If he comes here the opposing defense may be all over him as well.
Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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Our sell sure isn’t great after last night …
The next two games are probably the most important in BB’s career at Illinois. If the offense and the line doesn’t produce than coaching changes need to be made, including letting Discher go.
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Between getting our !!! kicked and out te’s being a non factor again. I would imagine we will continue to struggle to recruit stud te
This is how I feel when our TE’s are non existent and Discher is just there on the sidelines. Same with Miller and the OL.
This is how I feel when our TE’s are non existent and Discher is just there on the sidelines. Same with Miller and the OL.
A lot of that falls on the oc for not running plays for them.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
but our helmets are the bomb
It's not like firing either would cause us to lose a commitment from a game changer.This is how I feel when our TE’s are non existent and Discher is just there on the sidelines. Same with Miller and the OL.
Our TEs have also really struggled in blocking.
My guy Tommy just got a West Virginia offer
These are the four classes of OL recruits so far under Bielema/Bart Miller (excluding CC guys and portal transfers):
2022
Hunter Whitenack
Magnus Moller
Matt Fries
Joey Okla
Clayton Leonard
2023
Brandon Henderson
Will Leys
TJ McMillen
Zach Aamland
2024
AJ Dennis
Zafir Stewart
Brandon Hansen
Kelly Francis
2025
JJ Hirdes
Griffin Rousseau
Michael McDonough
Dylan Frechette
That’s a lot of missed evals, development or both. What is going on here?
2022
Hunter Whitenack
Magnus Moller
Matt Fries
Joey Okla
Clayton Leonard
2023
Brandon Henderson
Will Leys
TJ McMillen
Zach Aamland
2024
AJ Dennis
Zafir Stewart
Brandon Hansen
Kelly Francis
2025
JJ Hirdes
Griffin Rousseau
Michael McDonough
Dylan Frechette
That’s a lot of missed evals, development or both. What is going on here?
Bart Miller is what’s going on here. Guy has been given so many chances. Not very impressed. Time for a change…imo
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…Maybe we can get lucky and bring in pitman to be the oline coach
More likely he retires when Arkansas fires him
Trevor Mendelson is another name I would target
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
we were deep in the hole the first 2 years, so I get those whiffs. but all the ensuing whiffs...not great, Bob
Yikes!
2 for 17 is bad even for baseball
Is the quality trending up, or is 4 years enough of a track record that a change is due?
I've been calling for Miller to be fired for 2 years now and all I ever got was "be patient".... No. He's not a power 4 coach and it's been obvious since the start. He's only here because him and Bret are best friends and their friendship bled into professional too much. Bret needs a clean break now.
That is worse than Lovie and Beckman era OL recruiting and development.
I get the want for Sutter and all that but can someone tell me has a Lunney offense every produced any offense for his TE? Has a TE ever had a season with 25 plus receptions?
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
I hoped this season we'd be utilizing our TEs a lot more in the passing game. with a healthy Rusk, I thought it would happen. we need an attractive blueprint for pass catching TEs. disappointing
I do not get the not using the TE’s as a hot read or just in the offense overall. It’s no wonder Sutter out Anderson said No. We just doo not utilize the TE enough.
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