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Jerry Kill (ex-HC, New Mexico St., Minny)

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Crazy. Now up to 8 D1/FBS openings, 3 of them in the Big Ten, and it's not even November.

Rutgers and Purdue are gonna be stuck keeping their coaches just because it'd be a bad business decision to try and shop for one this off season.
 
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Dryden said:
Crazy. Now up to 8 D1/FBS openings, 3 of them in the Big Ten, and it's not even November.

Rutgers and Purdue are gonna be stuck keeping their coaches just because it'd be a bad business decision to try and shop for one this off season.
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Illinois has apparently been playing better football so far this year than they had since mid-Zook. If they finish the season out with reasonable competence, I'd expect them to stick with Cubit.

For that matter, given how Minnesota played for Claeys last time Kill was out, if they finish the season reasonably well now, they may want to consider sticking with him.
 
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http://www.thedailygopher.com/2015/...l-retirement-press-conference-recap-reactions

Coach Jerry Kill opened the press conference this morning with an emotional statement in which he thanked the state of Minnesota for their support, including but not limited to the administration at the University of Minnesota, his own coaching staff and players, and the fans. He talked about how coaching football has been his life and career for the past 32 years, admitting that he has no idea what his future holds now that his coaching career is over.

One quote, in particular, speaks volumes as to how difficult a decision this was for Coach Kill: "Last night, when I walked off the practice field, I felt like a part of me died."

The coaching staff and the rest of the team received the news of his retirement earlier this morning from Coach Kill.

Coach Kill did not elaborate on the specifics of his health issues -- nor should he be expected to -- but said that his doctor warned him that his health could worsen further down the road if he continued on his current path, and advised him to step down in the best interest of his family and future. He did mention that he attended practice on Tuesday after suffering two seizures earlier that day. Not good.

There was a question regarding the timeline of his decision, but Coach Kill didn't offer specifics as to when he first began considering retirement. He mentioned that he hadn't slept more than 3 hours in a single night over the last three weeks. "Hell, that ain't no way to live," Coach Kill said.

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Dryden said:
Just so I'm clear ... we're taking the high road and wishing him well, right?

I thought the way fans handled this was to stalk the coach, his wife, and his children via social media for five years and make jokes about his health.
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That's only when the said coach decides to make an agreement to manage his stress levels and spend more time with family while getting back into coaching and winning a national championship.
 
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zincfinger said:
Illinois has apparently been playing better football so far this year than they had since mid-Zook. If they finish the season out with reasonable competence, I'd expect them to stick with Cubit.

For that matter, given how Minnesota played for Claeys last time Kill was out, if they finish the season reasonably well now, they may want to consider sticking with him.
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Honestly, I've always thought that Kill was a little overrated as a coach since he got to Minnesota. They might be better off without him.

I still can't believe that Minnesota hired him, whether they did it knowing about his health concerns or whether they didn't do their due diligence. I can't believe anyone thought after the 2013 incident that keeping him on as the head coach could have a positive outcome. (Other than winning the CoY award in the same year that another coach in the conference went undefeated, of course.)

I think Jerry Kill is probably a better story than he is a coach and the Gophers might be better off without him.

There. I said it.
 
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