Chicago State is moving forward with football Head Coaching search

[missingwalter]

Agreed.

BUT, where are all the D2 athletes from Wisconsin currently going with no D2 school in the state other than Parkside (which has no football program)? It does make me wonder how WIAC schools would do if they did move up to D2. Take Whitewater for example. Take all those football kids who would go to Whitewater regardless of whether they were D2 or D3, give a partial ride to the best of the best of them, and then enroll some D2 talent from within the state and from surrounding states who would have otherwise gone to other D2 schools. In a scenario like that, they would probably be pretty darn competitive within all of D2, don't you think?

I think a lot of the Wisconsin kids go to Minnesota D2’s. The drive around the lake is a killer to go to the Michigan D2s

 

[OPRF Illini 96]

I don't see how Chicago State will pull this off. Good chance that no local high school coach will take the challenge. IMO it might work only if they hire a well-known local name, and the best high school coaches like Lynch, Lenti, Racki, Zvonar, and Inserra aren't about to make the move to college. That leaves Fitzgerald, who’s tainted given what happened at Northwestern.

Then there's the not-so-small matter of finding places to practice and play. I saw talk here about Eckersall and Gately, but are they equipped and suited for the demands of college football? I don't think so. Maybe Eckersall because of its size, but certainly not Gately.

This is the very definition of a football Hail Mary. CSU is trying to stay open, but unfortunately I don't see it happening.

 

[colin2229]

I don't see how Chicago State will pull this off. Good chance that no local high school coach will take the challenge. IMO it might work only if they hire a well-known local name, and the best high school coaches like Lynch, Lenti, Racki, Zvonar, and Inserra aren't about to make the move to college. That leaves Fitzgerald, who’s tainted given what happened at Northwestern.

Then there's the not-so-small matter of finding places to practice and play. I saw talk here about Eckersall and Gately, but are they equipped and suited for the demands of college football? I don't think so. Maybe Eckersall because of its size, but certainly not Gately.

This is the very definition of a football Hail Mary. CSU is trying to stay open, but unfortunately I don't see it happening.

Jeff Thorne would be a great fit as well.

 

[forlouann]

Jeff Thorne would be a great fit as well.

He probably would be. Not gonna happen

 

[colin2229]

He probably would be. Not gonna happen

never say never Alex!