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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when the guy intercepts the ball and he takes off on that side of the field, you've got a bunch of offensive guys chasing him. Once he reversed, those offensive linemen aren't the greatest at changing direction and chasing him down.
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Jim has been a loyal assistant and a great friend for some 13 years. He played a major role in our success at Wyoming and Purdue. I know he's excited about this next phase of his career, and we wish him nothing but the best in the National Football League.
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Joel did a great job as a graduate assistant here and has gone on to cut his teeth in the coaching profession. He's a detail guy with a lot of energy, and we're thrilled to have him back at Purdue.
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He did a great job of managing the game and executing the offense. We're always looking for perfection, but he played awfully well once again.
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He played like a great player. He's a talented player.
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All four of these guys have displayed great leadership qualities since the end of last season when the team became theirs as seniors. Each of them has his own style of leadership, and I am confident their teammates will listen to the messages they convey. They also are leaders by example.
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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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We think the game is a chess game you're playing all the time,
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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.