One part of me says that enough money will get a good coach to consider U of I. Plus Whitman has given Lovie more than sufficient time to turn the program into something respectable.
Another part of me says Turner, Zook, Beckman, Cubit, Smith - no coach has left ILL other than by firing since 1991 (Mackovic). That part of me says ILL is a coaching graveyard in a tough conference where even Rutgers and Indiana are committed to improving. This is the part of me that I think is right. I doubt that anyone on the list would come here. Getting beat up by the Gophers does that to a cat.