Jacksonville Jaguars asst. OL coach Luke Butkus will be new OL coach for Illinois HC Lovie Smith per sources.
https://twitter.com/ThayerEvansSI/status/707312395832709120
Probably the most important hire and we get him. Not impressed.
Jacksonville Jaguars asst. OL coach Luke Butkus will be new OL coach for Illinois HC Lovie Smith per sources.
https://twitter.com/ThayerEvansSI/status/707312395832709120
Probably the most important hire and we get him. Not impressed.
Huge upgrade. On the positive side, Butkus likely won't come too pricey, so still a lot of money to be spent...
How is this a huge upgrade when it didn't work out just a few years ago?
Probably the most important hire and we get him. Not impressed.
Not sure how it's more important than OC.
Nephew of Dick Butkus - not a bad hire
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.
How is this a huge upgrade when it didn't work out just a few years ago?
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.
How is this a huge upgrade when it didn't work out just a few years ago?
Probably the most important hire and we get him. Not impressed.
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.
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.
Not sure how it's more important than OC.
FIRE LOVIE
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.