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Lovie Smith receives 2-year contract extension through 2023
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<blockquote data-quote="SKane" data-source="post: 1431919" data-attributes="member: 643762"><p>There are some good comments in this discussion.. </p><p></p><p>The extension seems like the best alternative. It seems like the issue is the huge buyout that Whitman negotiated with Smith so there isn't much of a choice now. Fire Smith and take a big financial hit with no guaranty that anyone good would want to come to coach at ILL or extend the contract.</p><p></p><p>However, Whitman's letter sounded too much like the dumb corporate propaganda that I used to receive from my employer and the final paragraph about buying Illinois gear, tailgating and coming to the games was too much. There have been too many years of too much losing for people to want to bet on Smith somehow someway turning the program around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SKane, post: 1431919, member: 643762"] There are some good comments in this discussion.. The extension seems like the best alternative. It seems like the issue is the huge buyout that Whitman negotiated with Smith so there isn't much of a choice now. Fire Smith and take a big financial hit with no guaranty that anyone good would want to come to coach at ILL or extend the contract. However, Whitman's letter sounded too much like the dumb corporate propaganda that I used to receive from my employer and the final paragraph about buying Illinois gear, tailgating and coming to the games was too much. There have been too many years of too much losing for people to want to bet on Smith somehow someway turning the program around. [/QUOTE]
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