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<blockquote data-quote="Fulton County Illini" data-source="post: 1659004" data-attributes="member: 636055"><p>it was a tough call for Zook at the time. First team in FBS history to start 6-0 and finish 6-6. Everyone within the organization knew the coordinators were running the day to day and Zook was the recruiting guru. Unfortunately fan base and big money donors alumni thought we further along as a program than we actually were. Pretty sure every illini fan would take 6-6 as the floor. just bad timing with coordinators moving on and the 2011 team fell apart. If Zook could have had the chance to hire the right coordinators who knows where the illini could have been now from a talent perspective. instead we went with a MAC coach that wasn't really the brains of the program and a retired NFL coach who wasn't really interested in putting in the effort it takes to run a competitive college program. All I know this is best collegiate stall we could hope for with the state of our program and the makeup of the current roster. Going to be tough road to hoe over the next couple years but this staff is exceptional considering the current state of this program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fulton County Illini, post: 1659004, member: 636055"] it was a tough call for Zook at the time. First team in FBS history to start 6-0 and finish 6-6. Everyone within the organization knew the coordinators were running the day to day and Zook was the recruiting guru. Unfortunately fan base and big money donors alumni thought we further along as a program than we actually were. Pretty sure every illini fan would take 6-6 as the floor. just bad timing with coordinators moving on and the 2011 team fell apart. If Zook could have had the chance to hire the right coordinators who knows where the illini could have been now from a talent perspective. instead we went with a MAC coach that wasn't really the brains of the program and a retired NFL coach who wasn't really interested in putting in the effort it takes to run a competitive college program. All I know this is best collegiate stall we could hope for with the state of our program and the makeup of the current roster. Going to be tough road to hoe over the next couple years but this staff is exceptional considering the current state of this program. [/QUOTE]
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