Josh Whitman hired the right football coach this time, didn’t he?
Bret Bielema is taking Illinois football and making it look like…all of those programs we have been jealous of for over a generation.
It’s not one unsustainably impactful recruiting class like Lovie Smith had in 2019.
It’s not elite recruiting followed by lack of development like Ron Zook.
It’s not…whatever the hell Coach Oskee Lasagna was trying to do.
Those coaches treated the Illini like they were a CEO coming to Champaign to run an established company.
Bielema treats the Illinois football program like a startup that he founded.