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<blockquote data-quote="MaineIllini" data-source="post: 1560444" data-attributes="member: 746032"><p>I am interested in how players and recruits regard Lovie. They were little kids when he was the Bears’ coach. Does his experience really attract them? I can see the appeal of it to parents. </p><p></p><p>I keep thinking of Bob Blackman who had great success in the Ivy League before becoming head coach at Illinois. Blackman wound up in the College Football Hall of Fame. His Illinois teams were in the middle of the Big Ten standings every year but could never get more than 6 wins. I have read that players felt he was too old, he didn’t connect with them. Don’t know if that’s true.</p><p></p><p>I’m simply wondering if there’s a similarity here with Lovie; great resume but the experience doesn’t translate to the current position.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MaineIllini, post: 1560444, member: 746032"] I am interested in how players and recruits regard Lovie. They were little kids when he was the Bears’ coach. Does his experience really attract them? I can see the appeal of it to parents. I keep thinking of Bob Blackman who had great success in the Ivy League before becoming head coach at Illinois. Blackman wound up in the College Football Hall of Fame. His Illinois teams were in the middle of the Big Ten standings every year but could never get more than 6 wins. I have read that players felt he was too old, he didn’t connect with them. Don’t know if that’s true. I’m simply wondering if there’s a similarity here with Lovie; great resume but the experience doesn’t translate to the current position. [/QUOTE]
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