I can't lie, I take an extremely dim view of coaches who don't "like" coaching in the current college football landscape.
this hire gives me Tony Peterson vibes
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this hire gives me Tony Peterson vibes
It was a 3-4 base
He’s going to bring over his 3-3-5 defense
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It's important to remember Coach B said the DC is going to be in full control of the defense. While Hauck has never been a DC, the 3-3-5 he's been running at Montana is the defense he brought with him from San Diego State. So it's absolutely his defense he's bringing with him to Illinois and will implement. Additionally, his brother Tim was a 13 year vet in the NFL and was co-DC under Bobby at Montana the last couple seasons. I wonder if Tim will be coming with.
Your thoughts on this hire?
His scheme? My brother. He’s never called defensive plays. lol
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I don't doubt that he knows ball and, heck, I trust Bret, but definitely not the direction I thought we'd go.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Yes in the sense of being a weird fit with no apparent ties to Bielema.
But the problem with Tony Petersen is that he had lots of immediate FBS experience as an OC, and it was very underwhelming. So it was like, uh oh, there are pretty serious doubts about the exact thing we're having him do.
Hauck has been one of the best FCS coaches for years, but what does that have to do with being Illinois' defensive coordinator, a position he's never held anywhere?
Obviously the idea is to give him his X's and O's sandbox to implement his scheme and leave the program-running hassles to others who are more eager and better qualified. So far so good, a lot of great coordinators are like that. But Hauck's been a head coach for most of this century, isn't the program-running stuff what his core competency is?
Did he call the defense when he was the HC? With his age it guessing he will only be here a few years. personally I would’ve liked Karl Scott as the DC.
He has a lot of experience hopefully we can land a stud DL coach now.
Is this very similar to the system Partridge would’ve brought in? If so, that’s cool…just want to reconcile the decision with Bret’s press conference around the type of new system that he’d be learning too.
PizzaHutParkingLot
- Vodice, Croatia
BB deserves my trust on this one, but my goodness, this is definitely not an inspiring read.
Montana's Hauck says he's retiring because he doesn't like dealing with the changes in college game
Montana football coach Bobby Hauck has announced his retirement effective immediately. The Big Sky Conference's all-time wins leader said he doesn't enjoy his job anymore because of the direction college football has taken in recent years.apnews.com
"Dealing with agents and the transient nature of this and the lack of forward thinking by young people, which has never been a strong suit for centuries for young people. ... But now when they’ve got adults pushing them and pulling them in different directions, I kind of got tired of that." - welcome to every year of the rest of your coaching life, Bobby.
Tim Hauck - Football Coach - University of Montana Athletics
2025 will be the third season for Hauck at his alma mater since returning in 2023 and his tenth year overall with the program as a coach. It will also be his...
Guessing we will be adding him
A very successful head coach who has taught this scheme to players and coaches for years. He gets a significant raise without the headaches of recruiting as a HC. You’ll see a much different style of defense next year.(I’m trying to figure out if he called the defense when he became a HC or not) but overall I think it’s a solid hire.
Makes sense why we let so many DL guys walk this year. I’m actually excited about the change but hoping we don’t get run over by large offensive lines with a good RB.
What a pathetic hire lol. This program is never going to make the jump to a real CFP contender
Totally get there’s nothing Brett can do about a guy backing out but this looks like a bit of a mess. I thought it was implied that we were switching to Seattle’s scheme.
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