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<blockquote data-quote="Point-Illinois" data-source="post: 1956473" data-attributes="member: 747217"><p>Might be an unpopular take, but I feel like Lovie was fired at the right time.</p><p></p><p>There is a crazy stat out there that shows like 90% of coaches (even bad coaches) get to a bowl game sometime within their first four years. (Credit to Robert at Illiniboard for putting together the article that showed the stat)</p><p></p><p>Lovie had started a youth movement in his first year and was playing freshmen with the hopes that he could coach them up into an awesome senior team. Josh stuck with him (rightfully so) through that movement.</p><p></p><p>Lovie’s record was 3-9, 2-10, 4-8 so there was a sign of a spark. The winning streak in 2019 that started with the upset of Wisconsin got us bowl eligible. At that time, we thought it all was clicking. (The loss to a HORRIBLE Northwestern team to end the season could have been a premonition of things to come)</p><p></p><p>Josh wasn’t going to fire Lovie at that point though.</p><p></p><p>Then Lovie went 2-6 in the COVID year. Hard to judge with the missed games and “we might have gone 3-0 against the non-con” argument but Josh made the right call at that point. The nepotism wouldn’t have mattered if we were winning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Point-Illinois, post: 1956473, member: 747217"] Might be an unpopular take, but I feel like Lovie was fired at the right time. There is a crazy stat out there that shows like 90% of coaches (even bad coaches) get to a bowl game sometime within their first four years. (Credit to Robert at Illiniboard for putting together the article that showed the stat) Lovie had started a youth movement in his first year and was playing freshmen with the hopes that he could coach them up into an awesome senior team. Josh stuck with him (rightfully so) through that movement. Lovie’s record was 3-9, 2-10, 4-8 so there was a sign of a spark. The winning streak in 2019 that started with the upset of Wisconsin got us bowl eligible. At that time, we thought it all was clicking. (The loss to a HORRIBLE Northwestern team to end the season could have been a premonition of things to come) Josh wasn’t going to fire Lovie at that point though. Then Lovie went 2-6 in the COVID year. Hard to judge with the missed games and “we might have gone 3-0 against the non-con” argument but Josh made the right call at that point. The nepotism wouldn’t have mattered if we were winning. [/QUOTE]
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