Illinois Coaching Staff Carousel
Chilliniwek
- Chicagoland
I hope this is true about Holocek. I and a couple of others have posted about getting him on the staff and trying to elevate him to the HC job down the road. He's the kind of guy I think might stick around for awhile. Grew up in the far south suburbs, etc. But he's got it pretty good at Loyola Academy.
I'm certain opportunities to move from the high school ranks to big time college football almost never happen. Most have to work their way through lower levels. If he has any interest in coaching at the Big 10 level, this might be the only chance he gets without traveling through the tiers. If he has any success at Illinois he would be able to leverage that to move to other programs and perhaps back to Illinois at some point even if our short term HC fails. The bigger issue, I would think, is whether he wants to work at that level and if he wants the lifestyle that accompanies working at that level.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
I hope he takes the job. Think he could be very good to great. Gonna be hard to leave a VG situation at LA.
He'd be nuts to leave now. If he wants the LB job in our current situation, why hasn't he gone and gotten a better college job yet?
The instability could be a risk for Holocek given that the next coach may go a different route, but I think him being an alum might make it more likely for the next coach to keep him around when assembling a new staff.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
No D1 offers? Didn't seek a D1 position? Timing? Comfort level? No idea what's going on here, but there's more than one possible answer.
<speculation alert>If the powers-that-be made it clear to Holocek that he'll have a job with the next regime if he wants it, that clears up the security issue.
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
I understand what you are saying on the stability front, but would you believe anything that they said right now? How many of them are interim themselves? How many changes have there been in the past 2-3 years. If that was a deal breaker for me, then it would be broken. If it wasn't a deal breaker, presumably because it was worth the risk, then I wouldn't much care what they said. We shall see.
Who is in a position to make that kind of promise? Is Tim Killeen out recruiting position coaches?
I dont think he has gone out looking for another job. He was approached by the current staff.
dsboyce
- Golden, IL
Not to mention that would incredibly stupid for them to do. You can't bring in a new coach and force him to keep certain assistants around. Which means that's probably exactly what we are doing.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
El Jefe booster. The Big Dog. Coordinated with the interim AD.
I understand that this is somewhat problematical for the next head coach, but to say it's a showstopper is wrong. Coaches stay in regime changes when the new head coach doesn't have a choice. You can say it's not ideal, but it happens. Bellamy is another one.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
It won't be a dagger to the heart of the program.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
I think these quotes are here to stay.
They are not interim quotes.
Well played. Literally laughed out loud
Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal
Hey SixthandWhite, what was the name of that restaurant you like to go to with all the goofy stuff on the wall and the mozzarella sticks?
robertgoulet
IL Board Resident Crooner
- Austin, TX
Boers mentioned on B&B earlier today that he's been told Cubit hasn't signed his 2 yr deal yet. Said he's unhappy with the structure (basically not happy with how they had the 2nd year structured).
The BOT hasn't approved it either. There's still a chance that he may not be our coach next year.
The BOT approving it is a formality....to the extent anything Illinois does is a formality anymore.