Illini Coaching Staff
I think Abraham and Thad Ward are only ones without NFL coaching experience. As you pointed out Abraham has a wealth of NFL playing experience.
This formula is pretty simple now. If you want your kid to receive the best NFL prep that he can in college, Illinois has to be a top 5 destination.
I like the sentiment, but think that's getting a little carried away. Recruist/parents/handlers likely won't share that perception or believe it in earnest until they see guys getting sent to the NFL (rounds 1-5), although I do believe the experience will be a big boost over similar-tier programs.
I should have said parents who do their homework. Sure the glitz and glam of Ohio St. and Alabama will carry the day, but does Howard Griffith want Donnie Abraham or Kerry Coombs teaching Houston to be an NFL D-Back?
Every major D-1 recruit and their parents likely dream of the NFL one day. AT least on paper we look really good
Lord have mercy. I LOVE this. Recognizable name. Former player for Lovie. Ties to South Carolina. AND the DC at IMG - the football factory of the South??? Yes, please.
ChazzReinhold
Mom! The Meatloaf!
Urlacher was on the Score last week stating he has no desire to be a coach.
I don't care if they coach. I just want to make sure they are spending time in Champaign. I think that will pay dividends.
Great players do not necessarily make good coaches. Stop beating the drums for ex-NFL players with absolutely no experience carrying a whistle and a clipboard. An assistant college coach is a miserable job, long hours, on the road visiting high school athletic departments, changing gigs every 2-3 years, very low pay. And most of all you have to be a great teacher and have the ability to mold the transition to manhood of the youths in your charge. You have to be dedicated and want this to be your life.
Both Urlacher and Peanut, but especially Peanut, will find some other way to make a difference in the lives of young men should they want to. They are big enough names to be able to do that some other way than coaching.
It would just be cool, however unlikely, to have them around our program talking to recruits and telling them how great it is to play for Lovie
It would just be cool, however unlikely, to have them around our program talking to recruits and telling them how great it is to play for Lovie
Urlacher just married a model and is living on the west coast. I don't see Urlacher coming to Champaign.
BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
And he has hair now.
Per Werner, Abraham is coaching safeties and Williams has corners.
No kidding. And I'm still wondering what got sternquist vaporized after being hired by Lovie and brought here a year ago. Anyway I bet the recruiting staff that was under sternquist and are still around have found some increased motivation.
Pat Embleton is the senior guy left standing...and a holdover from the Beckman Era (he was a GA then)
So, will it be April before they announce the other staff?