The Illinois Football Coaching Search

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mhuml32

Cincinnati, OH
Needs to be one for a candidate out of our league and another we all want to avoid.

“Sources say Fickell has real interest in the opening and Charlie Weis will be in Champaign on Saturday for an in-person interview”.
 
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Here is your rumor of the night.....Josh decides nothing is blowing up his skirt, hires Brock Spack with his 83-49 record to settle the ship and saves a ton of money in the process to build up the staff. Spack is a wicked good coach who obviously has Illinois ties. He is 58 years old and has the stache of Ditka. Hey, he did play LB at Purdue and coached there so he has Big10 blood. I was joking at first but somehow while writing this I convinced myself I wouldn't mind it.
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TMC999

Not Iowa
Needs to be one for a candidate out of our league and another we all want to avoid.

“Sources say Fickell has real interest in the opening and Charlie Weis will be in Champaign on Saturday for an in-person interview”.
Hey if we're rumoring Charlie Weis, lets dream "Big". Like really Big. Package Bielema as the HC, Weis at the OC, Mark Mangino (KU) and Jabba the Hut as the Special Teams Coordinator. I'm not sure they could land a plane that big at Willard.
 
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Correct. I think since sunkett has been at ESL he’s sent less than 10 players to u of i, maybe less than 5
One was a parade all American and a 4 Star recruit. I’m sure It’s all Sunkett’s fault right? Smh. He was the reason 0 Illinois kids signed last year right.
 
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One was a parade all American and a 4 Star recruit. I’m sure It’s all Sunkett’s fault right? Smh. He was the reason 0 Illinois kids signed last year right.
Oh I’ve bashed Lovies ability to recruit for a long time know it’s not all his fault. Other factors in play here regarding where the ESL talent goes though.
 
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Illinifan533

Normal, Illinois
Here is your rumor of the night.....Josh decides nothing is blowing up his skirt, hires Brock Spack with his 83-49 record to settle the ship and saves a ton of money in the process to build up the staff. Spack is a wicked good coach who obviously has Illinois ties. He is 58 years old and has the stache of Ditka. Hey, he did play LB at Purdue and coached there so he has Big10 blood. I was joking at first but somehow while writing this I convinced myself I wouldn't mind it.


Was wondering when someone would tick off "Brock Spack" on the bingo card of "Next Illinois Coach."
 
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Correct. I think since sunkett has been at ESL he’s sent less than 10 players to u of i, maybe less than 5
Bielema only recruited 2 players from ESL by my count in 12 as coach at WI/Ark. Kraig Appleton who washed out at Wisconsin and is now in jail on a murder charge. And Keonte Minor was at Arkansas and transferred after playing a year under Bielema.
 
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Change of subject... which team benefits most from Nebraska hanging on to Frost for another year? Did Illini benefit by having one less program to compete with, or did Nebraska benefit by potentially avoiding losing out on a candidate to the Illini?
 
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illini80

Forgottonia
Change of subject... which team benefits most from Nebraska hanging on to Frost for another year? Did Illini benefit by having one less program to compete with, or did Nebraska benefit by potentially avoiding losing out on a candidate to the Illini?
Nebraska’s problems are not in recruiting. I don’t see us pulling in any players they wanted. When/if they do make a change they will be looking at a higher profile coach than we are likely to get, although I still have my fingers crossed.
 
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RedRocksIllini

Morrison, CO
Hey if we're rumoring Charlie Weis, lets dream "Big". Like really Big. Package Bielema as the HC, Weis at the OC, Mark Mangino (KU) and Jabba the Hut as the Special Teams Coordinator. I'm not sure they could land a plane that big at Willard.
Would hope they would bring in Matt Patricia. Maybe put him in charge of player relations.
 
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Hey if we're rumoring Charlie Weis, lets dream "Big". Like really Big. Package Bielema as the HC, Weis at the OC, Mark Mangino (KU) and Jabba the Hut as the Special Teams Coordinator. I'm not sure they could land a plane that big at Willard.

Bielema will make a great HC of that group.



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MoCoMdIllini

Montgomery County, Maryland
What did we do to deserve that pic?

But I reckon he likes beer, which in nearly every* part of Wisconsin is never a bad thing.

(* Where the lovely missus comes from seems to be the exception. )
 
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Has buffalo beat anybody good since hes been there? Not saying LL’s a terrible coach but there’s not any games that get me fired up. The kent st W this year his best win?
 
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What did we do to deserve that pic?

But I reckon he likes beer, which in nearly every* part of Wisconsin is never a bad thing.

(* Where the lovely missus comes from seems to be the exception. )
If we do hire him, I sincerely hope we will not have a "First lady of Illini football" picture taken.
 
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