Is john holcheck a candidate?
Is john holcheck a candidate?
Even though he was a hot coach with a good record, I still cannot believe he must have impressed multiple people in interviews. Years later I still cannot fathom that. #goofYes, like
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Tim Beckman?
3 years before Graham got there they were 20-60 defensively for reference.Any issue with Todd Graham being a defensive guy and his defenses weren't that good at the end. The first 3 years his defensive S and P+ were 20-50. His last 3 years in the 62, 117, 99. I really liked him initially but this has me soured. Whats the reason for this? Is he a 3-4 or 4-3 guy? My initial thought was that maybe RPO's started to become the standard and he has issues with that?
You sure they weren't going against a tampa 2 defense every game?Who was Todd Graham's OC in '12 when their TE was *WIDE FREAKIN OPEN ON EVERY PLAY*??
Against us they were going against Tim Banks which, now that ya mention it, he's co-DC at PSU. (Not to derail this convo, but what would Lovie's tenure look like if Tim Banks was his DC from day 1?)You sure they weren't going against a tampa 2 defense every game?
With Ford and Barker next year, we'll actually have solid talent at TE. Whoever the OC is next year, hopefully then can use the TEs as pass catchers quite often. Seems like a lot of college offenses use TEs solely as blockers and not a combination of blocking/receiving.Who was Todd Graham's OC in '12 when their TE was *WIDE FREAKIN OPEN ON EVERY PLAY*??
I meant who was Todd Graham's OC in 2012 bc I want him to be our next HC. It was Mike Norvell.With Ford and Barker next year, we'll actually have solid talent at TE. Whoever the OC is next year, hopefully then can use the TEs as pass catchers quite often. Seems like a lot of college offenses use TEs solely as blockers and not a combination of blocking/receiving.
https://www.news-gazette.com/sports...cle_57c3f7bf-2659-5052-b4ef-286fb476db62.html
article about Whitman's take on the current state of Illini football. Hopefully he's just keeping up appearances..there's no way he ACTUALLY believes this staff is giving 100% and is still this incompetent. right? right?! Also plays the moral victory card about our fake comeback vs Michigan. Please just be josh-ing me, Josh. There's no way he can actually still trust this staff.
Banks doesn't have much say in what goes on defensively at PSU. It's all Brent Pry who has been with Franklin for awhile.A
Against us they were going against Tim Banks which, now that ya mention it, he's co-DC at PSU. (Not to derail this convo, but what would Lovie's tenure look like if Tim Banks was his DC from day 1?)
I also don’t believe Feldman or any other media person’s opinion of who would be interested. This is just lazy journalism - Illinois sucks so no one will be interested. Bs. Each individual is different and there are all sorts of other factors involved like if they like the AD or where their family is from etc.
I trust that if a change is made, Josh will surprise Mr. Feldman. Who would have predicted we’d poach Underwood from OSU?
I dislike this view of sports media. There are obviously examples of sports journalists who make money off their opinions, but I think Feldman has earned the assumption that he isn't just making things up.
Yes, exactly the opposite of what Thomas did to Bruce, team went on an 8 game losing streak, right after a tenuous lack of support. (I didn't look it up, but that is my memory).Yeah, you want your AD to play to the whistle, so to speak. No good comes from doing otherwise.
Yes, exactly the opposite of what Thomas did to Bruce, team went on an 8 game losing streak, right after a tenuous lack of support. (I didn't look it up, but that is my memory).
Do we really think this team can win two more games? Nothing I've seen tells me that.
Graham would not be a good hire.
Well I just don’t take anything these guys are saying at this point as gospel. Is there truth to the fact if he had a choice Fickell would pick MSU over Illinois? Could be. But if MSU is not open and Illinois is, could Fickell decide to come here? Maybe. Shoot as mentioned above you had Glenn Mason introduced as the Georgia coach only to switch gears a day later. This is where the other factors come in.Quite the opposite, he's a scoops guy. What he's getting is coming primarily from agents, I'd imagine. No one just operating on opinion would float Nick Rolovich for the Illinois job. But if his agent is sniffing around for him, that's worth noting, though more than likely it's just fishing for a raise at Hawaii.
If you want a look behind the curtain, the cost of that is the information you're getting comes with the agenda of the people giving it to you. That's the game these guys play. Feldman is very good at it.
so my bottom line is I take all of these scoops with a grain of salt.
Grahamwouldcouldnotbe a good hire.