P.J. Fleck's entire life’s work is built on spawning belief in accomplishing the improbable, then delivering on it. At Minnesota, he's got the Gophers on the verge of history.
Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
MINNEAPOLIS — It is not even mid-November. Thanksgiving is two weeks away. Yet just inside the door to P.J. Fleck’s office stands the Christmas tree: big, festively decorated with Minnesota maroon ornaments, lights blinking in silent challenge to the holiday spirit of every visitor.
Are you in this Christmas rowboat?
“Goes up the day after Halloween,” Fleck says of the tree, with enthusiasm and without apology.