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Why did Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck hire ex-Rutgers assistants as coordinators?

If he wasn't wearing a gaudy suit customized in the Minnesota Gophers colors last week at Big Ten Media Day, one would think P.J. Fleck was still coaching at Rutgers.

The first-year Minnesota head coach waxed poetic while reflecting on his days working under ex-Scarlet Knights coach Greg Schiano.

"To be able to learn so much from Greg Schiano, I would not be here in front of you if it wasn't for Greg,'' Fleck told NJ Advance Media. "I wasn't prepared to be a head football coach until I worked for Greg Schiano.