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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1487182" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>First of all, for so long as the Big Ten West exists (and I say that because it may not forever, it's so weak there will always be pressure for change), it is absurd to call the schedule we play a meat grinder. Absolutely up is down, 2+2=5 absurd. If Nebraska isn't going to get back to what they were, and that doesn't look promising at this point, we are in the structurally easiest division in the Power Five.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, you state that this purported "gap" that exists can't possibly be crossed except through years upon years of toil and suffering, and then as reasons for that you call out Minnesota, Purdue, and Nebraska, all schools who fired their previous coaches within the past 3 years!</p><p></p><p>And thirdly, it's ultimately just a question of what "turn it around", and "fix" and all these terms really mean. If we're talking about winning the West, shooting for Rose Bowls or potential berths in the College Football Playoff, yeah, we're miles away and it would be a real long-term longshot that we could build our way there. In terms of beating bad teams, not humiliating ourselves against good ones, and winning more games than we lose, WE ARE ALREADY THERE. This is a 7-5 roster with an 0-12 staff.</p><p></p><p>Having been through the end times of dead coaching administrations so many times as an Illinois fan at this point, I've pretty much seen it all. But the way in which the dead-ender arguments in favor of Lovie don't even have an internal logic to them, they don't even appear to be describing the situation we're actually in, is really some through-the-looking-glass stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1487182, member: 746137"] First of all, for so long as the Big Ten West exists (and I say that because it may not forever, it's so weak there will always be pressure for change), it is absurd to call the schedule we play a meat grinder. Absolutely up is down, 2+2=5 absurd. If Nebraska isn't going to get back to what they were, and that doesn't look promising at this point, we are in the structurally easiest division in the Power Five. Secondly, you state that this purported "gap" that exists can't possibly be crossed except through years upon years of toil and suffering, and then as reasons for that you call out Minnesota, Purdue, and Nebraska, all schools who fired their previous coaches within the past 3 years! And thirdly, it's ultimately just a question of what "turn it around", and "fix" and all these terms really mean. If we're talking about winning the West, shooting for Rose Bowls or potential berths in the College Football Playoff, yeah, we're miles away and it would be a real long-term longshot that we could build our way there. In terms of beating bad teams, not humiliating ourselves against good ones, and winning more games than we lose, WE ARE ALREADY THERE. This is a 7-5 roster with an 0-12 staff. Having been through the end times of dead coaching administrations so many times as an Illinois fan at this point, I've pretty much seen it all. But the way in which the dead-ender arguments in favor of Lovie don't even have an internal logic to them, they don't even appear to be describing the situation we're actually in, is really some through-the-looking-glass stuff. [/QUOTE]
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