Nebraska 20, Illinois 7 Postgame
Not looking good for Bret. Another failure at OC. There's also no excuse for the OL being this poor when it's supposed to be his calling card. We still have way too many MAC level players (at best) in our two-deep.
Lance Leipold has been at Kansas for the same amount of time and doesn't have these talent + discipline + team organization issues.
If we don't make wholesale changes in the offseason, I really doubt whether he can turn this thing around now that the schedule is about to get a whole lot tougher year in year out.
Lance Leipold has been at Kansas for the same amount of time and doesn't have these talent + discipline + team organization issues.
If we don't make wholesale changes in the offseason, I really doubt whether he can turn this thing around now that the schedule is about to get a whole lot tougher year in year out.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Honest truth you have reanalyze everything. This has been a 30 year problem and let's be honest this team hasn't won a Rose Bowl since Dick Butkus was on the team
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Lunney needs to go ASAP. And Bart too. Can't play this poorly and not see some movement in the staff.
Bret better hope he can hire some guys who can actually coach fundamentals and run decent schemes. I'd give him one chance to fix it, then fire him too, and Whitman as well. No way he gets a third try.
Bret better hope he can hire some guys who can actually coach fundamentals and run decent schemes. I'd give him one chance to fix it, then fire him too, and Whitman as well. No way he gets a third try.
Holy balls. Yes, let's start contemplating firing Bret because we are such an absolute unit of a powerhouse that we are attractive to all of the coaches out there.
That's game thread stuff.
That's game thread stuff.
The Bret Bielema honeymoon is definitely over. This program is definitely heading in the wrong direction. Not sure if they can even beat NW.
I just don't understand how we went from last year to here. Yes we lost NFL talent, but we've gone from a well coached extremely solid team to one that looks so overmatched at every single level that it just makes no sense. The O-line has 3 upperclassmen, 2 of which were being talked about as possible draft picks. How do you go from that to looking like first day cuts from the high school varsity team?
How did the unbelievably promising Jacas and Coleman last year just disappear?
What even happened with special teams today? That was one of our few bright spots this season. What happened today looked like they haven't been coached.
I just really have no idea what is going on and why it gets worse week after week. In one year after a tremendous season we suddenly and drastically become the worst P5 team in the country? I just don't get it. Doesn't add up.
I think they will get worse, that's the thing. there's not one Bert player that I feel good about going forward. the only players on this team with a pulse are Lovie guys, and those guys will be gone next year. I'm not saying he should be fired now, but I would just be shocked if he salvages this going forward.
I think Memorial Stadium was attempting to self-immolate so it didn't have to watch this game. What a disaster. We have serious weapons all over but zero protection. Altmyer was 100% thinking run on anything that didn't develop in about 1.5 seconds.
Lunney is bad. I think our defense is just bad, not sure if it's Henry or not.
Lunney is bad. I think our defense is just bad, not sure if it's Henry or not.
Just back from the game. Gorgeous evening. Nebraska had great fans. Nebraska certainly looks like they've improved a lot from their opening week. Illinois... Illinois football is not fun to watch. We had one good drive that fizzled. And then I don't have much to say. It's horribly not fun to watch. It's like watching a team on life support. We didn't get excited, we didn't get angry. It was just kind of... nothing. We have a block of 14 seats and two parking passes so we'll tailgate as a group, have fun outside, and enjoy one another's company but I don't really feel compelled to walk inside and watch the game anymore. That's just brutal.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Pretty sure the beginning of the end for an Illini football coach is the introductory press conference...
Joking aside, Bret is going to get time to try to work this thing out. With the B1G expansion and the depths of this program, no good coach will want this job next year. We will continue to get retreads trying to resurrect their career if Bret is gone at end of year. We are better off letting Bret try to rebuild this program. Last year gave some real false hope about the speed of the rebuild. Truth is that it will take some time (and of course some better coordinators).
We. Deserve. Better.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
I'll be honest I am so gobsmacked I don't know what to do. Stuff like this drove me away from Illini sports for a long time. However whatever the next move is, you better be dang sure about it.
Also Illini there two P5 programs that were around as bad as you this century in Kansas and Colorado that just leapfrogged you and that Nebraska team just beaten you have worse than you for quite a while before today.
Also Illini there two P5 programs that were around as bad as you this century in Kansas and Colorado that just leapfrogged you and that Nebraska team just beaten you have worse than you for quite a while before today.
Yeah, Illinois fans need to chill with the idea of firing a head coach every time we have a bad year. It’s only his 3rd year and he did very well in his second year. Best season for us in YEARS.
We are not Ohio State. We can’t and shouldn’t expect a consistent upward trajectory year to year. There will be some down years like this one. All we can hope for is that there will be more good years than bad years. It’s just the reality at Illinois. Nonetheless, Bret definitely needs to make some staff changes.
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The defense is doing fine…it’s the offense and the offensive line that’s the issue. They aren’t giving the defense any breaks. Playcalling sucks and the OL is downright brutal. I noticed tonight that the ball was being snapped below Altmyer’s ankles quite a bit. Lol
I feel the fanbases pain. Weve been there w Bielema and Lunney at Ark.
Biel is not the answer for the fix. And he hired Lunney. Firsthand experience.
Good luck with the buyout.
Biel is not the answer for the fix. And he hired Lunney. Firsthand experience.
Good luck with the buyout.
Oskee67
- Champaign
You either haven't been watching Illini football long enough or have a small imagination lol The 6-0 then 0-6 season would like a word with you... But I hear you. There was going to be an inevitable drop off on D with the studs we lost, but that side of the ball is holding their own all things considered. The offense on the other hand is in total shambles with the second O coordinator in 3 years. Will we have a third in 4 years after this season? That may be unprecedented.
The only thing I can think of... there is ZERO point in the university making this an uphill battle. Drop athletic academic requirements to NCAA minimums for all sports. We're not the Harvard of the Midwest anymore, and we do not need to make this any more difficult than necessary. I'd say maybe boycott it until the administration comes to their sense, but honestly nobody is going to attend at this rate anyway. Meh. Even Nebraska is managing to crawl out of the basement (and good for them... I thought they looked much improved this evening). Illinois. I know it's just one year, but this team is starting to look a bit dumpster'ish and I think I smell smoke.
I can see a new coach not choosing the best coordinators under him, but Bret is a seasoned coach with supposedly a large Rolodex of coaching contacts and has an AD that seems to give him the $ to hire. But when you see continual poor play in all phases (offense, defence, special teams) and sub par recruiting you have to question what really is the problem.
I watched the game for the painful entirety mainly to the fact there was nothing else on. I see the same lack of in game adjustments from Bielema as at ark. Theres a lot of up and comers and we both need one and now
Oskee67
- Champaign
That's just the residue of the fire earlier this week...
You are absolutely right!!!