Ohio State hiring Urban Meyer this was not. Utah hiring Urban Meyer this could possibly be.
Even though it’s not official yet, conventional wisdom, the status quo and 4 out of 5 dentists agree: Toledo Rockets head Coach Tim Beckman will soon become the successor to Ron Zook at Illinois. This Illini head coaching hire has far less pizazz and excitement than any hire in recent memory. And that could be bad.
Then again the Zook hire had plenty of hoopla, and much of it was for the wrong reasons, so maybe going vanilla and “meh” is the right thing this time around?
I’m glad Illinois Athletic Director took some big swings, even if he whiffed on all of them.
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