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For people that don't follow the sport that closely. Kill was a very good head coach at Northern Illinois and Minnesota. His last season and a half with the Gophers it seemed every week right before kickoff he'd have a seizure. He did a great job at Minnesota even with dealing with epilepsy - if he didn't have that challenge he would have been at a huge school competing at the highest level.
 
Skiblets said:
Sorry Chin. The vino is flowing and I missed your indirect reference
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Tis indeed a night to celebrate.

I'm giving my liver and kidneys break today. Just agua tonight.
 
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Skiblets said:
Sorry Chin. The vino is flowing and I missed your indirect reference
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But the area you and I are referencing is valid in any organization. You bring some people in for interviews and someone within the organization has a previous professional relationship with a candidate. Makes sense to get feedback from the interviewee outside the formal process. Maybe Kill was brought in to get a feel for Diaco.
 
Chin Diesel said:
But the area you and I are referencing is valid in any organization. You bring some people in for interviews and someone within the organization has a previous professional relationship with a candidate. Makes sense to get feedback from the interviewee outside the formal process. Maybe Kill was brought in to get a feel for Diaco.
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Interesting take. Another scenario I think Kill was interviewed and after the interview DB or BG called Diaco and asked what he thought. Answer was probably noncommittal 'better candidates out there' kind of thing. When pushed on who those better candidates might be I'm thinking the phone line went dead mysteriously.
 
Skiblets said:
Interesting take. Another scenario I think Kill was interviewed and after the interview DB or BG called Diaco and asked what he thought. Answer was probably noncommittal 'better candidates out there' kind of thing. When pushed on who those better candidates might be I'm thinking the phone line went dead mysteriously.
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You said it better than me. After the interview, DB asks BD how it went and what he though. Meanwhile BG reaches out to JK to get his perspective.

I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb when I suggest BD doesn't have the introspection to realize he was getting played by having to interview OC candidates.

He isn't the first employee to be given a task by his boss where the boss expects the employee to fail and use that failure as a justification to fire the employee.
 
Chin Diesel said:
But the area you and I are referencing is valid in any organization. You bring some people in for interviews and someone within the organization has a previous professional relationship with a candidate. Makes sense to get feedback from the interviewee outside the formal process. Maybe Kill was brought in to get a feel for Diaco.
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Good thought - the source did say that Kill wanted the job though.
 
Chin Diesel said:
You said it better than me. After the interview, DB asks BD how it went and what he though. Meanwhile BG reaches out to JK to get his perspective.

I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb when I suggest BD doesn't have the introspection to realize he was getting played by having to interview OC candidates.

He isn't the first employee to be given a task by his boss where the boss expects the employee to fail and use that failure as a justification to fire the employee.
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Spot on. Even if Kill wanted the job there was more going on here. Quite Machiavellian. Well played Benedict.
 
According to Flug, Killis feeling better and still wants to be a HC. I wouldn't count him out on this one if this is true. Program builder who fits the criteria.
 
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whaler11 said:
For people that don't follow the sport that closely. Kill was a very good head coach at Northern Illinois and Minnesota. His last season and a half with the Gophers it seemed every week right before kickoff he'd have a seizure. He did a great job at Minnesota even with dealing with epilepsy - if he didn't have that challenge he would have been at a huge school competing at the highest level.
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Kill was meh as a head coach. Here's his record. 29-29 at Minnesota. That sums up Minnesota Football.
2011 Minnesota 3–9 2–6 6th (Legends)
2012 Minnesota 6–7 2–6 T–5th (Legends) L Texas
2013 Minnesota* 8–5 4–4 4th (Legends) L Texas
2014 Minnesota 8–5 5–3 T–2nd (West) L Citrus
2015 Minnesota 4–3 1–2 T–4th (West)
 
hardcorehusky said:
According to Flug, Kill is feeling better and still wants to be a HC. I wouldn't count him out on this one if this is true. Program builder who fits the criteria.
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He had kidney cancer and has epilepsy. People with epilepsy have better periods but it doesn't go away. The guy's had it rough but I don't think we can take a chance with someone with those type of health issues. This hiring is too important.
 
Skiblets said:
Spot on. Even if Kill wanted the job there was more going on here. Quite Machiavellian. Well played Benedict.
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Here's another way this could have played out. BG does the legwork to get JK interested. All BD has to do is conduct the interview and hire JK. He doesn't.

A classic case of a boss providing a subordinate with a solution to the employee's problem. Only the employee doesn't recognize they were given the solution. Boss comes back looking for every thing to be wrapped up and moving on to the next project only to find out the employee overthunked it and missed the gift-wrapped solution. Goodbye.
 
hardcorehusky said:
According to Flug, Killis feeling better and still wants to be a HC. I wouldn't count him out on this one if this is true. Program builder who fits the criteria.
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As I commented on in another thread - stranger things have happened but this was his comment last week on his hire @ Rutgers:

>>Will Kill finally bring stability? That remains to be seen, but he said that he isn't interested in pursuing another head coaching gig. "I've had my run, so to speak, and I just enjoy the fact that I get to be a ball coach again," Kill said. "I don't have to do all that other stuff."<<

What sucks apparently is UConn could have grabbed him first if Diaco was smart enough and they were going to pony up $600k for an OC.
 
