I would think, if Holicek wanted to coach at Illinois, he would wait until a more permanent situation existed within the football program. The timing for him to move to the college level, especially at Illinois, seems to be a year or 2 too early.
If this is what he wants, I believe the next coach given a 5 year contract at Illinois would be the more ideal fit for Holicek's situation.
He has been offered.
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?
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.
If the powers-that-be made it clear to Holocek that he'll have a job with the next regime if he wants it
I dont think he has gone out looking for another job. He was approached by the current staff.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?
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?
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.
It won't be a dagger to the heart of the program.
I think these quotes are here to stay.
They are not interim quotes.
The boosters have the coach that they want but are hesitant because he has backed out of a college position before. Let's hope they can throw enough money at Eric Taylor to get him out of East Dillon and to CU.
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.
It won't be a dagger to the heart of the program.
The BOT hasn't approved it either. There's still a chance that he may not be our coach next year.