With no AD and no head coach, Illinois is currently in “considerable turmoil”

[Harry]

Illinois is facing quite the predicament.

The Illlini currently have no athletic director in place, and to complicate things their clear top choice (Colorado AD – and an Illinois alum – Rick George) decided he wasn’t interested. Yet somehow officials need to band together and get on the same page to formulate a plan for an organized search.

That last part is where things are getting sticky according to reports out of Illinois. Local reports note that the situation in Champaign is in “considerable turmoil”.

According to 670 The Score:

“Sources tell 670 The Score that as overwhelmed university officials are dithering and providing little guidance, the group of trustees, boosters and alums left to run things can’t yet agree on much. Some want to hire a search firm with a spotty recent track record, others want to form their own search committee, while another faction thinks they need to act faster by using their own contacts to target specific AD and coaching candidates right now and just get moving.

Any support for retaining Bill Cubit is getting strong push-back from those who don’t believe he wasn’t aware of Tim Beckman’s aberrant behavior, and from some who feel strongly about making a more dynamic hire.”

Seems that officials are having some major issues getting on the same page of what direction they want to head in this one.

read more:  http://footballscoop.com/news/with-no-ad-and-no-head-coach-illinois-is-currently-in-considerable-turmoil-according-to-report/

 

[UNT90]

I wish UNT was in "turmoil."

[Tyler Maryak]