A lot of outlets picked this story up so I'm hoping were past the nut punch stage.
Lovie Smith Named Illinois Football Coach
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A lot of outlets picked this story up so I'm hoping were past the nut punch stage.
I honestly think Lovie could be a great hire or just ho-humm. Depends on the staff. I am optimistic. I am happy they made the move either way. But he needs some recruiters to make this take off. (And a decent OC)
Trakis
- Chicago, IL
Beckman and Thomas are still in Orange and Blue if he doesn't go on his twitter rant. Very true. Crazy to think about.
Just joking on this one. But picking him up?(maybe?)
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FSR103
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FSR103
IlliniDrums89
- Indianapolis
It is flying there and coming right back...
Trakis
- Chicago, IL
Um. Yeah.
So if Lovie Smith is the guy, when can they make the announcement? Only after the papers are signed? Can Whitman make a statement before then? Obviously he has to go through all the HR hoops first...but have they already done that?
Does anyone remember how all this went down with Whitman? Obviously an AD is different than a coach, who may or may nor be a faculty member, depending on the university, etc. And faculty members go thrugh a tremendous selection--someone tolde and it made my head hurt. But coaches are different than ordinary faculty.
But I would bet donuts to Cheerios this is a done deal. You will hear an announcement this week. Certainly Whitman couldn't make the announcement on the same day as Cubit was canned. Some decorum must be observed.
Does anyone remember how all this went down with Whitman? Obviously an AD is different than a coach, who may or may nor be a faculty member, depending on the university, etc. And faculty members go thrugh a tremendous selection--someone tolde and it made my head hurt. But coaches are different than ordinary faculty.
But I would bet donuts to Cheerios this is a done deal. You will hear an announcement this week. Certainly Whitman couldn't make the announcement on the same day as Cubit was canned. Some decorum must be observed.
FSR103 the Lear will be back on the ground @ Willard today @ 12:10 p.m. Anybody going out to meet and greet??
FT35
- Naperville
HoustonIllini
- Houston, TX
Doin' the happy dance 
IlliniDrums89
- Indianapolis
In Tate's defense, he hasn't seen it happen consistently in the 50+ years he has been here. And he hasn't been proven wrong yet. I can tell you that Tate would be thrilled if it did happen.
Is this a regularly scheduled flight? Is that plane turning around? If it's a charter , who else would be going from Champaign to Tampa Bay and back?
:thumb:
FT35
- Naperville
Wow. I didn't expect this to be officially announced for a week or so. Does HR even work on the weekend? Where I work, it's hard enough to get them to work during the week
Done. I can't imagine anyone else.FSR103 the Lear will be back on the ground @ Willard today @ 12:10 p.m. Anybody going out to meet and greet??
Now, I have a basketball game to go to. Can I hear an I-L-L-?
I really don't know. I would think it could be a normal destination. I wasn't sure Lovie would even be in Tampa anymore. But it looked interesting.
FT35
- Naperville
Good catch. I hope it is Lovie, at the very least to look around the facilities and talk to recruits, if they are still on their visits.
Maybe Cubit hired a local charter to fly him to Florida. His wife is there. I know Jimmy John likes Florida and is known to charter. I could go on.
That said, I wouldn't be surprised if it was new staff.
BZuppke
- Plainfield
Clarification on buy out:
"It's good news for Smith but also for the Bucs — they were due to pay him $10 million over the next two years as part of the firing, but his contract has "offset" language that calls for the team to be reimbursed for any salary he earns from other jobs. It's reasonable to think the Glazer family, which owns the Bucs, would get half of that $10 million back, an unexpected bonus this late in the football hiring season."
Hope he keeps Phair who previously coached for him. Phair was getting it done.
"It's good news for Smith but also for the Bucs — they were due to pay him $10 million over the next two years as part of the firing, but his contract has "offset" language that calls for the team to be reimbursed for any salary he earns from other jobs. It's reasonable to think the Glazer family, which owns the Bucs, would get half of that $10 million back, an unexpected bonus this late in the football hiring season."
Hope he keeps Phair who previously coached for him. Phair was getting it done.
As I understand it Lovie is still currently living in Tampa.
This is a private charter jet, this isn't some regularly scheduled route. Private jets go to various places for various reasons from Willard all the time, a lot of which have nothing to do with the University. But if Whitman were going to swing down to pick up Lovie on the University plane, this would be what it looks like.
Thanks for that info. I wasn't sure if he was in Tampa.
AeroIllini
- 3rd Floor talbot lab
Is that the tail number for the Illinois plane though? I don't remember what the number was
As I said yesterday, it's a done deal guys. "Yep, she talked to him. He's the new HC of Illinois"
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