Illini Football 2022

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ptgrd23

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People forget that special teams make up 20% of plays. Not using your best players for that 20% is fighting with one hand tied behind your back. Obviously you don't want risk all your starters.
 
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ChiefGritty

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Dan said:
"Veteran Power-5 special teams coordinator Sean Snyder comes to Champaign from USC, where he spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons as special teams coordinator. Previously, Snyder spent more than two decades at Kansas State, where his father, Bill Snyder, was a legendary head coach."

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Miller Remains on Health-Related Leave, Snyder Added - University of Illinois Athletics

Veteran Power-5 special teams coordinator Sean Snyder has been added as Special Teams Coordinator/Specialists Coach
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Above all, prayers for Ben Miller and his family.

But it has to be said, this administration has not yet recruited at level that would augur positively for the future, despite pretty aggressively and seemingly competently creating a staff suited to doing so. An open spot for any length of time would be best used to try to address that and that's not what's happening here.

We hit every benchmark you could ask for on the field last year. We aren't hitting them on the trail. Bielema should be as forthright and decisive about that as he was about Tony Petersen.
 
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Ander1345

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ChiefGritty said:
Above all, prayers for Ben Miller and his family.

But it has to be said, this administration has not yet recruited at level that would augur positively for the future, despite pretty aggressively and seemingly competently creating a staff suited to doing so. An open spot for any length of time would be best used to try to address that and that's not what's happening here.

We hit every benchmark you could ask for on the field last year. We aren't hitting them on the trail. Bielema should be as forthright and decisive about that as he was about Tony Petersen.
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I don't think any of it is for lack of trying. I think a lot depends on success in the W/L this year and next.

Won't happen overnight.
 
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lexwaldez

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lexwaldez said:
I've said it before but while going to college we always had two or three families get together and tailgate for every home game. My friend's dad started at Illinois in another sport. Orange and blue thru and thru. One weekend the athletic department had people in golf carts measuring how much space you were taking and threatening to fine you. My friend's dad went absolutely BALLISTIC. He chased them off and told them to bring the cops if they back. When we graduated, we all cancelled everything. Ron Guenther's fun police were a full-on reign of terror. Because if you want a successful university and athletic program isn't it smart to alienate all your students and existing season ticket holders? RG wanted a program that appealed to the over 60 crowd. DOWN IN FRONT! As your older alums age and die and your alum pool shrinks... well pretty soon you find yourself with empty seats and you're begging kids to come back. It's a helluva lot easier to keep customers happy than piss them all off and then beg them to come back. And doing all of THAT while running your program(s) into the ground? Solid combination. I mean remember when RG had us in the top third for revenue and bottom fourth for expenses? He ran it cheap and he milked it for all it was worth.
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I should also add we DID buy season tickets when Josh Whitman became the new AD. I've got great seats for football and we're high up mid court for basketball. It's been fun going back again. LOTS of work getting people to come back but if you're on the fence, give it a shot. It seems like it's been a three steps forward one or two steps back, but it HAS improved. Gotta give Mr. Whitman credit where credit is due. I hope he keeps working at it.
 
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