Yesterday, following the Illini's loss at Ross Ade, Ron Zook received the dreaded vote of confidence from his AD. Something to ponder:
While Zook's team did win 10 games two season's ago and earned a Rose Bowl bid, his teams at Illinois have left plenty to be desired. His record at Illinois is a dreadful 19-36. If my math is correct, that's an average of 3 wins/season in every year other than the fluke (?) Rose Bowl run.
Any Illini fans have an opinion on this?
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Actually, I don't think they won ten a couple years ago. You're thinking of ol' Ron Turner's ten win team about 5-6 years before Zooker took over this flaming wreck of a program.
It makes about as much sense as the Indians hiring Manny Acta. Just when I thought life as a tribe fan couldn't get any worse...
Ron Zook and Charlie Weis both share a few traits: Career assistants who are amazing recruiters (the Zooker even stole a few players out from under ol' tubby's nose), and utterly mediocre as head coaches. Given his excellent recruiting classes at Illinois, it's obvious Zook is doing less with more than almost anybody else out there. It won't happen, but I can imagine more than a few Illini fans and even some folks inside the AD's office scheming to somehow get Mike Locksley (Zook's former OC, his single best recruiter, and now an utter trainwreck as New Mexico's HC) back in Champaign next season. At least the offense had a pulse-- albeit a rather erratic one-- under "coach Locks."
Gregg Z.
They won 9 in '07, correct, J.
Illinois only won 9 games two years ago. They were 9-4.
How the Illini got to the Rose Bowl in 2007.....they got lucky with turnovers, was handed the OSU game by Stephen Pamon and his crooked crew of refs, and Ohio State was already in the title game which bumped them up a game.
Disagree, Matt, they were more than lucky- that team in '07 was very good. They ran the ball well, played solid defense...and unlike what we saw in RA on Saturday, were cohesive as a team.
I disagree. They actually averaged more yards per play and outgained their opponents more consistently in 2008. The difference in turnovers. And that OSU game was a sham.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Translating-Rich-Gunnell-and-Jimmy-Clausen-post?urn=ncaaf,197988
My favorite sequence saturday was the first drive for Illinois. First play - screen pass that was flagged 15 yards for an illegal block. Next snap - flag for too many men in the huddle. Yup, first and 30!
They also got flagged again later for too many men in the huddle!
they looked confused all day long...and there was a ton of back-biting going on between players. They're in trouble.
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