DC Bobby Hauck out at Illinois

#129      
STLini25
illinipioneer said:
If Hauck is out wouldn’t his guys also fly the coop? No pun intended…eh kinda

I can’t see them sticking around, but I suppose they do due to contracts etc… either way does Brett bring someone in mid season to shore this thing up up or just roll with the current staff?
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You don’t quit 4 games into a season if you care about your career. They have no desire to leave unless it’s not on their terms. In addition, they aren’t getting Illinois quality jobs if/when they leave. They want to stay and prove themselves.
 
#130      
TampaToo
I felt strongly he would not make it past one season, but didn’t see this coming. He had to go and it shouldn’t take much to improve the defense even a little.
 
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Calvin
#134      
Da88
MaineIllini said:
He was really stressed when speaking. Rubbing his face a lot. I sensed a big-time !!! chewing was coming, but not this.
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I was worried he was having a medical episode for a moment. Hadn't seen anything like that from him before.
 
#136      
kyillinifan
Does BB take over the def calls and insert some of Henry's def in. He has some experience guys on def who played last year. I want to insert about Cam Thomas. The first play he was called for unsportsmanlike was the OSU guy holding him and would not let go. Thomas did not look happy on the sidelines. We have a real good linebacker let's hope this does not effect him going forward.
 
#137      
Illini92and96
fuddrules said:
That's one way to sell it. The other is Bielema's due diligence is lacking.
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Sell it? Look at the facts. He got rid of the Petersen “mistake” after 1 year in January 2022. That fall we won 3 more games than with Petersen, for the most wins in 15 years. 2 and 3 years after that we won 9 and 10.

Did the one year “mistake” over Petersen cause the program issues, or was the aftermath of the “mistake” one of the best stretches in a bigly long time?
 
#139      
ROCIllini
The Dying Illini said:
Well said and yes I am going to be that guy. Could have been completely avoided... multiple times. Bret's loyalty to his people ultimately caused this downstream absolute debacle.

Should have canned Henry before the bowl (and in reality after his first season in 23') we were sold Hauck as mentioned above and here we are without a scheme playcaller in the building and multiple coaches who 100% will not be here next year.

Feel very much for the players who worked their asses off to switch positions, learn a new scheme and some have their draft stock killed (see Xavier Scott pre/post this scheme) this falls squarely on Bert and may waste his best draft prospect QB we've had in years too.
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Scott pre/post serious injury
 
#141      
therealmiket86
Chillinini said:
I’ve said it before, Hauck was here to collect retirement checks and be a stop gap. Guy had no clue how to coach a P4 defense. Rather have Henry back there learning on the job still.

Your best interim DC is Bret himself.
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I would rather have neither of them. Hauck has no talent on these defense but are also poorly coached. I would like to see how this defense would work if we had last years talent. We lost a ton to the nfl and portal. We also added 0 impact players on defense. Prater didn’t start at Jacksonville state and comes here and starts

Also Brett would be calling a defense he doesn’t know
 
#143      
TentakilRex
BTW if Christian Parker is available in offseason, avoid him
 
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