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Minnesota Football: Defending P.J. Fleck’s “authenticity” is an unwinnable argument

It’s no secret that there are people who don’t like P.J. Fleck. Personally, I don’t have a problem with that. People are entitled to their opinions. And Fleck will be the first to admit that his personality isn’t for everyone. To each of their own.

But some of those people seem to have found a spokesperson in Jerry Kill, seizing upon his recent comments that Fleck is “about himself,” among other criticisms.

And in reading their comments, I noticed a recurring theme: That Kill — he of the unimpeachable character, of course — saying these things validates their conviction that Fleck is a “phony.