Bill Cubit Fired

SoxFanCPA · Mar 5, 2016

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Bill Cubit and Ryan Cubit fired

Offensive coordinator Ryan Cubit was also relieved of his duties effective immediately. The rest of the assistant coaches will have the opportunity to interview with the new head coach.

http://www.fightingillini.com/news/2016/3/5/cubit-dismissed-as-u-of-i-football-coach.aspx

?!?!?!?!?!

Insanity!

Second and Chalmers · Mar 5, 2016

My gast is flabbered.

Trakis · Mar 5, 2016

Wow. Just unreal. I.... I kind of love Whitman right now.

illininks · Mar 5, 2016

Wow. I sure do hope it's because he has a home run hire in waiting and not just some unexplainable irreconcilable differences.

IlliniCaboose · Mar 5, 2016

Love the decision, still question the timing. Who can we get?

filthytacos · Mar 5, 2016

Hopefully Whitman's NFL connections can pay off?

IlliniCaboose · Mar 5, 2016

Players found out via twitter, that's not ideal.

Second and Chalmers · Mar 5, 2016

There is, unfortunately, zero chance this was a good idea.

illini80 · Mar 5, 2016

Wow. Just wow. Incredible. How do we get a decent coach at this point? Spring football postponed indefinitely.

Second and Chalmers · Mar 5, 2016

IlliniCaboose said:
Players found out via twitter, that's not ideal.

That's exactly the opposite of the Whitman brand. That's really bad.

Second and Chalmers · Mar 5, 2016

Tupper guesses Leslie Frazier, currently a free agent, was the Illinois assistant who recruited Whitman in '97 I believe.

Trakis · Mar 5, 2016

Looks like Cubit just found out pretty much when we did.... man. This is savage.

illini80 · Mar 5, 2016

I assume there is a plan in place and I hope it comes to light this afternoon at the press conference.

mattcoldagelli · Mar 5, 2016

ritster · Mar 5, 2016

Something must have come to light

dfifo · Mar 5, 2016

Coaching buyout just keeps piling on. Wonder how many millions this adds up to.

Second and Chalmers · Mar 5, 2016

So the question is, was this all part of the plan from the beginning and Barb Wilson and everyone knew? Or is Whitman just going rogue on day 1 in office?

Hoppy2105 · Mar 5, 2016

Maybe JW made the decision that the rebuild starts now, not in a year because he feels Cubit showed his hand last year with a 5-7 season and a poorish "hoping for tons of diamonds in the rough" recruiting class.

illlllinois · Mar 5, 2016

:thumb:

Kramer116 · Mar 5, 2016

Interesting

Hoppy2105 · Mar 5, 2016

Second and Chalmers said:
So the question is, was this all part of the plan from the beginning and Barb Wilson and everyone knew? Or is Whitman just going rogue on day 1 in office?

I can't imagine he is going rogue but I do believe he had a plan and was paying enough attention this last year to know he wants to go in a different direction. Why not start now instead of waste a year ya know?

The only problem is it may be tough to find a coach now...

IlliniCaboose · Mar 5, 2016

Whitman has to have an ace in the hole here, doesn't he? He knows how bad the school looked last fall with having no plan in place.

illini80 · Mar 5, 2016

Well Whitman is not afraid to make bold moves! Assume everyone knows that JG was given a vote of confidence today.

Poe's Law · Mar 5, 2016

filthytacos said:
Hopefully Whitman's NFL connections can pay off?

Go with the Alvarez/Macovich AD/Football Coach model for an interim year (ha)!

KJKobs · Mar 5, 2016

So, in other words, it WAS a dagger to the heart of the football program?