Josh will make sure that the football team has what it needs from revenue sharing. We are going to be middle of the big ten when it comes to funding, Bret is thinking long term (5/5, portal) with the use of those funds right now which has led to the class we have now. We're not poor
Quit on the team and shouldn't be allowed back. I don't really care what nice things he may have said about us after he left.
I'm not worried though because he's not an actual option
Donors are going to focus on MBB and FB, let's be honest. NCAAW is so top heavy that I'm sure 90% of teams are going to wonder if its even worth the investment at this point. Not a single elite 8 game was close and it was mainly between 1 vs 2/3 seeds. Illinois is in a 10x better place than it...
I am not saying he is close to being in danger of being fired or has to prove anything. Its a fair question of whether we continue on our upward trajectory or fall back with the amount of change that we are undergoing this year.
Also the guys we hired mainly have out of state connections so that is not going to help the potential lack of top in state guys. It seems like it is almost too top heavy where those guys are looking to get bigger NIL than what we are going to offer freshman (outside of Lopati) and we won't have...
This feels like the biggest season of Bret’s tenure. Do we continue to build on our success or fall back to the mediocre Illini? He’s taken a lot of risks this offseason and needs them to pay off. Very excited, but nervous for it
His age doesn't mean much at all. We're not making a coordinator hire expecting him to be here 10+ years. His recruiting will be done mostly on campus as Bret desires and the new coach recruiting rules makes doable. And I guarantee a ton of schools would have loved to hire the head coach of one...
Assembly hall was always sort of meh for most games and got up for big games. I remember before the remodel that there were a ton of complaints about the olds not cheering. That has not changed post stadium remodel. OK has definitely gotten quieter over the years, but I am sure that most fan...