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...
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Vince has done everything that I thought he would in terms of coming in, learning our package. I've been very, very happy with the way that's going. We've made great improvement on defense, as we should. We've just got to continue to improve there.
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Vince has done everything I thought he would do in learning our package. He's spent time with the defensive line and linebackers, and I help a lot in the secondary. We've made great improvement on defense, which we should.
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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.
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I wish he wasn't out for the season, but it doesn't bother me that he'll miss our game. He's such a great competitor and such a good person. You hate to see anything like that happen to such a great kid.
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You normally don't have two blunders like that on special teams and win a game. Our thing was we're not going to lose a game because of special teams. That's a great lesson to be learned.
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He's done everything I thought he would do at this point. He's extremely fast. He's made great strides at getting stronger and bigger.
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He has had success at the highest level of college football and that winning attitude will be a great advantage as we move forward with the progress of this program.
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He knows this situation is a great situation. He wants a chance to call plays.
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We just got worn out a bit, ... They did a good job coming back and we just tried to fend off the onslaught.
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We're using what we feel is everybody we have, ... The good players have to play good, and everyone has to play as hard as they possibly can play.
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I've seen more big plays this year than ever.
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I've said this all along, but the thing Tim has continued to do is that he takes care of the football,
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Right now, we're undefeated. I'm more excited about a spring than I've been in a long, long time. (But) we've got a long way to go. We're a little bigger, a little stronger, hopefully a little quicker. We've helped ourselves with the seven (new) guys that are in here right now and the younger guys are a little more mature in how they handle themselves.
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Even though it probably went exactly as we thought it would two days ago, until those faxes come across, you never know.