Coaching searches are my favorite season as an Illini fan haha
Can you confirm that Whitman is already working back channels? (I understand that ADs always have a list, but actually reaching out to get feelers is a whole different scenario)
Coaching searches are my favorite season as an Illini fan haha
If I told ya, I'd have to kill yaCan you confirm that Whitman is already working back channels? (I understand that ADs always have a list, but actually reaching out to get feelers is a whole different scenario)
If I told ya, I'd have to kill ya
I just don’t think this job is as bad as some people seem to think it is. The dumpster fire that was Illinois football has been put out. Yeah it still my be smoldering a bit, but nothing that some asbestos gloves, hard work and vision can’t handle.
The dirty little secret is that it was never really a dumpster fire, as evidenced by Dino Babers champing at the bit to take it with an interim AD and Chancellor, as well as Lovie Smith's willingness to take it when he seemed implausibly well-credentialed.
The idea that this is a job no one wants has a lot to do with the Beckman process, in which an AD who lacked institutional buy-in was casting about blindly in a market with a million other jobs open after firing a guy who had just made two straight bowl games with a roster whose talent was in obvious decline. Plus our facilities were at that point in horrible shape relative to our peers with no immediate plans to fix them. The expectations were too high for the resources available to meet them.
The opposite is the case now. And the situation is made even more appealing by the entrenched mediocrity of the Big Ten West. Come to Illinois and beat Kirk Ferentz a couple of times, and all of a sudden you're the next Oklahoma coach. That's a favorable proposition.
I'm sorry, what?????Why is no one mentioning Luke Butkus? he did well recruiting, his players loved him, and he has the name and now NFL experience to back it up. He could be our Pat Fitzgerald.
it also won't be the most attractive job open this cycle.
From the limited information available to us, I would say Luke has been more successful. There is a reason he is getting NFL jobs. However, not having the NFL draft worthy Nick Allegretti on the roster is going to make a difference. Especially when his replacement cant hold his block vs a defensive back! Bob is at least willing to leave the area code to recruitThat’s what I heard. He is not much into recruiting. However he appears to be better offensive line coach than McClain. Players said he was more demanding.
Almost certainly not. But with Stoops and Meyer potentially plugging any elite jobs that spring open without causing further cascade, and maybe some of the guys that looked dead to rights finding a way to cling on, there's the potential for it to be a pretty quiet carousel, which is the opposite of what happened in 2011.
Or USC, Michigan, Tennessee, Florida State, Auburn and Virginia Tech could all come open and everything goes crazy. These things are hard to predict.
If Gus Malzahn is out at Auburn, oh boy....
Being the most provocatively dressed would help.We're not the ugliest girl at the dance but we're not the only girl on the floor either.
6-6 at Ohio StateI'm curious what makes you think that.
I would pay Gus 8mm per year and give him 5 yearsI would agree, this is the perfect synopsis for where things stand today.
If Gus Malzahn is out at Auburn, oh boy....
Have him at a podium at MS the next day.
(If we don't FSU or VT or Ole Miss surely will)
6-6 at Ohio State
As someone who lives in Columbus, I wouldn’t put too much emphasis on that season. They lost more than 25 players from previous year including their starting QB Pryor who decided very late to leave (was part of supplemental draft). That left them with a name I’m sure everyone remembers, former wak-on Joe Bauserman and then freshman Braxton Miller. Though fans talked a good game going into the season, most knew with Tressel leaving, all the youth and then Pryor leaving it was going to be a tough year. If I remember correctly they then had some injury problems. With all that I thought he did a good job and team played hard for him all year.
We find more ways to lose than most any team.That was the year they came to Champaign when we were riding high at 6-0 and held onto the ball for what felt like 58 minutes just running Miller on a QB draw every single play. One of the most frustrating losses I can recall.
Yup, just looked up the box score. They attempted 4 passes, completing one, had 228 yards of total offense, and won 17-7. Ugh.
That was the year they came to Champaign when we were riding high at 6-0 and held onto the ball for what felt like 58 minutes just running Miller on a QB draw every single play. One of the most frustrating losses I can recall.
Yup, just looked up the box score. They attempted 4 passes, completing one, had 228 yards of total offense, and won 17-7. Ugh.