icengineer
- Southern Illinois
Illinois Football Staff Thread
He road the coat tails of Luck and someone I hope to never see become the OC here. I want a successful offense
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
LS said lots of people have been in touch with him and he's got lot's of contacts made over the years but no names mentioned. Expected to have a staff in place before the start of Spring practices in April.
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Got sacked in Indy for very questionable play calling. No thanks.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
I thought the original start date for Spring practices was 3/11? In other words, Friday.
Was this mentioned in the presser?
illiniobserver22
- Chicago
Really would like to see Bellamy retained. Will help with current players, former players, and in recruiting.
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
He said first of April. Needed some time to get the staff together. I'd guess if it comes together quickly they could move it up, but he definitely said April.
Just for clarification, pretty sure he said "no later than beginning of April"
if we can play the "tweet deciphering" game. He tweeted the grange statue with the caption "good day in Champaign. #Illini"
at the very least, i'd say he likes how the meeting went.
I think he relates really well and can recruit, but let's not forget the drop problems last year... thats an issue.
You're correct it was originally slated to start 3/11. On Saturday there was an announcement that Spring practices wouldn't be starting until head coach and staff were in place. Today Lovie did mention no later than beginning of April. So best guess is late March, beginning of April.
illiniobserver22
- Chicago
I honestly think that's more about talent than coaching. Dudek didn't have many drops in Bellamy's first year
I honestly think that's more about talent than coaching. Dudek didn't have many drops in Bellamy's first year
Agreed. Dudek changes the complexion of the offense if he is healthy last year.
Kramer
- Des Moines, Iowa
And Andrew Luck's bad shoulder.
Plus, the spring practice session would have been interrupted by spring break (1 week) anyway, as JW mentioned in a presser the other day, so delaying it until 1st of April isn't that big a deal....
I'd say Phair is at least going to be Co-DC. Lovie might have somebody in mind that is more permanent, but doubt he'd demote Phair.
illiniobserver22
- Chicago
Per Twitter, sounds like the assistant coach pool is $4 million, which would have been top 10 in the nation last year.
Lovie can do some serious damage with that kind of money.
Lovie can do some serious damage with that kind of money.
If that number is indeed true, we are hiring one if not two former NFL coaches, and top notch recruiters.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal
ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
"Illinois' new $4MM salary pool for assistant coaches would have ranked 10th in all of NCAA last year."
"Would've been 2nd best in the Big Ten (behind Michigan) last year."
Both quoted from Twitter.
"Would've been 2nd best in the Big Ten (behind Michigan) last year."
Both quoted from Twitter.
Wow 4 mil would be ridiculous. Just for perspective Cam Cameron is making something like 1.5 mil a year as the OC for LSU. Could definitely fit that under the 4 mil umbrella.
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/assistant
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/assistant
Had very little to do with Lucks shoulder
