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Here is a summary of the interview with Jerry Kill on the Sports Huddle.
Sid- what a great job you did at U of MN. a bad break MN got when you got sick. we'll always value your friendship. How tough a decision was it to not coach any more?
JK: well, it's tough. first of all, Merry Christmas. I miss you guys a ton. I wanted to try one more time - do it from an assistant coaching situation, thought it might be easier. but you're still putting the same amount of time in, same hours. don't have any regrets. had a lot of fun with the kids. a different experience, being on the East Coach. but at the end of the day, I probably should have stayed at K-State, because I can do that. I can oversee things. I can go home earlier, just different being in an administrative role or working with football only. in retrospect, I should have stayed with that. But, I would have never known if I could do it (coaching).
Max: you needed to try it one more time and get it out of your system.
JK: Rebecca had talked to me about that. you gotta know if you can do it or not. I made it through the season I still think if I hadn't got rolled up on the boundary and hit the back of my head, I think that triggered it. I'd been all right. I finished through. Not many people - I'm so lucky - starting in HS and worked their way through, and finished your career where they started college FB. If you're going to go out, go out in style. historical part of Rutgers University. Rebecca and I still love MN - we love the people in it. they've been so good to us. heard from a lot of people over the last few days. I miss you guys. had a tremendous time at MN.
Mona: any idea what you're going to do next?
JK: it's a situation - I have some opportunities to work in the FB world again and just be off the field like I did at K-State. I have 2 or 3 really good opportunities to do that. I have a new grandbaby- our first a little girl. Everyone in our family lives in southern Illinois. I'll take a look at going back to University here. I've got some options. still being involved in athletics, but some things a little different. Some people tell me, just retire and be done with it. but with insurance and things of that nature, you really can't do that. I can't just set on the beach all my life. that's not who I am. I feel I have a lot to give. I was seizure-free for two years. I worked at K-State, and I still worked long hours. worked from 8:00 to 8:00, but that's different than working 16 hours a day, being on the road recruiting. and with the early signing day now, all those kind of things, you don't get a break. And my body, it just won't hold up. it is what it is. but no regrets. this grandbaby - I was about as down in the dumps as you can get when I retired, and then I seen that grandbaby, that little girl, and all of a sudden, my life went Holy Cow, it was like winning the Super Bowl. she came at the right time.
Sid: how about Claeys? Is he going to get a coaching job?
JK: I can't say a whole lot right now. He's got a couple of opportunities he's looking at right now; I think he'll know in the next couple of weeks. what those situations are going to be. he's doing much better. it's a struggle - it's part of this profession, and it's getting tougher and tougher. keeping your job anywhere. so it was a blow. we all are prideful. he struggled. we've been in touch about every other day the last month. Rob Reeves - Coach Anderson might have taken a job. everyone else settling, going to bowl games, having some success. even some of the people Tracy hired - one of them getting ready to play for an opportunity to be in the national championship game. a tough profession. Watched the Vikings the other day - still into that MN thing. What a job coach Zimmer has done. I imagine MN is feeling pretty good right now.
Max: Merry Christmas. We miss you.
Sid: I love you. I still wish you could wind up with something here. Might be a long shot, but I think it's possible.
JK: we love you. Sid, your girlfriend still talks about you. She's seen some pictures on the internet, she's jealous right now.
Sid- what a great job you did at U of MN. a bad break MN got when you got sick. we'll always value your friendship. How tough a decision was it to not coach any more?
JK: well, it's tough. first of all, Merry Christmas. I miss you guys a ton. I wanted to try one more time - do it from an assistant coaching situation, thought it might be easier. but you're still putting the same amount of time in, same hours. don't have any regrets. had a lot of fun with the kids. a different experience, being on the East Coach. but at the end of the day, I probably should have stayed at K-State, because I can do that. I can oversee things. I can go home earlier, just different being in an administrative role or working with football only. in retrospect, I should have stayed with that. But, I would have never known if I could do it (coaching).
Max: you needed to try it one more time and get it out of your system.
JK: Rebecca had talked to me about that. you gotta know if you can do it or not. I made it through the season I still think if I hadn't got rolled up on the boundary and hit the back of my head, I think that triggered it. I'd been all right. I finished through. Not many people - I'm so lucky - starting in HS and worked their way through, and finished your career where they started college FB. If you're going to go out, go out in style. historical part of Rutgers University. Rebecca and I still love MN - we love the people in it. they've been so good to us. heard from a lot of people over the last few days. I miss you guys. had a tremendous time at MN.
Mona: any idea what you're going to do next?
JK: it's a situation - I have some opportunities to work in the FB world again and just be off the field like I did at K-State. I have 2 or 3 really good opportunities to do that. I have a new grandbaby- our first a little girl. Everyone in our family lives in southern Illinois. I'll take a look at going back to University here. I've got some options. still being involved in athletics, but some things a little different. Some people tell me, just retire and be done with it. but with insurance and things of that nature, you really can't do that. I can't just set on the beach all my life. that's not who I am. I feel I have a lot to give. I was seizure-free for two years. I worked at K-State, and I still worked long hours. worked from 8:00 to 8:00, but that's different than working 16 hours a day, being on the road recruiting. and with the early signing day now, all those kind of things, you don't get a break. And my body, it just won't hold up. it is what it is. but no regrets. this grandbaby - I was about as down in the dumps as you can get when I retired, and then I seen that grandbaby, that little girl, and all of a sudden, my life went Holy Cow, it was like winning the Super Bowl. she came at the right time.
Sid: how about Claeys? Is he going to get a coaching job?
JK: I can't say a whole lot right now. He's got a couple of opportunities he's looking at right now; I think he'll know in the next couple of weeks. what those situations are going to be. he's doing much better. it's a struggle - it's part of this profession, and it's getting tougher and tougher. keeping your job anywhere. so it was a blow. we all are prideful. he struggled. we've been in touch about every other day the last month. Rob Reeves - Coach Anderson might have taken a job. everyone else settling, going to bowl games, having some success. even some of the people Tracy hired - one of them getting ready to play for an opportunity to be in the national championship game. a tough profession. Watched the Vikings the other day - still into that MN thing. What a job coach Zimmer has done. I imagine MN is feeling pretty good right now.
Max: Merry Christmas. We miss you.
Sid: I love you. I still wish you could wind up with something here. Might be a long shot, but I think it's possible.
JK: we love you. Sid, your girlfriend still talks about you. She's seen some pictures on the internet, she's jealous right now.
