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Glen Mason, the former Gophers coach who worked their 42-20 victory over Eastern Illinois for the Big Ten Network, didn’t think current maroon and gold coach Jerry Kill would be very happy with the performance of his team despite the score.
“They’re going to win some games; patience is the key right now,” Mason said. “Jerry Kill will be very happy about the outcome, the score, of this game. But when he gets in the film room, he won’t be very happy with the offense, with the down-the-line defensive guys, but he’ll go back to work. Most coaches say you have to look for the biggest amount of improvement between Game 1 and Game 2. They better improve because after that they make the trip down to TCU.”
It was pretty obvious that Eastern Illinois self-destructed with turnovers, Mason said.
“They had some center-quarterback exchange problems early. I thought the Gopher defense played well, you have to remember that this Eastern Illinois offense scored almost 50 points a game. They move the ball up and down on just about everybody,” he said. “Initially they moved the ball against the Gopher defense. Tracy Claeys, the Gophers defensive coordinator, I thought made some nice adjustments. The final score is not really indicative of the game. Down-the-line guys gave up some late touchdowns.”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/273139221.html
Go Gophers!!
Glen Mason, the former Gophers coach who worked their 42-20 victory over Eastern Illinois for the Big Ten Network, didn’t think current maroon and gold coach Jerry Kill would be very happy with the performance of his team despite the score.
“They’re going to win some games; patience is the key right now,” Mason said. “Jerry Kill will be very happy about the outcome, the score, of this game. But when he gets in the film room, he won’t be very happy with the offense, with the down-the-line defensive guys, but he’ll go back to work. Most coaches say you have to look for the biggest amount of improvement between Game 1 and Game 2. They better improve because after that they make the trip down to TCU.”
It was pretty obvious that Eastern Illinois self-destructed with turnovers, Mason said.
“They had some center-quarterback exchange problems early. I thought the Gopher defense played well, you have to remember that this Eastern Illinois offense scored almost 50 points a game. They move the ball up and down on just about everybody,” he said. “Initially they moved the ball against the Gopher defense. Tracy Claeys, the Gophers defensive coordinator, I thought made some nice adjustments. The final score is not really indicative of the game. Down-the-line guys gave up some late touchdowns.”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/273139221.html
Go Gophers!!