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Football players speak out about Gill By Mike Vernon Sunday, November 27, 2011 "We all know he...

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Football players speak out about Gill By Mike Vernon Sunday, November 27, 2011 "We all know he loves us like he’s our own father, we’re his sons." -Jordan Webb "I think it’s unfair. Got to give him an equal opportunity. Everybody out here loves coach Gill. I’m kind of speechless about everything that’s going on right now. He let us know that he cares, that he loves us, to keep our heads high, and keep fighting. I’m sure he thinks the same thing, two years, you only have so much time to rebuild off something. That’s clearly not enough time, I don’t think at all." -Greg Brown "He comes to a school that’s struggling and in two years, they get rid of him. I don’t really feel like he got an opportunity to prove what he’s capable of and I think it really speaks on the university as a whole. A team doesn’t go 5-19 because of one person, but because he’s the head man, he’s going to take the blame for it. While it is looked at as coach Gill’s fault being the head coach, it’s really a reflection on us as players and the failures that we had and just not being able to succeed. I really take that to the heart." -Toben Opurum "Now you don’t know who you’re playing for. I guess that’s part of life and part of business." -Kale Pick "He’ll watch what you’re doing in the classroom, ask you about your social life, but then, when you got on the football field, he would critique you there." -Steven Johnson "At the end of the day, we can’t lose each other. We lost a great coach, but in our minds, we’ve got to stick together." -Darius Willis UDK article