Illinois Football Staff Thread

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ILLmatic04

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Luke was here for year one of the Beckman era, right? I lay most of the blame for that disaster on Beckman's inability to get player buy-in and the co-offensive coordinator farce. Butkus has hung around the NFL since then, so he can't be that bad of a position coach.
 
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Soxfreak64

Soxfreak64
Bloomington
Soxfreak64
1.5 Tom Cruises for me, not the start I was hoping for. That said, if the rest of the staff fills out well I'll be very happy.
 
#259      

midastouch11

midastouch11
New York, New York
midastouch11
chief2007 said:
Nephew of Dick Butkus - not a bad hire
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Think Red Grange's grandson can coach running backs?

I'm holding out hope that isn't confirmed. From what I heard this was a pretty good disaster the first time around and it wasn't just Beckman.
 
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KBLEE

KBLEE
Montgomery, IL
KBLEE
Maybe he's improved since he left?? #fingerscrossed
 
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MastFan1

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MastFan1
quhawks12 said:
You're drunk. He's a terrible OL coach and teacher. Thinks yelling is coaching but doesn't yell anything worth while.

This is a bad, bad hire.
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I'm pretty sure he was referring to Ricker being a huge upgrade over Butkus at the time based on the post he was quoting, so you two are in agreement.
 
#262      

RyanK

RyanK
RyanK
illinidarrin said:
How is this a huge upgrade when it didn't work out just a few years ago?
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You read wrong. I said Ricker was an upgrade over Butkus.

But, let's break this down...

  • Players loved Butkus when he was here
  • Never got along with Beckman from the start
  • OL is much more talented now
  • Gives us an Illini guy on the staff

I think we will see a difference from what we saw under Beckman, and how he'll coach under Lovie.
 
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Soxfreak64

Soxfreak64
Bloomington
Soxfreak64
quhawks12 said:
You're drunk. He's a terrible OL coach and teacher. Thinks yelling is coaching but doesn't yell anything worth while.

This is a bad, bad hire.
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Not nearly as clued in as Qu, but this is very on par with what I've heard.

Uninspiring start-I hope the rest fills out well.
 
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BWBW

BWBW
BWBW
quhawks12 said:
You're drunk. He's a terrible OL coach and teacher. Thinks yelling is coaching but doesn't yell anything worth while.

This is a bad, bad hire.
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Don't mince words. But yes, we have a chance to hire proven coaches and we get a Beckman retread? :(
 
#267      

illinidarrin

illinidarrin
from parts unknown
illinidarrin
ILLmatic04 said:
Luke was here for year one of the Beckman era, right? I lay most of the blame for that disaster on Beckman's inability to get player buy-in and the co-offensive coordinator farce. Butkus has hung around the NFL since then, so he can't be that bad of a position coach.
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I just hope he can recruit. I guess he's ok as an OL coach because he was in the NFL for a few years and still had a job with the Jags, until now. A little underwhelming, but hope it will be better this time around.
 
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illiniaaa

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illiniaaa
RyanK said:
You read wrong. I said Ricker was an upgrade over Butkus.

But, let's break this down...

  • Players loved Butkus when he was here
  • Never got along with Beckman from the start
  • OL is much more talented now
  • Gives us an Illini guy on the staff

I think we will see a difference from what we saw under Beckman, and how he'll coach under Lovie.
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Hope that is the case and it probably is. I just heard he was a yeller and screamer and the kids tuned him out. But I question why he's still a asst OL coach this far into his career.