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UCweCONN said:
Kill was meh as a head coach. Here's his record. 29-29 at Minnesota. That sums up Minnesota Football.
2011 Minnesota 3–9 2–6 6th (Legends)
2012 Minnesota 6–7 2–6 T–5th (Legends) L Texas
2013 Minnesota* 8–5 4–4 4th (Legends) L Texas
2014 Minnesota 8–5 5–3 T–2nd (West) L Citrus
2015 Minnesota 4–3 1–2 T–4th (West)
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The 2014 team started 5-1 with a win over Michigan and the one loss to TCU. That's when Kill's health really turned south - you go 8-5 at Minnesota in back to back years while collapsing half the time on the sidelines? You are a pretty damn good coach.
 
UCweCONN said:
He had kidney cancer and has epilepsy. People with epilepsy have better periods but it doesn't go away. The guy's had it rough but I don't think we can take a chance with someone with those type of health issues. This hiring is too important.
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Health issues aside, I don't quite understand the hype over JK. Admittedly, I don't know much about him, but based on a quick google search his experience really doesn't do anything for me. Maybe I'm missing something?
 
I wouldn't trust Kill as a HC but passing on him as a coordinator is ridiculous. Well played move by DB here. As this unfolds it becomes abundantly clear that Benedict handled this past month about as well as he could've.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
I wouldn't trust Kill as a HC but passing on him as a coordinator is ridiculous. Well played move by DB here. As this unfolds it becomes abundantly clear that Benedict handled this past month about as well as he could've.
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DB is holding Jack high in his hand and he knowingly dealt BD a pair of pocket Aces. But he knows he just has to wait for BD to do, well, what BD does.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Here's another way this could have played out. BG does the legwork to get JK interested. All BD has to do is conduct the interview and hire JK. He doesn't.

A classic case of a boss providing a subordinate with a solution to the employee's problem. Only the employee doesn't recognize they were given the solution. Boss comes back looking for every thing to be wrapped up and moving on to the next project only to find out the employee overthunked it and missed the gift-wrapped solution. Goodbye.
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This times 1000. BD overthunk it with fish cakes and vampires and the like. Sometimes the best solution is the one right in front of you
 
blue93 said:
Health issues aside, I don't quite understand the hype over JK. Admittedly, I don't know much about him, but based on a quick google search his experience really doesn't do anything for me. Maybe I'm missing something?
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Well as a head coach he has a better resume than any head coach in UConn's history. The job he was interviewing for was Offensive Coordinator. For a team that hadn't had a winning record since 2010. To work under a head coach who was 11-26.

Who in the world do you think you could hire that would be more qualified to be the offensive coordinator?
 
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whaler11 said:
Well as a head coach he has a better resume than any head coach in UConn's history. The job he was interviewing for was Offensive Coordinator. For a team that hadn't had a winning record since 2010. To work under a head coach who was 11-26.

Who in the world do you think you could hire that would be more qualified to be the offensive coordinator?
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Well, he's OC at Rutgers and when you lose games 78-0 (Michigan), 58-0 (Ohio State), and 49-0 (Michigan State), he might be looking for a change of scenery......
 
UCweCONN said:
Well, he's OC at Rutgers and when you lose games 78-0 (Michigan), 58-0 (Ohio State), and 49-0 (Michigan State), he might be looking for a change of scenery.
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He just got hired last week. He wasn't there for those games.
 
blue93 said:
Health issues aside, I don't quite understand the hype over JK. Admittedly, I don't know much about him, but based on a quick google search his experience really doesn't do anything for me. Maybe I'm missing something?
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He won and scored touchdowns wherever he went. A true offensive-minded head coach. If I am correct, he got NIU on the map.

Good riddance, Diaco. Go enjoy some farm in Iowa.
 
UCweCONN said:
My bad. So he's a masochist?
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He has a relationship with Beth Goetz. He was exactly what Diaco needed - great experience, great results and a stated desire to not be a head coach again.

It's almost impossible to draw a different conclusion than Diaco wanted to get fired when he passed on Kill.

The JoeD comment that he isn't getting 3.4 million seems to make that clear.
 
blue93 said:
Health issues aside, I don't quite understand the hype over JK. Admittedly, I don't know much about him, but based on a quick google search his experience really doesn't do anything for me. Maybe I'm missing something?
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Because it's not a video game. In real life, if you are going 8-5 at Minnesota you are doing a very good job.
 
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