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per Shooter:
Kill showed up.
"He didn't talk. He just watched and listened and saw how we felt about Murray, and from then on, he embraced the Warmath guys, more than the other coaches who had been here," Carter said.
-- Kill personally raised much of the $76.5 million to date for the Gophers' $166 million Athletes Village project, which will break ground with a ceremony Friday at the Bierman complex that houses Kill's office.
"In my opinion, this is part of what happened to Kill, (him) getting worn out," Carter said. "For the last year, Kill was out every night. Someone wanted him to speak -- he's in northern Minnesota, he's in Crookston, he's in Rochester. He's on the go all the time. He was doing (fired athletics director Norwood Teague's) job, I think."
DON'T PRINT THAT
-- University of Minnesota graduate T. Denny Sanford, a philanthropist who six years ago donated $6 million toward construction of the Gophers football stadium and after whom the school's "M" Club Hall of Fame is named, felt awful about Kill having to retire for health reasons. The university has cultivated Sanford for help with the Athletes Village project.
"Jerry's a good guy who worked his butt off," Sanford told the Pioneer Press on Wednesday. "I've probably gotten closer to him than any other coach. I just love the guy. But it is what it is.
"Now the university's really got a mess -- no athletics director and no head (football) coach."
Despite Kill leaving as coach, Sanford said there still is some good news.
"Thank God he's still alive and can concentrate on his health now," Sanford said. "That's the most important thing."
Kill's retirement won't affect Sanford's feeling about his alma mater, he said.
"The university is near and dear to my heart," he said. "They'll do well, with or without Denny."
http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci...erry-kill-was-struggling-epilepsy-medications
Go Gophers!!
Kill showed up.
"He didn't talk. He just watched and listened and saw how we felt about Murray, and from then on, he embraced the Warmath guys, more than the other coaches who had been here," Carter said.
-- Kill personally raised much of the $76.5 million to date for the Gophers' $166 million Athletes Village project, which will break ground with a ceremony Friday at the Bierman complex that houses Kill's office.
"In my opinion, this is part of what happened to Kill, (him) getting worn out," Carter said. "For the last year, Kill was out every night. Someone wanted him to speak -- he's in northern Minnesota, he's in Crookston, he's in Rochester. He's on the go all the time. He was doing (fired athletics director Norwood Teague's) job, I think."
DON'T PRINT THAT
-- University of Minnesota graduate T. Denny Sanford, a philanthropist who six years ago donated $6 million toward construction of the Gophers football stadium and after whom the school's "M" Club Hall of Fame is named, felt awful about Kill having to retire for health reasons. The university has cultivated Sanford for help with the Athletes Village project.
"Jerry's a good guy who worked his butt off," Sanford told the Pioneer Press on Wednesday. "I've probably gotten closer to him than any other coach. I just love the guy. But it is what it is.
"Now the university's really got a mess -- no athletics director and no head (football) coach."
Despite Kill leaving as coach, Sanford said there still is some good news.
"Thank God he's still alive and can concentrate on his health now," Sanford said. "That's the most important thing."
Kill's retirement won't affect Sanford's feeling about his alma mater, he said.
"The university is near and dear to my heart," he said. "They'll do well, with or without Denny."
http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci...erry-kill-was-struggling-epilepsy-medications
Go Gophers!!
