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Re: Underwood
« Reply #60 on: March 16, 2021, 11:37:10 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 16, 2021, 11:26:40 AM

Confucius say: Do not trade appreciation of what we are witnessing for AOTC points on HQ.

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Re: Underwood
« Reply #61 on: March 16, 2021, 11:46:22 AM »
Also about Bielema obviously there are question marks but the guy wasn’t unemployed. He was hired as a consultant to Bill Belichick three years ago, retained that role and became D Line coach 2 years ago, and then joined the new Giants staff last year as senior associate HC/LB coach. He’s got a Super Bowl ring.

We may not have had much competition for his services at the P5 level but he did interview for several college coaching jobs while with the Giants. He was a candidate for the Michigan State and Colorado openings the year prior. He reportedly was the backup plan at Rutgers if they couldn’t reach a deal to bring Schiano back.

While 4.2 million seems like overpaying it’s still below conference average and puts UI squarely in the middle of the pack. Maybe he could have gotten the guy for 3.5 or even 3, maybe not. What’s really important is that JW also opened up the checkbook for the assistant pool, and from what most knowledgeable people have said, the results have been fairly impressive.

This hire also had a lot to do with fit and that can’t be understated either. Beilema surely seems like a better fit here than New Jersey or Colorado.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #62 on: March 16, 2021, 11:47:54 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 16, 2021, 11:26:40 AM
Confucius say: Do not trade appreciation of what we are witnessing for AOTC points on HQ.
Hafta say, that was impressively foresighted of him.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #63 on: March 16, 2021, 11:50:13 AM »
Plenty of coaches have found success with the previous coach's players.
It's who you recruit and what you do with your own recruits that matter.
Kudos to Trent and DaMonte for their contributions.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #64 on: March 16, 2021, 08:49:01 PM »
Quote from: Miniditka on March 16, 2021, 11:04:20 AM
Thanks. I think you’re already 100% proven wrong though.

LOL at equating “realistic expectations” with your own expectations, BTW. Classic Tempo!

Huh?
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #65 on: March 16, 2021, 11:18:10 PM »
Back on the old board, when Underwood was hired, I was the one that said he was a great hire and he was a big dick coach and would have big dick recruiting. After 4 years, my assessment has been correct..like usual.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #66 on: March 16, 2021, 11:29:57 PM »
Take it to the unsolicited dick pics thread.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #67 on: March 16, 2021, 11:53:35 PM »
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #68 on: March 17, 2021, 12:19:53 AM »
Quote from: Miniditka on March 15, 2021, 02:55:41 PM
The coach I wanted to have fired and constantly criticized just turned out the best team in a historically good Big 10 conference and has us as a 1 seed who is favored to get to the Final Four at least. I want you all to know that I was mostly, sort of wrong about him.

Of course, all the things I was wrong about were either complete luck or were completely unforeseeable to anyone, no matter how knowledgeable. So in that sense, I really wasn’t wrong, because it would have been impossible for a realistic person to be right in that situation. I will not comment on the many posters who disagreed with me constantly and actually were right.

In conclusion, I’d rather have a coach who will never put a team this good together in his career.

Well done.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #69 on: March 17, 2021, 07:59:31 AM »
LOL that's hilarious md
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #70 on: March 17, 2021, 02:45:51 PM »
Quote from: Tempo34 on March 16, 2021, 08:49:01 PM
Huh?
You said that the team exceeded any realistic expectations. No. The team exceeded YOUR expectations of what was realistic. Those expectations turned out to be wrong, in case it needed to be said again.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #71 on: March 17, 2021, 03:32:32 PM »
Quote from: Jobu on March 17, 2021, 02:50:27 PM
Tempo will respond to this post at around 2:30 am.

He is smart guy. He will adjust. ILLINIHQ2 is not as much of a pedantic dick measuring platform as the old forum.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #72 on: March 17, 2021, 04:37:27 PM »
Quote from: Jobu on March 17, 2021, 02:50:27 PM
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Twice.
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #73 on: March 17, 2021, 08:13:31 PM »
Np
« Last Edit: March 17, 2021, 08:18:41 PM by Tempo34 »
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Re: Underwood
« Reply #74 on: March 17, 2021, 08:18:02 PM »
IlliniHQ, still living in 2015. Never change, fellas. Who am I kidding, of course you won’t.
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