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Jerry Kill & Tracy Claeys press conference notes - Kill is managing time, recruiting,
and working on a lot of things. Here are the press conference notes. As always, didn't catch everything, but got the general comments.
On a personal note, it was great to have Jerry Kill back. To see him focusing on himself, and see how truly humble he is, makes him such an easy guy to root for.
Jerry Kill:
• Coach Claeys and I have been together for a long time, and we think alike. I've had a different perspective, but I'm going to defer to him to talk about the game.
• It's like anything, I've had things in a different perspective over the past few weeks in the box, I've listened to the people that are a lot smarter than me. I was at every practice last week, I met with the coaching staff on Sunday, what was good about that is for the state of MN and our fans, I stayed up there with Billy Miller, he had coached against NE and never beat him. We just stood up there and watched all the fans, I saw my wife almost get run over.
• As a HC, I had to think about the next week, you're only as good as your last game. But you need to enjoy the few moments that you can.
• I'm managing my time better, last week, I needed to be around the coaches and players, I wasn't dodging the media. I spent a ton of time recruiting, I made sure that our recruits hung in there, which they have. I changed my role. I have an extreme amount of trust in our staff. I'm not going to worry about how we do it. I'm working smarter, and I've got great people. I put a lot of hours in and I worked hard. I need to share the responsibility better. I need to be responsible to you (the media) and make sure I communicate to you. We just redefined our roles. I've had great advice from some of the best in the country, Chuck Pagano from the Colts reached out from me and I'd never heard from the guy. I've listened to a lot of people now, I hadn't the past 30 years which is why I'm in the situation I'm in.
• If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it, I'm not going to try to fix things, my ego isn't that big. I just want to win.
• There's a way to manage things, and I've been in the game 30 years, and you have to change with the times, and I have to be smarter. I've figured it out a little bit.
• I've got two head coaches on our staff, all of us have been through a lot. We've all helped each other out, we're a unique bunch.
• I kind of enjoyed it up there in the press box, you're in up there and can't hear anything. I got to have a Diet Coke, and if you need to go to the bathroom you can because there so many TV timeouts. We aren't going to screw it up right now, I will be in the box vs. Indiana. I'm taking one day at a time.
• I walked in on Friday with my list of things we needed to do - and they had fun with me, they had someone that sat in my chair, but I just sat aside. Those guys are messing me with, and we've had a lot of fun over the last couple weeks. It's nice to go to practice and not have to yell. Adversity helps you find out about things. I didn't really have to say a lot, those kids have picked it up.
• I give all the players credit. Our players are relentless and have done a great job for us, as have the coaches.
• If you're not very smart, you need to have a lot of good people around you, that's what I've done.
• We all talk, there's no agenda, we all coach. You've got to make critical decisions, you're the head coach. Today I visited with the offense, and every idea I had was on the damn board because we've been together for 20 years. I look at it that we have 9 head coaches, all of us are capable and know what they're doing. When I'm not in there, we're just one man down.
• You all know about that than I do - you seem to know everything (laughing). Everyone has seen my parking spot down there, it's been empty. I'll be driving in February. I'm going to be driving that truck to, I'm going to order the damn thing this week.
• A lot of you have reached out to me, and it's more than appreciated.
Tracy Claeys:
• We averaged 7.7 yards or something like that, if you do that, you're going to win a lot of ballgames. We gave up a few big plays on 1st downs, but we were able to keep them to 3 yards or less or so. Those are big parts. How successful you are on 3rd down, is related to how well you do on 1st down.
• On IU's passing offense - Colton is a kid we looked at coming out of HS, he averages 6 yards a carry. They use the pass to set up the run. We'll have to make sure we respect the run, and don't give them a 2 way go. We couldn't get Colton to visit, so we never offered him.
• When you compare talent and how they're going to attack you, you won't have that history with IU like other Big 10 schools.
• We've got high goals set. We're not going to be happy with the 6 wins. If you put all of our players and coaches in a room, and no one wants a 6 win team. Nobody is satisfied with where we're at right now.
• Phillip has been very efficient, he's had so many throws that have been close. We can win with either one, they are both great competitors.
• We don't know if we'll have Rodrick Williams back, that's the only questionable player.
