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My stance also.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
The only other pure option comparison that comes to mind in the last 20 years, is Paul Johnson at Georgia Tech. During his 11 year run, I think he was the only Power 5 program to run the option. His record at GT was 82-61. If Monken is as good as many say he is, wouldn't Illinois love to have a run/record like this?
2008 Georgia Tech 9–4 5–3 T–1st (Coastal) L Chick-Fil-A 22 22
2009 Georgia Tech 10–3[Note 1] 7–1 1st (Coastal) L Orange† 13 13
2010 Georgia Tech 6–7 4–4 T–3rd (Coastal) L Independence
2011 Georgia Tech 8–5 5–3 T–2nd (Coastal) L Sun
2012 Georgia Tech 7–7 5–3 T–1st (Coastal) W Sun
2013 Georgia Tech 7–6 5–3 T–2nd (Coastal) L Music City
2014 Georgia Tech 11–3 6–2 1st (Coastal) W Orange† 7 8
2015 Georgia Tech 3–9 1–7 7th (Coastal)
2016 Georgia Tech 9–4 4–4 5th (Coastal) W TaxSlayer
2017 Georgia Tech 5–6 4–4 3rd (Coastal)
2018 Georgia Tech 7–6 5–3 2nd (Coastal) L Quick Lane
2008 Georgia Tech 9–4 5–3 T–1st (Coastal) L Chick-Fil-A 22 22
2009 Georgia Tech 10–3[Note 1] 7–1 1st (Coastal) L Orange† 13 13
2010 Georgia Tech 6–7 4–4 T–3rd (Coastal) L Independence
2011 Georgia Tech 8–5 5–3 T–2nd (Coastal) L Sun
2012 Georgia Tech 7–7 5–3 T–1st (Coastal) W Sun
2013 Georgia Tech 7–6 5–3 T–2nd (Coastal) L Music City
2014 Georgia Tech 11–3 6–2 1st (Coastal) W Orange† 7 8
2015 Georgia Tech 3–9 1–7 7th (Coastal)
2016 Georgia Tech 9–4 4–4 5th (Coastal) W TaxSlayer
2017 Georgia Tech 5–6 4–4 3rd (Coastal)
2018 Georgia Tech 7–6 5–3 2nd (Coastal) L Quick Lane
I don’t know much about him behind what Wikipedia says. Don’t know his offense or defense, his personality or anything else.
But Jamey Chadwell has the exact kind of resume I’d be looking for. Has won at several different levels and has a ton of head coaching experience for a guy so young. The same kind of resume Jerry Kill had.
But Jamey Chadwell has the exact kind of resume I’d be looking for. Has won at several different levels and has a ton of head coaching experience for a guy so young. The same kind of resume Jerry Kill had.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
And Cousin Eddie tops both of them for me.
For perspective, Bob coached here in the Big two era. He was 0-12 against Mich and OSU but was 24-11-1 against the rest of the BIG. Not really that bad of a record considering.
Iirc he has had some regulation issues in the past. Playing inelligible players. Don't think Whitman goes this route.
I'm not in favor of the triple option as a base offense. But like someone above mentioned, why can't we run a pro style offense with some triple option plays once in awhile to give the defense a different look? I'm not a offensive minded guy, so I'm just asking.
Only in 73.
Pat Narduzzi seems like a Whitman type of snag. He has kind of leveled out at Pitt. Would he take the Illini job?
Please, please, please, I beg you Josh (I know you MUST have read this entire thread) do not even consider Bielema. My own personal hell of a nightmare scenario.
This is a lot of NFL offenses right now minus the QB as a runner.
Didn’t Bielema try running smash mouth football like he did at Wisconsin down at Arkansas? Plus doing so with Petrino’s spread offense players and wasn’t recruiting linemen well down there? Obviously he wasn’t going to beat bama or the lsu’s doing the samething so outside trying to get out of barry alvarez’s shadow I’m not sure why he left. That said I wouldn’t hate him at Illinois and understand when you google him you get a lovely dose of descriptive words for him but Im not completely against him if he was the next hire..but I’m probably in the minority on that reading 19 pages of atleast 1 hate response for the guy lol
Didn't someone say the Learjet was flying to little Rock today? Does that make sense with Bielema?
Considering he is coaching on the Giants right now, gonna say no.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Yes; 0.500 consistently in-conference and one 3-5 season. From time to time in the '70s MSU had good teams. Purdue, too, a couple later years, and even Minnesota. I recall both Purdue and Minnesota beating Michigan. Generally, however, Michigan and OSU ran the table on everyone. Fry and White changed that, thank goodness.
No, he coaches linebackers for the Giants
You are right about London's location. But, that drive has never taken more than 3 1/2 hours from one to the other, while not going more than 5mph over the speed limit. Actually have driven through there about 100 times.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
You have my sympathy. I assume large volumes of caffeinated beverages, if not outright amphetamines, were involved. That drive makes I-57 between C-U and Kankakee look like the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
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Two biggest concerns for running the triple option are a) how well can we recruit for that scheme, i.e. will the talent/skill level play on a B1G field, and b) if this experiment fails, the offensive roster will be almost impossible to run for a few years with any other scheme.
Not against it, just think there's a double risk involved with it that I dont see us taking. The GT experience would be fantastic, Johnson came into that program with an extremely young and unheralded team and came out on top quickly. If that's what the triple option would bring for us, I'm all in. I actually dont know of another attempt at bringing a true triple option to a P5 school. I think as long as a coach has willingness to alter their schemes, I'd be more than happy with a base triple o.
Not against it, just think there's a double risk involved with it that I dont see us taking. The GT experience would be fantastic, Johnson came into that program with an extremely young and unheralded team and came out on top quickly. If that's what the triple option would bring for us, I'm all in. I actually dont know of another attempt at bringing a true triple option to a P5 school. I think as long as a coach has willingness to alter their schemes, I'd be more than happy with a base triple o.
sacraig
- The desert
This is a serious question: why is there so much hate for Bielema here? Is it because he is, ultimately, an Iowa product? His mediocre (though good by our current standards) results at Arkansas? Is there something about his personality or coaching practices that I am not aware of (I know the guy is really intense, but so are a lot of coaches)?
I am just curious, because when I look at him as a possibility, the worst reaction I have is basically "*shrug* worth a shot."
I don't like Bielema but mostly because of the vibes I get from him. I would fully support him as a HC. He may have a Iowa tattoo but he was also born in Illinois.
sacraig
- The desert
You weren't paying attention, then. How quickly some forget the Iowa game. We won lots of games in '07-'08 because we had a stud RB in Rashard Mendenhall who was better than everyone else on the field most of the time and an offensive line that did a pretty good job blocking him. Iowa took away the option and Mike "one-trick-pony" Locksley had no answer.
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