The following are the responses and comments to Dave and Sid's questions on this morning's Sports Huddle:
1) Coach Kill was invited and attended Tubby Smith's surprise birthday celebration (60th) last night. "It was a privilege to be invited." 47 family members and friends were flown in to the Twin Cities on a chartered flight for the celebration. The Smith's represent the state and country well.
2) Meet the Rookie: Alumni will meet with the new recruits later this month. Most of the recruits are on campus; many arrived yesterday, some today and summer school will begin Monday. Some of the recruits will arrive later because of late graduations.
3) Sid asked how far in advance does Kill and staff scout future opponents: Kill said they presently have reports on the first six opponents. They look at the opponents offense and and defensive units, returning players, strengths and weaknesses, etc. However, now they're focusing on recruits, especially the next two year classes in Minnesota.
4) Fall practice starts Monday, August 8. This year's recruits will be spending a lot of time with strength coach Klein. They must be ready physically and fitness-wise for practice and to be inlcuded in the 105 team at the start of fall practice. Fall practice is not the time to get in shape.
5) It remains to be seen if many of the fall practices will be open to the public. He'll do what is best for the team and he'll make his decision in late July. He would like to have some of the practices open to the public.
6) Coaches go on vacation in July. Always a couple coaches on campus. Nothing worse than a tired coach, so they'll take a couple weeks off before fall practices commence.
7) Dave Mona asked about recruiting and whether or not they use a master list: Coach Kill said they try keep balance in the recruiting classes; however, they're unbalanced now. The graduating class/postions are replaced. If they're recruiting 3 TEs, as an example, the first 3 to commit get the scholarships. They also look at recruits that they classify as athletes and try to determine other positions that they might be able to play and produce at. As an example, a quarterback that might excell at another position. Also, because they're unbalanced in their recruiting, due to needs, you'll see juco recruits. (Sounds as though his preference is to recruit high school players; juco players/recruits are based on position needs.)
8) Position changes after spring ball: There were a couple players moved to OL; however, he believes some of the new recruits (up to 4) will experience a change in positions from what they played in high school.
9) Getting a lot of recruits from across the country that will be on campus for the summer camps. They try to evaluate the players intelligence, how coachable they are, as well as their skill sets. Nothing more important then studying a player up close and personal.
Go Gophers!!
1) Coach Kill was invited and attended Tubby Smith's surprise birthday celebration (60th) last night. "It was a privilege to be invited." 47 family members and friends were flown in to the Twin Cities on a chartered flight for the celebration. The Smith's represent the state and country well.
2) Meet the Rookie: Alumni will meet with the new recruits later this month. Most of the recruits are on campus; many arrived yesterday, some today and summer school will begin Monday. Some of the recruits will arrive later because of late graduations.
3) Sid asked how far in advance does Kill and staff scout future opponents: Kill said they presently have reports on the first six opponents. They look at the opponents offense and and defensive units, returning players, strengths and weaknesses, etc. However, now they're focusing on recruits, especially the next two year classes in Minnesota.
4) Fall practice starts Monday, August 8. This year's recruits will be spending a lot of time with strength coach Klein. They must be ready physically and fitness-wise for practice and to be inlcuded in the 105 team at the start of fall practice. Fall practice is not the time to get in shape.
5) It remains to be seen if many of the fall practices will be open to the public. He'll do what is best for the team and he'll make his decision in late July. He would like to have some of the practices open to the public.
6) Coaches go on vacation in July. Always a couple coaches on campus. Nothing worse than a tired coach, so they'll take a couple weeks off before fall practices commence.
7) Dave Mona asked about recruiting and whether or not they use a master list: Coach Kill said they try keep balance in the recruiting classes; however, they're unbalanced now. The graduating class/postions are replaced. If they're recruiting 3 TEs, as an example, the first 3 to commit get the scholarships. They also look at recruits that they classify as athletes and try to determine other positions that they might be able to play and produce at. As an example, a quarterback that might excell at another position. Also, because they're unbalanced in their recruiting, due to needs, you'll see juco recruits. (Sounds as though his preference is to recruit high school players; juco players/recruits are based on position needs.)
8) Position changes after spring ball: There were a couple players moved to OL; however, he believes some of the new recruits (up to 4) will experience a change in positions from what they played in high school.
9) Getting a lot of recruits from across the country that will be on campus for the summer camps. They try to evaluate the players intelligence, how coachable they are, as well as their skill sets. Nothing more important then studying a player up close and personal.
Go Gophers!!
