Who replaces Beckman?
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I honestly have no confidence in the Illinois AD to make an intelligent choice. The dude is in way over his head and has an inferiority complex coming from Cincy. He's not Big Ten material and showed it with the Beckman hire.
Hadn't given it much thought to be honest, but I thought Thomas was a boob the minute he hired Beckman - perfect opportunity as a new AD to make a big hire and make Illinois football relevant, and he got duped by the shine of a house of cards MAC coach. As I recall he didn't even land him for a very good deal. The whole reason you spend millions on a coach is to land a good one. He could have offered Beckman half the contract he actually signed and the bottom feeder would have taken it.
If Thomas is around to make this hire, their administration is way worse off than I think would be humanly possible.
No up-and-comer is taking that call. Their best bet is an otherwise established guy who got fired from a Big 5 job, with no attached scandal. Tyrone Willingham would be my pick. Bonus points for race since a lot of their trustees/boosters have made that a factor. Bo Pelini wouldn't be a bad choice either.
Bo Pelini would be a great hire. Willingham on the other hand would not. He last coached in any position in 2008 when he went 0-12 at Washington. Hell, Charlie Weis would be a better hire. But if you're talking about black head coaches (and former Kansas failures) how about Turner Gill. He's coaching at the FCS level at Liberty.
Good points WCCF / Corbi - didn't think about Carey, he would also be a great choice.
GECat - re: coaching, Fleck did go 8-5 a year after 1-10, regardless of schedule and a loss to Purdue - that's not too bad.
I realize reading comprehension is lacking down in central Illinois but the question was, WHO MIGHT BE THE NEXT ILLINOIS COACH. I help you out, no high profile coach would consider moving to Champaign-Urbana. Might want to try for a high school coach from, Decatur or Peoria.
That was a pretty silly ass post. Do you realize to whom you respond? I think he reads and comprehend pretty well . He also played football pretty well. By the way, he lives in Florida.
The AD did the 180 and made this move to try to save his own scalp. IMO the only reason he's not out is because there's no one at Illinois who thinks they have the authority to fire him.
There will be a new AD at Illinois before the season ends. The new AD will bring in his own people so the interim doesn't have a great chance to stick. Groce needs to show some improvement this season or he'll be gone as well.
It's quite a mess down there. Is Chris Kennedy still the head of the board?
No. should I? Sorry if I offended such a highly respected Florida resident but why would he post that Lane Kiffin would be great for NU? Must have missed the sarcasm alert
It was obviously a joke to suggest a Illinois would hire a coach to benefit NU. Personally, I don't think Kiffin would be a terrible hire. I also think OC at Alabama is a better job and he's going to wait around for the right job rather than going to Champagne Bananas
Yes you should. His comment went right over your head. He was making a joke that Illinois should hire a total jerk
Chris's brother Greg Schiano might be a more appropriate higher. Any chance we can throw Doug Marrone or Randy Shannon into the mix?
Mike Singletary would put them on Chicago's radar. Not a bad idea if they want to truly become "Illinois' Team."
Oops, I dunno how I made that typo. Obviously I meant Greg Schiano.
Don't knock these two. Singletary failed in the pros but a ton of coaches have turned out to be better suited for college than the pros. Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Steve Spurrier Butch Davis, etc. He is an ordained minister and worked as a professional motivational speaker before becoming a coach, I think he would be a monster on the recruiting trails.
Schiano has done everything to learn from his mistakes. I think a team who hires him will get a good one. Here is an article about his comeback.
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/11/04/nfl-greg-schiano-year-off
Don't knock these two. Singletary failed in the pros but a ton of coaches have turned out to be better suited for college than the pros. Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Steve Spurrier Butch Davis, etc. He is an ordained minister and worked as a professional motivational speaker before becoming a coach, I think he would be a monster on the recruiting trails.
Schiano has done everything to learn from his mistakes. I think a team who hires him will get a good one. Here is an article about his comeback.
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/11/04/nfl-greg-schiano-year-off
Schiano would be a good choice. Did an excellent job at Rutgers. Probably still has deep Florida recruiting roots. Hope he doesn't end up there.
And maybe he was saying that Kifin is another train wreck guy that would be good for NU having him down there,
Not his absolute best work, but it might answer your question: http://www.insidenu.com/2015/8/30/9226805/illinois-football-head-coaching-search-tim-beckman
I think a great hire for Illini would be Coach Dino Babers and his staff. If they do well at BGSU again, he would be a great choice. I question whether they will hire a MAC coach however. Coach who is honest and will rebuild Illinois football and reputation.
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