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Lovie Smith out at Illinois
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<blockquote data-quote="bluemountain" data-source="post: 1565603" data-attributes="member: 620047"><p>Not exactly. Robert sees Lovie as being confident. I see Lovie as being arrogant. There is a difference. Robert was belittling Fitz saying he needs people to like him. Well guess what - part of a HC's job at a P5 school is to recruit, and a lot of the time it means pandering to HS coaches and their players. That's part of the job and Lovie decided he didn't need to do that. A big part of a HC's job is to build a good staff. Based on his hires, including his completely unqualified son, Lovie decided he didn't need to do that. A HC has to adapt to the times and manage the little things as well as the big things. The cover 2 worked for the Bears in 2005, so even when it didn't work here he decided he didn't need to adapt. A couple unsportsmanlike penalties a game - no big deal. Terrible clock management - too small a detail to worry about. Lovie isn't stupid and it's not that he didn't care. He just thought he was above the game and didn't need to do the same things lesser coaches needed to do in order to win.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluemountain, post: 1565603, member: 620047"] Not exactly. Robert sees Lovie as being confident. I see Lovie as being arrogant. There is a difference. Robert was belittling Fitz saying he needs people to like him. Well guess what - part of a HC's job at a P5 school is to recruit, and a lot of the time it means pandering to HS coaches and their players. That's part of the job and Lovie decided he didn't need to do that. A big part of a HC's job is to build a good staff. Based on his hires, including his completely unqualified son, Lovie decided he didn't need to do that. A HC has to adapt to the times and manage the little things as well as the big things. The cover 2 worked for the Bears in 2005, so even when it didn't work here he decided he didn't need to adapt. A couple unsportsmanlike penalties a game - no big deal. Terrible clock management - too small a detail to worry about. Lovie isn't stupid and it's not that he didn't care. He just thought he was above the game and didn't need to do the same things lesser coaches needed to do in order to win. [/QUOTE]
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