DC Candidates

[Cane6]

they are giving him credit for doing bad his first year and then halfway correcting it, and cherrypicked one metric lmao

2022 - illinois was 2nd in scoring defense under walters

2023 (henry) - illinois is 83rd in scoring defense

2024 (henry) - illinois is 40th in scoring defense

woohoo! he tanked it to 83 and got halfway back to what he inherited while playing this hilarious schedule of bad offenses

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If Mario had half a brain he woulda fired Guidry after the Syracuse game and hired Walters

But now folks are trying to talk ourselves into hiring Walters’ understudy…. Par for the course with Mario

 

[EudocimusAlbus]

LOL, looking at his bio he is the Pat and Jana Eilers DB Coach. It's crazy ND sponsors their coaching positions, it's Brilliant way to make some extra cash

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Bob Hinton wanted to know where his **** donation was going! Gimme them receipts ND!

 

[Cane6]

Bob Hinton wanted to know where his **** donation was going! Gimme them receipts ND!

If we pulled enough money together from CIS can we get Mario to add this:

Cribby and JamesJohnsonBrother RB coach label? I’ll kick in

 

[252cane]

So, the rumors of a great DC with tons of experience are going to morph into whoever turns out to be our Plan F.

Well, at least there are rumors of us getting a great QB.

I don’t recall seeing those rumors. It’s more of fans talking about what they like

 

[nycane]

1. Tim Banks (reportedly turned us down according to nakos from on3) - likely will end up at clemson
2. Tyler Santucci from GT was listed as a potential person to keep an eye on by some beat writers

Aaron henry has been mentioned on the boards, haven't seen anywhere else thankfully as he would be a nightmare

then... zilch

neither banks nor Santucci were offered

 

[Golsen82]

When we gonna hear who's hired?

 

[ristwasdown]

neither banks nor Santucci were offered

plz share

 

[407cane]

If Mario had half a brain he woulda fired Guidry after the Syracuse game and hired Walters

But now folks are trying to talk ourselves into hiring Walters’ understudy…. Par for the course with Mario

beacuse people on a message board are mentioning his name, you are taking that as mario is hiring him?

 

[hurricaneman]

plz share

I think he's implying we interviewed but never came to an agreement. You can't make an offer if you can't agree.

 

[ristwasdown]

I think he's implying we interviewed but never came to an agreement. You can't make an offer if you can't agree.

Yeah, if he knows who we didn't offer, I am assuming he knows who we did. Im asking him to share.

 

[Squid Bumciorek]

plz share

Cristobal: “so what do you think?”
Banks: “Sounds like a great job.”
Cristobal: “Before we talk money, there is one condition for the job. You don’t get to hire anyone. You will inherit all the coaches that failed to do their job. Find a way to make it work.”
Banks: “That makes no sense. The defense was historically awful. It cost you a shot at the ACC championship game and the playoffs. I’m sure Jason Taylor is a nice guy but the DL getting zero pass rush is a big reason the DBs struggled so much. And the others weren’t much better.”
Cristobal: “You think you’re smarter than me? I don’t think this job is for you.”

Hence no offer.

 

[canesstevealum08]

Cristobal: “so what do you think?”
Banks: “Sounds like a great job.”
Cristobal: “Before we talk money, there is one condition for the job. You don’t get to hire anyone. You will inherit all the coaches that failed to do their job. Find a way to make it work.”
Banks: “That makes no sense. The defense was historically awful. It cost you a shot at the ACC championship game and the playoffs. I’m sure Jason Taylor is a nice guy but the DL getting zero pass rush is a big reason the DBs struggled so much. And the others weren’t much better.”
Cristobal: “You think you’re smarter than me? I don’t think this job is for you.”

Hence no offer.

I wonder how much the staff forced retention thing is conjecture or reality. Lord knows the sport has a lot of groupthink

 

[TexasCane90]

Coaching is funny they all have to carry their baggage (friends/coaches) because they’ll carry them hopefully one day and it’s a brotherhood I guess

Mario with his social media/head of recruiting
Golden with Dorito
Richt with his own son
Etc

 

[hoops156]

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Coaching is funny they all have to carry their baggage (friends/coaches) because they’ll carry them hopefully one day and it’s a brotherhood I guess

Mario with his social media/head of recruiting
Golden with Dorito
Richt with his own son
Etc

the only one i get is that its tough to fire your own kid. the rest are just excuses for stubbornness

 

[NJshoreCane]

So I’m kinda a stats nerd and I’m going to drop this. I am by no means trying to sway anyone’s opinion but just figured I’d share some stats. I try to remove my fandom when I do this as I track a lot of stuff. I have more stuff for general cfb if anyone cares.

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This is a good look at each coach after 3 full years.

I took a look at each coach and their progress from year 2 to year 3, then specifically year 3.
There's a reason why the previous coaches were fired. In AG and RS’s case, year 3 to year 4.
Just about every metric listed favors one coach in year 3.

 

[Felonious Monk]

I don’t recall seeing those rumors. It’s more of fans talking about what they like

So I didn't hear multiple people talk about former head coaches with Big 10 experience coming here? Then why were we talking about Pat Fitzgerald and Mel Tucker?

 

[Reyrey]

 

[Cane6]

beacuse people on a message board are mentioning his name, you are taking that as mario is hiring him?

Nope, it’ll likely be someone else besides Henry

But I still woulda gone after Walters, and watching Guidry’s trash defense in the bowl game made no sense

 

[252cane]

So I didn't hear multiple people talk about former head coaches with Big 10 experience coming here? Then why were we talking about Pat Fitzgerald and Mel Tucker?

lol cause fans have been bringing up Tucker and it was said Fitzgerald been on campus during the season

 

[freeman84]

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Nope just black and educated.