Jerry Kill

Should Minnesota bring back Jerry Kill?


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Spaulding!No!

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He did not retire. He quit. He didn’t take a leave.
He quit. He never came back.
He quit. This is literally what the word quit means
This is it. He quit. History says he quit to move on to coach elsewhere. He’ll do it again. Ask Rebecca.
 

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I like both guys as individuals. Kill is doing well in the conference that he is in where he belongs. Not a week after week hard hitting conference. Fleck needs to get cranking to show he belongs in the Big 10. Fleck has had some tough luck with injuries with his team this year and had to adjust. I'm rooting for Fleck as I believe he is a good guy. But he needs to start producing if he wants me to stay in his camp.
This is funny. The Big Ten West is weaker than it has ever been since Fleck has been here and he has done nothing with it. In fact, he’s gone backward. I don’t want him fired, but have little confidence he can get things on the right track if he doesn’t change things up. He inherited a good thing, and his best year was a collection of Kill/Claeys recruits with his. While 8-4 last couple of regular seasons, those seasons are not impressive with the easy schedules faced and the blown chance at winning an awful division.
 


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Not a Fleckster but Jerry Kill was not the long-term solution for the Gophers. I think he hit his ceiling at MN and likely wouldn't bring any P5 school any higher. He did a great job cleaning up a mess and making us respectable both athletically/academically. People salivating at what Kill has done at NMSU this year and slighting PJ seem to forget what PJ did at WMU. PJ has had more success at MN than Kill. Kill is right where he belongs. The big question, can PJ elevate the program more or will that be up to someone else?
 

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Not a Fleckster but Jerry Kill was not the long-term solution for the Gophers. I think he hit his ceiling at MN and likely wouldn't bring any P5 school any higher. He did a great job cleaning up a mess and making us respectable both athletically/academically. People salivating at what Kill has done at NMSU this year and slighting PJ seem to forget what PJ did at WMU. PJ has had more success at MN than Kill. Kill is right where he belongs. The big question, can PJ elevate the program more or will that be up to someone else?

Look at the vote again. Virtually nobody is wanting Kill to come back here. Certainly nobody is "salivating" about it.

The vote was 111 to 17 against it! Take away people who were just trolling and the number is damn near zero!

And yet the thread is still getting posters.
 
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At least ESPN appreciates the old coach.

But that's what makes New Mexico State's season so utterly, wonderfully, unbelievably thrilling. It started with a home loss to UMass, and now is unquestionably the best season the program has had in more than 60 years, and it reached its crescendo Saturday with a dominant 31-10 win over Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

The Aggies were a 25.5-point underdog Saturday. They won by three touchdowns.

...the point spread only reflects how little the general public seems to appreciate how good this New Mexico State team is. The Aggies have now won seven straight games and are 15-4 in their past 19. Jerry Kill has made his case not just as a coach of the year candidate, but arguably for a Nobel Prize."

 

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IMO.. if you could give Kill and Fleck the exact same 70 person roster and said coach them up Kill would beat Fleck… Kill IMO is a better football coach… Fleck the better person to run a power 5 program…IF that makes sense??
 



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Temper and health aside, as a football coach Kill is dedicated and a winner overall (remember Northern Illinois, among others). What I remember most often from the Kill/Claeys era was how tough they were on defense when playing top 20 teams, usually losing but close. For example against #1 Ohio State, 14-28 (2015); same year against #15 Michigan, 26-29, against #8 Iowa, 35-40 (All Claeys); 2014 against #8 Ohio State, 24-31; same year against #21 Nebraska, 28-24 victory, #14 Wisconsin, 24-34; In 2013, #11 Michigan St, 3-14, #16 Wisconsin, 7-16; 2011, #25 USC 17-19, #15 Michigan State 24-31. But some first year blowout losses including 0-58, Michigan. After that, over the next five years, no one-sided blowouts, with Claeys going 9-4 in his only full year (2016), losing in overtime to Penn State, 26-29.
 

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Not a Fleckster but Jerry Kill was not the long-term solution for the Gophers. I think he hit his ceiling at MN and likely wouldn't bring any P5 school any higher. He did a great job cleaning up a mess and making us respectable both athletically/academically. People salivating at what Kill has done at NMSU this year and slighting PJ seem to forget what PJ did at WMU. PJ has had more success at MN than Kill. Kill is right where he belongs. The big question, can PJ elevate the program more or will that be up to someone else?
Too much logic for the hot-take artists here.
 

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For the kind of Gophers fan who cheers for departed players and coaches, there's this today: Jerry Kill's NMSU Aggies beat 8-3 Jacksonville State this afternoon. Their eighth straight win brings their overall record to 10-3. Next up is the conference championship against #25 Liberty (12-0).

Ho hum, not that we care.
 

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I’m happy for Jerry Kill. He has completely overhauled a historically bad program, the New Mexico State Aggies and has turned them into an actually good program. Competing in a conference championship is all you can ask for as a fan. Heck, next year if you are a mid major and win your conference championship you can make the damn playoff.

And we should have kept Jerry Kill. Instead we are stuck with Fleck, the Speck of Dust! Mark my words, Jerry Kill is going to take NMSU to the CFP before we even come close. What a beautiful sport this is.
 




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I’m happy for Jerry Kill.
Really?????

I never would have guessed with your name and avatar.
He has completely overhauled a historically bad program, the New Mexico State Aggies and has turned them into an actually good program. Competing in a conference championship is all you can ask for as a fan. Heck, next year if you are a mid major and win your conference championship you can make the damn playoff.

And we should have kept Jerry Kill. Instead we are stuck with Fleck, the Speck of Dust! Mark my words, Jerry Kill is going to take NMSU to the CFP before we even come close. What a beautiful sport this is.
Shouldn’t you be preparing for the game Gerald instead of looking for validation at you old stomping grounds?

Also would love to see you improve on your amazing 1-5 bowl record😀
 









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