Joe Tiller
Joe Tiller
Joe Tilleris a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1991 to 1996 and Purdue University from 1997 to 2008, compliling a career college football record of 126–92–1. Tiller is known as one of the innovators of the spread offense...
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We think the game is a chess game you're playing all the time,
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We don't have the luxury of surprise that we once had. It's always a chess game, and you're trying to stay one move ahead of the competition.
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Football is a chess game. You always try to stay one move ahead.
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Also, we wanted to change some things in our offense so that we would present some new and different-looking problems for our opponents. The game is a chess game. You're always trying to stay one move ahead of your opponent.
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When you look at a system that's outside of something that you're most familiar with, there seems to be some mystery attached to it, ... when in fact, it really is pretty simple.
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We knew the system needed some review and obviously they did that. It's nice to see. The true results are there.
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To this day, I'd still have Kyle Orton running that boot on the corner, by himself, clearly having picked up the first down. It doesn't haunt me. I sleep well at night, knowing we did the best thing we could do under the circumstances. Based on what some of the other guys (on the team) say, maybe that haunted them.
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Those two guys were a huge part of the successful defense we had here for several years. And now they are helping out up there too, which is nice.
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You have a difficult time winning when you have five turnovers. It's a problem when they take two to the house on you.
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We feel like we've got enough talent at the position that it's possible that we wouldn't designate starters.
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You don't work with a guy that long and don't become very good friends. He really understood me and I understood him. That's probably why we got along so well. We'll miss Jim and his personality and his intellect.
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Bill knows our system as well as anyone. That's why he was chosen. Bottom line: He is a guy who will be able to get it done.
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Bill is an accomplished coach who has been a coordinator in the past and understands the responsibilities that go along with the position. He has experience and is very capable.
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As the season went along and losses began to mount, we began to examine everything. We probably made the change out of frustration more than anything else. We just weren't executing the offense. We felt like we were leaving too many plays on the field.