ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
"Ignore the insiders" is always a useful reminderOne thing this hire tells us: nobody here has any clue about what is going on with the coaching staff hiring process.
"Ignore the insiders" is always a useful reminderOne thing this hire tells us: nobody here has any clue about what is going on with the coaching staff hiring process.
Looks like he was with BB at Wisconsin
Now this one I like much much more. Obviously would have preferred Hiestand, but alas.
Yes it is and many of my insider Longhorn friends agreed. In 2019 that vaunted Texas D gave up 48 points to Kansas. Yes, Kansas who is one of the worst programs in America. Ash took this D, which was poorly constructed and made them more competitive. The biggest difference is that they did not give up as many big plays as they did in 2019. The Texas D still gave up more than 30 points a game. If Ash stays another year there, he will have that number lowered as he weeds more people out of that horrid D.Texas had very little talent on D? That really isn't close to being true. Texas had the most talent on D of any Big 12 team
Agreed, this is a great guy for our OL and the type of football Bielema likely wants to play. Midwest guy with strong ties out west (it will be a while before we are stealing OL from Iowa and Wisconsin) to recruit with. Love the zone scheme blocking he has employed at his stops. Our OL is going to be very technically sound and our RBs are going to be given the chance to show their skills.Now this one I like much much more. Obviously would have preferred Hiestand, but alas.
Remember in 2012 when Bielema fired his offensive line coach after two games and replaced him with a 20-something grad assistant? Bart Miller was the 20-something grad assistant.
Got swept out with Tracy Claeys at Minnesota in 2016 (which was a really good staff) and ended up with Craig Bohl at Wyoming (another really good staff) and they promoted him to Run Game Coordinator this year to try and hold onto him.
That's a guy who has Power Five value.
Most of the guys in this business job security just isn't a huge deal. I'd say the list of guys you actually want that are hoping to stay for 6 years is miniscule.It seems to me that the one of the biggest attractions for a prospective assistant coach to come to Illinois now is that you'll be working for a head coach who has a 6 year contract and you're getting in on the ground floor. Do a good job and you could have 6 years of job security...which has to be fairly important in a such an unstable workplace arena as college football. Not to mention the $$$ available for salary. The bar is pretty low as far as win
expectations go, so not the extreme pressure situation you'd be walking into if you were going to a Michigan, Auburn, etc situation. As long as the word in the coaching ranks on BB is that he's great to work for(no idea if this is fact or just the opposite)...then it seems these initial openings would be very attractive for quality hires.
No idea if Petersen is a good hire or not...seems the general consensus is that it's not impressive. Hopefully the next hires generate more enthusiasm...and TP is better than some think he is.
I would not hire Gritty for janitorial duty at the stadium. His doom and gloom posts are truly sad. I like the hires. BB seems to get the most out of his players which is a complete 180 from Lovie. Player development, game prep and motivation were Lovie's downfall. BB got 4 and 5 star ability out of 2 and 3 star talent. Putting players in position to succeed is a foreign concept to Illini coaches. Peterson, I believe, will get the most out of IW. I hope during the off season Peterson gives IW ways of improving his throws. I am hoping by spring that IW has improved 30% and by 50% by fall.It's obvious we should fire Josh W. and hire gritty as our AD.
No, a whole decade apart.Were Miller and Peterson together at Minnesota?
I actually see it as the opposite. Someone that will do his job well and could potentially stay for a good amount of time, hopefully reducing the chance of staff turnover at a crucial position.Is it possible Petersen is sort of a transitional hire; with a certain up and comer as positional coach for a couple years until he's ready to be OC? No idea if this is true, or even makes sense; but his forte seems to be adapting to the personnel and maybe that makes him good for meshing old recruits with new. And one of the "splash hires" is someone being groomed to be the next OC?? I dunno.
Is the missing link Ed Meierkort? Petersen was his assistant head coach and wide receivers at South Dakota. Meierkort was HC at UW-Stout from 1993-2003, and South Dakota played at Camp Randall in 2011 (did a previous relationship of some sort help make that game possible?).No, a whole decade apart.
Having been with Bielema at Wisconsin and Partridge at FAU, Miller is very much in the coaching tree, whereas Petersen is totally not. Best to wait for the full picture to draw any conclusions from that.
Yeah, no, the "link", such as it is is just that the coaching profession is a tiny little fishbowl of a world and none of these guys are ever more than a couple degrees removed from each other.Is the missing link Ed Meierkort? Petersen was his assistant head coach and wide receivers at South Dakota. Meierkort was HC at UW-Stout from 1993-2003, and South Dakota played at Camp Randall in 2011 (did a previous relationship of some sort help make that game possible?).
Or does BB have any connections to Gene Chizik?
Just grasping at straws.