Could be a lot worse. I was on a different board where people were taking tweets and updating the content. That's absolutely horrible.
Lovie Smith Named Illinois Football Coach
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Could be a lot worse. I was on a different board where people were taking tweets and updating the content. That's absolutely horrible.
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BirdDog9048
The Chief Lives
- Chicago, IL
My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Lovie pass out at Murphy's last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
Wasn't Alvarez's approach to games pretty vanilla?
Must have been after I saw him pull a knife on a bouncer at Legends.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
This guy has to be strong candidate
http://www.buccaneers.com/team/coaches/Mike-Bajakian/5c024b09-6bc5-43c6-beda-a6d13dd54cf5
OC:
Central Michigan
2007 S&P- 39
2008 S&P- 49
2009 S&P- 26
Cincinnati
2010 S&P- 30
2011 S&P- 29
2012 S&P- 49
Tennessee-
2013 S&P- 76
2014 S&P- 40
Really solid credentials and started under Lovie
If this falls through, this would not be a nut punch. It would be a full castration.
Xfactr
- Lake Forest, IL
Unfortunately all of Lovie's better assistants weren't offense oriented. Which they needed.
Charlie Weis is just an example of a big name NFL coach albeit an OC. But we can agree that he sucked at ND.
Tampa 2 didn't work with the ever changing personnel. How much innovation/adaptation did Lovie employ? Very little.
I still like the hire, I'm hoping it's the Lovie that first came to the Bears.
Kramer116
- Chicago
My thoughts:
Notre Dame expected to be competing for a NC every year with Weis or any other HC.
As Illinois fans we would be beyond excited with consistently winning 8-9 games a season and competing for B1G titles at least coming out of the West which now is actually quite winnable.
Iowa - Ferentz
Wisc - Chryst
NW(Ill) - Fitzee
Indiana - Wilson
Minny - Claeys
Neb - Riley
PSU - Franklin
ILL - Lovie
Where would you rank Lovie Smith out of those head coaches?
I am not quite as "this is a home run" on Lovie. But personally would rank Lovie #1 with a couple others real close. On the other division not so much.
Hard to say since he hasn't been a head coach in college, but personally I would take him over any of them.
As far as pure name recognition Lovie is bested by
Meyer, Saban, Harbaugh, Stoops
Anyone else?
We won't be laughed out of any recruits living rooms with Lovie as coach
Kramer116
- Chicago
At least in terms of solely college coaching and results, in the B1G at least, it is Meyer, Harbaugh, and Dantonio and then everyone else.
Zero idea how he translates to the college game but if the rumors are true and we have big money for the assistants, not sure if I like any other staff in the B1G West better than ours.
But getting wayyyyy ahead of ourselves, need to see how this all plays out before making any determinations.
Xfactr
- Lake Forest, IL
As an NFL coach, 1. As a college coach who knows? ask this question in 10 months. If he gets us over 500 I'll give him a hearty Thumbs Up!
ILLINIShox24
Orange Krush '04 & '05
#1, which is why this angst about the OC or his recruiting is pointless.
Lovie Smith will give us a top 5 B1G coach, arguably #1 in the West.
Lovie Smith compared to NFL coaches is middle of the road. This has been clear the past 5+ years or so.
However, middle of the road NFL coaches are in the top tier of CFB.
Would I want him as my NFL coach? No.
Would I want him to coach my bottom of the barrel CFB team. Hell f@&$+%# yes.
IlliniFanHere
- New York
Like Whitman said..."..It's all in the branding for Illinois". You can be in Bugtussle Mississippi or timberfall Oregon...and hear...Yea, I heard of Lovie Smith.
Would I want him as my NFL coach? No.
Would I want him to coach my bottom of the barrel CFB team. Hell f@&$+%# yes.[/QUOTE]
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Would I want him to coach my bottom of the barrel CFB team. Hell f@&$+%# yes.
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Are people really upset with the hire? Have we already forgotten where we come from 
Which is crucial.
The opportunity to recruit nationally will present itself.
Now it may not manifest itself in huge recruiting successes depending on what kind of recruiters we hire and how invested Lovie is, but there is no question this puts Illinois on the map again
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