Illinois is among the 5 worst programs in the country
It will take at least 5 years to get back to respectability...which means consistent.500 within the Big 10. Given the state of the program and facilities (3rd class would be an overstatement) as well as the economic condition of state government (already in a deep hole and getting deeper since they aren't doing anything to fix it), there isn't going to be any $$ available to make it attractive to recruits. Illinois is a fine school but Champaign is a dump and perhaps the least redeeming place to play in the Big 10.
Chicago high school football (which should be Illinois' #1 market) isn't what it used to be and Iowa, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Michigan and some of the Big 12 schools will pick it clean before Illinois even gets a sniff. Illinois is going to have to pick from the scrap heap or find a naive up-and-comer from the secondary market.
Replies to: "Any quality coach would have to be a masochist, desperate, and stupid to want to coach there."
- Smith out at Illinois. ESPN says Lea, among several others, could be a candidate. I have long - DadUdaMan4 - 2:57pm 12/13/20
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- Give Kelly 11 years he just might turn it around. [NT] - whatsamataU - 9:40am 12/15/20
- Listened to an Illinois football beat writer today.......... - ELP - 6:12pm 12/14/20
- Anyone who has been to Champaign would never take this job. It can only tarnish one's reputation. [NT]
- Curly1918 - 6:06pm 12/13/20
- Agreed - that is a dead end job in a crummy location with zero local talent pipeline - Fisher01 - 8:50am 12/14/20
- Cracking the Champaign early I see... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 5:17am 12/14/20
- Any quality coach would have to be a masochist, desperate, and stupid to want to coach there. - D2 - 4:08pm 12/13/20
- Jeez, how do your really feel about it [NT] - Irish_Demon - 5:57pm 12/13/20
- Illinois is a perennial loser except for a sporadic winning season going back many years. [NT]
- ELP - 3:29pm 12/13/20
- So was Wisconsin when Alvarez came in 89' [NT]
- DonMiller - 3:50pm 12/13/20
- You need to do a bit more history re: Wisconsin football [NT]
- D2 - 4:13pm 12/13/20
- ......ok [NT]
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- DonMiller - 7:53pm 12/13/20
- That's an imaginative suck up homage piece to Alvarez [NT]
- D2 - 9:30pm 12/13/20
- Here you go , they never won ten games ever until Alvarez [NT]
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- DonMiller - 11:17pm 12/13/20
- gosh you do go off-topic - D2 - 12:32pm 12/14/20
- Here you go , they never won ten games ever until Alvarez [NT]
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- DonMiller - 11:17pm 12/13/20
- That's an imaginative suck up homage piece to Alvarez [NT]
- D2 - 9:30pm 12/13/20
- Wisconsin always highly overrated. Beat up on some people once in a while then lose every meaningful - THEISMANCARR - 4:40pm 12/13/20
- Illinois aspires to be Wisconsin - D2 - 9:27pm 12/13/20
- Sorry, misunderstood you. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 10:09pm 12/13/20
- Illinois aspires to be Wisconsin - D2 - 9:27pm 12/13/20
- ......ok [NT]
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- DonMiller - 7:53pm 12/13/20
- You need to do a bit more history re: Wisconsin football [NT]
- D2 - 4:13pm 12/13/20
- So was Wisconsin when Alvarez came in 89' [NT]
- DonMiller - 3:50pm 12/13/20
