Joel Goodson
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Gotta score those insider points....
illinifaninwi
- DeForest, Wisconsin
Agree wholeheartedly. I'll just have to live with the fact that I'm not an insider. Damn.
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
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What if I told you.....you could be...
I know who you can call to become an insider...but I am not going to say his name
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal
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Maybe I'm crazy, but I'd be fine with that. Not blown away or overly excited, but still fine.
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
I'm with you on that, I still hope, like others have said, that we can snag a young go getter that has some recruiting prowess.
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I would be excited about his actual football coaching/knowledge, which he has a lot. But the other 2 would really need to be go getter recruiters!
Yeah, I'm right with you. But you can do a lot worse than Childress. His recruiting probably isn't great, but he is from the Chicago area, so you never know. Really, outside of Locksley, have we ever had a great recruiting OC? He seems very well respected, and I'd trust him to call an offense and hopefully develop some players. Just have a bad feeling it's going to be someone that will have us wishing it was Childress.
Agreed. Completely hypothetical: If it's Childress - OC, with Van Malone and Aaron Moorehead as the other assistants, would anyone complain?
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
I'm not very worried, but if you follow Jeremy's tweets it sounds like his pool is primarily NFL guys hoping to get a spot on a new NFL HC's staff.
Super optimistic me says: Lovie is merely ironing out details for an announcement the weekend or next week
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal
You're not crazy. I'd be fine with/borderline excited about that. But also...
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Why the heck would Childress retire from the NFL to work at Illinois?? Also, given the length of time this search has taken and the names now being rumored, it really makes you wonder whether Lovie had someone lined up when he fired McGee (or whether that person bailed out). This is not going the way I expected. :tsk:
We DO need better, energetic recruiters who can close. Speaking of which, does it concern anyone else that in two recruiting cycles our 5-time Pro-Bowl linebackers coach hasn't yet landed a single prominent LB? :huh::noidea:
We DO need better, energetic recruiters who can close. Speaking of which, does it concern anyone else that in two recruiting cycles our 5-time Pro-Bowl linebackers coach hasn't yet landed a single prominent LB? :huh::noidea:
Beetlejuice?
Delshawn Phillips was a good pickup last season. Khalan Tolson was a solid pickup this season...He had some big offers. He also helped Illinois land Bennett Williams.
Yea if anything it sounded like he’d be okay with a move to Nagy’s new staff.
Swami tweeted out something similar last night so not sure if these two ppl are connected or not
To be fair, he's also pretty clearly said that he has no idea who they are looking at and that Lovie has kept the search very close to the chest. It's all him guessing.
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
Absolutely! I think we all know about as much as we want to convince ourselves haha
Again, I am hoping Lovie surprises us all and it's not someone any of us expect...hopefully in a good way
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My OC wish list in order of importance:
1. Great X & Os guy
2. Motivator
3. Read Option Offense
4. Great Recruiter
That's not asking to much right.........
1. Great X & Os guy
2. Motivator
3. Read Option Offense
4. Great Recruiter
That's not asking to much right.........
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
Yes, people will always complain about something.
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