Josh Whitman has finally pulled the trigger, effectively ending Lovie Smith’s tenure as head coach at Illinois.
Now comes the reaction.
Lovie Smith did an outstanding job of building a foundation for a program that didn’t have one, and helped bring the facilities into the 21st century, but the results on the field were just never good enough.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) December 13, 2020
If I'm Illinois, I absolutely call Jeff Monken.
An aside: It would save his parents — who in normal times drive from Illinois to Army games each week — a lot of time on the road!