Illinois Football Staff Thread
Well, we all know our special teams need help.
Ok, seriously, there may indeed be names Werner can't name. RB/TE paired?
Carlos Polk could be a possible ST guy. Illinois native and coached with Lovie in TB.
Maybe. I looked him up and found this headline:
Carlos Polk Final Coach Named to Lovie Smith's Staff
Referencing TB, of course. Maybe he'll be the last named here, too?
Another interesting name to speculate on: Nick Sorenson.
Special teams ace on the Rams when Lovie coached there. Just so happens to be James Augustine's cousin, too.
http://www.seahawks.com/team/coaches/roster/nick-sorensen
Special teams ace on the Rams when Lovie coached there. Just so happens to be James Augustine's cousin, too.
http://www.seahawks.com/team/coaches/roster/nick-sorensen
How about Tim Brewster?
Played TE at Illinois
Coached in NFL
Coached at Minnesota
Is the recruiting coordinator and TE coach at Florida State currently
Not sure that he and Lovie have any connections though!
Played TE at Illinois
Coached in NFL
Coached at Minnesota
Is the recruiting coordinator and TE coach at Florida State currently
Not sure that he and Lovie have any connections though!
I'd like to steal at least one more from the same position at a Power Five program. Not just as a chest-beating thing, but it strikes me that that's ultimately where the best prepared people are, and that's the kind of money we have to spend.
It wouldn't be a "big hire" but McGee could bring in Richard Owens for TE coach. He is currently coaching for South Alabama. Owens worked on McGee's staff at Arkansas and UAB. It doesn't fit Werner's RB/TE coach announcement but another name to consider.
http://usajaguars.com/staff.aspx?staff=364
http://usajaguars.com/staff.aspx?staff=364
This idea has been shut down already. Brewster isn't the best guy to work with, reportedly.
Ok, seriously, there may indeed be names Werner can't name. RB/TE paired?
I wish we would hire Hecklinski back for TE/ Recruiting Co. He seemed like he would be good at it.
Think of it as rb/ h back role. Then tight ends work with either the OL or wr.
If there's one thing for certain, our team will be well coached :clappy:
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
ST coach for the Steelers Super Bowl win! Amazing staff Lovie is putting together.
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It's pretty impressive how many Illini coaches now have pro level experience. That's gotta be a huge sell for recruits.
Our Head Coach was just fired a couple months ago. It happens in this business. :thumb:
Like the comment by one fan says. That's what happens when you have no talent on your roster because of inept mid round drafting.
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
When you compare things like;
Tomlin/Steelers vs O'Brien/Texans or Kubiak/Denver vs O'Brien/Texans or
being the ST coach for the Steelers vs being ST coach for Texans or look at his other coaching stops/results in his career, I don't see being fired by the Texans as a big deal at all. O'Brien wasn't going to fire himself and something had to change there. As far as I'm concerned this is just another very lucky opportunity that we have taken advantage of.
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
I'll gladly cede the no's 1 & 2 spots to OSU and Michigan for best coaching staffs in the B1G. But can we realistically say that the Illini have the 3rd or 4th best staff in the conference right now without so much as a practice snap? And even without knowing who our RB and S&C coaches are going to be? :noidea: Truly amazing!
Like the staff. I have always been thinking a younger guy with ties to recruit would be a good fit for RB coach. We will see. I wonder if S & C coach will be an afterthought?