Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
Bill Cubit Fired
ILLINIFAN2
- Des Moines, IA
Sounds like we will finally "PONY" up on the compensation piece!!
ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
A NU START! :thumb:
Thanks for the link GA.
Wokker
- "The Good Land", WI
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Since Kowalczyk was the one that signed off on the contracts for both Cubits (I believe anyway) does he have a future in the DIA after this?
ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
Lovie Smith will be a candidate.
EDIT: See above.
EDIT: See above.
The Sprouting Divot
Invisible and Bulletproof
- Miracle Mile
Shut up and get out of here, oversized watch guy!
dsboyce
- Golden, IL
Uggghhhh. Until they pulled away from the presser altogether.
Dan
Admin
New thread
The Illinois Football Coaching Search Thread:
http://www.illinoisloyalty.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=23070
The Illinois Football Coaching Search Thread:
http://www.illinoisloyalty.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=23070
Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
Was so hoping for something embarrassing from the anchor not knowing he was on camera...
The Sprouting Divot
Invisible and Bulletproof
- Miracle Mile
You mean besides the fact that he stole Flavor Flav's clock? Dude's watch was the size of his face.
Agree. There's not an AD alive that would've kept Cubit at the end of last season, let alone extended him 2 years. And even though he never seemed to implicated in the Beckman fiasco, he's still tainted by it as the OC. And I think there's a zero percent chance Whitman fired him without a plan ready to be put in place.
word is Cubit was implicated in the injury scandal and they just found out later. Once they found out, they didn't want to complete blow the ship and lose out on the recruits they had secured. This has been brewing long before Whitman arrived. His presence just makes it easier to make the move now.
I don't believe this. The 2-year contract was idiotic and made no sense and pretty much everyone with a brain knew this and said this. Whitman has no reason to cover for other people's mistakes, especially at the price of digging an even deeper hole for himself. Also, the buzz is that he has a pretty impressive replacement already lined up.
FT35
- Naperville
Kramer
- Des Moines, Iowa
Thanks quhawks!
Dan
Admin
Bill Cubit: 'There's a lot of lies'
http://www.scout.com/college/illinois/story/1648825-bill-cubit-theres-lot-lies
http://www.scout.com/college/illinois/story/1648825-bill-cubit-theres-lot-lies
Sorry Cubit, but you handed over your dignity and your right to be indignant when you accepted that ridiculous 2-year deal from a toothless interim AD with the understanding all around that you were a stop-gap solution and it was a cash grab for you if it didn't work out. And you did no further favors for yourself when you spent all your assistants money on your unqualified son instead of something that would have given you a better chance to win. As for the rest of the staff, they also knew what they were getting into. It was a gamble on all their parts that didn't pay out. I see no reason for anyone to feel bad for any of them.
The two year that WAS HIS IDEA!! He proposed that just to stick around for one more year of a paycheck (for his son too).
The Illinois gig worked out good for the Cubits. He wasn't headed to this kind of pay grade after being fired from his last job. His resume didn't match up to a Big Ten job.
I do think Cubit is a stand up guy. I'm sure he wanted a chance to make a bowl and prove his worth. Whitman just didn't want to sit around and see.
I do think Cubit is a stand up guy. I'm sure he wanted a chance to make a bowl and prove his worth. Whitman just didn't want to sit around and see.