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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1793460" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>Much too early for this conversation before our DL beasts play against some guys capable of blocking them in conference play.</p><p></p><p>Walters is very young and hasn't necessarily made a name for himself as a rain-making recruiter, Power Five jobs aren't going to be falling all over themselves to hire an assistant at a program that hasn't won anything.</p><p></p><p>Colorado as Walters' alma mater may very well be an exception there, of course.</p><p></p><p>In terms of going to a non-P5 HC job, we can pay him more, and my hope would be that if he takes that sort of job it's a plum gig that sets him up for the future. The worst decision he could make right now would be to take a pay cut to take over a mid-major dumpster fire, so many promising young coaches have been derailed that way.</p><p></p><p>All of that said, what Walters HAS proven is that he's one of the absolute best young DC minds in the business. Which means elite schools with defense problems are going to be lining up to try to big-time Illinois and steal him. THAT is where the Brinks truck comes into play. If he leaves to become Colorado's head coach, he'd be a fool not to take it and we should wish him great success. It would suck big time to lose him to becoming Bill O'Brien's DC-for-hire at Auburn or something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1793460, member: 746137"] Much too early for this conversation before our DL beasts play against some guys capable of blocking them in conference play. Walters is very young and hasn't necessarily made a name for himself as a rain-making recruiter, Power Five jobs aren't going to be falling all over themselves to hire an assistant at a program that hasn't won anything. Colorado as Walters' alma mater may very well be an exception there, of course. In terms of going to a non-P5 HC job, we can pay him more, and my hope would be that if he takes that sort of job it's a plum gig that sets him up for the future. The worst decision he could make right now would be to take a pay cut to take over a mid-major dumpster fire, so many promising young coaches have been derailed that way. All of that said, what Walters HAS proven is that he's one of the absolute best young DC minds in the business. Which means elite schools with defense problems are going to be lining up to try to big-time Illinois and steal him. THAT is where the Brinks truck comes into play. If he leaves to become Colorado's head coach, he'd be a fool not to take it and we should wish him great success. It would suck big time to lose him to becoming Bill O'Brien's DC-for-hire at Auburn or something. [/QUOTE]
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