• Coach Kill is the one that's spent most of the time on the phone recruiting.
and working on a lot of things. Here are the press conference notes. As always, didn't catch everything, but got the general comments.
On a personal note, it was great to have Jerry Kill back. To see him focusing on himself, and see how truly humble he is, makes him such an easy guy to root for.
Jerry Kill:
• Coach Claeys and I have been together for a long time, and we think alike. I've had a different perspective, but I'm going to defer to him to talk about the game.
• It's like anything, I've had things in a different perspective over the past few weeks in the box, I've listened to the people that are a lot smarter than me. I was at every practice last week, I met with the coaching staff on Sunday, what was good about that is for the state of MN and our fans, I stayed up there with Billy Miller, he had coached against NE and never beat him. We just stood up there and watched all the fans, I saw my wife almost get run over.
• As a HC, I had to think about the next week, you're only as good as your last game. But you need to enjoy the few moments that you can.
• I'm managing my time better, last week, I needed to be around the coaches and players, I wasn't dodging the media. I spent a ton of time recruiting, I made sure that our recruits hung in there, which they have. I changed my role. I have an extreme amount of trust in our staff. I'm not going to worry about how we do it. I'm working smarter, and I've got great people. I put a lot of hours in and I worked hard. I need to share the responsibility better. I need to be responsible to you (the media) and make sure I communicate to you. We just redefined our roles. I've had great advice from some of the best in the country, Chuck Pagano from the Colts reached out from me and I'd never heard from the guy. I've listened to a lot of people now, I hadn't the past 30 years which is why I'm in the situation I'm in.
• If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it, I'm not going to try to fix things, my ego isn't that big. I just want to win.
• There's a way to manage things, and I've been in the game 30 years, and you have to change with the times, and I have to be smarter. I've figured it out a little bit.
• I've got two head coaches on our staff, all of us have been through a lot. We've all helped each other out, we're a unique bunch.
• I kind of enjoyed it up there in the press box, you're in up there and can't hear anything. I got to have a Diet Coke, and if you need to go to the bathroom you can because there so many TV timeouts. We aren't going to screw it up right now, I will be in the box vs. Indiana. I'm taking one day at a time.
• I walked in on Friday with my list of things we needed to do - and they had fun with me, they had someone that sat in my chair, but I just sat aside. Those guys are messing me with, and we've had a lot of fun over the last couple weeks. It's nice to go to practice and not have to yell. Adversity helps you find out about things. I didn't really have to say a lot, those kids have picked it up.
• I give all the players credit. Our players are relentless and have done a great job for us, as have the coaches.
• If you're not very smart, you need to have a lot of good people around you, that's what I've done.
• We all talk, there's no agenda, we all coach. You've got to make critical decisions, you're the head coach. Today I visited with the offense, and every idea I had was on the damn board because we've been together for 20 years. I look at it that we have 9 head coaches, all of us are capable and know what they're doing. When I'm not in there, we're just one man down.
• You all know about that than I do - you seem to know everything (laughing). Everyone has seen my parking spot down there, it's been empty. I'll be driving in February. I'm going to be driving that truck to, I'm going to order the damn thing this week.
• A lot of you have reached out to me, and it's more than appreciated.
Tracy Claeys:
• We averaged 7.7 yards or something like that, if you do that, you're going to win a lot of ballgames. We gave up a few big plays on 1st downs, but we were able to keep them to 3 yards or less or so. Those are big parts. How successful you are on 3rd down, is related to how well you do on 1st down.
• On IU's passing offense - Colton is a kid we looked at coming out of HS, he averages 6 yards a carry. They use the pass to set up the run. We'll have to make sure we respect the run, and don't give them a 2 way go. We couldn't get Colton to visit, so we never offered him.
• When you compare talent and how they're going to attack you, you won't have that history with IU like other Big 10 schools.
• We've got high goals set. We're not going to be happy with the 6 wins. If you put all of our players and coaches in a room, and no one wants a 6 win team. Nobody is satisfied with where we're at right now.
• Phillip has been very efficient, he's had so many throws that have been close. We can win with either one, they are both great competitors.
• We don't know if we'll have Rodrick Williams back, that's the only questionable player.
• Coach Kill is the one that's spent most of the time on the phone recruiting.
