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When Gophers football coach Jerry Kill was hired in 2010, the team started their motto of building a winner “brick by brick.” Now Kill, entering his fourth season, said the team has made progress each year with that motto and believes that will continue as practice for the 2014 season opens Friday.
Kill said he’s never felt better about the team.
“Well, I think it’s a deal where our kids’ preparation has been great,” he said. “I think our leadership with [defensive back] Cedric Thompson and [quarterback] Mitch Leidner, they have done a great job this summer. Our kids have worked their tails off. There’s a difference between last summer and this summer. Now that doesn’t guarantee wins — our schedule is very difficult — but I feel good about it because it has been different this summer because of leadership. This is the best leadership we’ve had.”
Do the Gophers have better talent?
“I think we do,” Kill said. “I think our kids are bigger, stronger and faster than we were a year ago. Certainly you don’t replace guys like [defensive tackle] Ra’Shede Hageman and [defensive back] Brock Vereen, but we also have a lot of people back, [including linebacker] Aaron Hill. We have a lot of people back. You fix those problems by having more people. We’re very talented in the secondary, and defensive line we have to have a couple young guys step up inside.”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/269476701.html
Go Gophers!!
When Gophers football coach Jerry Kill was hired in 2010, the team started their motto of building a winner “brick by brick.” Now Kill, entering his fourth season, said the team has made progress each year with that motto and believes that will continue as practice for the 2014 season opens Friday.
Kill said he’s never felt better about the team.
“Well, I think it’s a deal where our kids’ preparation has been great,” he said. “I think our leadership with [defensive back] Cedric Thompson and [quarterback] Mitch Leidner, they have done a great job this summer. Our kids have worked their tails off. There’s a difference between last summer and this summer. Now that doesn’t guarantee wins — our schedule is very difficult — but I feel good about it because it has been different this summer because of leadership. This is the best leadership we’ve had.”
Do the Gophers have better talent?
“I think we do,” Kill said. “I think our kids are bigger, stronger and faster than we were a year ago. Certainly you don’t replace guys like [defensive tackle] Ra’Shede Hageman and [defensive back] Brock Vereen, but we also have a lot of people back, [including linebacker] Aaron Hill. We have a lot of people back. You fix those problems by having more people. We’re very talented in the secondary, and defensive line we have to have a couple young guys step up inside.”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/269476701.html
Go Gophers!!
