Maybe Brett should have checked with Miss Cleo before hiring this cat in the first place!
DC Bobby Hauck out at Illinois
Maybe Brett should have checked with Miss Cleo before hiring this cat in the first place!
He’s a guy that’s been a HC most of career. I’m sure he didn’t like being called out or told what to do. He’s also a guy who retired because he didn’t like the current landscape of college football. I also don’t think he’s ever coached at the P4 level.
I do. There is no reason not to.
Was Coach B happy with Bobby’s performance? No.
Were there “discussions” like what happen daily on a college football team? Yes.
Did Bobby know he was doing poorly or possibly over his head? Probably
Did Bobby get fired or asked to leave? No.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Too soon.
Eberflus has been saving that timeout since two Thanksgivings ago
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
I liked the idea of 3-3-5 just to be different. I would not give up on it. Hauk was just the wrong guy.
All these HS kids payed 43 or 34 in HS. You could shift them back to that in a week. It would be plain vanilla with cover 1 or cover 2 but it could be done with you wanted to bring in Wilcox or soembody else
All these HS kids payed 43 or 34 in HS. You could shift them back to that in a week. It would be plain vanilla with cover 1 or cover 2 but it could be done with you wanted to bring in Wilcox or soembody else
I’m gonna say Beckman by a landslide.Bigger joke, Hauck or Beckman?
Have to credit Bielema for being decisive.
does that T.O. come with him to college if we did hire him? /s
Eberflus has been saving that timeout since two Thanksgivings ago
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
As a matter of fact it is precisely what we heard from those good sources that makes me think this way.
During the period days after the transfer window had opened, when it looked like we were on track for the smaller number of departures we had been used to, defensive front seven guys started trickling out, and the response from the insiders was that the staff didn't think these players were worth the money they were asking for and that we could do better replacing them. Later the insiders told us there was a deal in the works to bring Tomiwa Durojaiye back which didn't come to fruition.
And then of course the insiders (and other sources) told us we had a deal in place with Chris Partridge that he backed out of when they won the Super Bowl. What the Seahawks do isn't exactly a Rocky Long 3-3-5, but the principles are comparable in terms of a tradeoff of size for speed within the box and generating uncertainty as to who is rushing and who is dropping on any given play. Both are ways of answering the question "how do we get results on defense if we can't afford quality and depth among 300+lb DT's?"
It's not my speculation that our change in defensive philosophy was forced by the price level for size on the interior going through the roof, Bret Bielema has said that publicly. But that's not something that became apparent until pretty late in our process, when we suffered something that has hit every program in the country at one time or another: sticker shock at the portal prices.
That's a much more coherent and plausible story than us spending five critical weeks sending letters of recommendation around for someone to relieve us of the burden of firing our incompetent DC. That line actually doesn't align with the information we've gotten here at all, nor does it follow basic common sense, but it DOES stoke the dedicated anti-Henry campaign around here that certain of our wise sages have chosen to lend their credibility to for reasons that I can't fathom.
you can pretty much bank on it that we ditch the 3-3-5 in the off season if we hire a long term DC who hasnt run it.
You 100% can’t change the defense in a week. You also aren’t bringing in a new coach to call the defense in week 5. My guess is that Bradford will call the defense for the rest of the season.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
