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<blockquote data-quote="RockfordIllini" data-source="post: 1568634" data-attributes="member: 8716"><p>I admittedly don’t know much about football. But to me, a big part of winning football games is a. Getting guys that are bigger/stronger/faster than the competition and b. Getting the players motivated enough to want to run through a brick wall.</p><p></p><p>I thought Lovie was a great hire because although he was never what I would call an ace as far as scheme or in game coaching, his guys always loved him and played for him (b.) and I thought his nfl/super bowl pedigree would be of interest to players with nfl ambitions (a.).</p><p></p><p>Although he did uncover some gems, I knew we were toast when recruiting never really took off and we remained at or near the bottom of the big ten. Lovie just hasn’t proven a good enough coach to overcome a talent deficit. Disappointing there wasn’t more effort expended on that part of the program and a big part of what doomed the LS era.</p><p></p><p>And as far as the product on the field, I’m wondering if a lot of the discipline/assignment issues that seemed to plague us were the result of not understanding the level of teaching that needs to happen at this level. Guessing pros are expected to figure that stuff out on their own (like any job), with the understanding they can be quickly be out of a job if they don’t.</p><p></p><p>What we were left with was a group of inferior athletes who lacked understanding of the system and/or lacked the discipline to execute. Or, 63-0.</p><p></p><p>I’m optimistic BB has a high floor and can at least get us to respectability. He isn’t playing Bama and Auburn every week. Should be able to compete with Minnesota and Iowa and stop them from poaching Illinois kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockfordIllini, post: 1568634, member: 8716"] I admittedly don’t know much about football. But to me, a big part of winning football games is a. Getting guys that are bigger/stronger/faster than the competition and b. Getting the players motivated enough to want to run through a brick wall. I thought Lovie was a great hire because although he was never what I would call an ace as far as scheme or in game coaching, his guys always loved him and played for him (b.) and I thought his nfl/super bowl pedigree would be of interest to players with nfl ambitions (a.). Although he did uncover some gems, I knew we were toast when recruiting never really took off and we remained at or near the bottom of the big ten. Lovie just hasn’t proven a good enough coach to overcome a talent deficit. Disappointing there wasn’t more effort expended on that part of the program and a big part of what doomed the LS era. And as far as the product on the field, I’m wondering if a lot of the discipline/assignment issues that seemed to plague us were the result of not understanding the level of teaching that needs to happen at this level. Guessing pros are expected to figure that stuff out on their own (like any job), with the understanding they can be quickly be out of a job if they don’t. What we were left with was a group of inferior athletes who lacked understanding of the system and/or lacked the discipline to execute. Or, 63-0. I’m optimistic BB has a high floor and can at least get us to respectability. He isn’t playing Bama and Auburn every week. Should be able to compete with Minnesota and Iowa and stop them from poaching Illinois kids. [/QUOTE]
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