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Given the state of our program, this is an excellent hire. Lovie has his faults but he is a strong coaching upgrade, with name recognition that will give us some PR boost, and with strong ties to Midwest and Florida, which hopefully will result in recruiting wins and upgrade in talent.
"This, um, savior comes to Illinois with an NFL coaching record of 89-87, about as mediocre as it gets. After coaching the Bears to the Super Bowl in 2006, Smith has gone 60-68, which is worse, but when you’re coming off Tim Beckman’s clown act, I guess mediocrity and condescension is considered a step up in Champaign. Same goes for availability, apparently. Smith lands in Champaign after being fired from his last two NFL jobs."
"This, um, savior comes to USC with an NFL coaching record of 33-31, about as mediocre as it gets. After coaching the Patriots to an AFC East title in 1997, Carroll has gone 17-15, which is worse, but when you’re coming off Paul Hackett’s clown act, I guess mediocrity and condescension is considered a step up in University Park. Same goes for availability, apparently. Carroll lands in Los Angeles after being fired from his last two NFL jobs."
"This, um, savior comes to UCLA with an NFL coaching record of 31-33, about as mediocre as it gets. After coaching the Falcons to an NFC West title in 2004, Mora has gone 20-28, which is worse, but when you’re coming off Rick Neuheisel’s clown act, I guess mediocrity and condescension is considered a step up in Westwood. Same goes for availability, apparently. Mora lands in Los Angeles after being fired from his last two NFL jobs."
Hot take plagiarism alert!
Where are those other two excerpts taken from? Other Rosenbloom articles or elsewhere?
I want to know what tickets sales and I-Fund donations are like in the next couple of days.
Where are those other two excerpts taken from? Other Rosenbloom articles or elsewhere?
"This, um, savior comes to Illinois with an NFL coaching record of 89-87, about as mediocre as it gets. After coaching the Bears to the Super Bowl in 2006, Smith has gone 60-68, which is worse, but when you’re coming off Tim Beckman’s clown act, I guess mediocrity and condescension is considered a step up in Champaign. Same goes for availability, apparently. Smith lands in Champaign after being fired from his last two NFL jobs."
"This, um, savior comes to USC with an NFL coaching record of 33-31, about as mediocre as it gets. After coaching the Patriots to an AFC East title in 1997, Carroll has gone 17-15, which is worse, but when you’re coming off Paul Hackett’s clown act, I guess mediocrity and condescension is considered a step up in University Park. Same goes for availability, apparently. Carroll lands in Los Angeles after being fired from his last two NFL jobs."
"This, um, savior comes to UCLA with an NFL coaching record of 31-33, about as mediocre as it gets. After coaching the Falcons to an NFC West title in 2004, Mora has gone 20-28, which is worse, but when you’re coming off Rick Neuheisel’s clown act, I guess mediocrity and condescension is considered a step up in Westwood. Same goes for availability, apparently. Mora lands in Los Angeles after being fired from his last two NFL jobs."
Hot take plagiarism alert!
The best of them aren't.
Of course, but the risk-free hire does not exist.
In a vacuum, we just had absolutely no business hiring someone of Lovie's caliber.
And when you get into the specifics - that he's a character-first type of coach following a player abuse scandal, that he's most well-known in Chicago and St. Louis, that he brings an end to the lack of diversity that has (fairly or unfairly) come to be associated with this position - it's just a start-to-finish coup for Josh Whitman.
Re: the Chicago media: I thought the Mully and Handly show on 670 this morning was quite positive about the both Whitman and the Lovie Smith hire this morning.
A few weeks ago you (and others) were mocking me because I said the Cubit deal was a good decision that would kick the can down the road and allow our permanent AD to make a bold move for his own coach. Now here you are pumping up this outstanding hire that was made possible by the very deal you so fervently decried. It's glorious.
Good thing I got mine before that happened!The season ticket site crashed.
For as long as I've been an Illinois fan, we've been a joke to other schools. Years of 7-6 back to back felt like success, to other schools (like FSU, where I am) that is failure. For the first time since 2007, we are relevant nationally. I hear that season ticket sales are skyrocketing, and IFund donations are flying in like crazy. I don't expect to be world beaters in year one, but man oh man is this exciting. It feels like all of Illini Nation is waking up and coming together over this hire. I actually teared up a little.
Thank you Josh. And thank you Lovie. Let's make our beloved even more special!
A few weeks ago you (and others) were mocking me because I said the Cubit deal was a good decision that would kick the can down the road and allow our permanent AD to make a bold move for his own coach. Now here you are pumping up this outstanding hire that was made possible by the very deal you so fervently decried. It's glorious.
He made them up to show the logical fallacy of his argument.
A few weeks ago you (and others) were mocking me because I said the Cubit deal was a good decision that would kick the can down the road and allow our permanent AD to make a bold move for his own coach. Now here you are pumping up this outstanding hire that was made possible by the very deal you so fervently decried. It's glorious.