I'm going to be honest with you, I like Kill's attitude. I like that he thinks his guys work harder with an audience and I like that he implies that it's a bit hypocritical to say the team belongs to the fans and then shut the fans out. Awesome. Here's what Phil Miller wrote about the additional open practices:
Welcome mat stays out
Football coaches are notorious paranoids, but Kill is resisting running a top-secret camp. In fact, he's making it more open that even he planned.
Convinced that his players work harder with an audience, the coach announced Monday that the public is invited to the Gophers' workouts for the rest of the week. Open practices originally were scheduled to end Tuesday, but he sees no harm in extending the schedule.
USC scouts want to watch? Let 'em, he said.
"There are no secrets," Kill said. All teams "are busy with what we're doing right now --fundamental stuff. ... I think fans understand once we get into the season, we've got to put it on lockdown. But this is good for everybody."
Tuesday (9:50 a.m.) and Saturday (9:40 a.m.) workouts will be held in TCF Bank Stadium. Wednesday and Friday are two-a-day sessions (8:50 a.m. and 4:50 p.m.) at the Gibson-Nagurski practice field, as is Thursday's single practice (3:55 p.m.).
"If we're going to tell everybody it's their football team, and then tell them they can't come, I don't think that's very good," Kill said.