Hiring Lovie will create a lot of splash with a "big name coach", but three years from now we will be looking for another one. Mark my word, Lovie will not be successful at Illinois. He was a complete failure in every capacity as coach of the Bucs. The team was completely undisciplined and there were no signs of improvement heading forward, even after getting Jameis Winston with the first pick in the draft, which is the reason he was let go. It is first year he was given an open checkbook to go after free-agent and to a man everyone he brought in was a bust. He chose family (just like Cubit) when he brought in his son over someone more qualified. For the sake of Illini football get someone more familiar with the college game as Lovie's been away from it for two decades, and it's changed a lot.
