Recent content by illiniaaa

Plus you are competing with high school games which means no parents of any players are going to attend. I highly doubt we'd be in any discussion for one of these slots for the next couple of years anyhow.

There needs to be some changes to the staff for sure. Remember the skill set of these players is not in tune what they are trying to teach on both sides of he ball. Plus the skill level is average MAC level at that, even though they are upperclassman.

Maybe . But I think he put a lot into what Whitmans overall plan is. As far as the lineup changes I think it has more to do with not flushing the upperclassmen down the toilet from the get go. Let them fail then rebuild from there on up. Every one knew this was a 4 year rebuild and the roster...

The Purdue game was just a killer on the W/L record. Make that FG and we have shot at 5 wins.

What makes you think he thought it would be easier? I never got that impression but I don't run in his circles either.

Fans are usually over optimistic and coaches always portray their teams in a favorable light but in that coaches office they know what they got. If they were caught off guard then they were horrible at evaluating talent or weren't paying attention during spring practice.

Ummm - Does this guy really believes that Smith just now realizes we are a train wreck. I'm pretty sure Smith knew exactly what he was getting into and isn't surprised by any of this. He's been around and I'm sure his conversation with Ron Turner shed even more light on what this place was like.

Tactically they are the similar but that may be where the similarities end. I don't know that much about Frost but maybe his head coaching intangibles > than Helfrich's.

The domino effect will have the most bearing. Oregon will probably go with Scott Frost so that doesn't affect it too much. LSU will have the most impact if they go with Herman or another currently employed big name. If they go with Briles then not much trickle down effect there. Okie State might...

Yeah - they should have done it last year and struck before Fleck caught fire. Now the competition for him is much stiffer.

He'll get a better offer than PU. Fulmer and Brown were done and everybody knew it. Hatter might have some fuel left but watching him since the drama from last year and now I have my doubts. I'm not surprised if he just walks away from it all.

There's been some speculation that he's lost the fire and will retire but if not he's in a position to be very selective and I doubt PU would be attractive to him over others that might be open by the end of the season. Same with Fleck, he'll row to that boat to a more attractive job. PU pulled...

Nothing against Ward, he doing a good job, but we need two Reggie Williams. Guys who been around and can pave the way, then all LOVIE has to do close the deal.

I'm sure Lovie knew what he was getting into and I'm sure he's planning on a 4 year rebuild. He's under no pressure to go heavy into the JC ranks so he will be selective on those prospects but this rebuild is going to more Kirk Ferentz type than Mike White type.

Exactly - One of Zookers best vist weekends was for the PSU pounding he took. Game results mean very little if anything.