I would be lying if I said I didn't immediately think of the recruits and the future of our program when I heard this news. Then 8:30 came and I watched the press conference live...it was at that moment that I realized how unbelievably lucky we were to have Jerry Kill for these years, especially since 2013. "Leaving everything out on the field" is a cliche that is incredibly overused but Jerry Kill absolutely left every piece of him out on that field. He literally risked his life for the game of football and when he could have simply gone through the motions, he did quite the opposite and gave us everything he had. Imagine the past year for him - dealing with these horrible health issues, dealing with what I can only imagine has been a difficult time at home and with his family, and also working his tail off for this practice facility because he had a vision for our program. On top of all of that, he had to obviously deal with what was happening on the field. I can't even imagine. Coach Kill will be forever remembered (hopefully as a building at the practice facility).
I also see people mentioning they have a hunch that we haven't seen the last of Jerry. I can't imagine him being able to be anywhere near the football field again, but just so people know the University is contractually obligated to provide him with a position and pay him minimum $200,000 if he accepts. I would love for him to be in a position related to mentoring or fundraising.