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...
excited guys handle helped hopefully mature ourselves seven spring younger
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.
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.
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.
deserves guy tail
If a guy is working his tail off, he deserves to be in there.
chris coaches fought guy nfl offensive possibly walked
Chris is a guy the offensive coaches fought for the day we walked in the door. He's a guy that could possibly be an NFL offensive lineman, as well.
fewer guys mistakes
You have to get guys in there who make fewer mistakes.
chance ground guys several
Unacceptable, ... We had several guys who had a chance to get him on the ground and we didn't do it.
compete competition guys open playing talent talking thinking williams
We're thinking about it and talking about it, and we have to get some competition going in the secondary, ... They want to give Travis Williams a look to see if he can compete a little bit. Those guys have talent but they're not playing the way we need back there, so we'll open it up a little.
good guys justin sudden
We have guys who can back up and get in there, but one play and all of a sudden you're out of depth. I don't feel as good as I would if we had Justin in there.
best guy line looks lost obviously offensive running seen truly
It looks to me like they have just truly reloaded. The offensive line is huge. The running back is huge. They lost their receivers (to graduation), and they've got a guy (Jordan) who's got 11 catches in one game. They'll be obviously the best receivers we've seen to date.
anytime caliber coached definitely guys league personnel respect team
It wasn't my first consideration, ... But it was a consideration. It's particularly important when you're going into a new league of this caliber where you've got guys that have been in it and coached in it. There's definitely a respect anytime you know what a team is about or what a team can do and you know the personnel a little bit. It's very, very important.
august freshmen glad guys halls normally rest talking walking
It's been different for them. Normally these guys would be walking the halls and talking to girls. When they're really going to be glad they did this is in August when the rest of the freshmen come to practice.
confidence forget guys hard proud shot situation
A lot of guys would get into his situation and their confidence would be shot and it would hard to get anything out of them. But he was able to forget it all and I'm proud of him for that.
gets guy proud
Kyle's a guy who just gets better and better. I'm proud of the way he's come on.