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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 1767888" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>The hires need to be judged differently. For basketball, I expected a relatively desirable option and a return to regular Tournament appearances in a few years … Underwood blew that out of the water. For football, I expect next to nothing. Lovie didn’t work out, but it was a way bigger name than I thought we could snag. So is Bielema. No one is crowning is soon-to-be Big Ten champs, but Josh’s ability to attract big names to come here is quite impressive, especially given that our programs were in the toilet at the time of each hire. You’re taking a gamble with every hire when it’s Illini football, and we all know that. A MAC coach is what we should reasonably expect. I’m also confident BB gets us back to regular bowl games, which is the reasonable standard here until we’ve done it consistently for several years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 1767888, member: 590800"] The hires need to be judged differently. For basketball, I expected a relatively desirable option and a return to regular Tournament appearances in a few years … Underwood blew that out of the water. For football, I expect next to nothing. Lovie didn’t work out, but it was a way bigger name than I thought we could snag. So is Bielema. No one is crowning is soon-to-be Big Ten champs, but Josh’s ability to attract big names to come here is quite impressive, especially given that our programs were in the toilet at the time of each hire. You’re taking a gamble with every hire when it’s Illini football, and we all know that. A MAC coach is what we should reasonably expect. I’m also confident BB gets us back to regular bowl games, which is the reasonable standard here until we’ve done it consistently for several years. [/QUOTE]
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