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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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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I feel really good about the guys we've hired. Offensively, we need to get out here as a staff and work together and just make sure we are covering all of our bases.
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I don't know how far he can go. He's a smart kid with a really good work ethic. He wants to be good.
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He's got a chance now. But he's got a long way to go. He needs to go to work in the weight room. He doesn't bench that much, he doesn't squat that much, he doesn't clean that much. He's not ready physically yet to play in the Big Ten, but he's closer.
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Nothing succeeds like success, ... Maybe when I'm no longer coaching, I may look back and say that '97 was my most memorable year. My wife put it best. Every Saturday was like Christmas.
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It seemed like he ran about 100 yards.
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As a coach, it takes time to mesh with the rest of the staff and the players. It will take some time, but the players are starting to understand what he expects.
address coming talking
(They) are not coming out and talking to these people. That's how I'm going to address it.
anyway couple field guys might ready
We might put a couple young guys on the field, ... And they might not be ready to play. But we'll put them on the field anyway and give them a chance.
anticipate field indoor practice reliable safe using
We feel we will have a safe and reliable indoor practice field that we anticipate using more often in the future.
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We feel we addressed positions where we have immediate needs. All of these guys are expected to come in and compete for starting positions right away.
ability added couple field players stretch
We have added a couple players on to the roster that have the ability to stretch the field vertically. And we know we have the arm.
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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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Another huge step for our program is that we will have a rebuilt practice field that matches our game field. This will allow us the opportunity to prepare as a team under the most ideal conditions.