Question,why is lovie smith still coaching,he's robbing the Illini nation.
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He’s the worst. I thought he’d be a good hire. He had decent recruits but now they’re all quitting and transferring. Illinois is a mess. There is no reason they shouldn’t be at least middle of the pack as opposed to the worst team in the big ten. Awful.
The Lovie Smith experiment has been a disaster. Did you know he is the highest paid employee of the state of Illinois? No wonder we're broke. He also looks comatose whenever he is on camera.
What’s worse this Illinois team or Maryland’s helmet? Both are terrible.
The Illini wouldn’t win with Bill Belichick on the sidelines.
Barely recruits IL, garbage.
Stop recruiting 2 star or may be 3 star kids from out of state with questionable back grounds. In state kids don't trust Lovies coaching / recruiting crew. If you have grades and power 5 talent you are going to Northwestern.
Holecek, especially if he can push Rambler to the title.
Sounds good but don’t understand the eliminate Alstott line. As a coach? I thought Alstott graduated early 90s from JCA
He would have still dominated high school games.
Should’ve gotten Dino Babers. He has Syracuse in a good spot right now.
I thought when Edgy got mad a few weeks back he said this was a HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL forum only :/
Nobody is talking about the new athletic director that made the horrible mistake of hiring Lovie at that ridicously high salary. They should both be fired. They did not even try to recruit Sanborn, 4 star recruit, etc
Sanborn = one of the best HS linebackers I have ever seen live and in person at a game.
Eagles I was thinking the same thing. Great recruiter, great coach and one of the nicest guys you could meet. He can spot talent. Take for instance Sterlin Gilbert the offensive coordinator at South Florida. He was a hs coach in Texas prior to Babers taking him to Eastern. Sean Lewis, the head coach at Kent State, was a GA at Akron prior to Babers putting him on the coaching staff at Eastern. Kamu Gruiger-Hill, a kid from Hawaii who has played football for one year, and was not recruited by any team at any level, Babers gave him a scholarship to Eastern, he was drafted by the Patriots, and is now a linebacker for the Eagles. Refined Jimmy Garoppolo. What else is there to say.
What a miss.
Offer 20mil per year to a coach and things will change. We will continue to get mid major coaches and winning 5 games
I saw an article the other day about the teams who had been the longest since being in the top 25...The Big 10 had four of the six longest...Indiana '94, Purdue '07, Illinois & Rutgers...Somebody needs to step up in Champaign...Perhaps Lovie needs to hire Frank Lenti as recruiting director and Holecek as defensive coordinator, grooming Holocek to replace himself...And Derek Leonard might make a good offensive coordinator...
2015 Four/Five Stars who went elsewhere:
Terry Beckner Jr.East St. Louis (East Saint Louis, IL)
Raequan Williams DePaul College Prep (Chicago, IL)
Miles BoykinProvidence Catholic (New Lenox, IL)
Natereace Strong East St. Louis (East Saint Louis, IL)
2016 Four/Five Stars who went elsewhere:
Josh KingHinsdale South (Darien, IL)
Naquan JonesEvanston Township (Evanston, IL)
Daniel JosephLake Forest Academy (Lake Forest, IL)
Tuf BorlandBolingbrook (Bolingbrook, IL)
Mike PanasiukLake Park (Roselle, IL)
Royce Newman Nashville Comm (Nashville, IL)
2017 Four/Five Stars who went elsewhere:
A.J. Epenesa Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)
Jeff ThomasEast St. Louis (East Saint Louis, IL)
Cole Kmet St. Viator (Arlington Heights, IL)
Kevin Jarvis Maine South (Park Ridge, IL)
Dalton Wagner Richmond-Burton (Richmond, IL)
Isaiah Robertson Neuqua Valley (Naperville, IL)
Izayah Green-MayBolingbrook (Bolingbrook, IL)
That's 17 dudes - 4 and 5 stars - who went elsewhere that are in college now. There are HUNDREDS of three stars I could list too.
Currently, there are 43 of 101 on the U of I roster from Illinois.
Terry Beckner Jr.East St. Louis (East Saint Louis, IL)
Raequan Williams DePaul College Prep (Chicago, IL)
Miles BoykinProvidence Catholic (New Lenox, IL)
Natereace Strong East St. Louis (East Saint Louis, IL)
2016 Four/Five Stars who went elsewhere:
Josh KingHinsdale South (Darien, IL)
Naquan JonesEvanston Township (Evanston, IL)
Daniel JosephLake Forest Academy (Lake Forest, IL)
Tuf BorlandBolingbrook (Bolingbrook, IL)
Mike PanasiukLake Park (Roselle, IL)
Royce Newman Nashville Comm (Nashville, IL)
2017 Four/Five Stars who went elsewhere:
A.J. Epenesa Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)
Jeff ThomasEast St. Louis (East Saint Louis, IL)
Cole Kmet St. Viator (Arlington Heights, IL)
Kevin Jarvis Maine South (Park Ridge, IL)
Dalton Wagner Richmond-Burton (Richmond, IL)
Isaiah Robertson Neuqua Valley (Naperville, IL)
Izayah Green-MayBolingbrook (Bolingbrook, IL)
That's 17 dudes - 4 and 5 stars - who went elsewhere that are in college now. There are HUNDREDS of three stars I could list too.
Currently, there are 43 of 101 on the U of I roster from Illinois.
Lovie is 2-1 against Rutgers and 1-19 against the rest of the Big 10.
6-year, $21 million contract and it is only year 3.
Where is that Illini nation that was so strong to defend Lovie? Can I send them a bill for this crap?
6-year, $21 million contract and it is only year 3.
Where is that Illini nation that was so strong to defend Lovie? Can I send them a bill for this crap?
Why not with all the players that have quit or left the program you might as well have a coach join them.
