Illinois gives Lovie a 2 year extension
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With his buyout, that is all they can do. I think Lovie knows football, but doesn't know recruiting. Lovie didn't bring in some big time recruiters so he doesn't get it.
Went down, that's why the extension. They can fire him after next yr and it would cost them less than if they fired him now.
Lovie doesn't know football...he cost the Bears a Superbowl by replacing Kyle Orton (the horse he rode to the Championship) with a returning from injury Rex Grossman. Squandered the best Bears defense, possibly of all time.
With all due respect, I’m going to assume you were not alive in 1985?
I was...that team was phenomenal as well. That's why I said "possibly". Different time...hard to compare. The point was that Lovie screwed them.
I think that call (Grossman) came from above Lovie. In all seriousness, Angelo I believe made the call.
I work with a bunch of Illinois grads, and one of them still believes that Lovie is good for Illinois and will be a respectable coach, in due time. His reasoning is, despite this being Lovie's third year, he still has a relatively young team, given when he was hired.
I think he's drank too much Orange and Blue koolaid.
I told my UofI brother about the extension, and he said maybe the stability will help with recruiting this year because they need a lot of help. I responded with the fact that they have just 11 commits and are ranked 66.
The thing is...it certainly takes time to rebuild. I think 4 years is the minimum a team should give, unless there is a total regression.
Having said that, Lovie is...not good.
Gotcha. I don’t think Orton is beating Peyton Manning in that Super Bowl either.
Nine wins in three seasons at most schools gets you fired. But at Illinois, you get rewarded!
It's consistent with how the whole state functions.
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