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Lovie Smith out at Illinois
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<blockquote data-quote="Keisersose" data-source="post: 1576747" data-attributes="member: 3279"><p>Lovie gave us some instant credibility. Even if it didn’t work out, his name recognition generated a ton of hype and established a sense of legitimacy to the program, and especially showed that the AD had some oomph behind him. We didn’t even have a president or chancellor or something at that time did we?</p><p></p><p>and while the football product wasn’t what we wanted, he didn’t embarrass us like beck man or anything.</p><p></p><p>plus I don’t know the fundraising numbers, but it sure seemed like some donors were stepping up and Josh capitalized on that early. Maybe not but it felt that way, and now we have facilities that one of our new coaches said we’re probably as good as any in the nation.</p><p>I’m not looking to defend lovie. But I do think we were better as a program when he left than we were when he got here. Maybe all the credit goes to Josh though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keisersose, post: 1576747, member: 3279"] Lovie gave us some instant credibility. Even if it didn’t work out, his name recognition generated a ton of hype and established a sense of legitimacy to the program, and especially showed that the AD had some oomph behind him. We didn’t even have a president or chancellor or something at that time did we? and while the football product wasn’t what we wanted, he didn’t embarrass us like beck man or anything. plus I don’t know the fundraising numbers, but it sure seemed like some donors were stepping up and Josh capitalized on that early. Maybe not but it felt that way, and now we have facilities that one of our new coaches said we’re probably as good as any in the nation. I’m not looking to defend lovie. But I do think we were better as a program when he left than we were when he got here. Maybe all the credit goes to Josh though. [/QUOTE]
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