Nice try buddy. You said he is on a very short list to become the OL coach at Illinois. We know that is BS but that statement implies (look up the meaning of that word) you believe either one one of the two scenarios to be true.
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Nice try buddy. You said he is on a very short list to become the OL coach at Illinois. We know that is BS but that statement implies (look up the meaning of that word) you believe either one one of the two scenarios to be true.
If Bert has a list of coaches with mutual interest on it, and that list has about four names on it, is that a short or long list?
Mutual interest? Where is your evidence to suggest there is mutual interest? I know why Bielema would be interested in Anderson but why would Anderson be interested in leaving NU to go to Illinois? Stop implying things and start explaining things. Otherwise stop wasting our time with this nonsense.
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No, I need you to explain why you think there is, as you say, mutual interest? I am calling BS. Prove me wrong.
I couldn’t care less what you think. If you find this entirely implausible, then you’re not going to be persuaded anyway.
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That’s what I thought. So now go back to your board and stop wasting our fricken time. You can watch Fitz and Anderson next November in Champaign when they’ll be leading NU to another victory over Illinois.
Lol, Willy, do us a favor and go lick a poll on the CTA would ya?
Tell me how much you think Nagy makes and how much Fitz makes. See, I actually have the roundabout numbers...do you?
Boy, sure hope you aren’t as wrong here as you were when you said McCall wasn’t going to get fired.
We can’t afford to lose Anderson. Too good of a recruiter from what I can tell.
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So do I. I hope I am right like when I said that Anderson was going to replace Cushing as the OL coach.
Don't know and don't care but historically NFL coaches make more then college guys. Got anymore ugly crap to post???
You may call it baseless internet chatter all that you like. All I know if Bielema made contact with Anderson to gauge his interest and he was happy with the response he got, enough to keep him on his list. I don’t know where he is on that list but I doubt he’s at the top based on at least one other name I heard. Dismiss it or not, I don’t care. Your opinion has no bearing on what happens, including whether Anderson is ever seriously pursued or seriously considers an offer. But I do think you should come to grips with reality that this happens constantly all over college football. And burying your head in the sand makes you look like a moron and a homer.
Uhm what? What’s ugly about the fact that Fitz makes about as much as an NFL coach does (and more than Nagy)? I don’t care about historically, this is a specific situation. I don’t mean to upset you, but Harbaugh, Saban, and a number of others also make more than a bunch of NFL coaches, too.
LOL, you don’t give up do you? I fully understand the interest in Anderson. He is a great coach. I am sure Bielema made the call. What you’ve failed miserably to do is provide any support for your claim that Anderson reciprocated the interest. Why would Anderson leave a successful, stable program like NU working for a great coach like Fitz where he has already built the foundation for a young dominant OL, and where he gets to live in his hometown near family, to go work for Bielema to rebuild a dumpster fire of a football program like Illinois? Until you can convincingly answer that question, you are just wasting our time.
You’re asking me for evidence? Like what, a screen cap of the text conversation with my friend who told me? Would that honestly make any difference to you? Of course not you silly goose!
And if you’d like, I could speculate as to theoretical reasons WHY Anderson could at least be interested enough to not immediately say no. Maybe he likes Bert? Maybe he thinks he can get a raise out of Northwestern or get a pay bump to move? I have no idea. But you say it’s impossible, and you’re obviously smarter than me and everyone else on this board, so I guess that settles it.
I am asking for evidence to support your claim that there is mutual interest. You made that claim. It needs to be based on something other than I heard something from someone. At a minimum I am asking for a cogent rational as to why Anderson would make that move. I’ve provided reasons why he wouldn't that are based on facts. You haven’t.
I have to agree with this. Recruiting seems to have gotten better and development doesn't appear to be worse but it's not like we were consistently blowing holes open for our RBs every game. OTOH we lost a really great lineman who Anderson didn't recruit who might have made the OL more of a force in 2020.
Thank you.To be clear, what I said was that Anderson and Bielema had been in contact and that there was mutual interest. I don’t know how far that progressed beyond initial contact. I never ever said that he was likely to take the job or anything like that. I’m a little bummed, you all seem high on Anderson so he would’ve been a great hire if it had materialized. Oh well!
The Skoronski's of the world who can walk in and start from day one are extremely rare. 98% of OL need at least a year or two to develop, whether it be technique or skill. We won't see any real uptick in OL play as a result of improved recruiting until 2021 at the earliest, more likely 2022.
They had to go all the way to Wyoming to poach a coach from that powerhouse. Couldn’t even get unemployed Harry Hiestand to jump. All of this on the heals of hiring the OC from App State who is two years removed from getting fired at East Carolina. I think reality should be setting in soon for Illinois fans about how their program is perceived in the College Football world. Bielema has his work cut out for him.
To be clear, what I said was that Anderson and Bielema had been in contact and that there was mutual interest. I don’t know how far that progressed beyond initial contact. I never ever said that he was likely to take the job or anything like that. I’m a little bummed, you all seem high on Anderson so he would’ve been a great hire if it had materialized. Oh well!
Of course a position coach at least reciprocates initial interest if a head coach calls. It would be extremely dumb not to for a litany of reasons, doesn't mean there was ever a realistic chance that the position coach actually takes the job.
Miller is pretty well-regarded in the industry and the App State offense was pretty damn good this year. Petersen's "firing" in 2018 was following Scottie Montgomery's entire staff getting canned.
The hirings announced so far aren't really home run hires, but solid hires nonetheless and much MUCH better for the college game than Lovie's staff.
That’s a pretty low bar. Lovie hired largely friends and family who had no business being college football coaches. Considering that Bielema comes in on a contract (starting at a base salary of $4.2mil) that pays him like a top 20 college football coach, you would expect and most illinois fans expected a commensurate staff. Guys like Dan Enos, Mark Helfrich were being bandied about. Petersen may be a fine coach but I am confident in saying he wasn’t even close to being Bielema’s top choice. The guy was making 200k a year at app state and has no discernible connection to Bielema.
NU has been lucky enough to have 3 of these unicorns, Pat Ward and Slater in addition to Peter......and didn't Austin King start a Center his first year in ~1999?
There was a run of centers — basically three starting centers in 12 years. King, Rees, Vitabile. I could be totally wrong here.
Not so sure about that. They all played really well as true freshman. King I think displaced an incumbent starter if I'm not mistaken. And didn't Vitabile move to Center and force Rees to Guard?