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per the STL Post Dispatch:
Before the Orange Bowl, Kill accepted the top job at Minnesota, a middling Big Ten program that had just endured a 17-33 four-year stretch under Tim Brewster. Kill had an impressive lower-division track record but had never coached in one of the power conferences. Could he cut it in the Big Ten?
He wasn’t flashy. He didn’t ooze charisma. He was 49. Bald. A bit stocky.
“I laughed, because I saw all the negativity in Minnesota,” Moccia said. “‘He’s not a big name. He doesn’t look like a matinee idol.’”
“People get stuck in the, ‘Hey, we need to win the press conference’ (mentality)” Moccia added. “You see that on the AD level, too. ‘If I don’t hire a big-name guy I won’t win the press conference.’ But five minutes after the press conference you’ve got to recruit and coach.”
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/coll...cle_a6826dfd-6fde-5a28-9bed-609b415d29ba.html
Go Gophers!!
Before the Orange Bowl, Kill accepted the top job at Minnesota, a middling Big Ten program that had just endured a 17-33 four-year stretch under Tim Brewster. Kill had an impressive lower-division track record but had never coached in one of the power conferences. Could he cut it in the Big Ten?
He wasn’t flashy. He didn’t ooze charisma. He was 49. Bald. A bit stocky.
“I laughed, because I saw all the negativity in Minnesota,” Moccia said. “‘He’s not a big name. He doesn’t look like a matinee idol.’”
“People get stuck in the, ‘Hey, we need to win the press conference’ (mentality)” Moccia added. “You see that on the AD level, too. ‘If I don’t hire a big-name guy I won’t win the press conference.’ But five minutes after the press conference you’ve got to recruit and coach.”
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/coll...cle_a6826dfd-6fde-5a28-9bed-609b415d29ba.html
Go Gophers!!