Former Kansas coach Turner Gill was introduced as the Liberty Flames’ eighth head coach on Thursday, and video of the press conference is below, starting with Gill’s speech at the 5:15 mark. Gill was welcomed with a standing ovation.
I’ve pulled out a few interesting quotes from him, along with the synced-up video clips below in case you want to watch Gill speak yourself.
**”It will be our mission to this program to build championships through Christ by preparing young men academically, athletically and spiritually. It is a great time to be a Liberty Flame*, and it is time to leap forward to have an unparalleled future.”**
* — Just as an aside, Gill’s first words at his introductory press conference at KU were, “It’s a great day to be a Jayhawk.” Just thought that was interesting.
**”There will be some people from the staff there at the University of Kansas. So I want to take my time just a little bit more to get that all right, because that’s going to be very, very important.”**
**”I want guys to be able to be physical. I want them to be mentally tough, and we’ll put them through that process where they’ll have a great situation when they get in the ballgame, that it’s going to be actually less stressful on them in a game than it is in practice.”**
**At the 10:52 mark, Gill goes back to phrases that KU fans should be accustomed to, saying Liberty will run a “multiple” offense while also striving to run the ball at least 55 percent of the time. He also says Liberty will primarily run a 4-3 defense — a change from KU’s base 3-4 last season.**