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<DIV><SPAN class=818313820-06092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
afraid I agree with you Robert. With the difficulty of our schedule, I
think it's very realistic to think that we make a bowl game this
year.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=818313820-06092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So,
that begs the obvious question...in Zook's 5 years at the helm, we will have had
4 losing, non-bowl game seasons and one trip to the Rose Bowl (which now looks
like it was a total fluke). I'm willing to give Zook a pass on year one
and two. But we're now on year three with his recruits, his system, and
his coaching and we still see the same mistakes (bad turnovers, poor tackling,
etc). How do you continue forward with a coach that has essentially
produced no results. And I don't count recruiting buzz as results.
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<DIV><SPAN class=818313820-06092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think Zook is a good guy, I think he is a great recruiter. I have very
serious doubts about his coaching (especially game day preperation) at this
point. I'm not willing to write the whole season off at this point, but it
isn't going to be easy to pull the fat out of the fire on this one. With
1-4 looking very possible for a start, that would mean that we would have to
finish with a very strong 6-2 (I think we have 13 games this year right?).
Right now you'd have to say that games against Minnesota, Northwestern, and
Cincy are going to be tough. Unless we can pull an upset against one or
two of Penn St, OSU, and MSU, we won't have much margin for
error.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=818313820-06092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Todd
S</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> oskee-bounces@heins.net
[mailto:oskee-bounces@heins.net]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Robert
Mingee<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 06, 2009 1:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Oskee] Same
old, same old<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">I pretty much
agree with your points, but if we had tried to throw dowfield, even if Juice's
throw were accurate (a crapshoot), the receiver probably would have dropped it
- it was that kind of day I love Juice, but his accuracy is wildly
inconsistent, and when he misses, he *really* misses. I'd like to think
the game would have been different with Benn, but I can't say I'm sure of
that.<BR><BR>The defense is clearly inexperienced, especially the secondary -
we're gonna get torched deep all year by good passing teams. I would
have loved to see a better year for Juice's last, but IMHO we struggle to even
be bowl-eligible this year.<BR><BR>-- robert<BR><BR><SPAN id=signature>
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Todd Sweet wrote:<BR><BR>I just can't begin to express my complete frustration
with our refusal to: <BR><BR>a) throw the ball downfield (I bet we had no
passes longer than 15 yards) <BR>when we supposedly have this amazing group of
recievers <BR><BR>b) our refusal to throw to a tight end <BR><BR>c) why we
don't blitz more <BR><BR><BR>I'll save d - z for later. :-| <BR><BR>I'm like
you...I didn't see this coming at all. Plenty of blame to go <BR>around.
Players missed assignments, missed tackles, executed poorly...and <BR>it
didn't appear to me that the coaches had them very ready for the game or
<BR>called a particularly good game. <BR><BR>Juice, in spite of his 67%
completion percentage, didn't look very sharp <BR>either. <BR><BR>They have 2
weeks to figure it out...or we're off to a 1-4 start. That will <BR>put
immense pressure on the players down the stretch if we're going to make <BR>a
bowl game. <BR><BR>Todd S. <BR><BR><BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----
<BR>> From: oskee-bounces@heins.net [mailto:oskee-bounces@heins.net]On
Behalf <BR>> Of Arbuckle, Jeanne <BR>> Sent: Saturday, September 05,
2009 7:41 PM <BR>> To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List <BR>>
Subject: Re: [Oskee] Same old, same old <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I
saw the scrimmage and totally didn't expect this. There was an <BR>>
intensity in the scrimmage that was completely missing today. I <BR>> hope
this was a fluke, but I'm afraid it was not. <BR>> <BR>> I hope the
injuries are minor - we need Dufrene, Benn, and Ford. <BR>> <BR>> Jeanne
<BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message----- <BR>> From:
oskee-bounces@heins.net on behalf of Todd Sweet <BR>> Sent: Sat 9/5/2009
7:09 PM <BR>> To: cmkahl@gmail.com; Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List
<BR>> Subject: Re: [Oskee] Same old, same old <BR>> <BR>> What can
you say about that game. <BR>> <BR>> I feel like I just kissed my
sister. I considered this game a <BR>> must win in a <BR>> sense that
our team needed some confidence and that it would be a <BR>> measurement of
parts of our team that we just weren't sure about. And <BR>> brother did we
get the answers. <BR>> <BR>> Our defense is going to have a long year.
Our team is going to <BR>> have a long <BR>> year I fear. <BR>>
<BR>> I'm still a die hard Illini fan, but I fear this will be a hard
season to <BR>> watch. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Todd <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > -----Original Message-----
<BR>> > From: oskee-bounces@heins.net [mailto:oskee-bounces@heins.net]On
Behalf <BR>> > Of cmkahl@gmail.com <BR>> > Sent: Saturday,
September 05, 2009 4:57 PM <BR>> > To: Oskee <BR>> > Subject:
[Oskee] Same old, same old <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > At least
were consistent...same mistakes year after year under Zook <BR>> > Sent
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