I disagree. If Illinois hired Kellen Moore, he could be successful.
Hey, so could Barry Switzer, so could Tom Brady, so could Miles Smith, the world is a funny old place.
The issue is he seems focused on a coaching career in the NFL and, with their greater focus on cutting edge offenses, he's likely getting a HC opportunity either next year or the year after.
That seems to be his focus given that that's where he's been for his entire career as a football coach, which consists of one season as a QB coach and FOUR GAMES as an offensive coordinator?
The thing I love so much about this is that if Dak Prescott throws a couple interceptions, Kellen Moore goes from "risky, outside the box hire for Illinois" to a joke by November.
It is true, by the way, that Sean McVay's success in a copycat league has made every baby-faced white guy with a handful of passing game ideas suddenly an NFL head coaching candidate. I think the way the college game ought to look at that trend is pretty well summed up by the fact that Kliff Kingsbury, the man who managed to go 5-7 with Patrick Mahomes throwing for 5,000 yards and 41 TD's, got fired by Texas Tech after amassing a 19-35 record in the Big XII, and was immediately hired as a head coach in the NFL.
There's being open minded, and then there's just being a sports radio meatball. We've drifted into the latter.