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<blockquote data-quote="BZuppke" data-source="post: 1330344" data-attributes="member: 12358"><p>With all due respect to your history there are circumstances which you omit. Valek took over after the Slush Fund scandal and had no chance. Blackmon plateaued but might have gotten beyond if given more time. Moeller was a disaster as a coach both here and in Ann Arbor. White truly built something and landed his best recruiting class prior to his 'resignation'. Mackovic won big with White's talent but left for Texas where he was fired before going to Arizona where he was also fired. Tepper was not rebuilding but had no concept how to run a big time program. Turner just didn't like to recruit. Zook </p><p>was a good man but flawed and that's why he was fired not only at Illinois but at Florida and no one has hired him since. Beckman? Ugh. </p><p></p><p>You seem to suggest Illinois can't succeed. They thought that at Wisconsin before UW alum Pat Richter became AD and hired Alvarez and Bennett. The rest is history. I'm hoping JW is our Pat Richter and Lovie our Alvarez. Time will tell but the past has absolutely nothing to do with what our future will look like. In JW I trust.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BZuppke, post: 1330344, member: 12358"] With all due respect to your history there are circumstances which you omit. Valek took over after the Slush Fund scandal and had no chance. Blackmon plateaued but might have gotten beyond if given more time. Moeller was a disaster as a coach both here and in Ann Arbor. White truly built something and landed his best recruiting class prior to his 'resignation'. Mackovic won big with White's talent but left for Texas where he was fired before going to Arizona where he was also fired. Tepper was not rebuilding but had no concept how to run a big time program. Turner just didn't like to recruit. Zook was a good man but flawed and that's why he was fired not only at Illinois but at Florida and no one has hired him since. Beckman? Ugh. You seem to suggest Illinois can't succeed. They thought that at Wisconsin before UW alum Pat Richter became AD and hired Alvarez and Bennett. The rest is history. I'm hoping JW is our Pat Richter and Lovie our Alvarez. Time will tell but the past has absolutely nothing to do with what our future will look like. In JW I trust. [/QUOTE]
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