8 wins and no blowouts is our best season by far in 9 years. That's more than just progress.
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8 wins and no blowouts is our best season by far in 9 years. That's more than just progress.
7 wins with the schedule we have and he should be back. Still would be the best regular season we have had since 07... 9 years.
ILLINIShox24
Orange Krush '04 & '05
Might be a smooth transition for Banks, having recruited many players on PSU and his familiarity with the campus.
You can be as mad at the situation you want, but it was the situation our team was in. The timing on the MT firing was terrible for us in terms of hiring a new coach. With no AD there was no way we were going to get a quality coach from outside the program. Keeping Cubit was the right choice. He is a solid coach with a great character. The players never quit on him, and many spoke out positively about retaining him. Stability has its value.
I disagree. Our interim AD could have hired Babers with a normal contract even without a permanent AD in place. And there are plenty of head coaches who have taken jobs without knowing who their boss was. There have been several examples of this since this whole fiasco started so that isn't an excuse.
If a HC succeeds, it won't matter who the AD is, their job will be safe. (barring no violations of any sort)
Cubit was not the right choice, he was the easiest/most convenient to cover your a## choice.
ILLINIShox24
Orange Krush '04 & '05
Bucs are hiring Southern Miss coach Todd Monken as their new offensive coordinator. Was WRs coach with Jaguars when Koetter coached there.
Interesting. Koetter is calling his own plays, so essentially get to be a WR coach.
Interesting. Koetter is calling his own plays, so essentially get to be a WR coach.
You have to do what is best for your career but this is terrible timing for SMiss being so close to signing day.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Interesting decision by Monken, he just seemed to have turned around Southern Miss....
I wanted to throw out the names of a couple of current CFB head coaches who are heading up programs that are somewhat lesser than coaches of their status could be taking on, along with one NFL assistant. These wouldn't necessarily be great fits for Illinois, but anyway:
Terry Bowden, Akron, age 59 -- Pro: You have to be intrigued about a coach that takes the Zips into Michigan Stadium and darn near pulls off the upset. Took Auburn to the pinnacle years ago. From a premier coaching family. Still relatively young and has lots of HC experience for his age. Con: Some past baggage re: Auburn.
Frank Solich, Ohio, age 71: Seventy is the new 60! Obviously his age makes him an unlikely candidate, but it surprises me that he never moved back up into the "big-time" in all the post-Huskers years. In 2011, he coached OU to their first 10-win season in more than 40 years.
Tom Clements, age 62: Notre Dame alums were lobbying hard to get TC offered their head-coaching job circa 2010, when Kelly got the nod. There seems to be a lot of belief out there that he could be highly successfull as a college HC, but if he has interest, which program is willing to take a chance? Recruiting skills?
Other guys are out there in their 50s and early 60s who are no longer in coaching, like Gerry DiNardo, but I think in most cases by far, their lack of recent success will really limit their opportunities. On the other hand, New Mexico's gamble on Bob Davie seems to have paid off (had been out of coaching since about 2002) -- and by most measures, he was a failure as ND's head coach.
Terry Bowden, Akron, age 59 -- Pro: You have to be intrigued about a coach that takes the Zips into Michigan Stadium and darn near pulls off the upset. Took Auburn to the pinnacle years ago. From a premier coaching family. Still relatively young and has lots of HC experience for his age. Con: Some past baggage re: Auburn.
Frank Solich, Ohio, age 71: Seventy is the new 60! Obviously his age makes him an unlikely candidate, but it surprises me that he never moved back up into the "big-time" in all the post-Huskers years. In 2011, he coached OU to their first 10-win season in more than 40 years.
Tom Clements, age 62: Notre Dame alums were lobbying hard to get TC offered their head-coaching job circa 2010, when Kelly got the nod. There seems to be a lot of belief out there that he could be highly successfull as a college HC, but if he has interest, which program is willing to take a chance? Recruiting skills?
Other guys are out there in their 50s and early 60s who are no longer in coaching, like Gerry DiNardo, but I think in most cases by far, their lack of recent success will really limit their opportunities. On the other hand, New Mexico's gamble on Bob Davie seems to have paid off (had been out of coaching since about 2002) -- and by most measures, he was a failure as ND's head coach.
Bad timing for Southern Miss for sure- It would be interesting to see what Monken's longer term goals are. Maybe he didn't like recruiting. IDK.
I thought it was odd that his name didn't come up for any of the larger school openings this year. One more good year at Southern Miss would likely have made him a hot coaching candidate next year. But I suppose if he thinks the Bucs are ready to get things really turned around, being at the forefront of that would make him a hot coaching candidate just about everywhere.
50 years, $70 billion? :thumb:
Ferentz' new contract is the first one I've ever seen that explicitly uses season win totals as triggering events for compensation/buyout calculations.
That's potentially a pretty big paradigm shift. Obviously this is in the context of a supremely stable coach and program and a contract that is ludicrously favorable to Ferentz whether he ever wins another game or not, but you can easily envision a slippery slope towards contracts for rebuilding programs that are glorified pay-per-win arrangements (tons and tons of posters here have been calling for that at Illinois) and the huge potential for adverse incentives that would create.
That's potentially a pretty big paradigm shift. Obviously this is in the context of a supremely stable coach and program and a contract that is ludicrously favorable to Ferentz whether he ever wins another game or not, but you can easily envision a slippery slope towards contracts for rebuilding programs that are glorified pay-per-win arrangements (tons and tons of posters here have been calling for that at Illinois) and the huge potential for adverse incentives that would create.
A couple times in the past year I posted on a Midwest transplant that started a football program at DII florida tech. In case any of you are interested, here is an update:
http://floridatechsports.com/news/2016/9/17/football-panthers-route-shorter-40-0.aspx?path=football
Florida tech is 3-0 and have D1 Presbyterian College from the Big South next. This guy is doing an amazing job. Somebody is going to get a real winner with him.
http://floridatechsports.com/news/2016/9/17/football-panthers-route-shorter-40-0.aspx?path=football
Florida tech is 3-0 and have D1 Presbyterian College from the Big South next. This guy is doing an amazing job. Somebody is going to get a real winner with him.
Just know, fellow posters, that if the Lovie thing hadn't happened and we were playing out the string with Cubit this year, my Jeff Monken advocacy would be bordering on maniacal right now.
Jeff Monken was my highschool football coach!
Interesting! And? Your thoughts?
The Jeff Monken I knew 20 years ago and the Jeff Monken of today are totally different coaches. Honestly, everyone was a little upset that he only stuck around for one season good old Morton. I honestly have no opinion about him.
Wow, I just read that back to myself..."20 years ago," I am old!
Anyways, I am committed to Lovie, I think he is the guy to lead us to respectability. Next year will most likely be a disaster like this year is turning out to be but I think in year 3 we get a minor bowl and in year 4 we somewhat compete for the BIG West. Year 5 we roll NW, Wisky, and the Boohawks.
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