How are you doing? P.J. Fleck encountered a typical greeting to start the phone call.
“I’m doing elite,” the Western Michigan coach responded.
And he’s “rowing the boat,” and he’s “changing his best,” and he’s starting with the “how,” and he’s probably coming up with another catchy phrase to spring on his Broncos in advance of Friday’s season-opening event for the ages against No. 5 Michigan State at Kalamazoo’s Waldo Stadium.
The youngest coach in major college football (34) and the highest-paid coach in the Mid-American Conference ($800,000 a year), Fleck also arguably is the coach most likely to be confused with a motivational speaker.