Coaching Carousel (Football)

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aaeismacgychel
mhuml32 said:
I've been vocal against him. Part of that is I believe there's evidence supporting that Hankwitz was a major part of his success and people are too quick to ignore the almost last half decade of his Northwestern run (when Hankwitz retired).

Ignoring those opinions, this is a bad outcome for Illinois. Michigan State has been a willing recruiter in the Chicagoland era since Dantonio. Fitzgerald has to be one of the most plugged-in coaches in the Chicagoland in CFB. It makes all the sense for that pairing to double-down on Chicago and the State of Illinois being a large part of their recruiting strategy. Therefore, I'm expecting a lot more battles between Michigan State and Illinois for the foreseeable future.
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I'm interested to see how he hits the ground running there. I think Fitz is a good fit for them. Defense first attitude, B10 experience, and familiar recruiting grounds. As well, MSU has had major on and off field discipline issues over what seems like a decade, which is something that Fitz does seem to excel at eliminating [well so long as the team stays away from the shower room]. And MSU does have some talent up there, plus there's a number of Michigan families and recruits that just like us despise the Wolverines.

His name is tarnished a bit now but if has quick success there, and I do think he has the players to be a midtier B10 team with competent coaching, then the Northwestern issues will quickly go away and I could see MSU becoming a mid tier to 2nd tier B10 player. And they have a lot more resources than Northwestern did to sustain it.

Should be interesting.
 
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Indy Illini Fan
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Where do they go if they miss on both Sitaki and Daboer?
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TheGreatDebate
I don't follow football as much as basketball but where is all the Pitman talk coming from? His wiki page makes it sound like he and Bret parted on not great terms.
 
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DERV64
I wonder if Penn st has considered PJ Fleck....like him or hate him what hes done with minnesota has been pretty amazing. Hes got what, 7 bowl wins in a row? The roster this year isnt very good, somehow hes got them at 7-5. He might be cringe inducing, but he knows how to succeed....same with Matt Campbell, im shocked he hasnt gone anywhere yet.
 
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TheDrinkinLincoln
DERV64 said:
I wonder if Penn st has considered PJ Fleck....like him or hate him what hes done with minnesota has been pretty amazing. Hes got what, 7 bowl wins in a row? The roster this year isnt very good, somehow hes got them at 7-5. He might be cringe inducing, but he knows how to succeed....same with Matt Campbell, im shocked he hasnt gone anywhere yet.
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They could do worse than the car sales man. Have to think Campbell has told his agent he isn't going anywhere and that's why he is no longer a candidate at every job.
 
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