Today is a special day for Sid Hartman. The Minnesota Twins are honoring the Twin Cities sports writing and broadcasting icon at today’s baseball game at Target Field. As a result, a cast of “close personal friends” were guests on ‘CCOs Sports Huddle, including Coach Jerry Kill.
As you might have guessed, the questioning was rather light and jovial. Coach Kill’s comments are as follows:
1) Sid opened the weekly segment singing the praises of Jerry Kill: work ethic and philanthropic work. He said, if Kill doesn’t get it done at Minnesota no one will: Kill replied, “I appreciate that. I’ll give the money after the show.” Sid answered that he didn’t expect to see the money because he (Kill) is so cheap. Laughing, Kill retorted that nobody is as cheap as Sid.(More laughter.)
2) Dave Mona followed up by saying that Sid spends a lot of time at Kill’s office and the practices. Consequently, he’s around Kill’s wife, Rebecca, a lot. Dave wanted to know if Jerry is worried: Laughing, again, Jerry Kill said, “That’s why I didn’t bring her. He’s sneaky.”
3) Sid’s first football-related statement was about the optimism of the coaching staff regarding the team and the upcoming season: “We’re excited the way the kids have worked,” said Kill. “We’ll be better, but so is the schedule.” Kill acknowledged the conference schedule will be tougher. He also said that there is greater parity in the Big Ten.
On the plus side, the athleticism and depth is the best that Minnesota has had since their arrival to the Minneapolis campus, according to Kill.
4) Sid made the statement that the quarterback situation is now settled: Kill affirmed Sid’s assessment, “Mitch is ready to go . . . great leadership, tough . . . needs to work on his passing.” Kill said Mitch has been working out with Adam Weber “everyday.”
Kill emphasized the importance of voluntary practices: “Work this summer is crucial.” I took his last statement to be for the entire team and not just Mitch Leidner.
When Kill was finished with the last question, Dave Mona said Bobby Knight would be on as a guest (via phone) at 10:20. So they would take a break and come back with another question for Jerry Kill following a commercial break. It was shortly after 10:15 when they took the station break. Unfortunately, during the start of a commercial, the station’s streaming went off the air. So, I was not able to hear the last question(s). (This problem hasn’t occurred in a long, long time. I listened to the first half-hour of the Sports Huddle and the first segment of the Jerry Kill portion of the show without any problem. Go figure.)
Go Gophers!!
As you might have guessed, the questioning was rather light and jovial. Coach Kill’s comments are as follows:
1) Sid opened the weekly segment singing the praises of Jerry Kill: work ethic and philanthropic work. He said, if Kill doesn’t get it done at Minnesota no one will: Kill replied, “I appreciate that. I’ll give the money after the show.” Sid answered that he didn’t expect to see the money because he (Kill) is so cheap. Laughing, Kill retorted that nobody is as cheap as Sid.(More laughter.)
2) Dave Mona followed up by saying that Sid spends a lot of time at Kill’s office and the practices. Consequently, he’s around Kill’s wife, Rebecca, a lot. Dave wanted to know if Jerry is worried: Laughing, again, Jerry Kill said, “That’s why I didn’t bring her. He’s sneaky.”
3) Sid’s first football-related statement was about the optimism of the coaching staff regarding the team and the upcoming season: “We’re excited the way the kids have worked,” said Kill. “We’ll be better, but so is the schedule.” Kill acknowledged the conference schedule will be tougher. He also said that there is greater parity in the Big Ten.
On the plus side, the athleticism and depth is the best that Minnesota has had since their arrival to the Minneapolis campus, according to Kill.
4) Sid made the statement that the quarterback situation is now settled: Kill affirmed Sid’s assessment, “Mitch is ready to go . . . great leadership, tough . . . needs to work on his passing.” Kill said Mitch has been working out with Adam Weber “everyday.”
Kill emphasized the importance of voluntary practices: “Work this summer is crucial.” I took his last statement to be for the entire team and not just Mitch Leidner.
When Kill was finished with the last question, Dave Mona said Bobby Knight would be on as a guest (via phone) at 10:20. So they would take a break and come back with another question for Jerry Kill following a commercial break. It was shortly after 10:15 when they took the station break. Unfortunately, during the start of a commercial, the station’s streaming went off the air. So, I was not able to hear the last question(s). (This problem hasn’t occurred in a long, long time. I listened to the first half-hour of the Sports Huddle and the first segment of the Jerry Kill portion of the show without any problem. Go figure.)
Go Gophers!!
