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Kill believes in Claeys
Meanwhile, Kill is down in Florida convalescing, but he took time to talk about why Claeys is the right man to lead the Gophers.
“Number one is we’ve been together 21 years and to be a head coach, you have to be a guy that can juggle a lot of things and he’s very, very intelligent,” Kill said. “He knows football inside and out. That’s all he does. He’s not married, doesn’t have children. That’s all he does. Football is his life, also. He has no distractions outside of it so to me, I think that’s a big factor in it. He’s smart, intelligent, does a great job adjusting things in the game. You know he’s a person that is very detailed, very organized, and he’s a great teacher.”
Can he recruit?
“The good thing is we have great recruiters on the staff,” Kill said. “That situation is already set in place and as a head coach, he’ll go in there and he’s a guy that he can go in and close a deal. He has been around it enough. We all worked together. I worked with him for 21 years and he’s been on visits with me and so forth. I have all the confidence in the world [in him]. I have confidence in all of those guys and I know they’ll do a good job. He’ll put his spin on what he’ll want to do. That’s what you’re supposed to do. When I left coach [Dennis] Franchione [as offensive coordinator at Pittsburg State in Kansas], I put my own spin on it. It worked out pretty good. Everybody has to be who they are. We’re all different. So he’ll do a good job.”
Kill said he will continue to advise Claeys when asked.
http://www.startribune.com/claeys-was-minnesota-s-main-choice-to-replace-kill/346407142/
Go Gophers!!
Kill believes in Claeys
Meanwhile, Kill is down in Florida convalescing, but he took time to talk about why Claeys is the right man to lead the Gophers.
“Number one is we’ve been together 21 years and to be a head coach, you have to be a guy that can juggle a lot of things and he’s very, very intelligent,” Kill said. “He knows football inside and out. That’s all he does. He’s not married, doesn’t have children. That’s all he does. Football is his life, also. He has no distractions outside of it so to me, I think that’s a big factor in it. He’s smart, intelligent, does a great job adjusting things in the game. You know he’s a person that is very detailed, very organized, and he’s a great teacher.”
Can he recruit?
“The good thing is we have great recruiters on the staff,” Kill said. “That situation is already set in place and as a head coach, he’ll go in there and he’s a guy that he can go in and close a deal. He has been around it enough. We all worked together. I worked with him for 21 years and he’s been on visits with me and so forth. I have all the confidence in the world [in him]. I have confidence in all of those guys and I know they’ll do a good job. He’ll put his spin on what he’ll want to do. That’s what you’re supposed to do. When I left coach [Dennis] Franchione [as offensive coordinator at Pittsburg State in Kansas], I put my own spin on it. It worked out pretty good. Everybody has to be who they are. We’re all different. So he’ll do a good job.”
Kill said he will continue to advise Claeys when asked.
http://www.startribune.com/claeys-was-minnesota-s-main-choice-to-replace-kill/346407142/
Go Gophers!!