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...
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.
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.
bowl game looks lose remember supposed watching
I remember watching their bowl game and thinking, 'Holy smokes. They were supposed to lose 26 guys, but it looks like they've completely reloaded.
everybody hear kids loved shakes three
We had kids who didn't hear from their loved ones for three days. It shakes everybody up.
fights-and-fighting
It all was going their way, ... But you have to keep fighting.
players
You have to do what you feel like your players do best,
frustrated happen recruiting stuff trying
I was frustrated because we were working on recruiting and trying to get all that stuff done. But things happen for a reason. Things have a way of working out.
caused defense early good mode saw team
We saw a lot of good things early on from the first team offense. When we got into the fast-tempo mode it caused the defense some problems.
bad course game kept near saying shape
We're not near in as bad of shape as I thought we were during the course of the game. I kept saying during the course of the game that we were not getting enough pressure.
consider far home louis start
We consider St. Louis in-state. You start at home and then you go as far as you have to go.
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.
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.
people team
You look at that first half, and we were awful, ... We weren't pretty at times, but we're going to be a better team than people think we are.