Landlord Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I'll take "things I never expected to hear in my entire life" for all the money, Alex. Quote Link to comment
Bigred_inSD Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I think lovie will really connect with parents, and will be a players coach, but he will need some good staff members to get players and deal with college kids. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Poor man's Wade Phillips. 1 Quote Link to comment
jaws Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I think lovie will really connect with parents, and will be a players coach, but he will need some good staff members to get players and deal with college kids. I think that is the case for any successful coach. Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Meh, I guess I'm not as impressed with the hire as some.... Quote Link to comment
RedSavage Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Meh, I guess I'm not as impressed with the hire as some.... This is Illinois were talking about here. I really don't think they coulda done much better. 4 Quote Link to comment
huskerfan2000 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'll take "things I never expected to hear in my entire life" for all the money, Alex. So much for Bo (some were suggesting he was possible) as a possible replacement. Maybe he will get hired if he can ever fix his crazy attitude! Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Lovie Smith officially hired as University of Illinois head football coach 1 Quote Link to comment
nic Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 For Illinois, this is probably good. 1 Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Meh, I guess I'm not as impressed with the hire as some.... This is Illinois were talking about here. I really don't think they coulda done much better. Oh probably not, but that doesn't make it a great hire. Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Illinois was 3rd from last in attendance last year and I'm pretty sure they don't have the budget that your bigger name football schools have. While as a Bears fan I was never a big Lovie Smith fan for the college ranks and for a team like Illinois I think it's probably a pretty good hire for them and at least worth a shot. What do they have to lose? They won 2 Big 10 games last year. Amazingly/sadly one of them against us. It's certainly not guaranteed success however. We all remember Callahan but Ron Turner who was the Bears offensive coordinator (twice actually) was hired by Illinois and lasted 8 years (he had 2 winning seasons) before he was let go as the Illini's coach. For a team that has basically never been good at football and who has limited resources compared to the leaders of the Big 10 I'd say the Lovie Smith hire is a good one. To me anyway they basically have nothing to lose. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Illinois was 3rd from last in attendance last year and I'm pretty sure they don't have the budget that your bigger name football schools have. While as a Bears fan I was never a big Lovie Smith fan for the college ranks and for a team like Illinois I think it's probably a pretty good hire for them and at least worth a shot. What do they have to lose? They won 2 Big 10 games last year. Amazingly/sadly one of them against us. It's certainly not guaranteed success however. We all remember Callahan but Ron Turner who was the Bears offensive coordinator (twice actually) was hired by Illinois and lasted 8 years (he had 2 winning seasons) before he was let go as the Illini's coach. For a team that has basically never been good at football and who has limited resources compared to the leaders of the Big 10 I'd say the Lovie Smith hire is a good one. To me anyway they basically have nothing to lose. All true. I think Lovie's success will largely depend on whether he's a better recruiter than Ron Turner. And I'd bet dollars to donuts that Lovie Smith's staff has more success in recruiting than the Melba toast personality that was Ron Turner. Illinois is a sleeping giant. A state with some of the best recruiting in the nation, but currently has nearly the leakiest borders. If Lovie can sign even 15% to 20% of the top 40 recruits in Illinois he'll be a force to reckon with. 1 Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 At best he's their Jim Mora. At worst he's their Bill Callahan. Quote Link to comment
RedSavage Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 At best he's their Jim Mora. At worst he's their Bill Callahan. A Jim Mora would be a slam dunk for them Quote Link to comment
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