Joe Kines
Joe Kines
Joe Kinesis a former American football player and coach. He spent most of his coaching career as an assistant in college football ranks, and twice serving as an interim head coach: in 1992 at the University of Arkansas after the firing of Jack Crowe after Arkansas's first game, and in 2006 at the University of Alabama after the dismissal of Mike Shula where he also made his memorable halftime interview at the Independence Bowl...
easy quite ready
Well, it's about like getting ready for open-heart surgery. It's quite a challenge. It's not an easy deal.
add coaches plays running stand thinking
Most coaches can't stand (this system). They're going to add two more plays, thinking if this one is good, then one more would be great. But they're running the same plays and the same system.
athletic ball great high lend skills themselves tremendous
In high school, he was a great rusher. He's got tremendous athletic ability. We've got to find a place that he can contribute. He's got some ball skills that lend themselves to that position.
drive front game ourselves strikes thinking throw understand
If you go into the game thinking we are going to throw strikes every snap, we could drive ourselves crazy. We could drive our youngsters crazy. They understand what is in front of them.
chose grades looking others proud runners signed strike strong
That's 12 runners and hitters. That's really what we were looking at. Obviously, there were others we were looking at that chose to go elsewhere, but we're really proud of the ones we got. They all have some things in common: they all can run, they can strike you and this group's grades are as strong as any we've signed in a long time.