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I'm no DL65, but in his absence here is a recap of Kill on WCCO. It's not verbatim, but it's close:
Coach Kill on the game...Gotta give the credit to the kids. They didn't give up on themselves. Nobody quit, we've been consistent. Coaching is overrated, you have to have good kids and our kids are playing hard right now.
Coach Kill on looking back at Iowa game...the thing with that game is we had our chances and we didn't take advantage of them. When we looked at film we knew we were getting better. The kids knew we were getting better but we had to clean up mistakes.
Coach Kill on the teams depth...there's no question about our depth is better. Look at the offensive line, a lot of teams go through what we have on the o-line and its a recipe for disaster and our guys stepped up yesterday and Tommy and Foster did a great job. We rep a lot of kids during practice and we feel like everybody needs to be ready and the kids have responded.
Coach Kill on the passing game...you have to give credit to Phillip Nelson who has done a heck of a job and Mitch Leidner. That has a lot to do with the receiving corp. We have a true freshman playing in that group and they are playing at a high level. That will be a big key down the stretch to have a balanced offense.
Coach Kill on freshman impact...we have a great chance to get a lot better. We have a young team on both sides of the ball. We still have a lot of holes to fill, the next recruiting class will be important, that's what I'm doing right now. If we continue to recruit good players that fit in our system in a family atmosphere that is critical.
Coach Kill on on overcoming McDonald and Harbison's absence...in recruiting you have to recruit kids who are going to be competitive and the most competitive kids will end up playing in the long run. I look at Logan Hutton who made some great plays yesterday (on special teams). We have a lot of guys who understand their roles right now. Everyone understands what we expect. We have a week off to heal up and we have two huge games up ahead.
Coach Kill on program development...our kids played very hard last year in that bowl game and when I walked off the field and President Kaler came down to the locker room and he said "coach, the kids played hard" and they felt good about the program direction, and when I walked off the field that was the first time we played physical football. We still have a whole lot more to where we can improve. We have to keep everything in perspective. We can't forget where we came from, gotta take it one day at a time. Just get better be a good teammate.
Coach Kill on Tommy Olson...Tommy has done a great job. It's a special family. You have Tommy and Eddie, getting a chance to play together. Their family is just great people. Kids that really really care and its neat to see. I'm so happy for their family and our football team as he's stepped in and done a great job.
Go Gophers!!
Coach Kill on the game...Gotta give the credit to the kids. They didn't give up on themselves. Nobody quit, we've been consistent. Coaching is overrated, you have to have good kids and our kids are playing hard right now.
Coach Kill on looking back at Iowa game...the thing with that game is we had our chances and we didn't take advantage of them. When we looked at film we knew we were getting better. The kids knew we were getting better but we had to clean up mistakes.
Coach Kill on the teams depth...there's no question about our depth is better. Look at the offensive line, a lot of teams go through what we have on the o-line and its a recipe for disaster and our guys stepped up yesterday and Tommy and Foster did a great job. We rep a lot of kids during practice and we feel like everybody needs to be ready and the kids have responded.
Coach Kill on the passing game...you have to give credit to Phillip Nelson who has done a heck of a job and Mitch Leidner. That has a lot to do with the receiving corp. We have a true freshman playing in that group and they are playing at a high level. That will be a big key down the stretch to have a balanced offense.
Coach Kill on freshman impact...we have a great chance to get a lot better. We have a young team on both sides of the ball. We still have a lot of holes to fill, the next recruiting class will be important, that's what I'm doing right now. If we continue to recruit good players that fit in our system in a family atmosphere that is critical.
Coach Kill on on overcoming McDonald and Harbison's absence...in recruiting you have to recruit kids who are going to be competitive and the most competitive kids will end up playing in the long run. I look at Logan Hutton who made some great plays yesterday (on special teams). We have a lot of guys who understand their roles right now. Everyone understands what we expect. We have a week off to heal up and we have two huge games up ahead.
Coach Kill on program development...our kids played very hard last year in that bowl game and when I walked off the field and President Kaler came down to the locker room and he said "coach, the kids played hard" and they felt good about the program direction, and when I walked off the field that was the first time we played physical football. We still have a whole lot more to where we can improve. We have to keep everything in perspective. We can't forget where we came from, gotta take it one day at a time. Just get better be a good teammate.
Coach Kill on Tommy Olson...Tommy has done a great job. It's a special family. You have Tommy and Eddie, getting a chance to play together. Their family is just great people. Kids that really really care and its neat to see. I'm so happy for their family and our football team as he's stepped in and done a great job.
Go Gophers!!
