NW cranked out a lot of non-conference wins against weak schedules. Poor in conference play alone. Fitz is twice the coach Beckman is. Given the recruiting hurdles at NW, Fitz has done a great job. Plenty an Illini fan would love to have him in Champaign....
Fleck seems like another Zook, Beckman high energy type guy that should be working at a used car lot. I know he has had success at WMU and has gotten a lot of Chicago area kids to commit to WMU, but I don't think that's the formula at Illinois. I think a lot of Illini fans would rather see an established veteran OC or DC from a BIG or SEC school get a chance to be a HC at Illinois. Chuck Martin is an interesting name for sure.
That's probably a fair shake, I shouldn't fit him into the same role and character type just based off of the row the boat gimmick and some of the interviews.
I think his point was that he's getting the kids that want to go to Illinois because they want to go to Illinois, not because of him. They aren't getting any big name guys that are instead going to ND, OSU, MSU, Iowa, etc.
For all the crap Ui and Beckman get on this board I'd be surprised how much worst it would be for them if they actually lost a a game somewhere along the way to northwestern
