KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
So - this would be a lateral move for him, eh?
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So - this would be a lateral move for him, eh?
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
His best win is probably winning on the road against the Temple team that got Geoff Collins the Georgia Tech job. They were definitely way, way better than Rutgers that year, which was the nadir of the Chris Ash era.
I seen the rutgers, Charlotte and temple(2 x’s) and the rest are mac W’s from what ive seen or lower level teams. Armys beat him twice, I’ll ignore the penn st loss but theres a L to minny, liberty, troy and honestly couldn’t tell you without diggin more what mac wins or loss is good or bad.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
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Since we've got some time to kill until Sunday, perhaps someone local can check out the Willard runway specs and see if it can handle an Antonov An-225
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Bielema 27%
Leipold 23%
Malzahn 12%
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Leipold 23%
Malzahn 12%
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Guess we'd better do the F+ rankings. And given the discussion of Buffalo as a program let's really dig back for context.
Pre-2005 (when F+ numbers start) - Buffalo had no team from 1971-76, played in D3 until 1992, 1-AA until 1999, and then had a MAC record of 6-42 from 1999-2004. Very rightly considered among the very weakest programs in all of FBS at that time.
2005: 118th of 119 (-52.3%) Jim Hofher is fired
2006: 118th of 119 (-53.3%) Turner Gill's first season
2007: 109th of 119 (-39.3%)
2008: 58th of 120 (+2.1%) MAC Champion and program's first ever bowl appearance
2009: 80th of 120 (-11.4%) Turner Gill is hired away by Kansas
2010: 112th of 120 (-43.5%) Jeff Quinn's first season
2011: 107th of 120 (-33.1%)
2012: 98th of 124 (-26.0%)
2013: 80th of 125 (-7.8%) Second bowl appearance
2014: 114th of 128 (-34.4%) Jeff Quinn is fired midseason
2015: 98th of 128 (-20.6%) Lance Leipold's first season
2016: 127th of 128 (-52.9%)
2017: 64th of 130 (+2.6%)
2018: 54th of 130 (+8.7%) MAC East Title and third bowl appearance
2019: 53rd of 130 (+6.0%) Fourth bowl appearance
2020: 35th of 127 (+0.5 - they changed the units!
) MAC East Title
Pre-2005 (when F+ numbers start) - Buffalo had no team from 1971-76, played in D3 until 1992, 1-AA until 1999, and then had a MAC record of 6-42 from 1999-2004. Very rightly considered among the very weakest programs in all of FBS at that time.
2005: 118th of 119 (-52.3%) Jim Hofher is fired
2006: 118th of 119 (-53.3%) Turner Gill's first season
2007: 109th of 119 (-39.3%)
2008: 58th of 120 (+2.1%) MAC Champion and program's first ever bowl appearance
2009: 80th of 120 (-11.4%) Turner Gill is hired away by Kansas
2010: 112th of 120 (-43.5%) Jeff Quinn's first season
2011: 107th of 120 (-33.1%)
2012: 98th of 124 (-26.0%)
2013: 80th of 125 (-7.8%) Second bowl appearance
2014: 114th of 128 (-34.4%) Jeff Quinn is fired midseason
2015: 98th of 128 (-20.6%) Lance Leipold's first season
2016: 127th of 128 (-52.9%)
2017: 64th of 130 (+2.6%)
2018: 54th of 130 (+8.7%) MAC East Title and third bowl appearance
2019: 53rd of 130 (+6.0%) Fourth bowl appearance
2020: 35th of 127 (+0.5 - they changed the units!
) MAC East TitleI didn't follow much of the coaching search when Lovie came out of left field. Which coaches were being talked about before he got hired? Is it possible Whitman has some secret candidates and LL and BB are fall back options?
TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
Arthur Gustavo Malzahn III - Tell me that's not a home-run hire who can win football games right away.
There wasn't a search, it was reported hours after he fired Cubit that Lovie was the guy.
Speak for yourself. I would like a pic of her in Illini gear if BB is the choice!
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Maybe, but a much bigger payday.
I would buy one, two or maybe a hundred of themMaybe they can do a Calendar......
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The thing about Lovie is that the entire thing was out of left field. It was March and Whitman's 1st or 2nd day on the job when it all happened. This is a more traditional search but JW sure seems to play it close to the vest. There's rumblings (board "insiders") that LL and BB did both interview and would both take the job. The timeline seems to indicate that JW will continue to push for someone like Fickell until the bitter end.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Until we here that he is shopping for a place in Mahomet, or a UPS driver confirming the sighting, I am just not going to believe!
I'm only suggesting that "first lady of Illini football" is so bassackwards that I would prefer to avoid that title for a coach's wife. I wish the entire state of Illinois wore Illini clothes all the time.
I couldn't agree more with TheFlyingIllini1317. Gus would be a homerun. The guy flat out wins. What's Gus going to end up doing??
Retro62
- North Bethesda, Maryland
When you look back on it, Beckman was like a bad coach from an 80’s movie...all you needed was for Rodney Dangerfield to take over because his son was the kicker.Not thrilled with the idea of Leipold, but do not hate it either. I have listened to several interviews with him and have been impressed with his demeanor. Much better than our last MAC coach. Lasagna!
12/16/2020 - Lance Leipold - The Jim Rome Show
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The Monken article on the Lovie page that wma500 posted really brought down my excitement on this coaching search.
Yet, so-called experts thought TB was a good hire at the time. Looking back, it seems so obvious he was wrong.
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Looking at attainable guys, without doing any research and based on reading posts from this thread, leipold was my choice. but, reading the article in the recruiting thread disguised as a coaching article, I prefer Jeff Monken now. Both risks, would be better to go for the hire tied to starting the IHSA and bunch of relatives in coaching.
In 5 years if it doesn’t work out, and least Illinois HS recruiting sill be significantly better and have some traction. Can build on that. If leipold doesn’t work out, we are right back in this position again. Illinois and regional recruiting first criteria on my list...need to build it up or program will not be successful long term.
In 5 years if it doesn’t work out, and least Illinois HS recruiting sill be significantly better and have some traction. Can build on that. If leipold doesn’t work out, we are right back in this position again. Illinois and regional recruiting first criteria on my list...need to build it up or program will not be successful long term.
Sit in his beach house and count his money?
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I agree that we definitely need someone who can connect with and recruit the state well. But keep in mind that the main source of that article is literally Monken's brother. He's not gonna say something like, "Well Jeff is at Army so I don't know if he'll connect with the 4 stars contemplating Michigan and Wisconsin offers."
From the sounds of that article they aren't hiring a monken. Didn't even call one apparently
I definitely agree with that. But if there are so many monkens in coaching, they would definitely try to indirectly recruit/help their relative.
I don’t agree that the triple optionshould definitely be run. I am a fan or the dual actio/rpo offense. And the article made it sound like Jeff would not change the off.
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