the team together after Fleck was hired, one of the former players said. The instruction was simple: Clap whenever Fleck entered the locker room.

“We had to practice giving Fleck ovations multiple times — the first time, because some other people in the back were not moving as quick as he wanted,” a third player told FOS.

Two other former players said that Fleck would reenter a room if he didn’t like the ovation he received.

After that first team meeting in 2017, players received a three-ring binder they were required to memorize and on which they were tested. FOS obtained several pages of the binder used by Fleck during his time at Minnesota.

The third player said that one acronym stood out: F.A.M.I.L.Y., short for “Forget About Me, I Love You.”

“He was making us say, forget about yourself as an individual,” the player said. “I was baffled because it’s not anything logical. If you forget about yourself, then who are you?”

Added a fourth player: “It’s based around Fleck’s ego. You have to talk a certain way. You have to be a certain way. … Within that building of the University of Minnesota, it’s very much like brainwashing.”

The pages obtained by FOS include nomenclature common to sports with inspirational quotes, and most are pretty self-explanatory.

“The Pain of Discipline VS. The Pain of Regret”
“Your how Creates Your who”
“If You’re Juiceless, You’re Useless If You’re Juiceful, You’re Useful”
“Roof Over Your Head – Better Off Than 73% of The World”
But some of the nearly 20 acronyms players were tested on were more abstract.

H.Y.P.R.R. — How/Yours/Process/Result/Response
T.H.I.N.K. — Truthful, Helpful, Inspirational, Necessary, Kind
F.I.S.T. — Family Invested Same Time “Keep it Tight”
S.F./A.M./F.S. — Start Fast, Accelerate Middle, Finish Strong

There was only one acceptable answer when Fleck and other staff members asked, “How are you doing?”

“I’m elite.”

So he’s cringy, kind of a douche, and gives off Joel Osteen vibes?

Didn’t we know this already?

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There was only one acceptable answer when Fleck and other staff members asked, “How are you doing?”

“I’m elite.”

“It was sickening because I wasn’t OK,” the first player said, “I wasn’t in a good mental spot. I was struggling. I was fighting every day just to get by or find hope. It’s not natural to say when someone asks how you’re doing to say, ‘I am elite.’ When I said, ‘I’m good,’ [Fleck] would respond, ‘Oh, you’re not elite?’ He would either get all frustrated and walk off, or I’d be told, ‘You’re supposed to say elite.’ Inside, I was not feeling anywhere near that.”

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Imagine giving this quote and thinking you don’t come off as a gigantic pussy

There’s a good reason the players’ names aren’t attached. This pussy shite would get them laughed out of any conversation.