I don't think they mentioned interviews outside of BB though. Just guys to consider. I guess there's a lot of grey around consideration vs reaching out vs conversation vs interview, etc. though.
I understand what you mean, but the biggest knock I've seen on LL is he is in the MAC. If he is indeed hired I'm going to be cautiously optimistic that in a year or two the team will have an identity and begin to compete.
Would you have said that with Matt Campbell? Probably. He has doormat Iowa State in the CFP top 10. They are an equivalent program to our recent-ish history.
This could be said about literally every football coach in the world.
Dumb considering he’s at ISU
Not to mention: Brian Kelly (Central Michigan) Brady Hoke (Ball State) Oh and....Nick Saban (Toledo)
The MAC part isn't really the thing, at least for me. It's the stuff that's missing from the resume and it's uniqueness.
Same stuff saiid every coaching search. I just do not feel that a MAC HC who really hasn’t beaten any big teams, will have success at IL. Hope I’m wrong, but just think big boy recruiting will be too much and we are stuck at the bottom year after year.
I thought hockey would get him.
Therefore... what? Hire who? Who are the great coaches without Iowa Hawkeyes tattoos on their calves knocking down Illinois' door that Whitman isn't considering?
Actually, he's still chunky. And even chunk-ier.
