Ron Zook
Ron Zook
Ronald Andrew Zookis an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2004 and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 2005 to 2011. Zook is a native of Ohio and an alumnus of Miami University, where he played college football. He has worked as an assistant coach in the National Football Leaguewith the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, and New Orleans Saints. In August 2012, he...
beginning couple great guard matt missed moving natural pocket ryan snaps spring
We have two new tackles, big guys. That pocket is not going to compress as much. And moving Ryan put him at a more natural position. He's done a great job. A couple of snaps at the beginning of the spring were a little off, but he hasn't missed a call. Moving Matt to guard has made him a little more comfortable.
anybody ourselves until worry
We have to worry about us. We can't worry about anybody else until we get ourselves fixed.
coaches guys locker plays room stand tired
We had opportunities to stand up and make plays and we just didn't do it. I'm tired of it. I know the coaches are tired of it, and I know a lot of guys in that locker room are tired of it.
glad practicing running
I was just glad to see him practicing and running around out there. I think everyone was.
bunch face ripped
Kyle's face is all ripped up. They put stitches in a bunch of places.
gets guy proud
Kyle's a guy who just gets better and better. I'm proud of the way he's come on.
attitude calling chris guy hard reminds team
He reminds me of Chris Leak, the guy we had at Florida. He's very athletic, very humble, and he's a leader. He was calling me and asking, 'How about this guy, how about this guy?' It's hard to get that team attitude today.
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He's a defensive player, too, and a fast guy, ... Although if you watched, he got knocked down one time and that can't happen. We're just trying to accelerate his experience, and one way is to get him on the field more.
freshmen growing pains played suffer
We played more freshmen out there. We'll suffer with some growing pains now. We'll be better for it down the road.
amount coaching football gotten last page players terms work
The amount of football that we have in is a lot more than it was last year. Everybody's on the same page - the coaching staff, the players - in terms of what we expect. It's been a lot smoother and, consequently, we've gotten a lot more work done.
felt momentum time
That was the first time I felt the momentum was ours,
expectation far good guys happens mind practice question shape
These guys are in as good a shape as they've ever been in their lives, there's no question about that. What happens is the expectation is that we're going to go out, we're going to go through practice and just get through it. As far as we've got to go, we can't do that. In my mind the game's tomorrow. It's not in September; it's tomorrow.
appreciate begin respect
I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate and respect these players,
football guys last played question team week
I don't think there's any question that we were a better football team this week than we were last week. It's important that we played a lot of people. We're going to need those guys down the road.