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What I've heard

Matt Jessen-Howard

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At practice today, as you can imagine, there was a lot of discussion about Teague's resignation. Here's what I heard. This information is not from a source within the program, but someone who has enough credibility for me to feel comfortable sharing.
  • Apparently T. Denny Sanford and Teague didn't always see eye-to-eye. Can't remember exactly what was said, but the point was that the person I spoke to didn't seem very confident that Teague was going to get the job done with Sanford. He said something about this could actually be positive for the facilities project.
  • There were two names that were thrown out: Pete Najarian and Tony Dungy. Kaler couldn't possibly have a shortlist already, and I assume a full search process will happen. This person I talked to said something pretty matter of factly about Najarian and Dungy, though. They'll be talked to, or targets, or something, which I think was already assumed.
After practice, Kill made some comments to the media about Teague's resignation. He said that he felt sorry for everyone involved. He said something about being around since 5am, so he didn't know many details yet, and didn't know that Kaler was giving a press conference yet. Someone asked if it hurts recruiting and he said "well, it doesn't help," but then went on to say that he thinks recruits, the state, and the country trust him, and that's all that really matters. He also said that he'd like for the search and hiring process to happen soon. He also said that it was a distraction, but his job was to focus on the football team. He went on to say that today's practice was the best he'd felt in a while, and it was clear that this situation wasn't going to bring down his energy and excitement for fall ball. Lastly, Kill was highly complimentary of President Kaler and said he has 100% trust and confidence that he'll do a great job resolving this situation and hiring a new AD.

Take it for what it's worth. Now on to writing a practice report...
 
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